Chapter 325: Prison

The cataclysmic roar of the purple thunder clouds hanging over the central colosseum did not merely fade; it vibrated deep within the stone bones of the stadium, paralyzing the breath of tens of thousands of watching spectators . The jagged streaks of dark-purple lightning continued to violently crack across the blackened heavens, snaking down into the absolute core of Tony Clark’s low-grade bronze furnace.

Inside that simple, unadorned copper vessel, the raw herbal ingredients plundered from the Vance clan were undergoing a total, reality-shattering transformation . Bypassing the standard, slow melting phases that ordinary alchemists endured, the natural elements were being forcefully compressed by the raw laws of a Heavenly Thunder Pill Tribulation .

High up in the floating VIP galleries, the sudden manifestation of the mythical Tian Family vanguard caused the ambient atmospheric pressure to spike to an absolute, suffocating density . The six cosmic enforcers hovered in mid-air, their grand, star-embroidered celestial robes fluttering softly against the spatial wind as their cold, indifferent eyes locked onto the blinding white-gold solar aura radiating beneath Tony’s dark hunting cloak . They didn’t care about the capital’s grand competition, nor did they look at the trembling local family heads; their singular, absolute purpose was to neutralize the sudden, illegal birth of primordial alchemical laws in this lower world .

“The target vessel exhibits an unauthorized, divine-tier internal flame signature,” the leading Tian Family enforcer spoke, his voice carrying an absolute, metallic resonance that bypassed the physical air, echoing directly inside the souls of everyone in the arena . He slowly raised his long, pearlescent sleeve, a massive, translucent net of celestial law runes materializing in the clouds above. “By the sacred decrees of the Upper Cosmic Realms, this lower-world anomaly is officially flagged for total containment and soul extraction. Execute the containment array.”

Deep inside Tony’s sea of consciousness, the system spirit was no longer silent or operational in a cold, mechanical state . It was violently thrashing against the runic walls of his mind, its virtual voice shaking with an intense, roaring ocean of ancient cosmic hatred and suffocating grief as it recognized the specific spatial symbols on their robes .

[Ding! High-Tier Spatial Interception Array fully active! The tracking signatures match the absolute executioners who ambushed my original creator during the Primordial Era!]

[System Archive Unlocked: The original master—the Supreme Alchemist of the Universe—is currently bound by nine thousand celestial iron chains inside the Abyssal Sun Soul Prison, a forbidden subterranean fortress hidden directly beneath the main ancestral palace of the Tian Family inside the Seventh Heaven Higher Realm. Host, you must not allow these low-tier enforcers to lock down your meridians!]

Tony Clark casually raised his head under the dark fabric of his hunting cloak, a wide, deeply villainous grin curling the corners of his lips as the detailed coordinates of the soul prison perfectly synchronized into his strategic memory. He didn’t show even a single fraction of panic, anxiety, or internal distress as the massive celestial law net began its rapid, crushing descent from the clouds . To a true supreme villain whose veteran combat willpower had survived multiple world-changing chessboards, an immediate ambush by a pack of cosmic gods was not a terminal crisis—it was an exceptionally magnificent opening script to test his new tools .

So, the old master is locked beneath their main ancestral palace, Tony thought to himself, a low, amused chuckle escaping his throat. They believe they can simply stretch out their hands and pluck my soul from this board as if I were a common commoner. They have absolutely no idea that I have spent the last two weeks taking my training slow strictly to prepare for this exact, bloody reunion.

With a sudden, explosive motion that completely defied the standard laws of time, Tony violently slammed his right palm against the heated base of his cracked bronze cauldron . He didn’t use a standard fire spell or a defensive barrier . He manually activated the absolute peak activation form of his newly mass-produced Divine Solar Core Pills, which were resting tightly inside the core of the furnace, fully infused with the raw power of the purple lightning tribulation .

BOOM!

Instead of a standard medical release, all fifty high-tier divine pills inside the cauldron violently detonated at the exact same millisecond under his precise command, unleashing a colossal, reality-shattering shockwave of blinding white-gold solar fire and dark-purple thunder elements that completely blanked out the entire colosseum stage . The sheer volume of the explosive energy didn’t scatter into a common blast; Tony expertly utilized his Primordial Alchemy Art to guide the chaotic elements, turning the medicine smoke into a massive, inescapable blinding fog that instantly blocked the spiritual tracking arrays and visual senses of the cosmic enforcers.

