At the sight of the pale phantom seated upon the Lava and Bone Throne, wearing the Black Fire Crown, the righteous gods of the Heavenly Court felt bone-deep cold rise in their hearts and instantly spread through their bodies.
Almost at the same instant, every righteous god of the Heavenly Court apart from the Soaring Heaven Sword Sovereign began to tremble violently as though struck by lightning, their faces ashen and grief-stricken.
Then, without even sparing the Jade Emperor a glance, they turned and fled in the direction they had come from.
"Where's the door!? Open the door! Hurry!"
"This is a trap! That evil fiend... that demon is still alive! Run, run!"
"I told you we should've kept sleeping. So what if we perished? Couldn't we just stay put? We hid for so many years, what difference would a few more days make? Why did you have to wake me up? Heavens..."
"This is an illusion! An illusion! Don't let him scare you, everyone, it's all fake... Where the hell is that damned door!?"
"..."
The gods of the Heavenly Court desperately flew in the opposite direction, scattering everywhere as they searched for the door through which they had entered.
Only then did they discover in horror that the door had long since vanished.
Thinking back to the sound of the door closing earlier, the old gods of the Heavenly Court vaguely understood that they had been set up by the master of the Prison of Suppression!
What Night Watcher, what lackeys under the master of the Prison of Suppression, what pawns lying in wait to hunt the master of the Prison of Suppression—it had all been a lie.
That damned demon had not changed in the slightest after all these years. He was still as vicious and cruel