The Cruel Rule of the Ascension Entities

The so-called Hellish Kingdom resembled a flourishing metropolis, magnificent and resplendent.

All manner of towering, even floating, colossal wonders stood there, each more splendid than the last, often separated by broad avenues and aerial platforms.

The air was filled with invisible micron devices, regulating the matter here to emit dazzling lights and shadows, while soothing music echoed throughout.

In this so-called hell, literature, art, and entertainment could develop freely. Technologies that enhanced luxury, decorated appearances, and improved superficial images were not restricted.

Many prisoners had even begun believing in Buddhism, creating grand virtual worlds and immersing themselves in them to pass the time.

When Huang Ji and his group arrived and witnessed this place's "abundance" and "luxury," Ou Ran Qi Guai looked utterly bored.

Like the Tai Wei Hua, the members of the Truth Society had long risen above base pleasures. They could gain tremendous spiritual satisfaction from scientific exploration.

This city before them had no research institutions whatsoever. Everything it used was known technology, even outdated technology.

Naturally, Ou Ran Qi Guai had no interest in it. As for the extravagant, gaudy buildings piled high with glittering jewels and lavish colors, he found them explosively ugly.

"Ugh!"

"Aaaahhh!"

As they moved through the city, they passed a plaza—or rather, an enormous pit covered by a layer of transparent material.

Walking atop it, they could look down and see all kinds of creatures filling the pit.

Some of the prisoners were little more than lumps of rotten flesh, lying there at death's door. Others sat blankly on the ground, motionless as statues.

Still others wandered about with vacant eyes like walking corpses. Worse still, some were violently manic, raising their heads at the people passing overhead as they roared, screamed, and hurled curses.

"These are..." Ou Ran Qi Guai watched