2025-03-14 16:36:33Kaiden Blackwood waited in the living room, his fingers tightening around the small velvet jewelry box and inside was an heirloom, an exquisite necklace passed down from his mother.
Tonight, he would give this gift symbolizing love and family to his fiancée, Astrid. Just thinking of this, Kai couldn't help but smile.
His Astrid was pregnant! Although the baby was only four months along at the moment, every time he thought about becoming a father, Kai would be beside himself with joy.
He swore that he would do everything in his power to provide a more comfortable and prosperous life for Astrid and their child.
Footsteps echoed at the door—Astrid was coming home.
Kai stood up eagerly, ready to greet her. But then, a soft moan drifted through the air.
"Oh, harder... right there"
"You little whore, you're so tight."
Kai froze, his body tense, his gaze snapping to the window. In that moment, his world came to a crashing halt.
It's Astrid!
She was almost naked in the arms of a strange man, wearing a lascivious expression that he had never seen before.
And the man who was eagerly kneading her breasts with an impatient look on his face was none other than Reginald Thompson!
A married man who made his fortune through his wife, living a life of debauchery after acquiring wealth through marriage. Any woman he could get his hands on, regardless of age, ended up in his bed. His pure, innocent Astrid... actually had an affair with this utterly shameless man!
Reginald’s hand slid up Astrid’s thigh, and in the next moment, he was about to breach the secret space between her legs.
Enough! Kai slammed the front door open and shouted, "What the hell is going on here?!"
Astrid was startled, hastily breaking free from Reginald and scrambling to find something to cover her nakedness. But when she saw that it was her useless fiancé, Kai, she quickly regained her composure.
Kai should be working overtime at the factory, earning baby formula money—so why the hell is he here?
"What the hell are you doing here?!" she quickly regained the upper hand, rolling her eyes with a vicious sneer. “Are you freaking blind? Can't you see what I'm doing?!”
Kai stared at the woman in disbelief—barely dressed, covered in hickeys. Was this really his fiancée, Astrid?
“Kid, why are you doing this to yourself?” Reginald said, amused. “Your fiancée clearly hasn’t been satisfied yet.” He shamelessly groped Astrid’s nearly exposed ass, and she moaned cooperatively.
“If I were you, I’d take the hint and scram,” he said, grinning with disdain.
Rage and heartbreak surged in Kai’s chest. He couldn’t take it anymore. With a roar, he lunged forward and grabbed Reginald by the collar.
“You son of a bitch!”
But Reginald shoved him off with force, sending Kai stumbling backward—and a delicate jewelry box fell from his pocket.
“What’s this?” Reginald, sharp-eyed, spotted it. Inside lay a dazzling diamond necklace, resting quietly on a bed of blue velvet. He scoffed and deliberately kicked the box away.
Kai’s gaze turned ice-cold. He tried to reach for it, but was deliberately blocked by Reginald’s rotund frame. The bastard was doing it on purpose! If anger could become solid, Reginald’s fat body would’ve been torn to shreds by now.
"This diamond’s so big and shiny, it's obviously a fake" Reginald said casually.
Astrid, dazzled by the necklace, was suddenly awake.
“Wait—don’t tell me this is why you came home early?” she said with a mocking tone. “To give me some knockoff garbage?”
She snatched the necklace and, under Kai's shocked gaze, hurled it forcefully out the window. Kai dashed to the wall, only to find the necklace vanished without a trace.
“There, done. Now get the hell out!” With that, she shoved Kai forcefully.
Kai was completely stunned. For a moment, he wondered if he was dreaming. How could the same woman who was sweet and gentle just the day before now look like a devil from hell—cruel, promiscuous, venomous?
“Astrid...” Kai’s throat tightened, his voice bitter. “What's wrong with you? Did he threaten you?”
“Come on, bullshit again,” Astrid rolled her eyes. “Fine, let me spell it out once and for all.”
“I never loved you. The kid’s not even yours!”
“You’re a good-for-nothing loser. Every single day with you made me sick!”
Crack. A string in Kai’s heart snapped.
