Chapter 1101: Supreme Eight Celestials Realm Locking God Restriction

The bracelet on the woman’s neck was cyan, the one on her left wrist was black, the one on her right wrist was red, the one on her left ankle was gold, and the one on her right ankle was yellow.

All five bracelets contained an unimaginable amount of power. They were all different powers as well. The cyan bracelet was full of life, the black bracelet was ice cold, the red bracelet was fiery and explosive, the gold bracelet was sharp beyond measure, and the yellow bracelet was thick, dense, and heavy.

The powers were extremely withdrawn and quite stable, however. One would not notice their presences unless they were paying attention.

“Is this... what they call a Celestial Restricting Bracelet?” Cyan Radiance Superior Celestial recalled something and blurted.

“That’s right. It is the Celestial Restricting Bracelet!” Jiang Yunlai declared affirmatively. “My ancestor’s notebook mentioned about the Celestial Restricting Bracelets. The description is a perfect match.”

The Celestial Restricting Bracelet was exactly what it sounded like. It was an object used to shackle and restrict celestials in ancient times. Despite its name, it was not one object, but a set of five objects. Each bracelet was a match of the elements in the Five Phases—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. Together, they could restrict celestials and seal away gods. That was why the bracelets were also called the Five Phases Celestial Restricting Bracelet.

In ancient times, celestials, gods and demons used to interact with each other quite frequently. It was common for wars to break out between them. Naturally, the gods and the demons researched various methods to deal with the celestials, and the Celestial Restricting Bracelet was one of them. It was used to suppress, restrict, and imprison a celestial.

A celestial was a human who had attained perfection in their Way and become a celestial, and a human was composed of the Five Phases. They were creations of the world who could encompass all Ways and arts. That was why the Celestial Restricting Bracelet was forged using five spiritual objects with innate elements of the Five Phases. It was because each element in the Five Phases was the catalyst of one element, and the bane of another.

The Celestial Restricting Bracelet could perfectly shackle a celestial’s body and imprison their mind and soul. Not even their celestial arts and Magia were available to them. While shackled by the Celestial Restricting Bracelet, the only thing a celestial could do was to submit to their fate.

Assuming that the five bracelets on the female celestial’s person was the Celestial Restricting Bracelet, then there was no doubt that she had been shackled to the altar. She had not passed away because she wanted to.

“If it really is the Celestial Restricting Bracelet, who is the one who did this?” Cyan Radiance Superior Celestial voiced his puzzlement.

“Look. There are more!”

As the space of chaos and nothingness undulated, more altars surfaced into view.

“Eight. There are eight in total!”

Jiang Yunlai and Cyan Radiance Superior Celestial flew off to check out the other altars. They eventually concluded that there were eight of them in total.

The eight altars were exactly identical. They were all built using an equal amount of male and female bones. They were also carrying a dead celestial each.

The eight dead celestials all boasted different appearances. They were four male and four female; four elderly people and four young people. They were all shackled to their altar by the Celestial Restricting Bracelets just like the female celestial they had found earlier.

“They’re all dead. Is every celestial in Kunlun Ruins dead?” Cyan Radiance Superior Celestial murmured.

“Impossible. If they really are all dead, then who is the one who imprisoned them in this place?” Jiang Yunlai said heavily.

Cyan Radiance Superior Celestial did not answer him. Instead, he flew higher before saying, “Dao Brother, come take a look. I think the position of these eight altars makes for an interesting topic!”

Jiang Yunlai did as he said and looked down on the eight altars from above. “The Eight Trigrams...”

The eight altars were pretty far away from each other, but if someone were to look down from a high enough angle, they would realize that the altars formed a circle much like the Eight Trigrams of Taoism.

No matter how the space of chaos and nothingness changed, and no matter how violent the chaos currents were, the altars remained completely indestructible. The location of the altars and the distance between them were unchanging as well.

It was these eight altars that suppressed the bottom of the Nine Nethers Rift; the passage that connected the two realms.

“That’s right. The Eight Trigrams!”

