When Kaelen Viremont spoke, something shifted ever so slightly in Wira’s expression.It was subtle. Easy to miss if you weren’t watching closely. But it was there.Her usual calm cracked for just a moment, replaced by clear surprise—real, unfiltered surprise that she didn’t bother hiding.She hadn’t expected this.Not at all.She thought she understood the pace of geniuses from the Sea God Academy. Even among them, clearing the hundredth step of Gravity Mountain wasn’t something people just… did casually. That place wasn’t a joke. It demanded strength, yes, but also insane endurance, iron will, and a level of control over body and spirit that most cultivators simply didn’t possess.Wira’s gaze lingered on Kaelen for a moment longer than usual, like she was trying to see something hidden beneath his skin.Then she finally spoke.“Kaelen Viremont… so you really reached the hundredth step and got ten thousand contribution points?”Her tone sounded like a question, but it wasn’t really one

Senior Bai’s identity…That question had been sitting in Ye Feng’s mind for a long, long time.Not loud. Not urgent. But always there in the background, like a stone in his shoe, you eventually stop pretending it isn’t there.Because honestly, Senior Bai didn’t make sense.A man with terrifying strength… yet he chose to stay hidden in a tiny place like the Sword Sect of the Great Yan Dynasty for years. No ambition shown, no movement toward the bigger world. Just… quiet.And even stranger, his sudden disappearance back then.It almost felt like it happened the moment Ye Feng appeared.Coincidence? Maybe.But Ye Feng didn’t believe in too many coincidences anymore.He knew it already—Senior Bai had secrets.A lot of them.The problem was simple.He just never knew what those secrets actually were.No,w though… things were different.He had reached Sea God Academy.And he wanted answers.Not hints. Not vague words.Clear answers.That was why, standing in front of the Six Hall Masters, Y

By the time Kaelen Viremont made it back from North Mountain, dawn had already crept in.That soft gray light was everywhere, spreading over the Sea God Academy like a quiet wave. Nothing loud about it. Just… there.But Kaelen didn’t feel tired at all.Honestly, rest was the last thing on his mind.Too much had happened in one night. Too many answers, too many hidden things suddenly pulled into the open. It still felt like his head hadn’t fully caught up yet.He had also learned everything about Master Bai’s past.Kaelen stood by the window for a moment, just staring out.“So… I’m Master Bai’s disciple now,” he muttered to himself. “And those six Hall Masters call him Martial Uncle. Which means… I’m basically in the same generation as them.”He paused, then let out a faint smile.Kind of strange when you think about it.Life really liked twisting relationships into knots like that.After a moment, he turned back into the room.But instead of sleeping, he focused inward.Inside his sto

When the group reached the second mineral deposit, it looked just like the first one.Dead quiet. Almost disturbingly so.A thick smell hung in the air—blood mixed with dust, heavy enough to make the throat feel tight. Broken mining tools were scattered everywhere, half-buried under rubble. The mine entrance itself looked like it had been ripped open from the inside, violently. And inside… nothing moved. Nothing breathed.Every miner was already dead.Not a single survivor.Worse still, all the Saint Stones that should’ve filled the veins of the mine were gone. Completely stripped away, like someone had hollowed the whole place out in one sweep.For a few seconds, nobody said a word.They just stood there at the entrance, faces slowly turning grim. Heavier. Darker.This was far worse than they had expected.Kaelen Viremont’s earlier suspicion wasn’t just a theory anymore.It was real.Demons had started targeting the mineral deposits.But this wasn’t random slaughter. Not at all. It w

Rumble…Rumble…High above the dark underground sky, violet and blue lightning twisted together like two furious dragons locked in a never-ending fight. The storm clouds stretched endlessly, thick and heavy, carrying a pressure that made the whole world feel like it was holding its breath.And then—BOOM.Three massive lightning pillars dropped at the same time.Straight down.Right toward Kaelen Viremont.The impact shook everything. The desert, the mountains, the air itself—everything trembled under that terrifying force. Even the hidden creatures underground and in the sand didn’t dare move. Some just dropped instinctively, trembling, as the world itself had suddenly turned into a god’s punishment.But at the center of it all…Kaelen didn’t move.Not even a little.No retreat. No panic. Not even a defensive stance.He just stood there, calm in a way that didn’t quite feel normal.Honestly, it looked like he wasn’t even focused on the lightning.He was thinking.Calculating.Like th