During his imprisonment, Han Yi had attempted to escape.

The monsters, however, seemed to regard him with extreme importance, maintaining a seamless, unbroken watch. They didn’t give him a single opportunity.

Faced with the ever-vigilant, ferocious glares of his monstrous guards, Han Yi could only swallow hard and abandon his plans for flight.

Fortunately, the conditions of his prison were tolerable. The monsters delivered food and drink punctually each day, so the confinement was not truly unbearable.

More than ten days passed before the monsters bound Han Yi tightly again and carried him back to the pyre pillar.

My life ends here. Had I known, a swift death at that cultivator's hands would have been preferable.

Just as this despair settled over...