Novels by Lily Monroe

To Emptiness, Iris Lloyd, and Octavia, the White family’s wealth and standing meant nothing. They weren’t worth a single hair on Adrian’s head. Xavier White was an old fool who couldn’t see what was right in front of him.Ophelia was about to speak, hoping to smooth things over, when Adrian burst out laughing.Xavier White frowned. “What’s so funny?”Adrian looked him straight in the eye. “The White family is a distinguished family. So what? It means nothing to me. I don’t even care about the Archer family, let alone yours.“Miss Ophelia and I are just friends. But even if I did want to be with her, no one could stop me. Not even you.”Xavier White’s face darkened. The full force of his authority bore down on Adrian.“How dare you speak to me like that! Do you really think you’re somebody?”To his surprise, Adrian showed no discomfort. He met Xavier White’s gaze without flinching.“You can relax, old Mr.White. Miss Ophelia White and I are only friends. You didn’t need to warn me. I’m

The other three were already eating breakfast when Adrian found them. Octavia spotted him and waved.“Adrian, over here! I got you breakfast—all your favorites.”Adrian sat down.“Well, look at that,” Emptiness teased. “Iris and I treat Octavia like our own little sister, but neither of us gets so much as a bite. Some people have all the luck.”Octavia kicked him hard under the table. His yelp drew looks from several nearby diners.“Enough joking around,” Adrian said as he ate. “Once we’re done, we’re heading straight to Aurelion City.”“Aurelion City again? What for?” Emptiness asked, rubbing his ankle.“Kirk called. It’s time to go to Hinoku and destroy Dragon Aura Tower.”Octavia’s expression grew complicated. She had been in good spirits a moment ago.“Finally!” Emptiness said. “We’ve waited long enough. We’ll give those Hinoku bastards hell for trying to build Dragon Aura Tower in Novaland Republic!”Adrian nodded. “There’s something else. We’ll avenge Octavia while we’re there.”

“That’s what I’m talking about! Let’s kill those bastards this time. Adrian, just tell us when we leave!”“We still need to plan it out,” Adrian said. “I’ll call Kirk when the time comes. We’ll have a better chance with his help. Until we head for the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, everyone needs to train hard.”The three nodded, excitement showing on their faces.Adrian’s expression turned serious. “Attacking the Azure Lotus Sword Sect will be dangerous. If we fail, we could die. Aren’t you afraid?”“Of course I’m afraid,” Emptiness said. “Who wants to die when they can live? But like you said before, you have to take risks to get anywhere. We can’t avoid the hard things. If we let fear hold us back, we’ll never move forward.”Iris Lloyd nodded. “Exactly. We want to keep up with you, Adrian, not get left behind.”Octavia nodded firmly too.Adrian glanced outside. “It’s still early. Go get some rest.”After they left, he washed up, took a fresh set of clothes from his storage ring, and chang

Adrian remained calm inside the formations. With a thought, he formed a golden barrier that sealed him in completely. No matter how fiercely the formations attacked, they could not break through.Gentle Breeze and Yaksha had thought victory was certain. Now the pressure on them kept growing.“Damn it! Ninefold Sword Formation, activate!”“Rakshasa Blood Formation, activate!”Two more formations descended. Both men poured almost everything they had into them, determined to trap Adrian until he died.Brilliant flashes lit up the sword formations.Emptiness clicked his tongue, then coughed a few times. “Damn. If I were in there, I’d be a pile of mush by now.”“Adrian is strong. You can’t compare yourself to him!” Octavia said with open admiration.Emptiness had no answer to that.Iris Lloyd, unusually serious, said, “Those two are the strongest of the four, but thinking they can kill Adrian is a joke. Let’s just watch how they die.”Emptiness gave him a sly grin. “Look at you. You’re lea

The power surging from Adrian was so overwhelming that even the four elders felt a chill in their hearts.“He broke through! Damn it, kill him! Don’t let him stabilize his new realm!” Clayton Shaw cried.Adrian rose slowly. spiritual energy surged around him, fierce enough to make the earth tremble.“What are you waiting for? Get in there and kill him!” Gentle Breeze took a step back and roared at the elite disciples behind him.To the elders, those disciples were cannon fodder—there to die testing Adrian’s strength.After the earlier battle, fewer than a hundred of the original two hundred remained. They hesitated, then charged.“He’s just one man! We might still have a chance! Kill him!”Adrian stared coldly at them.“Die.”spiritual energy erupted from him, hurling nearly a hundred elite disciples to the ground. Bloody holes burst through their bodies. None survived.He had killed them all in a single move.Gentle Breeze and the other elders felt fear take hold.“Damn it. What real

“These three have some skill. They've killed far too many of our fighters.” Gentle Breeze frowned. “It's time we stepped in.”Gucha, the tenth elder of Rakshasa clan, stepped forward. “Let me deal with them.”He thrust his spear at Emptiness, the closest of the three. It tore through the air with a shriek, seeming to split the curtain of rain in two.Emptiness laughed and swung his staff to meet it. “Come on, old man! Let's see what you've got against Lord Buddha!”Their weapons collided, unleashing a surge of power. Emptiness was thrown backward and slammed into the ground, sending water spraying everywhere. The skin between his thumb and forefinger split open, his blood blooming red in the rain.One exchange was enough to show how far apart they were.Iris Lloyd rushed to help. Fang came down toward Gucha in a vicious overhead slash.Gucha grinned and thrust his spear, then flicked it upward. Power surged toward Iris Lloyd through the darkness. Even Fang couldn't make up for the gap

