Demon Sword Sect's Undercover-Chapter 831 - 830: Regional Insights [Extra for Alliance Hierarch Yue Tian Le Le]

This region is not that Hell. A difference of one word, a thousand miles apart.

At that time, the spatial fissure collapsed completely, leaving no room for struggle for these small cultivators. Whether it was him from Jinxiu or the celestial visitor from the Upper Realm, in the face of space, they were nothing. Besides passively waiting, there was nothing they could do.

This was especially true for Hou Niao, because he had neither seen nor heard of such things. He had no way to judge whether the current situation was normal or abnormal.

Light and shadow intertwined, the sky spun, and the earth turned. It wasn’t the kind of disorientation from flying, but rather a confusion deep in consciousness, unable to distinguish up from down, left from right, front from back, not knowing where he was.

Fortunately, this mental confusion lasted only a short time. The next moment, he felt he regained control of his body, all senses restored, and found himself in an exceedingly strange place, resembling both a cave and a palace. The surrounding stone walls were carved with various totems: birds, beasts, humans, flowers, insects, and fish, clearly ancient.

The cave was very long, extending into darkness, completely sealed behind him. It seemed this was the place they were brought to after the spatial fissure disappeared.

But to go forward, they would have to pass through a group of people, humanoid but with horns on their heads.

These people wore splendid garments, their expressions cold and stern, gazes sharp, looking at them as if they were prisoners.

In this precious and limited time, a clear and cold voice appeared in his mind, "Pay attention to my words, we don’t have much time."

Hou Niao looked toward where the Divine Sense came from, the female Sword Cultivator was staring at him. Knowing that this female Sword Cultivator came from the orthodox Sword Sect of the Upper Realm, she probably spoke to him because they were both from the Sword Sect, so he kindly nodded towards her.

The Divine Sense was clear and logical, "This is Hell Star. As the name suggests, it’s a star where the living space doesn’t exist on the star’s surface but within its nucleus. The big star you saw through the spatial fissure exists there. As for its current position, it’s not far from Jinxiu Continent, but for us, it’s a step we can never cross given our current Realm."

Hou Niao did not interrupt and listened quietly. This was the fastest way to understand his situation at present. Missing this opportunity would likely require a long time to understand his status, which would be very disadvantageous for him.

"I’ll be brief. Hell Star, Jinxiu Continent, Anchor Chain Star Domain, and many surrounding Cultivation Star Domains form this Universe stellar domain, which is roughly the shape of our Universe; and Hell Star is the prison of this stellar domain. All evil cultivators below Nascent Soul are transported here for unified management."

Organizing her words, "Every sixty years, Hell Star’s orbit will intersect closely with Jinxiu Continent. Due to the massive gravitational interaction between the two giant celestial bodies, Jinxiu Continent is at its weakest seal during this period. This is how we establish spatial connections with Jinxiu Continent. Of course, it wasn’t us who made the first move, but someone else.

This was supposed to be a normal entry. We entered Jinxiu through the spatial fissure, everyone working together to break the Heaven and Earth Chains of Jinxiu as soon as possible. But your interference disrupted all the plans, and now we’ve ended up here."

Hou Niao puffed his cheeks, wanting to say something but held back; he did not disagree with this fellow Sword Cultivator’s point. He indeed acted impulsively, and with his scant understanding of the Universe, he had no idea what consequences his actions would bring, quite irrational. Of course, if there were a next time, he might still do the same. If he weren’t impulsive, these extraterrestrial visitors would have succeeded.

"Thanks to you, a massive amount of Yuqing Spirit Machine entered Jinxiu, rendering the spatial connection unstable, ultimately collapsing. As a result, we were sent back to Hell Star, here."

Hou Niao cautiously asked, "I’m sorry, I didn’t know...can’t you return the same way?"

Yue Duo snorted, "You think I’m at the Immortal Realm? Since Hell Star is a Prison Star, of course, it’s a one-way ticket. Its space transmission is irreversible, it exists to keep prisoners here until they die of old age.

We came from a distant home star, utilizing the sixty-year intersection between Hell Star and Jinxiu. We didn’t come here to be imprisoned; instead of entering Jinxiu, we ended up in a prison, should we not especially thank you?"

Hou Niao finally understood. These celestial visitors originated from their respective home stars, using Hell Star merely as a waypoint, a transit, leveraging Hell Star’s long-distance transmission to arrive here, coinciding with the intersection with Jinxiu Continent. It was originally a two-birds, one-stone plan.

Unexpectedly, he interjected and ruined their plan, conveniently sending everyone to prison...

This was a misadventure, not his intention.

"I’m sorry. I didn’t know about any of this. I suppose everyone wants to kill me swiftly now?"

"Of course, what do you think? They don’t dare act rashly in front of the Prison Guards, but once you’re inside, they’ll naturally do so, seizing every opportunity. Your survival depends entirely on your ability, something I can’t help you with."

Hou Niao felt speechless, "But you’re not sinners, and neither am I. We just accidentally entered. Could we really be treated like criminal cultivators?"

Yue Duo sneered, "Where are so many rules? What procedures? To them, anyone entering here is a criminal cultivator. According to ancient agreements, what they do is imprison us until death, nothing else considered."

She still explained a little, "Hell Star doesn’t dispatch human Prison Guards. No one wants to come, and there’s no guarantee of fairness and justice. It would breed many unreasonable things. So, the so-called prison managers are Hell Star’s indigenous people. They possess special abilities on their home star and don’t interact with the human world, hence impartial management, following the rules, like..."

"Like herding cattle and sheep?"

"Pretty much. There are no prison documents, crimes, backgrounds, how many years, or sentence reductions here. Once inside, it’s a lifetime, regardless of reason, even if it’s a misunderstanding or passing by. The one-track-minded horned cave dwellers make the most competent Prison Guards, immune to bribery or corruption. Now you understand what you’ve done?"

Hou Niao listened, dumbfounded, "Thank you, but Fairy, why help me?"

Yue Duo sneered, "Though you sabotaged me, preventing mission completion; you are a true Sword Cultivator, your actions align with my Sword Sect’s tenets, so I help you, because Universe Sword Vein is one family!" fгeewebnovёl.com