However, Gareth simply sneered. "Shame. I don't like those women at all. My type is a good girl like yourself!" He then paused before continuing, "Name your price. How much do I need to pay before you'll go out with me tonight?"Gareth has already made preparations for two different outcomes. It would be for the best if Queenie was willing to accept money in exchange for sleeping with him, but should that plan fail to materialize, he had no qualms giving her the spiked bottle of wine according to the original plan.The bottle of wine that had been prepared in advance had already been opened and put to one side, but it had not been poured into a glass yet. Gareth had been waiting until Queenie came and the time was right to give her the drink.When Queenie heard that, she smiled awkwardly and said, "Oh, Mister Gareth, why do you have to dwell on that? Some of the girls here are super pretty, even prettier than me! You should look for them. I'm just a blonde bimbo who doesn't understa
"You're too kind. Our job is to keep you company and make you happy. We would've only completed our duty if our guests had a good time, isn't that right?" Queenie smiled and poured wine for him too.However, Gareth did not drink the wine she poured and placed his hand on her thigh instead. "You're right. Keeping guests company and making them happy is your job, but how am I going to have a good time if you don't spend a wonderful night with me?""What are you doing, Mister Gareth? Please behave!" Queenie was startled and immediately went to push his hand away. She was beginning to feel increasingly nervous too.However, Gareth did not give her the chance to push his hand away as easily as before. He placed it firmly on her lap. "Behave? Hehe, you think too highly of yourself. Most B-girls aren't innocent, so stop trying to pretend like you are. I promise I’ll give you money. I'm not the kind of man who takes things without giving anything in return!"Gareth then immediately winked
"Ah! Help! Let me go!"Queenie struggled desperately and was terror-struck. Her regret began to intensify, and she felt that she should never have gone to work that night.At that moment, however, the door was kicked open and a man barged in from the outside."F*cking idiots! I thought I told you guys to stand guard outside. Is this how you do your job?" Gareth stood up and cursed as soon as he heard someone barge in and interrupt him.When he turned around, he discovered that his friends were howling in pain as they lay on the ground near the door. The man who walked in picked up a wine bottle and smashed it right over his head."Ah!" Gareth covered his head in pain and sat on the sofa while saying to Severin, "You motherf*cker! Do you know who I am? Huh? Do you know who it is that you just smashed the bottle on? Hey, fellas! Get him!""Severin!" Queenie got up frantically and buttoned her collar as soon as she saw that Severin had come to her aid. "How did you find me? I'm so h
Queenie glanced over and began to feel a little worried for Severin even though she knew that he had amazing skills. However, she knew better than anyone that nothing could be done to smoothen things over. After all, she felt a burst of joy in her heart when Severin smashed the wine bottle over Gareth's head.Severin merely glanced indifferently at the thugs before finally saying with disdain, "There's quite a number of you, but you won't be able to win against me!""You're bold, kid!" Paul sneered and said, "Do you know whose turf you're on right now? I don't think there's any use in telling you though. You're not worthy of knowing that information!" As soon as he said that, he waved his hand. "Kill him!""Charge!"More than twenty of those thugs rushed up to Severin from all directions, but he kicked them one after another and they all collapsed to the ground within a few seconds. None of them could stand up, and some of them were vomiting blood while others clutched their chests
Severin could not be bothered by Gareth's tirade. He grabbed a nearby wine bottle and threw it right on Gareth's leg. The wine bottle shattered into small pieces, and Gareth knelt down in agony as soon as the searing pain came."Ah!" It was Gareth's first time suffering such humiliation and he howled in pain. Once his knees had touched the ground, he raised his head and stared at Severin resentfully. "B*stard! Didn't I just tell you that I'm from the Fenlands? Try to think before you act, will you? Do you want to get yourself killed? "Severin casually reached out to grab another wine bottle and raised it in the air."No, no, don't smash another bottle at me! We can talk nicely, right? I know my mistake now! I'll kowtow to you!" Gareth uttered in fear when he saw that Severin wanted to throw another bottle at him. He had never met such a hotheaded person.When Paul the manager saw that Severin was busy dealing with Gareth and paid no attention to him, he immediately backed away fro
The corners of Hugo's mouth twitched a few times and he smiled coldly in the end, "Fantastic! This is absolutely fantastic! You've got some balls beating up my subordinates yesterday and causing trouble at our bar today!" After a pause, Hugo then continued, "Your skills are commendable, and I don't think any of the men I brought here are a match for you!"Severin understood what Hugo was implying by that and said to the other party, "You're suggesting that I fight you one-on-one then?"Hugo nodded. "That's right. If you can defeat me, then I'll let you leave here with that woman. If you can't, then neither of you will be allowed to leave this place!""Haha! Sure!" Severin knew that Hugo was a skilled individual, and he could tell at a glance that Hugo was the leader of all those men. After all, it did not make sense for Hugo to boast with such confidence if that were not the case.Hugo yelled angrily and took firm steps as he delivered one punch after another—alternating between hi
