289: Inside the Demon-Sealing Prison

"The Demon Sealing Prison actually evolved from the Chaos Immortal Artifact, the Demon Sealing Pagoda!"

"But the two are not exactly the same. You can understand it as the Demon Sealing Pagoda being the Prison-Suppressing Artifact Spirit of the Demon Sealing Prison. Even if the Holy King takes the Demon Sealing Pagoda away, the remaining power of this Demon Sealing Prison can still suppress billions of Devil Heads and the Dark World!"

As Chen Jiao walked, she introduced the history of the Demon Sealing Prison to Su Quan.

Compared to other Immortals, her attitude was quite friendly, and she didn't show any obvious disgust toward Su Quan.

"The Demon Sealing Prison is divided into eighteen floors in total. We are currently on the top floor, which is the eighteenth floor. This is the passage leading to the lower floors. Stand in here with me!"

As she spoke, a fiery red halo appeared in front of them.

Enclosed within the halo was a circular stone slab made of a mysterious material, engraved with dense Golden Runes. It possessed a vast aura, as if it alone suppressed a corner of the world.

Chen Jiao stepped onto the stone slab and then gestured for Su Quan to stand on it as well.

"To open the Spatial Passage of the Demon Sealing Prison, you need to coordinate it with a special Mind-Cultivation Technique. Since you've been left here by Revered Master to Cultivate, I'll teach it to you in a moment!"

Immediately after, she raised her right hand and struck out a streak of cyan light.

The light merged with the fiery red halo, emitting strong fluctuations. The surrounding space distorted, like ripples rising on a calm water surface.

Once the space stabilized again, the surrounding light suddenly dimmed.

"Is this the seventeenth floor of the Demon Sealing Prison?"

Su Quan narrowed his eyes, carefully observing the world before him.

This place was a world of its own, with an extremely vast space.

The ground was covered with purple-black cold and hard stones, with jagged rocks everywhere. There were no signs of any green plants, and a sense of loneliness and desolation surged in his heart.

The sky was always shrouded in a gray airflow; there were no sun, moon, or stars. It looked somewhat like the legendary World of Eternal Darkness.

"Yes, this is the seventeenth floor of the Demon Sealing Prison, where a total of ten billion Devil Heads are imprisoned!" Chen Jiao nodded and said.

"So many?"

Su Quan was somewhat surprised.

However, thinking about it, it was quite normal. Given the temperament of the Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Holy King, any Devil Head she encountered would be taken into the Demon Sealing Prison. It wasn't strange that she had accumulated a massive number of ten billion over so many years.

While the two were talking, some Devil Heads imprisoned here also noticed them.

However, they didn't dare to approach, only watching from a distance.

"The cultivation levels of the Devil Heads on this floor are generally not very high; most are just ordinary Immortals, with the strongest being some Golden Immortals!"

Chen Jiao continued walking forward, saying, "Follow me, the halo leading to the sixteenth floor is just ahead!"

"Watch out for the black mist permeating this space!"

"This mist is Dark Energy drifting out from the Dark Caverns suppressed beneath the Demon Sealing Prison. Don't absorb too much of it into your body, or you'll have a hard time!"

Hearing this.

Su Quan nodded.

He noticed the black mist the woman mentioned; it was like a very, very thin layer of haze, completely enveloping the world within the prison.

This black mist shared the same origin as the Dark Energy eroding the Chaos Void Realm outside the pagoda. It had a cold, chilling feel, and it was pervasive, desperately trying to drill into his Immortal Body.

However, he didn't feel the discomfort the woman described. Instead, there was a sense of familiarity, like a mother's gentle hand stroking his body.

Out of caution, he did not reveal this unusual situation.

Instead, he mimicked Chen Jiao's actions, letting immortal essence rise from the surface of his skin to isolate the black mist from his body.

A few minutes later.

Another identical red halo appeared before them.

Chen Jiao struck out another streak of cyan light.

This time, the degree of spatial fluctuation was even stronger than before.

The scene shifted.

Su Quan was already standing on the ground of the sixteenth floor of the Demon Sealing Prison.

The scene in this world was exactly the same as the seventeenth floor. The ground was also covered with purple-black jagged rocks, and the sky was a gray expanse.

The only difference was that the black mist here was more concentrated.

"The number of Devil Heads imprisoned here also reaches a massive one billion. Follow me!"

Under Chen Jiao's lead, Su Quan passed through the fiery red halos, heading deeper into the depths of the Demon Sealing Prison.

Soon, they reached the seventh floor!

The black mist here had become incredibly dense, as if a layer of thick ink had been dyed over the world. Visibility was reduced to less than ten meters.

"Phew!"

Chen Jiao panted heavily, pushing the Immortal radiance rising from her skin to its limit.

However, under the sweep of this endless black mist, the Immortal light she emitted was like a candle in the wind, flickering and ready to go out at any moment.

"Sorry, this is the limit of what I can currently withstand!"

"If I go any further down, I risk being contaminated!"

"However, the seventh floor already allows contact with the Nirvana Poison Revered Master mentioned. This Nirvana Poison is actually a type of energy carried within the black mist. You can try to feel it!"

In the time it took to say just a few sentences.

Chen Jiao had already inhaled a lot of Dark Energy.

With a pained expression on her face, she said, "Su Quan, you Cultivate Poison Techniques, so your tolerance for this Dark Energy is stronger than mine. I can't hold on any longer, so I'll head back up first!"

"Thank you, Sister Chen Jiao!"

Su Quan's voice carried a hint of gratitude.

Although the woman was forced to bring him down, he still kept today's kindness in his heart.

"Sister Chen Jiao, you go up first. I'll Cultivate peacefully on this floor!"

"Before that, can you first teach me that Mind-Cultivation Technique to open the passage?"

"Alright, get ready to receive it!"

Chen Jiao's jade finger lit up with a layer of faint light, and she then lightly tapped Su Quan's brow.

Instantly, a Mind-Cultivation Technique that wasn't too complex surfaced in his mind.

With his current Divine Soul strength, it took only a few breaths to completely comprehend this technique.

"Alright, I'm going back now!"

"Be careful while you Cultivate. Don't be too greedy for progress. When your body can't take it, you must return immediately. Otherwise, if you're tainted by Dark Energy, it will be very troublesome to treat, and we'd have to ask Revered Master for help!"

After a final instruction, Chen Jiao stepped onto the upward halo passage.

Accompanied by a flash of blinding red light, her figure instantly vanished from this world.

"Now only I am left. Let's find a place to try cultivating first!"

Su Quan withdrew his gaze and walked alone into the depths of the black mist.

Suddenly, a strange figure lunged out from the black mist behind him. A cackling laugh came from her throat as she opened her arms, wanting to pull Su Quan into her embrace.

"How many years has it been? To think I could still smell a man's scent in this ghostly place!"

"Little brat, this Old Devil will definitely make you feel very good in a moment!"

But immediately, her laughter came to an abrupt halt, as if someone had grabbed her by the throat.

She stiffly looked down.

A fair and tender palm had been pressed against her chest at some point. A terrifying seven-colored luster was brewing in the palm—a manifestation of refining thousands of toxins to the extreme.

In just an instant, her Immortal Body's cells and Divine Soul were tainted by the Seven-Colored Poison, and her vitality rapidly vanished.

An Old Devil at the Perfection of the Nine Heavens Profound Immortal realm, who had once dominated the Immortal Realm for many years, was wiped out just like that with a lift of a hand!

The Nether Poison Sacred Body was truly terrifying!

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