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153: “Congratulations? For Not Dying?”
Author: Red Phoenix.
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Kai watched the beast kicking up dirt and leaves in its final, twitching breath. The echo of the impact still rang through the trees when Zora dropped from her perch in the tree like a meteor.

She landed hard, so hard the earth cracked beneath her feet, forming a shallow crater with her boots in the center like a damn superhero landing.

Without even glancing at Kai, she dashed toward the dead creature, eyes gleaming like she’d just found a pile of treasure. Her lips curled in delight as she cro
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    WritingChapter 728: A Fate Beyond WorldsHearing that, Kai froze.For a moment, he could not understand what the figure was saying. He had expected the inheritance test to reward them with a technique, perhaps a new realm of cultivation or some ancient treasure hidden inside the tower. Instead, the man spoke as though everything Kai and Abigail had achieved until now was only preparation for something much larger."The realm?" Kai asked "Yeah, in summary, the universe."“The universe?” Kai repeated.The figure smiled calmly. “Yes.”Kai stared at him, waiting for further explanation, but none came. The figure stood before him with the same relaxed expression, as though telling someone they were expected to unify the universe was an ordinary matter.Kai rubbed his forehead. “We just finished unifying one world.”“And you did well.”“One world,” Kai repeated. “Do you understand how much trouble that caused? Sect masters, emperors, hidden ancestors, entire continents joining together t

  • 727

    Chapter 727: Knowing When to RunThe figure looked at Kai for a long moment before finally speaking.“You are worthy to inherit everything I left behind.”Kai blinked.He had been expecting another trick, another impossible condition, or perhaps an attack from the second version of himself standing nearby. The figure had split a portion of his blood and created another Kai, then asked him to fight it. Everything about the situation had suggested that the final test would be brutal.Yet now, the man seated on the throne was simply telling him that he had passed.Kai studied his face carefully. “You’re not going to think about it?”The figure laughed.His laughter echoed through the empty hall, but there was no mockery in it. Instead, he looked genuinely pleased by Kai’s suspicion.“Think about what?”“Whether I deserve it,” Kai replied. “You brought me here, created another version of me, and asked me to fight him. I refused before the fight even began. Most people would call that cowa

  • 726

    Chapter 726: The Challenge He RefusedRealizing the problem, Kai fell silent.He stood in the middle of the wide hall, staring at the figure seated on the throne. The man had not moved since presenting the challenge, yet the pressure coming from him filled every corner of the place. It was not wild or threatening. It was simply there, calm and absolute, reminding Kai that the being before him was far beyond the opponents he had faced outside.The throne itself rested at the top of several dark stone steps. Strange symbols covered the walls behind it, some shaped like fists, others like bones and flowing blood. They gave off an ancient feeling, one that made Kai’s bloodline respond faintly even though most of his power remained restricted within the trial.A moment earlier, the figure had challenged him to fight.Under normal circumstances, Kai would have agreed without thinking too much. He had rarely rejected a proper battle, especially when the opponent appeared powerful enough to t

  • 725

    Chapter 725: His Bloodline Given FormBack with Kai and Abigail, Kai seemed to have passed all his tests.He could not say how long he had been trapped inside the different illusions. It might have been hours, days, or even years. Time had stopped making sense after the first few scenes. He had been forced to face his weakness, grief, anger, bias, and the possibility of betrayal until he finally understood what the inheritance was trying to expose.But there was still one last thing remaining.Currently, Kai stood before a figure seated on a throne inside a magnificent hall.The place was large enough to make him feel small even though there was no one else inside it. Tall pillars lined both sides of the hall, disappearing into a dark ceiling that seemed much farther away than it should have been. Ancient markings covered the floor beneath Kai’s feet, but he could not understand any of them. They were not ordinary formation runes, nor did they belong to any language he had encountered

  • 724

    Chapter 724: A Call She Couldn’t MakeWith that, Emily sighed and said she was going to sleep first.Although cultivators at her level no longer depended heavily on sleep, her mind still felt exhausted. Cultivation could restore her Qi, heal minor injuries, and keep her body active for days, but it could not completely remove the strain that came from years of constant responsibility. She had spent too much time calculating battle plans, settling arguments between sects, watching the portal, and wondering whether the next wave would finally be the one they could not stop.Now that Zora had promised to handle the problem, the pressure had reduced slightly.Not completely.Emily knew better than to relax just because Zora said she would take care of something. That woman’s help usually came with strange conditions, hidden lessons, or a price Kai would complain about for several days. Still, if there was anyone capable of stopping the invasions without turning the whole matter into a big

  • 723

    Chapter 723: A Debt With InterestIt was a very serious problem.None of them had Zora’s number.In fact, Emily doubted Zora even carried a phone around. The woman appeared and disappeared whenever she pleased, moved between worlds as though distance meant nothing, and never stayed anywhere long enough for people to know where she truly lived. Even if they somehow found a number belonging to her, what network would connect Earth to wherever she currently was?Vivienne sat opposite Emily, quietly considering the problem. “Perhaps someone close to Kai knows how to reach her.”Emily shook her head. “If they did, we would have tried long ago. Zora only appears when she wants to.”“That is inconvenient.”“That is Zora.”They had returned to one of the private rooms behind the command hall after the battlefield had been cleared. Outside, the defenders were moving the injured, repairing damaged formations and separating the bodies of the invaders from their own dead. Although Vivienne’s sudd

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