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Chapter 370
The next seven days ran at the same rhythm.Dawn, meditation beneath the giant tree. Midday, technique training with Wuhen Lianhun on the stone field behind the main hall. Night, back to meditating with Rex until the stars had drifted far from where they started.On the first day of training, Wuhen stood in front of Caelan with a sword in hand."I'll teach you this sect's two peak techniques," he said. "Soul Shackle of a Thousand Shadows and Eternal Darkness Curse. Our best disciples need years to master even one of them. So don't be disappointed if all you get this month is the basics."Caelan nodded. "Understood."Wuhen swung his sword.SRAKK.One slash, and a silver shadow remained in the air. A second slash, a second shadow. Within a few breaths, a dozen sword trails floated around Wuhen, pulsing slowly like living things awaiting orders."The secret isn't in the sword," said Wuhen. "It's in the intent you leave behind in every slash."Caelan studied those shadows for a very long
Chapter 369
Caelan opened his eyes.Slowly, and for a moment he didn't move at all.There was something inside him.Not just residual warmth from the stone. This was something large, dense, and alive—churning in his dantian like an ocean that had just been woken. He closed his fist, and the air around it trembled faintly. He drew a breath, and the night wind seemed to be pulled inward with him.His strength had grown.Rapidly. Far more rapidly than anything he had ever felt in a single night.And at the edge of all of it, he felt something else. A boundary. Thin, nearly translucent—like a glass wall waiting for one final tap.Just one more step.One step away from a higher level.Something stirred in Caelan's chest.Is that... the Immortal Realm?He didn't know. He had never stood there, so there was nothing to compare it to. But his instinct kept saying the same thing, over and over, with a certainty he couldn't ignore: that door was very close.The corner of his mouth lifted.Not the usual thin
Chapter 368
"What is that, Sect Leader?" asked Caelan.Wuhen Lianhun didn't answer with words. He stepped closer, stopped in front of them, then opened the lid of the dark wooden box with one slow motion.Blue light poured out.Soft, but bright enough to illuminate all three of their faces in the darkness of the garden. Inside the box, resting on a bed of black cloth, lay a stone the size of a thumb. Its surface was smooth and clear as crystal, and inside it blue light pulsed slowly—rising and falling like the breathing of something alive."This is called a spirit stone," said Wuhen.The nearby pond trembled faintly. The spiritual energy in the garden, which had been flowing slowly before, seemed to turn toward the box."Concentrated spiritual energy is stored inside it. The size is small, but its contents are equivalent to decades of ordinary energy accumulation. And the quality..." Wuhen paused briefly. "Far beyond anything you could absorb from the air in the Lower World."Caelan stared at the
Chapter 367
Midday at the Black Soul Sect was different from midday in any other place Caelan had passed through.Not because the sun was different, not because the air was warmer or cooler. But there was something invisible here—something that could only be felt when a person stopped moving and allowed themselves to be fully present in one place.Spiritual energy.Here, it wasn't something that had to be sought or drawn. It existed everywhere, like air that was fuller than usual—flowing slowly between stones, clinging to tree trunks, moving across the surface of the ground in a way that could almost be felt with ordinary palms.They chose a spot in the sect's back garden. Not a garden in the sense of a tidied yard, but an expanse left to grow in its own way for hundreds—perhaps thousands—of years.The trees here were already too old to have their age measured in ordinary ways. Their trunks wider than two adults with arms spread open, their roots jutting from the earth like enormous fingers gripp
Chapter 366
Caelan and Rex looked at each other.Not long—just a fraction of a second, enough time for two people who had been together long enough to convey something without words.Then both nodded."That's an easy thing," said Caelan.No lengthy deliberation, no negotiation, no counter-conditions. Just a statement from someone who heard a request and saw no reason to make it more complicated than it needed to be.Down the length of the table, something that had been held tight since the question was asked finally eased. Wuhen Lianhun nodded in a way different from all his other nods today—more relieved, warmer. The Elders who had been holding their breath without realizing it released it. Even the bearded Elder, who had spent most of the day in various states of discomfort, smiled in a way that looked genuine.The Celestial Banquet Hall, for the first time since the feast began, felt like a room full of people who were genuinely glad to be there at the same time.Wuhen placed his hand on the t
Chapter 365
Wuhen watched Rex drink."How does it taste?" he asked. "Our cows are raised in the pastures behind the sect, on land that has been soaked in spiritual energy for over three hundred years. They never move far, never work hard, never receive the same food two days in a row. There is someone assigned specifically to ensure that." He paused briefly. "I don't think many places in this Lower World produce milk of that quality."Rex didn't answer.He was still drinking.The silver cup lifted, its contents diminishing bit by bit in a very serious way—the way a small child works through something important and doesn't want to be interrupted halfway.Then the cup came down.Rex placed it on the table with a small, thin sound and looked at Wuhen Lianhun with an expression that had considered the question from start to finish."This is the best milk I've ever had."Wuhen Lianhun nodded—more sincerely than any nod he had produced today."Thank you. We'll make sure it's available every morning whi
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