Nine Prisons Secret Realm, First Prison Gate.

  Kong Nanfei opened his eyes in the Rebirth Pool; surrounding blue spirit crystals drained, cracking.

  Exhaled; felt strength rise.

  Battles + pool: third Golden Core turn in days of toil.

  Wanted more blues, reds—but reds yielded blues; lost hope.

  Luck no match for diviner Mo.

  No linger; aim first to Second.

  But hard: Nie, Ning Zhao, Jing Yue, later Li Sansui/ Sansi closing.

  Third turn cost time; others caught.

  Stele: “Kong Nanfei: 190.”

  Squint: 190—final gate, city.

  Granny mentioned Dead City above villages.

  Buzz...

  Exited; lively vanished—ghost market odd.

  Tidied tattered robes; forward sway, recite wild poems.

  Long; body shock.

  Ears: bells drums boom.

  Head up: distant yin city emerged.

  Vast towering; black bricks blood-stained walls.

  Gate: knife-horse yin officers.

  Chained ghosts heavy steps in.

  Inhaled: last gate.

  Pass: Second.

  Plaque: “Qin Guang City?”

  Recite.

  Boom!

  Heart quake; terror attention.

  City revived.

  Yin surge.

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  Thud!

  Wall: burly yin officer complex eyes.

  “Endless war; only myriad dead; ancient perished. Rebirth land; mortals barred.”

  Grand boom; Kong tremble.

  Stared: neck square metal yoke.

  Yin dense.

  “Spirit tool!”

  Pupil shrink pressure.

  No... crush.

  Stronger than any!

  How fight? Pass?!

  Despair.

  No entry hope.

  Golden Core+?

  Officer smile; countless ghosts stare back.

  Next...

  Yoke flung enlarge wrap Kong.

  Clang...

  Soul detained; evaporate bind.

  “Rebirth city; enter endure 100 soul bites. 100 pass; under 50 extinguish.”

  Grand heaven-earth.

  Moved: not fight—chance.

  Soul fearless arms open.

  Gate.

  Chained ghosts freed attract; twisted pounce.

  Bang!

  One hit: tear pain bloodshot eyes.

  Soul pain; temper.

  100: 100 pains.

  Heart shrink.

  Torture.

  Early endure; later unconscious roar.

  “62 bites: fail.”

  Cold; yoke return hand stand wall oppress.

  City vanish.

  Kong numb open...

  Failed.

  Thought soul tough 100—overconfident far.

  Sweat soul weak cold... deathlike.

  Not just.

  Nie same city soul bites.

  “52: fail.”

  Cold echo; steps back fear.

  Half death.

  Under 50: likely die.

  Death breath felt.

  First through contest continues.

  ...

  Peacock Kingdom.

  Transformed: all shaven monks.

  Ding Jiudeng cushion merciful smile.

  Mind voice lure; strength grew—chants prayers pure energy fuse.

  Stronger.

  Kingdom Buddhist; all faith his dharma.

  Palms bare walk.

  Observed monks.

  Court center: sweat build stupa vast.

  Satisfied.

  18 layers hard craftsmen.

  Command: obey.

  Sat carve patterns knife.

  Mind: Buddha Realm Tower.

  Instinct bad.

  But uncontrollable.

  ...

  Heaven Chess Yin-Yang.

  Extreme; summoned Demon Lord co-place.

  Demon black; Lu white; clack forceful.

  Soul mobilize; piece yin-yang balance seek.

  Hard.

  Ten days first complete.

  Done: soul reforged stronger denser.

  Momentum tempers soul; consciousness condense.

  Demon dispersed.

  Lu no continue.

  Ten days one: unbelievable.

  Effective.

  Breeze bamboo rustle.

  Origin ripples real.

  Rail leisure.

  Checked First: efforts; no more.

  Nine Prisons harder perfected than immortal/dragon; better results.

  Monitor fix bugs.

  Thousand Blades second floor.

  Table; white flame boil wine.

  Plum in stir.

  Eyes lines worldwide.

  Saw...

  Tianyuan Person List cross sea Wolong.

  West Peacock...

  ...

  Wolong out lively.

  Many sit cultivate qualify First.

  Suddenly.

  Du Ye etc. intent done lost qualify; distant watch.

  Day.

  Rocks roll; strangers approach.

  Clans stunned: strong auras!

  “City Lord.”

  Feng Yilou purple hands behind brilliant eighth Core smile.

  Du bright.

  “Eighth... good.”

  “List top five.”

  Laugh.

  “Immortal fate; ninth!”

  Expectant.

  Feng blessed: stuck seventh lifetime; Lu possess apocalypse breakthrough eighth.

  Timing.

  Solemn.

  Genii bow.

  Clans agape.

  Cores disciples... how strong masters?

  Unimaginable!

  Who?

  Rumors: overseas Tianyuan Ancients.

  Developed continent.

  Goal: Nine Prisons.

  No talk; First.

  Firm: pressure breeze easy enter.

  Clans bitter: their struggle wind.

  Despair rivals.

  ...

  Lu uncaring goldens.

  His gates hard.

  Good: pressure Kong etc.

  Slow month no First exit.

  Disappoint.

  Mind shift.

  Peacock sense.

  “Buddha Tower.”

  Cold arc.

  Guess confirmed.

  Bitter Apprentice? High martial Buddha?

  Tower: signal emitter.

  Impure.

  Ignore develop; harvest.

  But signal trouble.

  No.

  Quiet develop bad?

  Good Buddhism strong bad?

  Flashy.

  Unknown controller: Apprentice or high.

  Lazy guess.

  Trouble...

  Slap dead.