They descended the spiraling staircase, delving deeper layer by layer through the prison. With each descent, the number of cells diminished, but the beings imprisoned within became increasingly terrifying—some cages even contained complete dragon bones, Phoenix feathers, Qilin horns, and other remains of Divine Beasts, stirring the imagination about the kinds of horrifying beings once held here.
They descended a full nine layers.
As the trio stepped off the last step, the scene before them suddenly opened up—they had reached the lowest level of the Heavenly Prison.
This was an extremely vast underground space, with a dome towering several kilometers high, and walls embedded with countless luminous gemstones, lighting up the entire space as if it were daylight. The floor was paved with dark red stone slabs, outlined with intricate formation patterns in gold, stretching all the way to the center of the space.
Then, the three of them were suddenly startled—
