The Gatekeeper of Heavenly Prison

Lu Chen is the most insignificant gatekeeper in Hongmeng Border City.

For ten years, he listened to the whispers of the Sin Gods imprisoned in the Ninefold Heavenly Prison, never forgetting the words his father left behind before he disappeared: No matter what you hear, never answer.

He endured it for ten years without uttering a sound.

Until the Ninefold Heavenly Prison shattered. The Ancient Prison Gate ignored the cultivators filling the sky and crashed into the space between his brows, forcibly claiming him as its master.

Sin-markings spread across his body, and his soul was gnawed at day and night. The Jiang Clan wanted to kill him and seize the gate. The Netherworld Imperial Dynasty and the Tianyan Divine Dynasty schemed in secret. Even in the deepest part of the gate, a voice was tempting him to open it, layer by layer.

And at last, he learned the truth:

His father, missing for ten years, was not dead. He was imprisoned at the bottom of the ninth level.

Open one gate, and gain a measure of soul-suppressing power, but endure one level of forbidden temptation.

Open all nine levels and free his family, and he would have to face the entire cosmos alone.

Lu Chen raised his hand. The prison gate in his chest rumbled.

"I’ll open this gate."

"But no one is going to use me as a key."