Chapter 6063

Golden pillars stretched into vaulted shadow, every inch of the grand hall polished to a mirror sheen. Colored flames flickered inside bronze braziers, and gilded beams scattered fractured light across the floor.

At the center stood the Grand Venerable, robes motionless, chin lifted.

Behind him, the highest officers of Divine Punishment Hall formed a rigid line—shoulders squared, spines straight, eyes lowered.

Silence pressed down like an invisible weight. Each breath felt measured. Each heartbeat flattened under the tension that shimmered as clearly as the gold leaf beneath their boots.

At the exact center of the hall, a circular array glowed silver.

Runes flowed across carved stone like rivers of quicksilver, intricate and alive.

Every gaze locked onto that light, pupils reflecting its glow as though the pattern had hooked into their sight.