Astrid had never loved him. The child he longed for—wasn’t even his. The family he bled for, sacrificed everything for—nothing but a lie.
Grief, rage, and crushing despair surged through him like a tidal wave, shattering the last pieces of Kai’s world until there was nothing left but ruin.
“How pathetic,” Reginald snickered under his breath. “Here—take this. Consider it compensation for the money you spent raising my kid.”
He pulled out a few crumpled bills and tossed them in Kai’s face.
Kai’s chest heaved violently. His eyes were full of pain. Reginald had not only cuckolded him, but turned him into a damn babysitter. And now he was treating him like a beggar, throwing money in his face.
There was no greater humiliation.
Kai clenched his fist and smashed it hard into Reginald’s jaw.
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Chapter 765: Another World
As everything finally settled and the wasteland began learning how to exist without war, Zora appeared again.As usual, there was no warning, one moment, Kai was standing beside Abigail and Emily near the remains of the old command area, watching workers dismantle another section of temporary housing. The next, space twisted a few steps away and Zora walked out of it as casually as though she had merely stepped through a doorway.Kai looked at her then he sighed.“No.”Zora stopped.“I haven’t even said anything.”“You appeared.”“And?” Zora raised her brows “You never appear when good things are about to happen.”Emily immediately laughed, Abigail, however, looked more carefully at Zora.There was something different about her expression.Normally, Zora arrived wearing that annoying look of someone who already knew exactly how much suffering Kai was about to endure and intended to enjoy every second of it. This time, however, the amusement was there only faintly. Beneath it was some
Chapter 764: After the Last War
The war was finally over.For the first time in years, nobody woke expecting the portal to open.There was no emergency bell in the middle of the night, no injured cultivators being dragged toward the medical tents or formation masters running around shouting that another defensive node had collapsed. The portal itself was gone, leaving only scarred ground where it had once stood and an enormous silence that felt almost unnatural after so many years of noise.At first, nobody really knew what to do with that silence.Then someone suggested a feast and that was all it took.By evening, the wasteland looked completely different from the battlefield it had been only days earlier. Huge fires burned across the open ground, tables had been dragged out from every surviving camp, wine appeared from storage rings that people had apparently been hiding through the entire war, and several of the dead beasts were already being cleaned and roasted.Kai watched one enormous piece of beast meat turn
Chapter 763: Three Days at the Gate
The time for the battle finally came.By then, nobody needed to be called twice. The remaining cultivators had already gathered across the wasteland in the formations assigned to them, weapons ready, pills distributed, damaged equipment replaced and every defensive array pushed to full strength. The internal chaos that had nearly torn them apart only a short while ago was gone, replaced by a tense silence as thousands of eyes remained fixed on the portal ahead. Even those who had survived several invasions could feel that this one was different. The distorted space around the portal had been growing more violent for hours, and now the sealed surface was twisting so badly that streaks of dark energy kept bursting across it like cracks in glass.Kai stood near the front with Abigail beside him, both completely calm compared to everyone around them. Emily, Elder Harkan, Allen, Elder Sophia and the Grand Elder were positioned farther back with the command groups, while Vivienne and Jian
Chapter 762: Through the Portal
They returned to the house not long after leaving the assembly behind, and for the first time in hours, the wasteland outside felt almost strangely quiet. The rebellion had been cut out before it could spread any further, the remaining cultivators had been given clear orders, and everyone now understood that the next problem would not come from inside their own ranks. It would come through the portal. Kai barely had time to sit down before another set of footsteps approached, and moments later the Grand Elder, Elder Sophia, Allen, and Jian entered together.Jian was the first to properly look at Kai.His brows pulled together almost immediately.“So when exactly did you two come back?”Kai leaned into his chair with the relaxed expression of someone being asked about something completely unimportant. “A while ago.”Allen stared at him. “A while?”Kai nodded.The Grand Elder’s eyes narrowed. “You returned and didn’t tell anyone?”“Well…” Kai rubbed his chin, pretending to think about h
Chapter 761: One Last Battle
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