Severin was completely speechless. Those women were willing to do anything for money, and they betrayed Stanley without even batting an eye after being paid to do so! As soon as she saw that Severin was being generous, she went so far as to suggest engaging in an illicit relationship with him!Coco seemed afraid that Severin would refuse, so she added, "Don't worry, I promise not to say anything. It's just for one night, and I swear I'll keep it a secret! I just think that you're a really handsome and nice g—"Before she could finish speaking, Severin pushed her hand away and said to her, "I'm sorry, I'm not interested in women like you. You should go back as soon as you can, and remember to switch off your phone tonight! If Stanley comes looking for you in the future, just try and come up with an excuse, like you're drunk or your phone ran out of juice!"Severin then got into his car and drove away."Sixty thousand! Heheh! I'm rich now!" Coco was very excited when she saw the bala
One of the men thought for a moment and said, "You went overboard with the spending earlier, and the total is now seven hundred thousand, including the money for the B-girls. Severin must have been frightened by that and snuck away because he didn't want to spend so much Money!""Yeah, you went too far, and I don't think Severin is an idiot! I'm not rich, so I'll excuse myself now!" The other man then said."I'm leaving too!"The men were so frightened by everything that they turned around and left."I..." Stanley was red-faced with anger. His two friends used to pat their chests and call each other loyal sworn brothers, yet they left Stanley out in the cold at a time when he needed them most. Stanley then looked at Tina and Buttercup with a helpless expression."Don't look at us, Mister Stanley. You know that we don't have any money. The house we're staying in is a rental too, so you can't expect us to fork out any money," Tina immediately said.Buttercup nodded. "If Doctor Seve
When Stanley saw the approaching men, he was so terrified that beads of cold sweat began to form on his forehead. His initial plan was to show Severin the consequences of offending him by bleeding Severin's wallet dry and blackmailing Severin for a huge sum of money, but Severin seemed to be so impatient to get it on with Coco that he just left with her. The two of them were probably already going at it inside the hotel room!After thinking for a moment, Stanley immediately said, "Hey, hey, take it easy, okay? We can wait! We have another two unopened bottles of wine in there, and I still feel like drinking it!""Y-y-y-yeah! We haven't finished drinking yet, right? There's no rush. We just found out that Doctor Severin left, and we didn't say that we're going to pay the bill right now!" Buttercup immediately echoed.The three of them then put on an act as they returned to the VIP room."Stand guard at the door and make sure they don't escape!" Robert smiled coldly and said to his s
The three of them continued to drink while waiting for Severin to answer either call back or answer Stanley's call.Unfortunately, half an hour had passed, and still, he did not answer Stanley's call. "Why isn't he answering yet?! Something doesn't seem right!" Stanley finally started to panic. The wine bottles were almost empty, but Severin still did not answer the phone. 'Am I really going to have to foot the bill? I don't have that much money!' Though he had planned to let Severin fork out a huge sum for the bill, he did not expect the man to leave without making the payment.By then, he started regretting his decision to rake up such a high bill. 'Would Severin have paid the bill if my orders only came to a little over a hundred and fifty thousand? Did Severin leave because he realized that I was trying to fleece him by ordering all these expensive items?' As all those thoughts began to pop up in his mind, Stanley could not help but slap himself. "Why are you so stupid, Stanley?
"Fifty minutes left!" Robert could not be bothered to say much and merely reminded Stanley after looking at the time.Stanley's lips twitched violently a few times. He knew that the people who owned the bar were powerful enough that the Shanahans could not afford to offend them. There was once a rich young man from a third-tier family who was crippled by a severe beating after offending the owners of that bar.He did not want to end up crippled after getting beat up by those men, and although he felt ashamed, he realized that he had no other choice but to bite the bullet and call his still-sleeping grandmother."Stanley? What's going on? Why are you calling me this late?" Catherine answered the phone and asked Stanley.Stanley was a little tongue-tied, but after considering his lack of alternatives, he cried out, "Grandma! Severin is such a b*stard! He agreed to buy me a drink, but he sneaked off halfway through without paying! Now I can't leave the bar, hic, hic…help me, Grandma!
"Good for you, I guess? Whatever connections that the Shanahans have built with other families are of no concern to us!" Robert said. "But those who want to leave our bar without paying the bill can keep dreaming!"After a while, Catherine arrived along with Stanley's parents—George and Cherise, as well as Diane and her family—comprising of her parents, William and Felicia, as well as her sister, Megan. Naturally, more than a dozen of the Shanahans' bodyguards followed suit too."Mom! Dad! You're finally here! I wasn't allowed to leave before I don't have any money on me to pay the bill!" Stanley immediately put on a pitiful act and cried out to Cherise and George when he saw them coming.Cherise felt incredibly heartbroken to see her son like that, so she immediately stepped forward and said, "Don't be afraid, Stanley. I'm here. We're an upper-class family, and a few bottles of wine won't be a problem for us. What exactly happened though? While we were on the way here, your grandma
Stanley's eyes widened in anger when he heard that. "What do you mean his character is different from mine? What are you trying to imply about my character? He's the one who invited me here today, and there were two other women with me here earlier too. They've already left, but if you don't believe me, I can call them and ask them to come back and testify for me."William could not be bothered to argue with Stanley and decided to save his breath.Finally, Catherine said, "Forget it! Whatever happened doesn't matter anymore. The priority now is to avoid embarrassing yourself. Let's just pay up and leave." She then turned to Robert and asked, "We are a third-tier family after all, so we can still afford to pay the bill. Could you let me know how much is the total?"Robert immediately smiled at her. "Hehe, always the bigger person, ma'am. Our general manager offered a nine-thousand-dollar discount, so the total will now be sixty-six thousand.""Sixty-six thousand?!" Catherine's face
Felicia immediately added, "Yeah! We can't just listen to Stanley's one-sided story. You're his parents, so you of all people should know what kind of person he is. Don't ignore all his wrongdoings just because you want to protect him!""You…" Cherise gritted her teeth angrily and clenched her fists."Enough!" the old lady roared suddenly, sending everyone into silence.A cold expression appeared on her face as she asked Robert, "Could you enlighten us on what really went on?"Stanley folded his hands smugly. Robert and several wait staff saw what happened that night, as did the four B-girls. As long as they were called over to testify, then the answer to all those questions—especially whether Severin was there, whether he mentioned anything about treating them, and whether he had left with another woman—would all come to light!To his surprise, Robert smiled and said, "I'm not too sure, ma'am. One of our wait staff said that Mister Stanley made this order and requested four of ou
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