Ethan followed Elder Azel deeper into the bowels of the Demon Sealing Cave. The passage spiraled downward through floor after floor of ring-shaped corridors, each lined with shadowy caves sunk into the dull stone.
"Demon Sealing Cave, the farther down, the more dangerous and powerful the demons that are suppressed here become," Azel explained as their footsteps echoed through the dim passage.
"Up here on the upper floors, you'll mostly find humans: sect traitors, degenerates, and those who once plotted the Dao Sect's death."
Passing cell after cell, Ethan glanced in. Faces stared back—dirty, wild-haired, eyes brimming with malice, lifetimes of rage compressed into narrowing pupils.
Their murderous hostility would've cowsed any ordinary disciple. For most, the weight of so many hungry gazes would dry their throats and make their legs tremble.
