Boundless Sea, Xuan Lan Island.
Chen You followed the White Skirt Woman, Ye Lin, to a lush mountain range in the north, landing at its northern end.
He looked around and frowned slightly.
Before him, many cultivators wearing chains were being driven forward with whips by cultivators clad in gray robes.
The chained cultivators held pickaxes in their hands, heading toward an enormous mountain cave.
Seeing Chen You stop and frown, Ye Lin turned back and explained coldly, "This is the Star Ripple Mining Area. Those in chains are ants who came up from the Lower Realm."
Upon hearing this, Chen You understood. Previously, he and the Domain Lord Old Man had known there was something suspicious about ascending to the Upper Realm. The Ascension Hall had been filled with Immortal Soldiers, and what he saw now confirmed it.
Upper Realm cultivators treated Lower Realm cultivators as slaves and playthings, regarding them as ants.
All cultivators who ascended from the Lower Realm were either seized as slaves and sent into mining areas to dig ore, or bound and sent to arenas to fight like wild beasts for the amusement of those lofty Upper Realm cultivators.
That was indeed the case. Chen Musheng, who had ascended to the Upper Realm not long ago, was currently bound and being taken to the arena.
"What is there to see in these slaves? Come, follow me inside!!" Seeing Chen You stare intently at the chained cultivators, Ye Lin curled her lips.
Chen You turned back and smiled faintly. He no longer paid attention, following Ye Lin through an illusory gateway ahead.
The moment they entered the gateway, the scene shifted, and they appeared before a great hall radiating Azure Light.
Chen You did not ask why Ye Lin had brought him here. He simply