A shimmering, gilded Jade Talisman flew in from the horizon.
Qin Xuan reached out to take it, and a majestic, detached voice echoed directly in his mind.
"Huaizhong Altar Master Qin Xuan, hear my command. The re-selection for the Demon Child trial has begun. Take this Talisman and enter the Nine Prisons Reincarnation Tower at once. There can be no mistakes!"
"As you command!" Qin Xuan replied, cupping his hands with his gaze lowered.
...
「The Second Floor of the Reincarnation Tower.」
Crimson vortexes of cloud churned like blood, radiating a daunting pressure.
The space was vast, with a dome high overhead.
The surrounding walls were carved with countless twisted, wailing Demon Patterns, and in the center stood a massive black stone platform.
In front of the stone platform stood a burly, bald man with his hands clasped behind his back.
The bald man wore a black robe, and ferocious, dark-red tattoos crawled across his face. His aura was as vast as the sea.
"Silence!"
