Gu Tongtian held Lu Ren in the highest esteem. When the Divine Emperor summoned him to the Divine Emperor Hall, his first thought was to bring Lu Ren along.
Lu Ren stepped out of the room and headed to the Divine Emperor Hall with Gu Tongtian. Compared to the Divine Emperor Hall in the spacetime where Lu Ren had been, this one had not changed much; it even had considerably fewer buildings.
Divine Emperor Guards were stationed everywhere, their defenses airtight.
Following behind Gu Tongtian, Lu Ren received the salutations of many Divine Emperor Guards along the way.
Lu Ren and Gu Tongtian rested in a side hall, patiently awaiting the Divine Emperor's summons.
Lu Ren's Spiritual Origin had already been cultivated to level one hundred and fifty-seven. Combined with the True Dragon's Eye of Delusion Breaking, he began probing the surroundings. Before long, he passed through layer upon layer of buildings and successfully locked onto a dungeon.
The dungeon was dark and gloomy, cold and damp, enough to make one's hair stand on end.
Many heinous criminals were imprisoned in the cells, each one fierce-looking and vicious. Yet in one corner of a cell, a seemingly frail woman was curled up. Her hair was white and dry as withered straw, utterly lifeless, as if all vitality had been drained from her.
"Mei'er, you demon who slaughtered the innocent people of the Great Wilderness! Whether you confess or not, Father has already decided to execute you in order to give the people of the Great Wilderness an explanation. You'd better confess while you still can!"
Beside her, a petite woman glared with her eyes wide, staring fixedly at Mei'er curled up in the corner as she shouted her reprimand.
Yet the woman called Mei'er remained curled up there, her gaze