Azure Flame Sect, Creation Peak.
Sovereign Huaqian watched Qin Hao turn into a Rainbow Streak and fly toward the Starry Sky. He frowned slightly, then shook his head. After a moment's thought, he vanished.
The Azure Flame Sect sprawled across a vast expanse. Its peaks for servants, Outer Gate disciples, and the Inner Gate's Nine Peaks rose in staggered ranks. Beyond the Nine Peaks lay the Back Mountain.
Many cultivation treasures lay in the Back Mountain, as did many forbidden areas deep within it.
Among them was a secluded valley, shrouded in Mist and steeped in gloom. Had Qin Hao been there, he would certainly have sensed its resemblance to the Abyssal Grave Realm on the second level of the Ancient Xuanhuang World.
Their auras were strikingly similar.
And with good reason.
A massive Stone Stele stood at the valley's entrance.
The Abyssal Prison World!
Four bold, powerful characters were carved into the Stone Stele.
Why was the Azure Flame Sect situated in the Azure Flame Great World rather than another Great World?
Its chief purpose was to Suppress the Abyssal Prison World!
Within the Abyssal Prison World dwelled one strange, immensely powerful being after another.
The Ancient Prison Dungeon was merely its outermost layer.
And within the Ancient Prison Dungeon roamed countless Ghost Souls. The High-Level Wraiths among them posed a tremendous threat even to Sovereigns.
"Ancient Suspended."
Sovereign Huaqian's expression remained calm as he stepped into the Abyssal Prison World.
Whoosh!
The instant Sovereign Huaqian set foot in the mist-shrouded valley, the space around him twisted. The stars seemed to shift overhead, and he was no longer in the Azure Flame Great World.
In its place stretched a vast, dark, sinister dungeon passage. A small Palace stood beside its entrance.
The great passage led into the depths of