Gwono raised his head and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He said to addressed Oskar in a respectful tone, "You are a royal paragon, Sect Leader Oskar. Do you not think that you are unjustly using your power to oppress the weak?"Oskar responded with a cold smile, "Haha, I could say the same to you for what you did before I came!"Gwono's expression soured instantly and he could not accept what was happening. He continued, "Your core disciple, Severin, had taken the life of my disciple inside the ruins. Did you expect our sect to just ignore that?"Oskar flicked his sleeves, and the cold smirk on his face turned solemn. He looked intently at Gwono and said, "Vying for treasure within the ruins was, in essence, a test of strength. Fate has dictated that the Deifirm Sect's prodigy would end up being bested and erased from existence by our sect's core disciple. Attacking a junior is shameful behavior, especially when it came from a paragon like yourself. I expect you to m
With Oskar's growing wrath as well as the increasingly suffocating pressure around them, Gwono's face turned red in an instant.His body throbbed with pain, his spiritual energy was faltering, and his spiritual power was fast declining. The presence of a royal paragon towering above him sent shivers down his spine and caused his legs to tremble.After taking a deep breath, Gwono braved the terrifying pressure and said, "I will offer a spiritual treasure to Severin as a token of my apology, and I hope it will be enough to resolve the misunderstanding."The sour-faced Gwono then presented a bell-shaped spiritual treasure. The palm-sized silver bell hinted at its power by emanating the spiritual energy of an inferior-quality item.Gwono reluctant offered up the bell. "Although it is only an inferior-quality treasure that pales in comparison to Wildfire's relics and the Sky-Soil Zenith that you obtained, I am sure it will prove useful to you."Oskar's eyes widened in surprise. 'Did he
As Oskar spoke, he tossed Favian's spatial ring and the spiritual treasure that Gwono offered to Severin. He did not even bother to take a second look at them. Severin readily accepted the two items with a grateful smile after hearing that praise.Myles approached them with the surrounding disciples and saluted Oskar respectfully. "Greetings, Sect Leader."Oskar waved his hand before addressing Myles and the other sect members. "The expedition is complete. Let us now head back."He then raised his hand, reached out to the sky, and pulled a cloud down from the void. The disciples gathered rose into the air one by one and got onto the cloud. Severin approached his wives and expressed his gratitude to Raymond and Celeste before joining them on the cloud.Once everyone was aboard, Oskar unleashed his royal paragon aura and transported everyone into the Artic Heights in a rainbow-colored streak of light.No sooner had the Grandiuno Sect departed that Tobias erupted with frustrated rage
Soran's expression was the grimmest among them. Clenching his fists while watching Severin disappear from view, he muttered angrily, "Severin is one lucky guy." A begrudging sense of frustration filled his tone, yet there was nothing she could do about it. Oskar's protection rendered everything futile. They could not do anything except curse under their breath.The elder beside Soran frowned subtly as his gaze lingered in the direction where the Grandiuno Sect left toward. He then said in a sullen voice, "Let's leave. This incident surrounding the Grandiuno Sect's core disciple is very important news. We must report this to the sect immediately." The elder then led their disciples away.Many other unaffiliated practitioners harbored not hostility, but envy, toward Severin."Severin gained the most today after claiming so much of Wildfire's relics.""His name will soon be known throughout Southsky."The unaffiliated practitioners soon left, while news of what happened in Wildfire's
Severin's exploits in the Paradise Secret Realm reached far and wide, and his almost-godlike slaying of Uzair sent waves throughout the Grandiuno Sect's disciples. Everyone soon found out about Severin's feats.While the rest of the sect was abuzz with the news, a difference scene was playing out inside a secluded room on a spiritual island near the Second Mountain. Wisps of light flickered against swirling spiritual energy, filling every corner of the room with an ethereal glow. A steaming mist and dense fog swirled around a slender figure that was seated cross-legged on the floor. Clad in a robe, the figure possessed sword-shaped eyebrows, glimmering eyes, and a face that seemed to be the epitome of valiance.As the young man opened his eyes, a glint of light shot forth. The illumination inside the room began to dim as it lingered around the slender figure. It was none other than Karl.The fog dissipated, and Karl exhaled slowly as a smile blossomed on his handsome face. "Success
The news left Karl speechless, and his silence casted a tense atmosphere. Severin's meteoric rise had left him genuinely surprised.Karl—as the first core disciple of the Grandiuno Sect, blessed with the ridiculously strong Sky-Soil Divine Constitution, and rumored to be the reincarnation of an ancient practitioner—found himself shaken by the events that unfolded. He lamented that Sandy had failed to secure the spiritual treasure. "Severin is quite the lucky person to have secured the elite-quality spiritual treasure as well as Wildfire's legacy. He would be considered a prodigy, even in ancient times."During a more ancient time in his past life, defeating two prodigies who were stronger than oneself was a feat that even few could accomplish. As Karl was busy processing that information, Sandy's figure appeared above the island, having returned with Oskar and the others from the Artic Heights. He descended before Karl and bowed his head in shame. "I have failed in securing the spiri
As news of the events in the Artic Heights spread, a wave of sadness and shock rippled through the major forces. It was within the Deifirm Sect, however, that the atmosphere was its most tense. A suffocating aura of murderous intent emanated from the sect's main hall, and the disciples who were present there had difficulty breathing.Inside the hall, their sect leader, Jason, sat grimly at the main seat with the deputy sect leader Gianluca flanking him. Two rows of elders filled the remaining seats on either side of the table.Gwono had an ashen look of frustration and anger as he stood before Jason and recounted what happened to the Deifirm Sect at the Artic Heights. Though he embellished his tale somewhat, he nonetheless conveyed the essence of their humiliation.Jason had convened the meeting after learning of his prized disciple's demise. Once almost all of elders had assembled, he said to them, "Let's hear your thoughts."Gianluca cleared his throat. "The Grandiuno Sect is the
Jason's decision finally brought silence upon the bickering elders. Simeon, his son, was a prodigious talent known as one of three great prodigies in Southsky. Simeon had a lot of luck. At five, he stumbled upon the inheritance of a past lightning-affinity supreme saint in the Thunderbolt Transformation Pool and trained in the way of the Five Thunderbolt Enlightenment. By eight, he had tamed a beast king. Already in his twenties, he had just made a breakthrough to the level of a paragon, and Jason had pinned his hopes on him as a successor.From Jason's perspective, it was impossible for Severin to become a paragon in such a short time despite having impressive talent in addition to obtaining several newfound treasures from Wildfire's ruins. Since the Deifirm Sect had decided not to confront the Grandiuno Sect directly as they were all afraid of incurring Oskar's wrath, their focus shifted to that of the Starry Sky Battlespace that would soon be upon them. There, they avenge Uzair and