"This place was created by the power of Great Emperor Zhongyuan Earth Official. Do you know what office he held in the Heavenly Court?"
The Lunar Emperor's voice was calm. His one remaining hand tapped slowly against the arm of his jade throne. Half his face was boundless Void; the other half wore a gentle smile.
"He examined the registers of good and evil, of pure and impure deeds, for men and women; he recorded the fortunes and calamities of all living beings. His vast power carried him beyond the Nine Netherworlds; his light shone through great calamity and washed away ten thousand sins..."
The Lunar Emperor was reciting the Earth Official Great Emperor's sacred proclamation. "One of his duties was to judge good and evil and record fortune and calamity. He was one of the foundations of the entire Heavenly Court."
"This place is only a simulation of the Ancient Heavenly Court, but the Earth Official's domain was modeled exactly on the Heavenly Court of that time. Once your name enters the True Spirit Register of Offices, you are bound fast to this Immortal Abode. You can never leave."
The Lunar Emperor smiled faintly. "Of course, if you believe your methods surpass the Earth Official Great Emperor's, and you can remove yourself from his True Spirit Register of Offices, you might escape. Otherwise, this place will hold you in its shackles forever."
"To External Demons, or to cultivators of unknown lineages, this is a Grotto-Heaven Paradise where they might gain supreme rewards. But to a cultivator like you, whose ties to the Heavenly Court run deep, it is a place of no return. A place of death. A place where you will sink forever, unable to transcend."
The Lunar Emperor looked down at Su Che.
"You will only be