Just as Chu Qing was releasing the prisoners, a pillar of teleportation light descended from the sky outside this Prison Continent.
When the pillar of light dissipated, over a thousand men and women appeared, clad in full armor, holding divine weapons, and shrouded in black robes.
These people surrounded a young man as they appeared.
The young man wore the same attire, except he carried a large box in his hands.
The young man looked at the Continental Prison before him, the corners of his mouth curling beneath his mask.
"What struggle between lineages, what Great Unification Era, what opening of a New Realm—it is all bullshit!"
"From this moment on, the new era shall be—Heaven-Defiance!"
"The years to come shall exist for one purpose only—defying Heaven!"
This young man was Heavenly Court from the Square Inch Gathering.
Although he was a member of Heavenly Court, various factors—the Great Unification ideology, lineages, factions, and more—had ultimately driven him to decide to overthrow Heavenly Court and begin a rebellion.
Because he knew just how terrifying the Great Unification Era decreed by Heaven was.
If Heaven's Great Unification Era got on track, then—
The future would be utterly terrifying.
He was still young, still filled with hot blood, with ideals and ambitions brimming in his chest.
He did not want to live muddleheaded beneath the framework of Great Unification.
He wanted to resist the Great Unification Era.
He wanted to open up an era that belonged to him.
He wanted to display his talent and let his own radiance bloom.
Thus, with the support of certain bigwigs within Heavenly Court, Chu Qing's sudden actions, and the Black Tide from the forbidden zone sweeping in, the opportunity had finally arrived.
The endless Black Tide crashed against this Prison Continent.
Yet high in the