Chapter: 723Chapter 723: A Debt With InterestIt was a very serious problem.None of them had Zora’s number.In fact, Emily doubted Zora even carried a phone around. The woman appeared and disappeared whenever she pleased, moved between worlds as though distance meant nothing, and never stayed anywhere long enough for people to know where she truly lived. Even if they somehow found a number belonging to her, what network would connect Earth to wherever she currently was?Vivienne sat opposite Emily, quietly considering the problem. “Perhaps someone close to Kai knows how to reach her.”Emily shook her head. “If they did, we would have tried long ago. Zora only appears when she wants to.”“That is inconvenient.”“That is Zora.”They had returned to one of the private rooms behind the command hall after the battlefield had been cleared. Outside, the defenders were moving the injured, repairing damaged formations and separating the bodies of the invaders from their own dead. Although Vivienne’s sudd
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Chapter: 722Chapter 722: Calling the Impossible WomanVivienne noticed the frown on Emily’s face and asked what was wrong.Emily did not answer immediately. She stood close to the window of the small meeting room, staring at the damaged settlement outside. Even after the battle had ended, nobody was truly resting. Formation masters were still working on the barriers, healers moved between the medical buildings, and the cultivators who could still stand were carrying the wounded or gathering the bodies of those who had died. The place was quieter now, but it was not peaceful. It was the silence of people who knew another attack could happen before they had recovered from the last one.Emily folded her arms and sighed. “I’m trying to think the way Kai used to think.”Vivienne raised an eyebrow. “That sounds dangerous.”Despite everything, Emily gave a tired smile. “It probably is.”She turned away from the window and walked slowly toward the table. Maps of the portal settlement were spread across i
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Chapter: 721Chapter 721: Near the Breaking PointBack on Earth, they had managed to fight off the latest wave of invaders with Vivienne’s help.The battle had lasted for hours. By the end, another section of the outer barrier had collapsed, several buildings had been damaged, and the ground around the portal was covered with bodies. The defenders had entered the fight already exhausted from the previous invasion, and many of them had barely been able to stand when the new wave arrived. If they had relied only on their remaining strength, the line would have fallen.Vivienne had changed that.It was not because her personal cultivation had suddenly become powerful enough to defeat an entire army. She was stronger than when she left, but even she could not have fought the massive wave alone. Her true advantage came from the secret realm she met Emily before.That realm now belonged to her.She had gained control over everything inside it, both living and non-living. The mountains, ancient structure
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Chapter: 720Chapter 720: A Sword Against Her Own HeartAbigail smiled when she heard the question.Was she worthy to be Kai’s woman?She already knew the answer in her heart, so why should she explain herself to an illusion wearing his face? She had followed Kai through battles, strange worlds, forbidden regions, and situations where death had stood closer to them than life. She knew what she had given, what she felt, and what she was capable of doing for him. If the real Kai ever asked such a foolish question, she would probably strike him first and answer later.But this was not the real Kai.The smile on her face slowly faded as she studied him. He looked exactly the same, down to the relaxed way he stood, but his eyes were wrong. They carried none of the humour she knew, none of the silent understanding that often passed between them without words.Abigail frowned and refused to answer.Instead, she looked around.The place was quiet, with nothing surrounding them except a wide empty space th
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Chapter: 719Chapter 719: Was She Worthy of Him?After a while, Abigail finally calmed down and began to think.The tears had stopped, but the ache in her chest had not. She remained seated where she had broken down, staring at the life the illusion had forced her to watch again and again. Kai and Emily were still there in the distance, surrounded by children and grandchildren, living peacefully as though Abigail had never existed.This time, however, she did not scream or try to reach them.She forced herself to breathe and think properly.Emily had been Kai’s original fiancée.They had been betrothed long before many of the events that later brought Kai and Abigail together. Emily had always had a place in Kai’s life, even if things between them had become complicated over time. Abigail knew that. She had never forgotten it.So why had she become so angry when she saw them together?Why had the sight of Kai touching Emily’s pregnant stomach filled her with jealousy?Why had she hated watching th