Cyan Radiance Superior Celestial said slowly, “The female and male bones represent yin and yang, and the celestials represent the Five Phases. Eight celestials occupy eight directions to form the Eight Trigrams—”

“The Supreme Eight Celestials Realm Locking God Restriction?” Jiang Yunlai blurted before Cyan Radiance Superior Celestial could finish.

“Indeed. I could be wrong, but it looks very much like the legendary Supreme Eight Celestials Realm Locking God Restriction, doesn’t it?” Cyan Radiance Superior Celestial nodded.

The Supreme Eight Celestials Realm Locking God Restriction was one of the divine restriction arrays invented by a celestial titan of the human race. Immensely powerful, it could restrict heaven and earth and cut off two realms from each other.

In ancient times, the heavenly demons from beyond the Nine Heavens created a passage to the human world and descended to cause untold havoc. They intended to destroy humanity.

At the time, the human race was weak and powerless to stop the endless flood of god demons. At the brink of extinction, eight celestials stepped out to save the day. The yin and yang of men and women were used to forge eight altars, and the Five Phases of the celestials were used to form the heart of the array. Eight celestials occupied eight corners to form the Eight Trigrams.

When all was said and done, an unparalleled great restriction capable of sealing off the god demon’s domain and cutting off the two worlds were formed. That was how the human race was saved.

After that, the array was named the Supreme Eight Celestials Realm Locking God Restriction.

The Supreme Eight Celestials Realm Locking God Restriction was created on the logic that yin and yang, the Five Phases, and the Eight Trigrams all mutually reinforced and counteracted one another. Therefore, it boasted unparalleled power. Unfortunately, it required the sacrifice of countless mortals and eight celestials, and it was against the natural order. That was why it was labeled as a taboo since ancient times.

Of course, no celestial was willing to sacrifice themselves unless they had no other choice. Although it was labeled as a taboo, the knowledge regarding the array managed to survive to this day. That was how Jiang Yunlai and Cyan Radiance Superior Celestial were able to identify the great array with almost no effort.

“It’s the Supreme Eight Celestials Realm Locking God Restriction alright. This would explain why the Nine Nethers Demons and the Nether Kun were unable to leave the rift. Although no one is maintaining the Kunlun Ruins anymore, it remains mostly incorruptible and indestructible.”

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Jiang Yunlai declared with certainty. “This Supreme Eight Celestials Realm Locking God Restriction is different from the one mentioned in the legend though!”

“Indeed!” Cyan Radiance Superior Celestial echoed in agreement. “These celestials hadn’t willingly sacrificed themselves. They were forced.”

“It’s probably why the Supreme Eight Celestials Realm Locking God Restriction failed to cut off the Nine Nethers from the Kunlun Ruins completely.”

The Supreme Eight Celestials Realm Locking God Restriction was immensely powerful. If it could seal off even the passage created by the Heavenly Demons from the world beyond, then it should have been all too easy for it to cut off the Kunlun Ruins from the Nine Nethers.

In reality, the divine restriction failed to do this. In fact, the gap wasn’t even completely sealed. Otherwise, the Nine Nethers Demonic Qi wouldn’t leak to the Kunlun Ruins. The problem was most likely the eight celestials.

The heart of the Supreme Eight Celestials Realm Locking God Restriction was the eight celestials. The reason the Supreme Eight Celestials Realm Locking God Restriction of the old was so powerful was because the eight celestials had willingly sacrificed themselves. However, the eight celestials before them had not. Someone had forcefully shackled them to the altar using the Celestial Restricting Bracelets and forced them to become a part of the divine restriction.

That was why the Supreme Eight Celestials Realm Locking God Restriction was unable to unleash its full power, nor was it capable of closing the Nine Nethers Rift completely.

Of course, there was another possibility. It could be that these celestials were simply much, much weaker than the true celestials of the old. Insufficient power would, of course, result in a weaker restriction.

Whatever the case, the fact remained unchanging: the eight celestials had been manipulated against their well.

“Who do you think imprisoned them here, Dao Brother?” Cyan Radiance Superior Celestial asked.

“They are celestials. Who else could imprison them here?” Jiang Yunlai replied with undisguised disdain.