2026-05-03 22:19:55
Previous Chapter
Latest Chapter
Chapter 100 (One among the twelve) Chen’s POV
Yan Hu’s brows furrowed, but he knew the story he heard. “What…. isn’t that what happened? He took you birthright, he brought the coup system into Yan, he…” "He didn’t. He told the world the Long Clan were puppets of Malphas. He told them our power didn't come from the heavens, but from a deal with the millennial demon. He told them the Long heir didn't carry the primordial marrow, but a seed of the catastrophe that would end the world."I grabbed the collar of my guard uniform, shaking it. "If I walk out there today and claim to be a Long, the people won't bow. They won't cheer. They will scream in terror and try to tear me apart. To them, I am not a King, I am not a prodigy blessed by the heavens. I am the demon seed they’ve been taught to fear for a generation.”The silence that followed was heavy with the weight of twenty years of lies."I won't just kill Wei Jue, Hu,” I whispered, my rage cooling into a hard, diamond-sharp focus. "I will tear down every lie he built. I will ma
Chapter 99 (The turmoil) Chen’s POV
The next morning came with its own story. I laid still on my bed, my eyes closed, my fingers intertwined on my chest. I was trying to find the center of my own soul.It wasn't there.Internally, my spiritual core was a storm of jagged glass. The Void didn't hum with its usual cold authority; it vibrated erratically, just like the day I stepped out of the mist forest into the imperial capital; the hungry, hollow pull that felt like it was trying to consume the very space between my ribs. I could feel the tremor in my fingertips; fine, rhythmic, and utterly betraying.“Stay down,” I commanded in my head, forcing my Sovereign will into the fray. I inhaled deeply and slowly, locking the erratic energy into a cage of Iron Qi. My teeth grinder against each other until my jaw ached. I wouldn't let it break me. At least … not today. The deep silence of the morning air was shattered not by a sound, but by a shift in the flowing yin yang energy. Wei, who was sleeping near the foot of
Chapter 98 (A loophole) Chen’s POV
I hated the thought of death…. But nothing compared to the thought of being killed by someone else. Yet, as the darkness clouded my vision, I felt like I should just cut off the thread tying me to life. But even the darkness gave me no peace. A high-pitched ringing, thin and sharp as a needle, pierced through the center of my skull. It was a singular, agonizing note that refused to fade.Beneath the noise, there were fragments. The irregular drip-slosh of water hitting a cold surface. The rhythmic, heavy thud of footsteps—not my own. I felt weightless yet crushed, as if I were being dragged through a sea of thick oil. Every time I tried to reach for the Void, my internal sea felt like a mirror shattered into a million jagged pieces.Then, light came… It wasn't a soft dawn; it was a brutal, blinding white that forced its way through my eyelids. Heat pressed against my skin, followed by a surge of instinctive, cold terror. I was being chased—not by a person, but by the very act of
Chapter 97 (Emperor’s rematch) Chen’s POV
That night I couldn't close my eyes and neither could Yan Hu. We both stayed up, lost in our own thoughts, watching Wei’s chest rise and fall in constant rhythm. It was a long, restless but ironically calm night. The next morning arrived with the same terrifying, clinical stillness, as if nothing had happened. As if I didn't wreck Wei Jue the night before. As if I wasn't being followed the night before, as if I didn't get tied to my past the day before. I stood in the center of the training courtyard, my hands steady, but my mind was a storm of jagged glass. Servants carried tea, officials whispered over scrolls, and the sun hit the golden eaves with a blinding, indifferent brilliance.There was no sign of the massacre from the night before. The twelve elite guards I had shattered were all gone. Even the lingering scent of blood had been scrubbed clean by a small army of attendants. I made my way towards the meeting hall to see how Wei Jue's reaction would be but I was a moment t
Chapter 96 (Lin Xue’er) Chen’s POV
The city was too quiet.I stood by the window, my back to Yan Hu, watching the way the moonlight hit the rooftops of the Capital. Usually, the wind carries the scent of coal and distant street food, but tonight, the air was sterile. Dead.“She always did hate waiting,” I murmured my heart hammering in my chest. Not from lost emotions, but from uncertainty. For the first time since the night of the massacre, I felt a pain worse than the anger of betrayal. The name echoed in the hollows of my chest. Chen-chen.It wasn’t a title. It wasn’t a threat. It was a ghost—a silk thread from a life that had been burned to ash ten years ago.A cold chill ran down my spine. Behind me, I could hear Yan Hu’s shallow breathing. He was waiting for the explosion. He was waiting for the Void to spill out of me and level the room, for me to roar in grief or rage.And honestly, I thought I would. I thought the next time I heard about her I would erase her from the surface of the earth but now..I felt n
Chapter 95 (The voice in the forest) Yan Hu’s POV
I rubbed my bruised neck, the memory of the forest rushing back to swallow me whole.It started the moment Chen vanished into the palace shadows.No…It started the moment Wei woke up from his first trance.His fingers tightened around my sleeve like a man clawing his way out of drowning water. His eyes were open—but not seeing me. It was like he was not seeing anything in front of him.He was looking through the world.“We have to go.”His voice was dry, cracked and urgent. "The Pagoda. Now."I frowned immediately.“No.” My response was simple and final. “We don’t need to enter,” he whispered. “Just close enough… to touch it.”I shook my head."Chen’s orders were clear, Wei," My voice hardened, though my own heart was hammering. "We stay here and wait. I promised Chen. I said I would keep you safe,” I added. “That means away from anything tied to that place.”“I’m not risking your life when I still owe mine to him." I added calmly. I meant it. My life was a debt I intended to pay in
You may also like
PRIMORDIAL LORD OF CHAOS
Supreme king24.7K viewsCivilian Dragon lord
Drew Archeron187.9K viewsMonster Girl Ranching in Another World
Magic_33.6K viewsThe Greatest Martial Arts Cultivator
KidOO98.2K viewsThe Death Walker's Seal
Sheila240 viewsImmortal Cultivator Of Primordial Chaos Dao
Katsuki135 viewsHow the Demon Lord Conquered the Kingdom
Corbeau324 viewsThe Tyrant Of The Red Throne
R.So186 views