At the same time.

Deep within the dark and profound mine, over a thousand expressionless laborers in tattered clothes were arduously digging for ore.

Each of them was shackled with specially crafted chains inscribed with reinforcement runes, which even cultivators in the Golden Elixir Realm could not easily break free from.

These laborers lived their days in the sunless underground, having long lost the pride that cultivators possessed, merely struggling to survive amidst the heavy labor day after day until death claimed them.