"Moxiuluo" heard an unexpected voice rise from what should have been another dark prison near his own.
He carefully probed his surroundings with fluctuations of his mana. Beyond his own cell, he could sense several other prisons scattered about, each holding a different powerful being—all Dao-entry-level experts.
Roar!
A wild howl erupted from one of the dark prisons, accompanied by a sound like mountains collapsing and earth splitting apart. A powerful cultivator had opened his mouth, and the soundwaves he expelled had become tangible, shaking everything in every direction. Yet it was all in vain. The dark prison was formless, yet indestructible. Darkness surged over it like a tide, enveloping and sealing everything away, impossible to break through.
"Heart-Returning Prison... the Evil-Slaying Bureau's Heart-Returning Prison. But I have never heard that the Heart-Returning Prison possessed a nineteenth level."
The shock in "Moxiuluo's" heart was easy to imagine. He had now realized that this place was indeed highly unusual. The pitch-black prisons around him locked down everything. Some of those imprisoned within appeared lifelike, while others were plainly demons and inhuman monstrosities.
Most bizarrely, some of the people imprisoned in the cages had bodies warped beyond recognition, or were covered from head to toe in bark and leaves.
"The Heart-Returning Prison is where the three bureaus of the Great You Dynasty seal and imprison convicts. Throughout history, it has held powerful figures targeted by Great You, great demons that escaped from the Abyssal Realm, and rebels against the imperial court."
A mysterious figure was imprisoned in this cage as well. His voice came and went like a thread of silk spun by a spring silkworm, reaching "Moxiuluo's" ears.
"Or formidable figures captured by the court and found to suffer from severe Dao contamination, posing immense danger—they are all sealed on the