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Chapter: 718Chapter 718: The Life That Should Have Been HersAbigail’s world nearly shattered the moment she saw the scene before her.Kai had his arm wrapped around Emily’s waist, holding her carefully as though she were the most precious thing in his life. The cold expression he had shown Abigail only moments earlier had completely disappeared. His eyes were gentle as he looked down at Emily’s pregnant stomach, and the way he kissed it made something painful twist inside Abigail’s chest.For a few seconds, she could not move.She could not even breathe properly.Kai did not remember her. He had looked at her as though she were a complete stranger, yet the moment Emily stepped out of the car, he treated her with a warmth Abigail had rarely seen him show so openly.Emily smiled and placed one hand on his shoulder. “I was tired of sitting inside.”“You should have called me.”“I can still walk, Kai.”“That doesn’t mean you should be moving around when you’re this close to giving birth.”Their voic
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Chapter: 429:BeyondersThe rest of the journey proceeded peacefully. No one attacked, nor were there any other assassins who made a move.They were no fools and could tell that something was wrong with Alex and Avery."Finally," Eric stretched lazily, alighting from the train. It was already dark, and they would have a bit of a problem finding their way around."Sir, we've already made reservations at the nearest building to the beach," Alex spoke at this moment, looking over to Eric.He and Avery had returned their weapons to Eric, who kept them in his storage ring.There was no need to walk around with a sword and a katana. It was real, and they could be arrested.Though their positions were a little bit special, they didn't want to blow their cover."A car should be here to pick us up any moment from now," Avery added, looking anxiously at her phone.What they feared most was keeping Eric waiting, and that was exactly what was happening now.Their only wish right now was to strangle whoever was
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Chapter: 428:Bait"Trying to do what I'm supposed to do, of course," Alex rolled his eyes, trying to get past Avery who had blocked him."What the heck do you think you're doing? He has helped us countless times, and yet, this is what you want to pay him with? Are you out of your senses?" Avery's expression darkened, blocking Alex fully.One who didn't hear their discussion fully would think Alex really wanted to assassinate Eric."How dumb are you? This is the best time to get rid of him. Haven't you seen the bounty?" Alex frowned slightly, raising his voice, a hint of annoyance could be felt within it."And how's that my business, I won't let you do anything to him," Avery scowled, also raising her voice, at the same time unsheathing her Katana, ready to face Alex."Move aside, he's an easy target right now, it won't be bad if we just finish him off," Alex spoke again, trying to convince his twin, clearly unwilling to fight her."Stop talking, I won't allow you to do anything to him. And if you must,
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Chapter: 427Plan"Sir," The twins smiled bitterly after stabilizing themselves, shame washed over them as they couldn't meet Eric's gaze.They were defeated under three moves by the other party. But then, they would want to blame him on the fact the other party used poison.Again, according to a law, all is fair in love and war, so they were still at fault.If it were not for the fact they had attacked suddenly, it was clear they wouldn't have been able to land even a blow.And that was shameful to hear."So have you learnt your lesson?" Eric raised his brows, staring at the twins."Yes sir," The two nodded, recalling all that had happened.They had made quite a few mistakes and they were sure Eric must have realized it, but he didn't tell them because he wanted them to learn the hard way.One of the mistakes they made was not understanding the nature of the attack of the other party.Though they could argue they just met her and there was no chance to investigate. From the method used right from the
