The fight above had ended fast and quiet, and the patrol stepped out from their hiding spot."Back when I first started patrolling, we mostly just scared off small-time troublemakers. Now, with these two city lords always at war, dealing with bodies is a regular part of the job."Roughly thirty-some cultivators had died this time, three of them true monarchs, the rest a mix of Foundation Establishment and Qi training.As they got ready to leave, Captain Rendon spoke up again:"This whole fight between our city lords comes from a dispute between their sects. Even though you and I guard Wraithspire City, in the end, we only answer to the city lords — not to either sect.So I really hope you'll stay out of this fight entirely. Follow whichever city lord gives the order at the time, but never pick a side. Understand?"Rendon, a strong late-stage true monarch, spoke in a booming voice, sounding genuinely serious.Really, Silas understood — this warning was aimed straight at him, the new gu

Everyone in the City Lord's Mansion, from the deputy city lord all the way down to us patrol officers, are all members of small casual-cultivator sects.""I see." Silas nodded a little.But if that was true, wasn't Kieran breaking the rules?The sword technique the mysterious true monarch had used earlier was the Sword Dao Revelation.More exactly, it was an improved version of the Sword Dao Revelation, even more powerful and terrifying than before.In this world, apart from Silas himself, the only other person who really understood that swordsmanship was Kieran, the young genius.Should I go make a small report to Rian? Silas thought, then shook his head a little.There weren't many true monarchs bold enough to do something like this. It shouldn't be him.A few days later, Silas finally understood what Captain Rendon had meant.The Four Seas Trading Guild ended its partnership with the Alchemist's Concord's auction house, and instead moved the pills it had bought into a different sho

All that could be seen, faintly, was two beams of light crashing into each other again and again."Where's Kieran?" Casimir shouted just as Silas stepped to the edge of the battlefield.But what answered him instead was a terrifying primordial spirit attack.Watching the space around him fill with blood, he felt an inexplicable chill run through him.His body instinctively sensed a deadly threat."This is..." Casimir didn't have time to think it through before an invisible primordial spirit attack fell down on top of him.Hmm!Just as it looked like this man was about to die, a dazzling light shot out from his body.Boom!A mirror flew out of Casimir's body, blocking Silas's primordial spirit attack."I got careless. Of course this unmatched genius would have a treasure that could resist a Spirit Transformation attack!" Silas murmured softly.But—How could a mere life-saving item meant for someone at the early stage of Spirit Transformation possibly withstand his primordial spirit?C

Rian quickly distanced himself from all of this. Kieran and Casimir weren't just this Spirit Transformation elder's disciples — they were also geniuses born from the Emberfall Sect.There might be a huge storm coming."Bullshit!" But hearing Rian's explanation, Captain Rendon felt genuinely upset.Silas had walked with the whole team. How could he have deliberately run in front of some other true monarch? It was Rian's own true monarch who'd come looking to die.But he didn't dare say that out loud. Not to mention, the famous Casimir really had been killed by Silas — Rendon figured someone would need to ask the man himself what really happened.But would Silas even dare show his face again? Rendon figured he'd probably never see him again in this life."You've spent a lot of time with this man. What's your opinion — does he seem like someone who kills people and takes their bodies?"At this point, the Spirit Transformation Patriarch looked at Captain Rendon.Rendon went pale, tremblin

The Overseer Sect wouldn't send disciples from the ten outside kingdoms just to fill the numbers, and even if they wanted to, disciples from the Overseer Sect probably wouldn't want to come anyway.Besides, the Ten Realms were vast, with plenty of people carrying spiritual roots. There didn't seem to be many cultivators here now, but Silas figured that in a few decades, the Sky Burial Sect's old glory would likely return.Now that the Ten Realms were unified, and managed directly by the Overseer Sect's own true monarchs — including everyone with a spiritual root — it would probably end up even stronger than before.What's more, without that overbearing Lysander family blocking everything, the sect would likely be full of new life going forward, and might even produce a true Nascent Soul powerhouse eventually.Silas pulled back his spiritual sense and, in an instant, stepped into the Ashland.He didn't disguise himself this time, but he used his power so no mortal could see him."Even