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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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Chapter 721: Near the Breaking PointBack on Earth, they had managed to fight off the latest wave of invaders with Vivienne’s help.The battle had lasted for hours. By the end, another section of the outer barrier had collapsed, several buildings had been damaged, and the ground around the portal was covered with bodies. The defenders had entered the fight already exhausted from the previous invasion, and many of them had barely been able to stand when the new wave arrived. If they had relied only on their remaining strength, the line would have fallen.Vivienne had changed that.It was not because her personal cultivation had suddenly become powerful enough to defeat an entire army. She was stronger than when she left, but even she could not have fought the massive wave alone. Her true advantage came from the secret realm she met Emily before.That realm now belonged to her.She had gained control over everything inside it, both living and non-living. The mountains, ancient structure
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