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Chapter: 426:Greenhorn"Sure," Eric agreed almost immediately, taking a plate of food from the lady."And you two?" The lady turned to the twins, brows raised as she seemed to scrutinize them."Nah, we're good," Alex refused, frowning slightly, feeling as though something was off, but he didn't say anything."Alright then," The lady nodded, her smile gentle as she placed back the food on the trolley.But just as she turned away from them, a sinister smile spread out on her face before it vanished almost immediately before walking into the inner compartments."Don't you think that lady was weird?" Alex turned to his twin, his expression unsettling, his mind replaying the scene over and over trying to find what was wrong."Yeah, she gave off a kind of dangerous aura, and I can't seem to fathom what it is," Avery agreed, eyes also squinting as she thought about it."Sir? Don't you find anything strange with that lady?" Alex couldn't finally hold back and turned to Eric who was devouring the food."Of course, t
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Chapter: 425:The Train(Hours Later)"Sir, where are we heading to?" Alex asked as they walked out of the hotel, the hotel staff blinked, staring at them, wondering when they had walked back in.Well, they had no idea as they all thought maybe it was their colleagues there that morning that saw them."We headed to the train station," Eric answered, flagging down a taxi making the twins wonder where they were heading to.It was already nighttime, and they were sure Eric didn't know any place in Oakdale,so where did he want to go?"I heard there's a beach in a certain part of Oakdale, so that's where we'll be going, Eric continued after a while."Beach?" The twins froze, still not believing their ears. There was no way they were going for a vacation right? But then thinking about it, that seemed to be the case. Eric had given the old man five days to reconsider meaning they had five days to waste.That was just perfect. They could finally relax.They had been busy for quite a while and were only going to ge
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Chapter: 424Let Me SleepInside the Harrison Family main gate, the void slashed open and Eric alongside the twins stepped out of it, back into the Array.But this time, the Array didn't attack them as Eric had suppressed it, so they walked out of the gate without any problems."Sir, are we heading back to the hotel?" Alex asked, turning to Eric, wondering where their next destination was."There's quite a lot of things to do, but I actually feel like sleeping first," Eric yawned and then grabbed the twins disappearing from the spot.The next moment, they reappeared in Eric's hotel room. The twins smiled and shook their heads, just as expected, Eric was really unconventional."There are some killers aiming to silence the three of us," Eric broke the silence, calling the attention of the two."They haven't yet latched onto our location for the time being," He continued, yawning as he strolled towards the bed."I want to sleep, before I wake up, get all the information of the killers who have recently entered Oa
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Chapter: EPILOGUE. Wow. She was really getting a divorce. "Thank you." She mused, unable to look him straight in the face because she didn't want him to see the tears that clouded her eyes.Damon stood up and went closer to her before he sat down again, "I know I wasn't the best partner to you, I keep secrets but I did everything with your safety in mind Athena but still, I'm sorry and I want you to know that if you give me another chance in your life I'll be a better partner than I was when we faked our marriage." He stated and Athena shot her head up. "Wait, what? What are you talking about?" She asked in shock as she blinked back her tears."I'm not asking you to marry me but I want us to be in a relationship, and get to know each other before we walk down the aisle. If you don't like our relationship then you're free to walk out, I promise I'll not force you." He said and Athena's lip parted but no words came out."Say something, I know it's unlikely and believe me, I'm not asking you out because o
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Chapter: Chapter 218."So everything between you guys was faked?" Damon's mother asked in astonishment as Athena finished narrating everything to her. Damon sighed, he wasn't expecting his mother to find out this way. He wasn't even expecting Athena to ask for a divorce in this manner."Yes, Mom, it was all planned, our marriage was just a mere contract. A part of our plan to get me into this house." Damon answered with a sigh. "Wow, this is very surprising, I actually thought there was something deep between you two." Mrs. Hector said and Athena just smiled.She wished what her mother-in-law said was true but everything between her and Damon was a lie and now that everything was over, it was high time they ended everything. It was for the best. "Well, I don't have a say in what you two choose to do because you are all adults but don't you think you both make a compatible couple?" She asked and Damon cocked his brow. Great, here comes another pressure."Don't get me wrong Damon, I know that expression.
