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Chapter 121: The First Scale
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The transition from the Moon of Ash to the Jade-Sky Realm had been a violent reconfiguration of reality. The Null-Stalker, its Kraken-bone hull now reinforced with the violet residue of a dead God, drifted through a sea of lavender clouds. Here, the air was thick—not with the artificial mana of the Star-Gate, but with a wild, primordial energy that tasted of ancient pine and ozone.

Kaelen stood at the prow, his hand tracing the Origin-Pen glyph etched into his palm. Beside him stood the girl.
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