Once the site of Tongtian Dao's training grounds and now the headquarters of the Divine Constable Gate, First Line of Heaven possessed scenery like a painting and grandeur beyond measure. Not only did it span half a prefecture and tower above the clouds, its buildings were also adorned with carved beams and painted rafters, extraordinary in every way.
To the south of First Line of Heaven stood four cliffs, four strongholds, and nine ridges gathered around it. The so-called Four Cliffs were Hanging Sky Cliff, Secluded Dream Cliff, Zhao Terrace Cliff, and Green Mallow Cliff. Each cliff corresponded to one of the Divine Constable Gate's hidden branches apart from the open branch. At the foot of Hanging Sky Cliff stood the Divine Constable Gate's Heaven's Punishment Platform.
A nation had its laws, a family had its rules, and the Divine Constable Gate naturally had its own regulations. Those who violated them would certainly face severe punishment.
Heaven's Punishment Platform was responsible for punishing constables within the sect who had committed grave offenses. Only Red Robe Famous Constables and above were qualified to take a walk upon Heaven's Punishment Platform.
It was said that since the Divine Constable Gate's founding, a total of seven hundred and eighty-two constables had set foot upon Heaven's Punishment Platform. The weakest had been at the Innate realm, while the strongest had attained the Dao. Yet as long as one took a walk upon that platform, half one's life would be gone. It was a hellish place within the Divine Constable Gate, one that made people turn pale at its mere mention, steeped in blood.
Beyond administering punishment, Heaven's Punishment Platform was also the finest place within the Divine Constable Gate for duels and settling private grudges.
Humans were social creatures. Though the Divine Constable Gate's