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Chapter: Chapter 217.THREE WEEKS LATER. (At the Carneys Villa)"Damon, welcome darling, how was the case?" His mother asked as he entered the house, tired and hungry."It was a blast mom, didn't you watch it on TV?" Damon asked as his mother kissed his forehead.That's his mom's little ritual, kissing him on the cheeks or the forehead. He had tried to stop the little tradition because it was weird and for the fact that he was now a Boss but the older woman would have nothing of such, so he was stuck with it. "Welcome Teddy, she didn't watch it on television and she forbids anyone from telling her, she wishes to hear the news from you," Artemis said with a smile and Damon just beamed."Okay, so mom..." Damon began, clearing his throat, "We didn't only win the case, Dad's name is cleared and his company now bears his name, we are cleared Mom, our family name has been vindicated." He added and his mom began to sob and hugged his son. "Gosh! Mom!! Do you always have to cry at the slightest things?" Artemis
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Chapter: Chapter 216.(Carneys Villa; same day) "I need an explanation, Damon, I really need an explanation, all this is driving me mad. How could you do that to me, you could have let me know about something, anything." Athena said in frustration as they both decided to retire for the night.Athena just doesn't understand anymore, she knows he doesn't like sharing his plans with anyone and she's not asking him to share any plans with her, all she requested was a brief info about what would happen, that is all she wanted, and nothing more... Nothing more at all. How could he always place her in a tight situation, why can't he just give her a heads-up about what would happen, why?"I'm sorry, I'm sorry alright, I just don't want to mess anything up, I know I should have told you..." "But you didn't! You didn't find it important find fucking tell you. I might not be your real wife but you could have told me because of the fact that I am your friend and I am your fucking partner in this task, don't I hold a
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Chapter: Chapter 215."Just look at you baby, you're a mess, how could you allow those people to bash you so hard?! That man...he's evil, you should not have gotten yourself involved with him, he's a devil, he...he was responsible for your dad's death, he's..." His mother said, breaking into another sob and holding his son tight. "Shhhh, it's okay mom, I'm here now and I'm perfectly fine. Don't worry, everything is fine, please stop crying now, Mom." Damon said and the mother withdrew from the hug, followed by his sister."Mom was so worried about you Teddy, she nearly passed out when she saw you getting bashed up badly by those men and he called that man..." Artemis said pointing at Mr. Carney who was in cuffs, "Evil, he said he's responsible for dad's death and she was hyper when she saw you getting real bashed up, we were so worried, Teddy, despite the fact that Trev told us that you'll be alright, we were still worried." Artemis explained and Damon just smiled."I'm fine now, sugar, just take a deep b
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Chapter: Chapter 214.Damon watched Frank rush around, his in-law staring at everything in astonishment and then yawned before giving out the raw command, "Round them up." Immediately the words left his mouth, and the guards swung into action and began to apprehend Frank, Mr. And Mrs. Carney along with the son-in-law.The chains that were used in chaining him were loosened and he stood up, blood dripping from his body. "What's the meaning of this?" Mr. Carney asked angrily as one of the guards held him firmly. The guards provided a towel and water to Damon and he used it to wipe off his face. When he was done, he was feeling pain all over his body but it was definitely worth it. "Nothing, father-in-law, nothing much, all I did was just play a game, just like you had played with my father, though it was one hell of a painful game, the reward was worth it," Damon said, tearing off his blood-soaked cloth and taking another one provided by one of the guards. "No sir, you can not go into the room... Sir...
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Chapter: 13:What's Happening?(The Next Day)Rain stood before the Village Elder, donned in his black robe. Mai stood beside him seemingly excited like they were here on a vacation."My apologies, we were not able to welcome you properly the day before," The old man apologized, bowing low to Rain and Mia."That's fine, there was no need for that," Rain shook his head,"Let's move straight to what's happening." Rain suggested, sounding rather impatient.He was here to get stronger, not accept some apologies from some mortals, so he didn't care about it."Alright then," The old man nodded and then turned around and walked towards the field where the villagers were working."This is the field where we farm and it's the farm that sustains us," The old man began slowly, stopping right before the field.The Villagers working on the field stopped the moment they saw the old man, greeted him and Rain, then resumed back to their work."Right after this field is a forest," The old man continued, his voice slowly turning ser