"Okay, okay. We'll go. You look terrified!" Severin could not help but laugh when he saw Queenie's frightened look. He then said to her, "Remember to come early tomorrow. My parents have already notified your parents about the gathering. The other relatives will be coming over too! ""Don't worry, Severin. I'll come over earlier!"Queenie smiled, got into the car she bought that afternoon, and then stretched her waist. "Ah, finally I can leave this place for good! Hopefully that Gareth guy and the Emerald Cloud Gang won't bother the two of us anymore!""They won't. I'll be here for you even if the sky falls down!" Severin waved his hand at her and reminded, "Drive slowly. You haven't driven for a long time now, and you just bought this car in the afternoon!""I promise I'll take care on the road!" Queenie smiled and finally drove away in her car.After she left, Severin got into the car and drove back too.…Queenie was driving halfway home when she remembered that she had not c
Marie breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that. "It was all just a misunderstanding, Simon. We should know our daughter better than anyone!""How do you explain the car, then? Are you able to afford it?" Simon's tone softened a little as he asked.Queenie merely smiled and said, "Hehe, we don't just have our own car now. We have our own house too, renovated and fully-furnished! The house will be ready for us in a few days, and once the keys are handed over, we can move in after buying some furniture.""WHAT?!" The old couple gasped and wondered if they heard it wrongly. 'We have a car now, and even a house?'Marie gulped. "Don't frighten me like that, Queenie. You're not doing something illegal, are you?"Queenie was speechless and immediately explained to them, "Did you remember Aunt Judith borrowing eight thousand dollars from us the other day? Well, Severin's back! He's got money now, so he paid back his debt to us!" Queenie then took a seat on the stool and continued, "But
At that instant, Infernatur and Damnatur felt a sudden chill, as if an impending doom loomed on the horizon.Severin then said softly to them, "I'm gonna need you as a helping hand!"Infernatur and Damnatur recoiled as a horrifying realization dawned upon them."Have you taken that leap?" Infernatur's voice trembled with uncertainty.Severin remained silent and simply waved his hand gently. The 129,600 cosmic laws surged with boundless power, reducing the huge figures of Infernatur and Damnatur to dust.Within moments, two essences of pure primordial power flowed into Severin's inner world, while the desolate chaos sea crumbled and was consumed by his voracious appetite.Severin's form eventually began to fade until it became a flicker of light that vanished completely. His consciousness had been devoured entirely.Everything before him was empty and devoid of substance.An indefinite amount of time passed before Severin's voice echoed through the emptiness, "Chaos springs from
With a deft stroke of the bronze halberd, the path hovering above Severin shattered."This is a peculiar weapon," Severin recoiled in alarm, raising the Oculus Blade to defend himself "It has the ability to dismantle the great path!"Simultaneously, he utilized his space-time path to shield against potential assaults, especially any sneak attacks.Explosions reverberated, unleashing torrents of elemental energy and spatial turbulence throughout the chaotic sea. Time passed indeterminately amidst the chaos.For centuries, the trio engaged in combat, their auras undiminished by time's passage.Meanwhile, the four Dominus Nosters in the Celestial Realm waged war against the extraterrestrial intruders, reclaiming territories with unparalleled ferocity.Under the leadership of figures like Callide, the extraterrestrials were simply no match for them.The Southern, Western, and Devil Regions were reclaimed quickly, yet everyone from the Celestial Realm remained vigilant, for war conti
Outside the Heaven Palace, the few who had been appointed Dominus Noster along with a cohort of quasi-royal celestials were faced with the grim reality at hand.Clad in resplendent hues, Callide—who was their leader and carried the title Dominus Noster Arcanum—donned celestial attire woven from stars and the galaxy. With a regal bearing, she commanded from atop a cloud, "Follow me, my brethren! We shall vanquish the extraterrestrials in the Devil Realm!""At your command, Dominus Noster Arcanum!""Yes, Dominus Noster Arcanum!"With their resounding battle cries, streams of light surged across the Nine Heavens Ten Lands, converging upon the territories occupied by the extraterrestrials—they were the Devil Region, Southern Region, and the Western Region.Amidst the vibrant rainbow, a towering figure emerged, blotting out the sky and earth. Everyone recognized that figure as Severin, and knew that the battle against the quasi-celestial regents would soon begin.Adrian, who was alrea
