Deep within the Human God Dynasty stood the Heavenly King's Forbidden Palace.
This had once been the place where Chu Tianwang cultivated in seclusion.
There were no guards outside the forbidden palace, nor were there any fluctuations from formations. The entire area was eerily silent, as though even the wind dared not blow within.
Chu Tian walked alone to the stone doors of the forbidden palace.
Chu Yunshang had wanted to follow him, but he had left her outside the Imperial Mausoleum.
"You have only just reforged the Hongmeng Slaughter Sacred Bone. You still need time to stabilize it."
"The Ancestral Land also needs you to guard it."
Although Chu Yueyao and Chu Xingyao's injuries had rapidly recovered under the nourishment of the Taichu Dao Stone, they still could not withstand the Creation Realm impact that might erupt within the forbidden palace.
Hui Mei, Heavenly Abyss, and Starry had also been ordered by Chu Tian to remain in the Imperial Mausoleum.
Here, he could only go alone.
Chu Tian raised a hand and pushed open the forbidden palace's stone doors.
There was no obstruction whatsoever.
Beyond the stone doors lay a long, dim ancient path.
From the end of the path came the muffled scrape of chains.
Chu Tian walked in step by step.
The deeper he went, the colder the air became.
At the heart of the forbidden palace stood a black ancient well dozens of zhang in diameter.
The walls of the well were cast from some unknown black stone, their surface covered in densely packed ancient inscriptions.
"Suppress father."
"Suppress son."
"Suppress tribulation."
The three phrases appeared again and again upon the well walls.
Before the ancient well sat a white-haired figure in meditation.
Chu Tianwang.
His back faced Chu Tian. The white robe on his body