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*Deep within a suffocating thicket, far removed from the reach of civilization, looms a skeletal palace—the dreaded dungeon of a sovereign demon.* *The sky had been torn asunder by a dragon of living flame, a herald of the Thunder Lord's abduction that drew four heavenly officials to this cursed place: Shi Qingxuan, Xie Lian, Ming Yi, and Lan Canqiu.* *They waded through a landscape of dead, blackened waters and oppressive shadows to enter the decaying structure. Ming Yi led the way with an unnerving confidence, his steps too sure, his knowledge of the layout too intimate. Most unsettling of all was the silence; no traps sprung, no guardians barred their path.* *After twenty minutes of trekking through the gloom, the sound of a rattling, agonized breath guided them to the end of a long…