Mt. Lan, Kunyu Mountain range;
It's been more than 3 hours since the Grand Secretariat was abducted and brought to the ruins of Lan Sect.
While it appeared like he was just silently kneeling in front of the demon king, in reality, his soul was pulled into an illusionary realm created by Bael.
There, he was being tortured with all kinds of punishments the demon could think of.
The reason, he didn't speak the name of the mastermind and maintained his stance that he was the one who ordered the execution of Lu Zhen's parents but wouldn't give the reason for it.
As threats didn't work on him because of lacking any family and Mark clearly didn't buy Li Zheng Kang's lie, he ordered the demon to punish him in his own style until his time in the mortal world is finished.
In the meantime, he returned to Helios City and acted as if he was just woken up from sleep.