The translucent celestial law net violently crashed into the empty, melting stone floor of the arena, its capturing mechanisms hitting absolutely nothing as the spatial air currents inside the colosseum completely collapsed into a state of total, chaotic confusion .

“Master Vivienne, grab the reins right now!” Tony’s deep baritone voice suddenly bounced across the thick white-gold fog, carrying a chilling, razor-sharp edge of absolute authority .

Before Lady Vivienne Vane or the surrounding grand elders could even attempt to find their bearings inside the blinding light, the massive frame of the Crimson Shadow Griffin violently tore through the spatial veil . The ancient beast’s purple galaxy eyes flashed with an intense, predatory brilliance, its thirty-foot blood-red wings expanding to create a massive wind vortex that completely swallowed Tony, Julie Faith, and the stunned Master Vivienne directly into its private saddle .

Tony didn’t waste a single microsecond looking back at the roaring purple thunder clouds or the furious, bloodshot glares of the Tian enforcers who were frantically trying to clear the medicine fog. He violently channeled a massive wave of his peak 9th Class solar foundation directly into the griffin’s secondary soul, activating the absolute, maximum capacity of its spatial void laws .

With a deafening, thunderous roar that resonated through the entire capital city, the Crimson Shadow Griffin violently beat its wings, its massive claws slicing directly into the fabric of the universe to tear open a colossal, multi-colored tunnel of raw dimensional travel . In less than a fraction of a single millisecond, the space inside the central colosseum violently distorted, and the obsidian war chariot, the beast, and Tony Clark’s entire entourage completely vanished into thin air, escaping the capture attempt with absolute, flawless speed .

The transition through the spatial void felt like an absolute, beautiful fairy tale to their physical senses as they left the lower world completely behind . Inside the quiet, swirling dimensional tunnel, the air was calm, and the heavy pressure of the Tian Family’s tracking arrays could no longer reach their location.

Lady Vivienne Vane sat on the fur-lined seat of the chariot, her elegant, breathtakingly beautiful face a mask of total, dizzying awe and frantic confusion as she stared at Tony’s unhurried, lazy figure under his cloak . Her long red silk robes were slightly dishevelled, her heart pounding furiously against her ribs as she realized her “simple country-bumpkin apprentice” had just casually used a batch of high-tier pills to violently repel a direct attack from the absolute rulers of the universe .

“Tony… you… you have been playing an entirely different game from the very beginning, haven’t you?” Vivienne whispered softly, her silky voice carrying a complex mix of deep admiration and intense, trembling curiosity . “Those experts were from the mythical Tian Family of the highest realms. They are the supreme gods who govern the absolute laws of this universe, yet you treated their capture net like a common joke. Who exactly are you, and where are we going right now?”

Tony Clark casually unslung his magnificent Void Dragon’s Shadow Bow from his back, a slow, deeply villainous grin curling the corners of his lips as he looked out at the shifting cosmic stars of the dimensional tunnel . He gently caressed the cold, runic dragon bone, his dark eyes flashing with an unnatural, terrifyingly sharp intensity that promised a total, absolute catastrophe for their enemies .

“I already told you before, Master Vivienne, that this lower world was far too small for my-grand chessboard,” Tony said smoothly, his deep baritone voice carrying a chilling edge of absolute confidence . “Those enforcers believe they own the keys to this universe, but they are nothing more than the final, magnificent prey I need to fuel my ascension. We are no longer waiting for the regional selections or the public tournaments.

My system has just given me the absolute coordinates to the Abyssal Sun Soul Prison inside the Seventh Heaven. We are taking this new path straight to their throat, and I am going to turn their entire ancestral palace into a permanent, bloody graveyard.”

Julie Faith stood quietly behind his shoulder, her head neatly lowered, her violet eyes completely calm and filled with the serene, brainwashed devotion of her absolute master-slave seal, ready to follow his boots into the highest-realms of the heavens without a single fraction of fear, as the grand final chapter of Tony’s ultimate retribution officially kicked into absolute overdrive.