In the Heavenly Prison, Five Treasures Daoist's shoulders were hooked by artifact chains, and he was haggard beyond recognition.
His aura was incomparably weak; he could only barely maintain a thread of life force.
Hearing footsteps approaching from outside, Five Treasures Daoist slightly raised his head.
He knew that the time of execution mentioned by that person yesterday had likely arrived.
Thinking of the terrifying figure from yesterday and the restriction he had planted within his body, Five Treasures Daoist felt even more despair.
"Finding life in the midst of death, surviving a great calamity... do I truly have a chance to endure until that moment?"
Five Treasures Daoist recalled the divination he had performed for himself before being captured.
The omen it showed was precisely: finding life in the midst of death, surviving a great calamity.
It was also that omen that had allowed him to endure all these years within the Holy Alliance Heavenly Prison, where day and night had become one endless blur.
But in a little while, it would be time for his execution. And there was also the control restriction that terrifying expert had implanted in his body yesterday.
He truly could not imagine where his chance of survival lay.
Could it be that his divination had been wrong?
Amid his despair, Five Treasures Daoist felt someone seize the iron chains and yank him up. Agonizing pain shot through both shoulders, but his expression did not change much, nor did he show the slightest intention of struggling.
He had long since grown numb to this pain.
The iron chains on his shoulders were an incomparably vicious artifact. Not only did they seal all his mana, they also periodically released a sinister energy that tormented his flesh and mind.
Compared to the torment he had endured