A tidal blaze unfurled between heaven and earth, and within the flames—“Holy Emperor…”The warriors of the Solar Kingdom froze.This moment—This was the end.Their power swelled, vast and violent.From all directions the distant onlookers—those who had kept their distance—felt their hearts lurch.The Holy Emperor had fallen.The great factions witnessing it didn’t even dare show their faces.“Kill!”“Kill that brat!”The Solar Kingdom’s elites were enraged.At once they broke into furious curses.In an instant, the crowd drowned in wrath.The strong of the Solar Kingdom were terrified.No one hesitated.All of them lunged to kill Dragon-Slayer and Anthony.“You really want to die together?”The next moment—Anthony struck once.A swath of top-tier experts exploded, their bodies smashed to pieces.Squelch!Some heads spun off into the air.Dead.The Holy Emperor had been killed.But they… were powerless.They could not keep fighting. If they did, the entire Solar Kingdom might be gro

Dragon-Slayer grunted, swallowed the pain in his seams, and rose into it, the sword-edge cutting a white arc.Beside them, Thirteen Smith muttered a curse. “Stupid kid.” The Holy Emperor only sneered, eyes full of scorn.Dragon-Slayer didn’t answer, his grip biting down. “Hnh. I’ll carve you up.”He fought with everything, every stroke meant to kill. Anthony watched, his gaze shifting—he seemed to read the intent, and held his tongue.Boom—the air rolled like a tide swallowing the field. The Holy Emperor’s rampage had passed understanding; each strike was huge and ruthless.A heartbeat later, the gale rose again. His offense poured like a rain-screen, fists and palms crossing, killing intent spearing the clouds. He was a hammer overfilled with thunderfire—blow after blow grinding down.Dragon-Slayer braced in a flash—swordlight fierce—meeting edge with edge.Boom! He staggered back several steps, heart pounding, a flicker of disbelief breaking through his eyes. Why? What in hell did h

Dragon-Slayer dropped lightly to the ground; a tap of the heel, dust settled. He raised his eyes to the figure standing high above, gaze cold, voice low but heavy enough to hold the field.Though his chest still heaved, he ground out each word: “I’m not afraid of you.”“Today, I’ll defeat you—and kill you.”“The Solar Kingdom will never be a match for Ardenia.”“Your warriors are garbage.”The Holy Emperor laughed softly, a rasp like a blade dragging over stone. “You’re sure? Sure you’re not afraid? Then today, I’ll cut you to pieces.”Dragon-Slayer stepped in instead of back, a short drive of the foot, his body tipping forward, killing intent sliding free like a naked edge. He lifted his head and met the sword-hard gaze above, unflinching.The cold in his eyes cut sharper than steel. “To me, you’re—nothing.”“Today, you die.”“I will kill you.”“You think that boy can really keep you safe?” His words fell like a war banner rammed into open ground, snapping in the gale. Wind licked hi

“Y-you—why are you this strong…”Anthony’s mouth pulled into a cold curve. “It’s not that I’m strong. It’s that you’re useless.”Before the last syllable faded, he surged upward, a raptor cutting through knives of wind and sleet, and stooped.Boom!Explosions flowered across the sky, force scattering like invisible hammers pounding the void. Killing intent poured down like a tangible blaze.He raised another fist. Before it even landed, the gale at its edge flayed the dust to air.Bang!The Holy Emperor’s chest was punched straight through. Blood burst like a flower. His armor shattered; a hideous hole tore open across his front. He was blasted backward, blood running in a steady ribbon from his lips, his eyes wide with a terror that couldn’t focus—grasping at reality’s edge and finding nothing.The rim of the armor writhed, trying to stitch itself—futile against the gaping wound.He lifted his gaze in disbelief, and for the first time, true fear flooded his eyes—the primal dread of t

He pulled a breath, dragging his sight back from the dark. He looked up into the Ardenian youth’s face—indifferent, eyes like a winter lake, unruffled.“Your strength isn’t bad,” Anthony said, mild, with a flat contempt folded into it. “Unfortunately for you, you’re facing me. Which makes everything you do useless.”He tipped his chin, the cold at his eye’s corner cutting sharper. “So this is the Solar Kingdom’s best? No more than this.”Contempt, complete and entire.“In all martial ways, speed breaks all.” He sheathed in one clean motion, his pace itself a declaration. The Holy Emperor was fast—unquestionably. But he was facing Anthony. That alone sealed his tragedy.In a handful of exchanges, Anthony had hammered the Holy Emperor’s confidence to splinters. He had never imagined the man before him could be this absurdly strong. Terror—there was no other word in the minds of those watching.To Anthony, it was nothing. His gaze stayed cold; his killing will drew tighter.The Holy Empe

The heaving air over the four quarters suddenly sank. A darkened silhouette dragged itself out of the heights of the sky, like a deeper thread of night within the night, easing toward them. It had no sound, no scent; even the grain of its aura felt sanded smooth—more secret than a ghost, like a frost-sheathed dagger settling wordlessly to the throat.A heartbeat later, a figure fell from the heights. He touched down without a sound, yet his presence tore the silence around him. It was a tyranny that needed no words; with just an inch of ground underfoot, hearts clenched.“Holy Emperor!!”“The Holy Emperor is here!”“Lord Holy Emperor, a god forever…”“Lord Holy Emperor, mighty and unyielding!”“We can kill these Ardenians now…”“We must kill them…”The boiling shouts surged like oil set alight, raising the temperature of every throat at once. The Holy Emperor revealed himself—a man in his middle years, features unassuming, but a severity honed to lethal stillness. When his gaze droppe