The Heavenly Prison in the Heavenly God Realm's inner domain was much like the one in the Outer Domain. Both used Spell-Sealing Stone Chains to bind prisoners and confine them deep within iron cells.
The only difference was that prisoners in the Outer Domain's Heavenly Prison only had their ankles shackled, while those in the inner domain were bound "Shang Yang-style," with separate Spell-Sealing Stone Chains around each wrist, each ankle, and even their necks.
So when Yi Tian saw Lu Qi again, he could not help laughing at the sight of him.
"What's this? Are you and your old flame Bedreya into bondage play?"
At that teasing voice, Lu Qi, dressed in scholarly robes, abruptly raised his head. The sight of Yi Tian sent a jolt through him, making the Spell-Sealing Stone Chains scrape and rattle.
Lu Qi's eyes widened. Only after looking Yi Tian up and down did he speak in disbelief:
"You're not dead?"
Yi Tian chuckled. "Not only am I alive, I'm doing very well."
Lu Qi was at a loss for words. "After Bedreya's attack landed, your presence vanished completely. I thought you'd been..."
His voice faltered, then turned urgent. "Bro, quick! Can you save me one more time? I have something very important to do!"
"No."
Before Lu Qi could even finish, Yi Tian cut him off decisively, then teased:
"Does this very important thing have something to do with Bedreya again?"
Aside from Bedreya, there probably was not much Lu Qi would call "important."
In truth, though, getting Lu Qi out of the Heavenly Prison now would have been remarkably easy.
A single word from Yi Tian would have been enough for the prison guards to release Lu Qi willingly.
The problem was that if he released Lu Qi and Lu Qi went