Jun Changxiao learned from Shang Youhen that the Starry Sky Fortress had a Nine-Layered Hell, extremely similar to the prison he had created, with prisoners of varying strength held on every level.
Who had copied whom was unimportant. What mattered was, what did the fortress take itself for? Could it casually imprison martial artists from the Mortal Plane?
"I heard the Starry Sky Fortress is connected to the Upper Realm," Shang Youhen said.
"The Upper Realm?"
Jun Changxiao recalled the Law Enforcement Bow he had acquired earlier. Drawing its string could gather an Arrow of Punishment.
The Black and White Twin Killers had said that this item came from the Upper Realm and could only be found in some Realm Hall. Now that the Starry Sky Fortress was connected to it, could it be a prison built in the Mortal Plane under orders from above, meant to imprison all kinds of living beings that violated the rules?
"Possible," the system agreed.
Jun Changxiao propped up his chin and said, "If that's really the case, doesn't that mean the Starry Sky Fortress has the Upper Realm backing it? That's kind of scary."
"Cowardice is not the host's character. If Heaven bullies you, defy it," the system said.
"Get lost!"
Jun Changxiao said, "Stop talking big when you're not the one standing in the fire."
He only wanted to complete the Main Quest now. If conditions allowed, it would not be bad to visit the Upper Realm. As for defying Heaven... he truly had to think thrice before acting. This was no child's play.
Of course.
Gousheng remembered the Realm Hall.
After all, the punishments and sanctions he had suffered one after another on the Battlefield had all required that department's approval before they could be carried out.
"Damn it!"
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