Hearing this, Old Ancestor Xuanming forgot his fear and hurried over for a closer look.
"It really is! How could a monster in the Extreme Abyss have an Immortal Court chain growing inside its belly?" Bewilderment covered Old Ancestor Xuanming's face as he looked up at Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan dusted the grime off his hands, his tone indifferent.
"Is that so hard to figure out?"
Zhou Xuan pointed at the churning Black Seawater below.
"This place isn't some naturally formed abyssal deathtrap at all. It was once a prison of the Immortal Court."
Old Ancestor Xuanming's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.
"A prison? You mean this entire East Sea Abyss was where the Immortal Court locked up its prisoners?"
Zhou Xuan nodded.
"Where else do you think this force field separating the inside from the outside came from? That Sea-Swallowing Abyss Beast was absurdly huge, yet it could only move around within these waters. It couldn't get out at all. That length of chain in its belly was the dog leash the Immortal Court used to tether it back then. That brute was nothing more than a watchdog the Immortal Court left here."
Old Ancestor Cangwu rose to his feet, his expression grave.
"If this is an Immortal Court prison, then was that enormous faction the Court Guardian Pavilion Master spoke of before he died made up of the prisoners once held here? Not only did they survive, but they turned the tables and took over this prison?"
Zhou Xuan walked over to the length of chain and nudged its broken end with the tip of his foot.
"Take a close look at this break."
Cangwu and Dark Nether looked where Zhou Xuan indicated.
The broken end of the chain was jagged, its surface riddled with pitted