When Mengzhang was escorted into the Nine Heavens Prison, the sight of the battered Zhuque struck him instantly. Covered in wounds, her once vibrant, fire-like gown was now tattered and stained with patches of blood.
Heavy, ice-cold chains, resembling ferocious giant pythons, bound her tightly, suspending her in mid-air. Her head hung low in silence, and her body drooped lifelessly like a delicate flower battered to the verge of death by a violent storm; she had already lapsed into unconsciousness.
Mengzhang's heart clenched fiercely, his eyes widening in an instant as if blazing with raging fires—a fire woven from fury and heartache. Completely disregarding his own current plight, he lunged desperately toward Zhuque like a maddened beast, desiring nothing more than to be by her side at once. However, the Celestial Soldiers escorting him grabbed him with the grip of iron tongs, rendering him completely immobile.
Chapter 159