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 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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Chapter 722: Calling the Impossible WomanVivienne noticed the frown on Emily’s face and asked what was wrong.Emily did not answer immediately. She stood close to the window of the small meeting room, staring at the damaged settlement outside. Even after the battle had ended, nobody was truly resting. Formation masters were still working on the barriers, healers moved between the medical buildings, and the cultivators who could still stand were carrying the wounded or gathering the bodies of those who had died. The place was quieter now, but it was not peaceful. It was the silence of people who knew another attack could happen before they had recovered from the last one.Emily folded her arms and sighed. “I’m trying to think the way Kai used to think.”Vivienne raised an eyebrow. “That sounds dangerous.”Despite everything, Emily gave a tired smile. “It probably is.”She turned away from the window and walked slowly toward the table. Maps of the portal settlement were spread across i
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