Chapter 5986

The high platform was forged from ten-thousand-year black ice, its frigid aura dense and suffocating. Thick ice pillars rose at its center, their surfaces stained dark red with dried blood. This was the Death Penalty Platform—the place where Hanyuan City publicly executed major criminals.

Below the platform, thousands of cultivators had already gathered. Some were long-term residents of Hanyuan City, others outsiders drawn by the spectacle. Every gaze was fixed on the stage, eager and indifferent.

Directly in front of the platform stood an ice-jade throne, currently vacant.

Clearly, the City Lord had yet to arrive.

“Kneel!”

The guards forced the prisoners to the ground, pressing them to face the direction of the throne.

“The City Lord has arrived!” a loud voice announced.