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Chapter 239 (Reunion) Chen’s POV
I disappeared. With my awakening, space simply yielded to me. In heartbeats the space between me and the pagoda vanished. The pagoda stood before me. I landed silently at its entrance.For centuries, this place had felt like an immovable mountain. Now, it felt empty.The dense spiritual energy that once surrounded it had nearly vanished. Ancient formations flickered weakly across the walls. The inscriptions carved into the stone glowed for a moment before fading again.And its doors were wide open. I stepped inside. Nothing happened. No formation attacked me. No spiritual pressure descended. No ancient force attempted to stop me.The silence was almost unsettling. The pagoda was hollow. Whatever power had sustained this place had been drained almost completely.I moved deeper. My footsteps echoed through the enormous structure.The dark interior was silent, save for the faint, rhythmic sound of water dripping deep within the lower levels.I followed the sound, descending the winding
Chapter 238 (Recovery) Chen’s POV
The wind that swept through the ruined capital was cold, completely stripped of the demonic heat that had suffocated us for hours.I stood motionless before the small, quiet pile of black ash. Where Malphas had stood seconds ago, there was now only dust, caught in the low gusts of the night air and scattered across the cracked stone.The sky above had turned pitch black, the demonic qi that had covered the capital was gone. Whether it had been swallowed by the coming night or simply vanished with Malphas, I couldn’t tell. Nearby, remains of the battlefield field have started moving. Soldiers moved through the wreckage. Some carried the wounded. Others carried the dead.A few guards were lighting torches, their flames small against the enormous darkness settling over the city.Nobody celebrated. Nobody had the strength. I lowered my gaze to the sword in my hand. My father’s sword. The blade reflected the faint torchlight.I tightened my grip.We had won. So why did it feel like som
Chapter 237 (Night time) Chen’s POV
I wasn’t the only one who heard him. Malphas did. His wide, hollow grin returned, manic and sharp. “You’re one lucky bastard, Long Chen,” he purred, raising his sword. “Now the game is going to get even more fun.”I looked at him. For some reason, I almost smiled.“Game?” I murmured, my voice carrying an unnatural weight that caused Malphas’s smile to falter.I glanced briefly at the unconscious man behind me. “There are casualties to be treated.”Malphas stopped.His smile faded. Something had changed. He could feel it too.I flooded my father's sword with spiritual energy. The blade began vibrating. Almost as if it were alive. As if it already knew what I wanted.Malphas charged. But I saw him.His every movement. Slow and transparent. Am I finally seeing the world through the eyes of a Sovereign?Our swords collided.KRAAANG!The shockwave tore through the street. Spiritual energy flowing out like water. The moment my full authority erupted, the undead army across the battlef
Chapter 236 (A second Awakening) Chen’s POV
Everything faded and silence slammed against my ears . There was no battlefield. No pain. Only darkness.I couldn’t tell if I was dead. My consciousness floated in an endless, weightless void. There was no ground beneath my feet. No sky above my head. For the first time in my memory, the endless cycle of killing and surviving simply ceased. I didn’t have to move. Didn’t have to think. Didn’t have to protect anyone. There was nothing demanding anything from me.There was no anger left in me, only an overwhelming, uncanny peace. A memory surfaced.Warm sunlight. The sound of water flowing through the garden behind the Long Clan residence.I was young again. Much younger.I could hear my father’s voice somewhere behind me, telling me to slow down. I laughed and ran through the sunlit pavilion. For that brief moment, I wasn’t the Sovereign. I wasn’t the survivor of the Long Clan massacre. I wasn’t the man standing against an ancient demon.I was simply Long Chen.A mischievous child
Chapter 235 (A new Long) Chen’s POV
I couldn’t afford to lose. I sensed Malphas above me. I rolled. A black blade struck the ground beside my head.I thrust my spear upward. Malphas twisted. The spear grazed his side. I followed with my fist.BOOM!He blocked. I spun. My spear struck his ribs. He slid backward.For a moment, I finally had space.I breathed heavily. Malphas looked at me.“You’re still standing.”Blood ran down my arm. He smiled. “Interesting.” he purred, stepping through the dust. “Your marrow is extraordinary…” “So that’s how you survived the massacre.” Another flash of black steel. Then, the hysteria returned to his laughter, echoing through the empty space around us. A devastating strike of pure demonic force slammed into my torso.BOOOOOOM!My body flew backward. The building behind me exploded. I crashed through what remained of it. Everything went silent. I tried to stand. My legs shook. My vision flickered.Black. Light. Black again.The battlefield sounded distant. Like I was underwater. I r
Chapter 234 (Sovereign’s burden) Chen’s POV
There was no pause. No breather. No span of seconds for the air to clear. The whole atmosphere flattened. The demonic Qi surrounding Malphas ceased to be a simple aura. It became dense and pitch black, moving like a living ocean, rising and falling in slow, deliberate waves.Every time it contracted, the space around him seemed to shrink. Every time it expanded, the ground trembled.My fingers tightened around the shaft of my spear until the metal groaned under the force.Deep in the dark instinctual part of my mind, something whispered a single word. Run.I crushed the thought before it could take root.Malphas tilted his head. His completely black eyes settled on me. A faint smile appeared.“There it is.”I frowned.“That look.”He took a slow step forward. “I have been waiting to see those eyes.”The corners of his mouth stretched into a wide, hollow grin. “Is it fear, Long Chen?”I swallowed hard without answering, but even the sound of the echoes in my head. Before the sou
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