“Kael Draven, in the end, the victor becomes king, and the defeated are condemned. That is simply how the world works.”Kael Draven raised a hand before either man could continue, cutting off whatever excuse they intended to offer.“The victor becomes king, and the defeated are condemned. There’s nothing wrong with that, and I have no objection to it,” he said coldly. “But what the two of you are doing has gone far beyond that. If you intended to behave like shameless villains from the beginning, then why did you personally agree to a one-year truce with me?”Neither Walter Grimshaw nor Fabian Garrison could answer.For a moment, the two Saints simply stood there in silence, unable to find even a single convincing argument in their defense.No matter how they tried to justify themselves, they knew perfectly well that they were the ones in the wrong.The one-year pact had been made by Ethereal Palace, and Walter Grimshaw and Fabian Garrison themselves had personally reached that pact w

“Shameless.”“Shameless?”At Kael Draven’s accusation, Walter Grimshaw and Fabian Garrison suddenly burst into laughter. Neither showed the slightest trace of guilt or embarrassment.To them, it seemed, shamelessness no longer mattered.“Kael Draven, you will die today.”The instant the words left their mouths, Walter Grimshaw and Fabian Garrison attacked together, sealing off any possibility of escape.But from the very beginning, Kael Draven had never intended to flee.If he had wanted to escape, he would have done so before the battle ever reached this point.What he needed was the tempering that could only be found on the boundary between life and death.For some inexplicable reason, Kael Draven had always felt that if he wanted to break through the Void Saint realm, the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Technique would have to undergo a true trial of life and death.It was nothing more than an instinct, a strange conviction he could neither explain nor put into words.Yet he trusted

Peak of Kael Draven.Deep beneath the mountain, within a dark and secluded cavern—“Senior Prince, please spare me. I’m willing to follow you.”A divine soul knelt on the cold ground, trembling so violently that he looked like a mouse cornered by a cat.The truth was that he had never been a Heaven God martial artist at all.He was merely a Void God—the weakest rank among Divine Path martial artists.Back then, he had deliberately lied to Kael Draven, claiming a far greater identity because he needed Kael Draven to carry him away.Prince, on the other hand, was a genuine Heaven God.Years ago, Prince had been ambushed by his enemies and had fallen on the Peak of Kael Draven. Fearing that his enemies would discover what remained of him, he had been left with no choice but to seal away his own divine soul.His soul had been severely damaged, and all these years, Prince had been trying to recover.But restoring a damaged divine soul was easier said than done.That was precisely why, the

Kael Draven’s Divine Dragon Arm surged with the Heaven and Earth Aura.He held nothing back.His fists moved like flashes of lightning, and within a few short seconds, hundreds of blows had already rained down on Austin Ward.The divine soul’s cries echoed through the cavern.“Enough.”Kael Draven stopped.Reluctantly.If Prince had not spoken, he would gladly have continued.Kael Draven knew his own limits well. Had Austin Ward still possessed his full Divine Path cultivation, Kael Draven would never have attacked him so recklessly.But the situation was different now.Prince had forcibly suppressed Austin Ward’s realm to the Half-Saint level.And against an opponent of the same realm, Kael Draven feared no one.“Kael Draven!” Austin Ward roared. “I’ll kill you!”Kael Draven looked at him coldly.“If not for Senior Prince, I’d destroy you right here.”Something in his voice made Austin Ward shudder.He opened his mouth, clearly wanting to respond, but in the end, no words came.Princ

As the former Palace Master of Ethereal Palace, no one understood its internal strength and structure better than Dante Grace. He knew perfectly well that every one of the Four Great Powers had earned its position through overwhelming strength; otherwise, none of them could have dominated the Nine Provinces Spirit Domain for so long.Even so, Dante Grace’s expression remained dark. He was unwilling to accept the current situation, but more than that, he resented losing the opportunity to prove himself. He had never forgotten how Ethereal Palace had cast him aside, and that humiliation had remained buried in his heart ever since. More than anything, he wanted to show them that abandoning him had been a mistake they would one day regret.Kael Draven understood those feelings clearly, but as Sect Master, he could not allow the resentment of one person to dictate the fate of the entire Dragon Sect.“Elder Grace, with our current strength, there is no reason to confront Ethereal Palace hea