Chi Zijing has always been unwilling to come to the palace; he fears this dark tomb and, by extension, the man residing in it. Now that the man within the tomb cannot speak, it falls upon him to step into the crypt and confront the deepest fear within his own heart.
The fear named Throne.
The sound of footsteps echoes in the empty palace, each one like the lament of a ghost. Chi Zijing walks slowly, concentrating fully as he releases his awareness, carefully to an extreme as he touches the vast will deep in the palace. As he advances, the solid stone walls of Taiqing Palace begin to slightly tremble, the exchange of wills between the two martial artists even affecting reality, causing the entire palace to quake from their meeting.
