111: Nine-Star Soul-Locking Array! Not a single one in the entire Heavenly Prison can escape!

Night!

Starlight twinkled, like a river of stars suspended in the sky.

A bright moon cast its glow, seemingly blanketing the earth in a layer of silver.

Inside Pei Wang City, a scene of prosperity unfolded; even in the dead of night, carriages and horses still bustled!

In the lanes of courtesans and wine, people drank and sang!

Pei Wang City was peaceful and serene!

The fearsome reputation of Demon, Monster, and Ghost Cultivators outside had not affected life here in the slightest.

Even the curfew was merely for show!

On the other side of this prosperity, West City was eerily quiet.

This was the darkest corner of Pei Wang City, most famous for the Heavenly Prison, which was located there!

Normally, not many people dared to come here, but today, a group of people arrived silently outside the Heavenly Prison.

These individuals wore cloaks, beneath which were azure seven-star robes, with a peculiar star and moon emblem on their chests.

The leader pushed back the hood of his cloak, revealing his face.

He was Zhou Lin.

The people who had arrived outside the Heavenly Prison at this moment were precisely the Qimen Division experts, sent by Shen Tianxing's order to take over!

"Begin the operation!"

Zhou Lin uttered faintly, and the experts dispersed in all directions.

The Heavenly Prison was vast!

If one were to rely on a single person's power to completely envelop such a large area with a Formation, it would likely not be easy!

However, over a hundred experts from the Qimen Division had arrived!

The lowest among them had a cultivation of Vajra Realm Seventh or Eighth Layer, were proficient in Formations, and with the aid of Treasure Artifacts distributed by the Qimen Division, they could achieve twice the result with half the effort!

Eight people remained by Zhou Lin's side, each possessing a Carefree Realm cultivation!

The nine of them worked together, primarily controlling the cohesion of the Formation, to silently activate it without alerting anyone inside the Heavenly Prison!

"Let's begin too!"

"Good!"

"With the method of Nine Stars Returning to Origin and Heavenly Star Soul Locking, it will be enough to trap everyone inside."

Nine Stars Soul Locking Formation!

This was the Formation the nine Qimen Division experts devised as most suitable for this operation!

With the nine of them as the center, borrowing the power of the Heavenly Stars, they would integrate the Formations cast by over a hundred experts into one, forming a massive cage!

Star Power would lock souls, weaken cultivation, and seal all Spiritual Qi!

All experts caught within the Formation, unless they had reached beyond the Divine Profound Realm, would be unable to break free!

Of course, there would be no experts of that level here; in the end, they were all remnants of defeated forces. If they were truly experts above the Carefree Realm, they would have long since vanished.

Why would they need the refuge provided by Prince Pei?

Zhou Lin and the others split into nine positions, floating in the air, their hands rapidly forming seals, like butterflies flitting through flowers, a dazzling technique too fast to discern!

At the same time!

Around the massive Heavenly Prison, over a hundred experts were already prepared!

Jade stones, engraved with Dao Patterns, floated above their heads. Like Zhou Lin and the others, they performed their respective hand seals and incantations!

"Summon the Stars!!!"

Boom!!!

As Zhou Lin's words fell, from the vast river of stars flowing across the firmament, A series of dazzling starlight burst forth!

Starlight, like water, transformed into beams of light, falling into the bodies of all the experts holding the Dao Patterns!

The next second, the jade stones shattered!

Mysterious Dao Patterns floated in the Void Realm, infused with endless starlight, erupting into a wondrous Imperial Seal!

Each Imperial Seal manifested countless runes, transforming into invisible chains that extended towards the Heavenly Prison!

Stars descended from the sky, Spiritual Qi surged like a tide!

Such peculiar fluctuations, suddenly appearing in the quiet West City, not only immediately alarmed the numerous Demon, Monster, and Ghost Cultivators hiding in the Heavenly Prison but also startled all the Martial Cultivators in the city!

"No good! Someone is attacking us! Everyone, quick, flee!"

Inside the Heavenly Prison, a powerful aura shot into the sky!

Fierce roars echoed through the Heavenly Prison; countless Demon, Monster, and Ghost Cultivators all sensed the commotion outside.

Beyond the terror, boundless rage ensued!

"That damned Prince Pei, he sold us out! We must report to the Sect and destroy his Pei Wang City!"

"Hmph! I've long said that the Human Race and us are not of the same mind, let alone a Prince of the Great Qi Dynasty! This time, it's probably Prince Pei acting in secret!"

"Break out! Destroy Pei Wang City!!!"

Voices filled with powerful auras kept coming, some of these auras were infinitely close to the Carefree Realm.

There were quite a few Great Demons at the Half-step Carefree Realm!

"Quick! They're about to come out!"

Zhou Lin shouted loudly, his expression showing no panic.

They had laid this Formation, fully prepared to be discovered.

But being discovered did not mean anyone could break through the Formation's blockade.

No one knew that the first step of this Nine Stars Soul Locking Formation, when cast cooperatively, was to suppress the Divine Soul with Dao Patterns.

As soon as a Divine Soul fluctuation appeared, it would be immediately suppressed!

Without a Divine Profound Realm cultivation, one could not hope to escape the suppression!

"Ah!!!"

Soon, shrill screams came from within.

As the Formation neared completion, with the infusion of Star Power, the Dao Patterns had already entered the vast Heavenly Prison. The higher the cultivation of the Demon, Monster, Ghost, and Evil Cultivators, the faster the effect!!!

"My goodness, what is that place? How can such powerful starlight envelop it? What on earth is happening!"

The Martial Experts, who had gathered in the prosperous areas enjoying song and dance, all leaped into the air, looking towards West City.

"It's Star Power. Someone is using Star Power to seal off that area! In the entire city, perhaps only Shen Tianxing has such capable individuals around him!"

"Hiss!!! Are you talking about the Qimen Division?"

"The Heavenly Prison, that's the direction of the Heavenly Prison. Shen Tianxing is moving against the Heavenly Prison, but Prince Pei turns a blind eye. Perhaps there's something... not simple about this!"

Many Martial Expert Cultivators could not fathom what secrets lay within.

However, since Prince Pei did not intervene, it was clear that this was an action he tacitly approved!

Shen Tianxing's domineering nature once again left the experts of various forces in disbelief!

No one tried to approach.

With numerous experts within Pei Wang City, and being in the same city, they could clearly see what was happening outside the Heavenly Prison.

Bang!!!

At this moment, Prince Pei's Mansion was also brightly lit!

In a grand hall, Prince Pei's expression was dark and uncertain, with several precious ancient jade carvings shattered on the floor.

Two tall, deeply imposing middle-aged men also stood in the hall.

"Your Highness, it seems Shen Tianxing had already detected the problem with the Heavenly Prison."

A middle-aged man with a slightly refined face and sparkling eyes spoke.

These two middle-aged men were his trusted confidants; one commanded the army, named Fu Xiu!

The refined middle-aged man who spoke was his strategist, named Min Wenshu!

Prince Pei was actually the first to discover the abnormal activity at the Heavenly Prison.

As soon as the Heavenly Prison anomaly appeared, he knew Shen Tianxing had made his move!

Only then did he realize he had fallen into Shen Tianxing's trap!

Alas, there was no turning back!

Once the problem within the Heavenly Prison was exposed, if Prince Pei were to intervene again, he would never be able to explain himself!

At this moment, he could only allow Shen Tianxing's people to act; not only could he not interfere, but he had to fully assist them!