The deep tunnel hidden beneath Jade Radiance Palace had always been its greatest secret. Even among the palace elders, only a few knew it existed.
Yet now it lay fully exposed before everyone.
It was not just that Duan Yun's Heavenly Law, Earthly Form had reshaped the terrain and revealed its true form. The tunnel had also become unusually active.
More active than ever before.
At least, according to the accounts passed down through generations of Jade Radiance Palace, this umbilical-cord-like tunnel had never been so active.
It swayed and floated straight upward, vanishing into the clouds.
From here, it looked as though it hung down from the heavens.
Duan Yun's enormous Dharma Aspect had faded, and he was once again a handsome young hero.
He watched the tunnel mouth writhe and drift. "Why does this thing feel like it's connected to the sky?"
Ming Xing landed beside him. "It might be. There's an old saying in Jade Radiance Palace that the mightiest Divine General guarding the gates of heaven will awaken from the Hushan Blood Sea. Could this be the entrance to those gates?"
By then, the Murong Brothers, Shen Ying, and the others had gathered with the people of Jade Radiance Palace.
After some discussion, Duan Yun felt they needed to follow the tunnel and see what was happening. No one knew what consequences this change might bring, and advance warning would help them respond.
The question was who should go.
Duan Yun had meant to go alone. His Chivalric Aura was blazing, he was in ferocious form, and no one could match him. He was truly the strongest under heaven.
He was the obvious choice.
But the others felt that, however strong he was, he would be going up into the heavens. Who knew what was up