"Look up, look up!"
"Open your eyes and look up!"
"The starlight did not fade last night; today, the night sky will turn red!"
"Slash apart the heavens!"
"Today, the night sky will turn red..."
"...Red Sun Rising, its path shining bright... Though a thousand ages may pass, across the eight wilds... Seas and mountains stand vast, the roads of the world stretch endless... Heaven and earth bow and rise, bringing auspicious fortune!"
Two long, clear incantations rang through the skies above the Black Prison Battlefield. Accompanied by the chants, two suns tore through the heavy Night Veil one after the other and slowly rose over this deathly silent world.
One was golden.
One was crimson.
Golden-red sunlight poured from the end of the horizon, flowing like a tide over every hill, every withered tree, and every grain of sand, painting the entire world in their colors.
Before Black Prison Castle.
Nine enormous figures sat neatly in the open ground outside the castle, facing the two suns and turned in every direction, silently confronting the surging Demon Allied Army.
The sunlight was blocked by Their towering forms, casting long, dense shadows behind Them.
The nine shadows did not overlap, yet all stretched deep into the inner castle, falling beneath the Xuanhuang Wood. There, they layered together with its thick shade, draping this ancient spirit tree in a faint black veil.
The old tree swayed its branches in greeting toward a tall figure beneath it. Its leaves rustled softly as they brushed together.
"Don't worry, you are absolutely safe here!"
"The protective array is at the very center of the inner castle. Beyond the inner castle is the main castle, and beyond the main castle is the outer castle. Two Legendary Wizards guard the inner castle, the Four Deans