Edward smiled bitterly again. "When Diane terminated the contract with our company this morning, I knew something was wrong. Why would they terminate the contract with us when the project is actually making profits? Now I know she must have known about it before us!""Edward, what are you saying? Why are we going to be broke?"Dominic's face looked sullen. He believed in his son and his ability. All these while, he had let Edward be in charge of the family business. Thus, he had never expected to hear this from Edward.Edward explained, "Dad, the Zelankos, the Longhorns, and Brookbourn Mansion are joining together to oppress us. They stop cooperating with us and add insult to injury. Our suppliers are demanding to pay them now. We don't have enough cash at all!"Dominic felt like a slash of thunder had struck him. He was dumbstruck. This was a rare situation. It was not normal for those businesses to do this even when they were promised some benefits in return."When did you offen
"Diane, you're so beautiful!"The fair and delicate skin of Diane had set Severin on fire. He stood up and quickly went over to carry her to the bed. After being back for many days, Diane finally let down her guard and accepted him now.She got nervous when Severin hugged her. She grasped him tightly and said softly, "Be—be gentle with me!""Don't worry. I certainly will!" Severin smiled faintly and fell to the bed."You're like a bottle of wine that deserves to take time to enjoy and taste it!" he said."You're so bad!"Diane blushed and looked to the other side. Using that opportunity, Severin kissed her neck. Quickly enough, the room was full of romantic ambiance.It was late in the morning the next day when Severin woke up. Diane was still sleeping beside him. He kissed her and woke up her.Diane opened her eyes and smiled sweetly. "You were so mean last night. We did it twice and I'm so tired now that I can't even stand up!"It embarrassed Severin. "Well, my wife is just
At the same time, it was a hell situation in the Loughs.Trevor clenched his fist angrily. "Damn it! Damn it! The Horsfield ran away last night! They haven't paid me! What am I going to do about that?"The Loughs had nearly a hundred million dollars in total assets today. Quite a remarkable achievement for a business family. They had to thank the Horsfields because they had earned that money from the Horsfields by being their Original Equipment Manufacturer. Now that the Horsfield had left town, what were the Loughs going to do? Most importantly, the Horsfield owed the Loughs quite a large sum of money."Dad. What happened? Why would the Horsfiled suddenly leave the city?"The news came shockingly to Easton too. His cash flow was insufficient because he had to pay the fee for hiring assassins. At first, it relieved to know it was going to be the due date for the Horsfield to pay his family and he was going to get some money then.However, the Horsfield actually left the town last
"What? What did you say?"Upon hearing that, Trevor only knew Severin had done other things to his son.Lucy sneered. "Oh, he's not a real man anymore."Although Lucy said it discreetly, Trevor knew what she was saying."Damn him! F*ck him!" Trevor slapped his thigh. "But there's nothing we can do. He's too powerful. We're just sending our bodyguards to their death and there's nothing you can do if you go."Easton said, "That's why we hired the assassin! Oh, Mister Edward told me the assassin was here yesterday morning. I think the assassin is probably going to execute his mission either today or tomorrow. We hired a six-stars assassin this time. He's one of the most powerful assassins in the killer organization. I'm not leaving the city. I'm staying because I want to see Severin dead!"Trevor considered and finally nodded his head. "Let's sell all of our fixed assets. With that money, we can at least pay most of our debts even when we had no choice but to have the company declar
Lucy grunted painfully and got up on her feet. "Easton! Are you a man or not? How could you kick me? Sure enough, I was wrong. If I continue to be with Severin, maybe I'll have a better life. I was blind to choose you. It's bad enough you're poor but you're hitting me now!"Easton glared at her angrily and said with his gritted teeth, "Get the hell out of here before I convince myself to kill you! That villa and the car in the garage belong to me! Don't even think about taking them!""You—!"At first, Lucy thought about driving the car away because the car was quite valuable. Having heard that, she nearly suffocation in her fury.In the end, she took out the key from her purse and threw it on the floor. "I'm young and beautiful! And I don't give a damn about your damn car! Hmph! I can easily find a better man than you!"After that, she said nothing else and left. Yet, she kept on looking back while she walked toward the door as she was afraid Easton would kick her again."Mister
"Okay. Let's go."Severin nodded and drove to the Shanahan's estate. Quickly enough, they reached their destination. At that moment, George, Stanley, and the others were already there in the living hall. And so were Megan, William, and Felicia too."Hurry up. We're waiting for you two!" Stanley said impatiently when he saw Severin.After the night he got tricked by Severin, he held a grudge against Severin. He contacted Coco the next morning. She said she was drunk and fell asleep in the bathroom. Her explanation was her phone ran out of battery when Stanley could not get hold of her when he tried calling her.Stanley felt helpless. He knew she was lying but there was nothing he could do.However, Coco was very benevolent. After she received seventy-five thousand dollars from Severin, she gave the other girls seven thousand dollars each and told them to keep it a secret.Since Buttercup and Tina did not do anything, especially anything bad, they were happy to receive the money.
Everyone looked at Diane. It surprised them that Diane actually have the ability to foresee it.Diane smiled. "Severin was the one who told me. He is good friends with Miss Robin. I think maybe she had told him in advance."Upon hearing that, Catherin nodded satisfyingly. "Good. That's good. It's best if you are close with the Ballards."Severin smiled faintly. "We are now not just close with the Ballards. All I need to do is call Mister Zachariah and he will rush over here now immediately.""Bluff all you want!" Stanley gave Severin a disdainful look. He said, "Do you think you're really that powerful just because grandma complimented you? Maybe Miss Robin is really too blind to fall in love with you and maintain a close relationship with you. But does Mister Zachariah approve of you? Do you think you are worthy to be with Miss Robin? The difference between you two is just too big. Not to mention, you were once sent to jail. It's not good if the others find out about it, right?"
"Hoho. Severin, are you serious? Do you think they will give those to you? In your dream!" Stanley scoffed when he heard that.There was no way in anyone's right mind that the people from Draco Hall would give part of Chavez's business to their family. It was something only an idiot would do.Even Geroge mocked. "Hoho. Some people really love to be in their dreams. This is just impossible. If this came true, I will be happy to slap myself a few times. Or maybe run naked around this estate!"Severin heard that and chuckled. "George, you're the head of the family and you shouldn't joke around. Do you think it was appropriate of you to say those things? If you can't do it, it is going to be very embarrassing!"George did not expect Severin to talk to him in that manner. "Tsk, do you think I'm joking? If that happens, our family has the right to become a second-tier upper-class family. How many assets are that going to be? It's going to be worth it for the run one round to celebrate ha
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