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Chapter: Chapter 12“Hey...wait up!” Scarlett shouted, jogging after Rain who had already stepped out of the sect gate.He didn’t look back.“Do you even know how much a horse costs?” she yelled louder, trying to match his pace. “It’s over a hundred gold coins for just one! Are you sure you can even afford it?”Rain didn’t slow down. “Let’s go. You’ll find out when we get there.”Scarlett groaned. “Ugh! Are you some kind of rich young master or what?”No answer.As expected, Rain's responses were cold, short, and stiff. But Scarlett wasn’t about to give up. He was the only one who talked to her aside from a few elders and the Sect Master. She wasn’t letting that go.After all, her reputation had turned her into a plague.She wasn’t born cursed. In fact, her body constitution was considered one in ten thousand, legendary, desirable even. But the moment the truth came out, it ruined her.Her Yin Body wasn’t ordinary.Anyone who cultivated with her would have their energy drained to the point of death. One
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Chapter: Chapter 11: The Mission Begins“Really?” The girl’s eyes lit up like fireworks the moment Rain gave his nod.“Yeah,” he muttered, voice flat. “Doesn’t seem like I’ve got much of a choice.”He turned toward the elder’s counter without waiting for a response.“What’s your name?” she called, trailing after him.“I’m Scarlett,” she added quickly, before he could say anything.Rain paused mid-step and turned, gaze dragging over her like he was scanning a puzzle he didn’t ask to solve. “Rain,” he said simply.He didn’t like talkers. Didn’t trust people who filled silence just because they couldn’t stand it. And if he had any better options, he wouldn’t have picked her but she was the only one who asked, and that said something.They reached the counter where an elder sat hunched, all beard and wrinkles and a face that looked carved from old stone. The man barely looked up.“I’d like to accept this mission,” Rain said, placing the scroll on the table.The elder’s voice was gravel. “You got a teammate?”Rain nodded toward
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Chapter: CHAPTER 10(A Week Later)Seconds turned into minutes, minutes into hours, hours into daysIt had been a week since Rain entered seclusion, drowning himself in cultivation, completely detached from the outside world, focused on one thing, shattering and reforging his Dantian again and againEach destruction was harder than the last, each reconstruction more demanding, and more violent but now, finally, he had succeeded in breaking through the ninth and final layer and now, he was reforging itRebuilding it into what it was always meant to becomeA terrifying energy fluctuation surged from him, the air thick with Qi, spiritual essence from over five hundred meters away tore through the sky, pulled by an invisible force straight into his bodyRain’s presence had become a void, a black hole absorbing everything without mercy, insatiable and unstoppableCommotion erupted around the dorm, disciples startled, some frozen at their thresholds, sensing the pull, but none of them dared to come close, none
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Chapter: CHAPTER 9Rain soon arrived at his small apartment inside the sect.He pushed open the creaky wooden door, and a familiar wave of dust and stale air greeted him. The room was dim, the window barely allowing any light in, and the floor was cluttered with scrolls, broken bowls, and torn fabric. Still, he didn't spare it a second glance.None of that mattered now.Now was the time to turn this broken, mocked body into something terrifying.Dragging an enormous iron bath bowl from the toilet, Rain placed it near the center of the room. He moved with sharp, deliberate efficiency. Then, he lit a fire beneath the bowl, boiling a pot of water until the steam rose in thick clouds, curling into the ceiling like ghostly snakes.He stared at it.“This is just literally cooking myself alive,” he muttered, but his voice held no humor.Without hesitation, he picked up the large bag of dried herbs he’d purchased and dumped it into the boiling water. A thick hiss followed. Then came the small pouch, the one Jas
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Chapter: CHAPTER 8Hearing the voice, Rain stopped in his tracks and turned, coming face to face with a figure about the same age. Behind him were two other chubby fools, clearly his lackeys. His gaze dropped to their robes and lingered on the emblem marked boldly on their chest.Wasn’t that the crest of the Pure Yang Sect? The rivals of the Glory Dome Sect?Rain narrowed his eyes.The rivalry between both sects was no secret. One specialized in dual cultivation. The other... Pure Yang was an all-male sect that trained under the Extreme Yang Technique, which turned its disciples into mindless, overbearing dogs.Their attacks were brutal and their words worse.To them, dual cultivation was a shortcut. Trash. Anyone who practiced it deserved no respect.Rain folded his arms, eyes cool. “What do you want?”“Hand over that sack of herbs and we might let you leave in one piece. You trash from a pig sect,” one of the fat boys sneered, stepping forward and reaching like he owned the world.From the distance, C
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