The Man’s Decree – Chapter 6063

Golden columns climbed into vaulted darkness, every inch of the main hall polished to a mirrored gleam. Colored flames guttered in bronze braziers, gilded beams throwing back broken shards of light.

The Grand Venerable stood at the hall's center, robes still, chin lifted. Around him, the highest officers of Divine Punishment Hall lined up shoulder-to-shoulder, spines locked straight, eyes lowered.

Silence weighed on the air like an unseen hand, slowing each breath, flattening every heartbeat until tension shimmered as plainly as the gold leaf under their feet.

A single point of brightness claimed the room. In the exact middle of the floor a circular array glowed silver, runes winding like rivers of quicksilver across carved stone.

Every gaze locked on that light, pupils reflecting its shimmer as though the pattern itself had threaded hooks through their eyes.