White-Haired Sword Cultivator!
"This is a cage—a cage with no key, its four walls completely sealed shut!"
Lin Bai gazed at the dark, unfathomably deep Nine Bend City, intense awe showing in his eyes.
In this cage, there was no key, no hint, no clue. Everything was exactly the same—even the darkness between heaven and earth was identical.
The person who had created this place had never intended to leave those who entered a way to survive.
At least, Lin Bai had not found one.
Lin Bai had tried to leave Nine Bend City, but beyond the city lay boundless darkness. Once he traveled too far away, he could no longer locate Nine Bend City.
Aside from that, Lin Bai could only keep moving forward.
He walked all the way into the City Lord's Mansion, then toward the next Nine Bend City.
But... no matter how many more Nine Bend Cities Lin Bai passed through, he could not return to that very first Nine Bend City.
Lin Bai gradually understood that this place was a "phantom realm"—a real existence resembling a phantom realm, yet not actually one.
This "phantom realm" was so real that even the Asura Dharma Eyes could not see through it, and even the Devouring Power could not display its effects.
Within the dark Nine Bend City, Lin Bai walked blankly and unsteadily through the streets.
His eyes had already turned completely blood-red, his hair was disheveled, and his entire body radiated a violent aura.
He looked just like a demon king reborn.
Lin Bai's dao heart was collapsing bit by bit.
It seemed that within Nine Bend City, within the void, there was a force capable of affecting the dao heart.
No matter how powerful one's dao heart was, after remaining in the void for too