Ancient Holy Light Spirit Malthus existed in the same era as the Blazing Demon God. Throughout the wars of the God Realm, the Blazing Demon God had transformed from an elemental state into the Flame God King, yet Malthus had remained a holy spirit and had been unwilling to become a divine body to join the battles.
Back then, many gods believed that if Malthus had been more proactive during the first Old God War, the position of Holy Light God-King would have been his. But Malthus had not been tempted. Instead, he gave the fragments of the previous Holy Light God-King that he had obtained to his friend—the second Holy Light God-King.
For this reason, after the Blazing Demon God and the others attained the positions of God King, they granted these spirits, who had helped them as selflessly as Malthus, a special privilege: the authority to oversee Bandalsburg Prison.
Lu Yang asked curiously, "What kind of place is Bandalsburg Prison?"
The Blazing Demon God chuckled and said, "You can think of it as a prison. It holds all Ancient Aberrations and gods and demons who refuse to submit to us."
Lu Yang smiled. "Why not just kill them?"
The Blazing Demon God gave another smug smile and said, "To prevent a situation like today. So many God Kings fell in the first Old God War. We newly risen God Kings saw it clearly: one day, all of us would develop conflicts for one reason or another, and those conflicts would eventually erupt into war.
"Or perhaps other powerhouses would gain tremendous energy while traveling through the void and then seek to replace us.
"Bandalsburg Prison, along with many other fortresses, was one of the escape routes we God Kings left for ourselves. The gods and demons imprisoned there