Yanfu.
This was likely the darkest region in all of Yanfu. Not a trace of light could be seen—not even the eternal lightning flashing across Yanfu's sky could reach this place.
Darkness enveloped the region, leaving it silent, black, and desolate.
No one knew how long this place had remained silent. Then, at this moment, a point of starlight appeared in the sky above it.
The starlight grew clearer and brighter.
The light fell into the pitch-black space below. The dense, profound fog gradually receded like a tide, revealing three towering copper walls.
The copper walls were covered in all kinds of ancient symbols. Every symbol radiated hatred and venom.
It was like someone betrayed by their closest kin, viciously cursing in a dark corner.
At that moment.
Amid the starlight high above, a figure appeared indistinctly. Six enormous wings spread out behind his slender frame.
The inside of the copper walls began to tremble. The deepest darkness within them seemed to seethe like boiling magma.
A moment later, illuminated by the starlight, the darkness condensed into a gigantic face.
Its features were twisted and ferocious. Its immense hatred and fury transformed into hellfire, blazing within its deep-black eye sockets.
Looking into those eyes, one could see countless twisted figures reaching toward the sky from within the flames, as though a horde of evil spirits were trying to crawl out of hell.
At that moment.
The enormous face on the ground let out a great roar. In an instant, fierce winds howled high above, as if tens of thousands of wronged souls were shrieking in agony.
Yet within that roar, a clear thought was transmitted into the stars in the sky.
"Stars, what are you doing here?"
The figure within the starlight sent out a thought as well.
"King of