Armin then spoke with a calm authority, "You cannot remain in this time and space, for you are from the future. It is time you return."As he uttered these words, Severin sensed an invisible force pushing against him and urging him to depart.Standing upon the river of time, he overlooked the tumult of the quasi-celestial regent conflict looming below. He mumbled Armin's counsel, "By receiving nourishment, shattering constraints, tearing open chaos, and reaching the other side…" As Severin pondered over those revelations for an indefinite amount of time, clarity dawned upon him like the sudden rising sun. "So that's the way!"By the time he snapped to his senses, he discovered that his primal spirit had traversed countless epochs in the river of time. "Did I spend that long in the river of time?" he asked himself. Fortunately, the duration he spent in the river of time was but a fleeting moment in the real world.Severin's resolve solidified. Though his brief discourse with Armin,
Severin could sense the mental connection between himself and the weapon, almost as if it was an extension of himself. Severin then raised his gaze to the celestial expanse beyond."I'm almost on Armin's level now that I've made a breakthrough to the rank of quasi-celestial sovereign. However, facing the extraterrestrials' quasi-celestial regents isn't going to be easy meat for me," he mused aloud.Armin was once the sovereign architect of the Imperial Court and the ruler of the Celestial Realm, yet even he found himself at the mercy of the attack of Heaven's Will. Even a mighty quasi-celestial sovereign was reduced to naught but dust.Severin felt the weight of the responsibility settle upon him. Confronting the two quasi-celestial regents would require him to transcend to the realm of celestial sovereign—a realm of which he had scant knowledge of.He understood the concept of the celestial sovereign only in the context of attaining liberation through enlightenment via the 3,000 p
In the vast expanse of the chaotic sea, occasional gusts of strong wind whipped up the formidable chaotic energy. A single whirlpool could claim the life of even a true immortal.Amidst that tumult, two colossal figures lay prone within the abyss. They emanated an aura of unparalleled power, commanding even the paths to heed their authority. The turbid breath exhaled in their slumber had the capacity to tear the fabric of the chaotic void, unveiling dreamlike cosmic chiliocosms.They were the progenitors of the extraterrestrial race, the alpha and omega of the enigmatic beings. Their names were Infernatur and Damnatur. To the uninitiated, and sometimes even to their own kind, it was widely believed that Infernatur and Damnatur were distinct entities. However, they were but facets of the same being.Infernatur could be deemed the primordial offspring of chaos itself, having borne witness to the most primitive and barbaric epochs of the Bleu Celestial Realm. Being born of chaos, he po
Heaven Palace could now boast four royal celestials, along with nearly 20 quasi-royal celestials and 5,000 true immortals. Those esteemed individuals once served the Longevity Alliance, Clear Wind Sect, Tri Celestial Island, and Ingeni Paradise. While their numbers paled in comparison to the 120,000 true immortals during the ancient Imperial Court's heyday, Severin was confident that he could revive that with time. After all, the new Imperial Court had only just been re-established, and there was still more work to do.Severin then addressed the assembly, "As you continue raising your attainment, you shall have to anticipate the looming threat of conflict with the extraterrestrials. Now that you have are bestowed with titles as the custodians of heaven and earth, it is our solemn duty to reciprocate the blessings bestowed upon us.""Yes, we shall!" echoed the resolute affirmation from the gathered immortals.Having concluded his address, Severin went to speak briefly with Diane and
In the Heaven Palace, Callide sensed that the aura emanating from Severin was simultaneously as vast the sky and ocean but as indiscernible as that of a mortal. Tremors of terror gripped her, as she knew that he had far surpassed the realm of a cultivator who had attained the perfect-stage royal celestial. It was no exaggeration to say that Severin could obliterate a royal celestial with a mere thought.Balke, Libra, and Creatia shared Callide's apprehension. To them, Severin embodied the very essence of the path—intangible, silent, abstruse, incomprehensible, and undetectable.As the imperial robe adorned Severin, Balke and the others bowed in reverence. "Long live the Celestial Sovereign!" they chanted in unison.A subtle wave of fortune floated toward the heavenly heart imprint as Severin acknowledged their worship with a satisfied smile. He raised his hand and lifted them effortlessly with an unseen force.With a thunderous voice that resonated in their ears, Severin proclaimed
The true immortals, quasi-royal celestials, and even the eminent royal celestials held their breath. Everyone observed in silence as Severin wielded the heavenly heart imprint.With each strand of luck infused into the heavenly heart imprint, Severin sensed his dominion over the Bleu Celestial Realm becoming stronger. He had the feeling that he could reshape the world with only a single thought.Once the destinies of tens of thousands of races were bound with the heavenly heart imprint, the golden tourmaline quivered violently and radiated an aura that could be felt across the Nine Heavens Ten Lands. Acknowledging the momentous occasion, Severin tapped his forehead and directed a fragment of his soul to command the heavenly heart imprint. The 3,000 great paths within him erupted from his being and materialized."Today shall be the day that I, Severin, rebuild the Imperial Court in the Nine Heavens! As wielder of the great path, the world shall be inscribed in me, and I shall embody