The men who came with Horus had brought along some medicine in case of injury. Since they were all in a bad mood, they decided to just go back to the hotel and recuperate. Horus had just finished taking a shower and was about to make a call when Mason called before he could."How's everything on your end? Did you manage to get the ring and necklace? Are they pretty?" Mason asked with a smile, believing that Horus had already managed to obtain the items.Horus smiled wryly and said, "Severin is a very arrogant person, Dad. I did as you said and I planned to give him an extra fifteen million, but he wouldn't accept it at all! He and his bodyguards then beat up some of our men too!""He beat them up?" Mason was stunned and wondered if he had heard it wrongly. "You're not pulling my leg, are you? I thought you brought several profound masters along with a warrior king. How did you get beaten up by him? Isn't Brookbourn just a small city?"Horus was just as lost for words as to what hap
"Do you need anything, sir?" the guy asked in a serious tone as soon as he went up to Horus."Let's go out and have some fun. I'm curious to find out whether or not Brookbourn's nightlife is enjoyable. We already saw seven beautiful women at Severin's house today, and for all we know, Brookbourn might just be teeming with sexy ladies! Haha!" Horus laughed.The man immediately smiled. "Exactly. I didn't expect there to be so many beautiful women in such a small city. Why don't we choose a bar and see if there are any hotties there? If you're willing to pay, I bet they'll throw themselves into your arms without a second thought!""Haha, of course!" Horus laughed. "Since the six women are going to be killed tomorrow and Severin will be crippled, I'm not going to just let his wife go that easily. I'm going to make Severin regret offending me, and I want him to watch as she begs for mercy at my feet!"The two of them then went out with a smile on their face.…After Severin returned t
Diane had caught a whiff of the smell from downstairs, and she decided to come up to see what was going on. After she entered the room, she discovered that the burnt smell was so much stronger than before and she could not help but frown as she asked, "What are you doing, honey? What's with this burnt smell?"Severin merely scratched his head embarrassingly as he said, "I'm learning alchemy, and I almost succeeded earlier!""Alchemy?!" Diane furrowed her brows.Severin had taught her a thing or two about attainment during the past few days, and once she recalled some of the things that he explained to her, her eyes lit up as she asked, "Is it the same kind of alchemy that's used to refine alchemical medicine? The kind that can improve a person's attainment base many times faster than spiritual herbs?"Severin nodded. "Bingo! Just as I expected from my smart wife! I'm doing my best to refine it!"After hearing that, Diane could not help but lick her red lips as she said, "Can I eat
"Honey, the food's ready!" Diane's voice called out to him from outside the room."Time flies!" Severin wiped the sweat from his forehead and went down. He did not expect that three hours had passed even though he only made eight refinement attempts.After their meal, Severin and Diane came to the yard for a walk. Severin took out a pill. "Look what I have here.""A pill?! You…you've succeeded?" Diane's beautiful eyes opened wide, and her face was full of disbelief. She never imagined that Severin could succeed in refining a pill when he taught himself alchemy without receiving any guidance from a master."Wow! It smells good! I wonder what it tastes like?" Diane sniffed it carefully and could not help but gulp.Severin smiled and said, "Take it easy, honey. You'll have plenty of chances in the future! When the time comes, it's not just first-grade low-rank pills that you'll get to enjoy. I'll even let you have some of the second-grade ones!""Really? Then you must do your best,
"Haha, don't make me laugh. Did you think the son of South County Mansion would be afraid of trash like you?" Horus chuckled with the same look of disdain as the day before.The five men behind him had an indifferent look as well, and they did not seem to be taking Severin or his people seriously."You brought more than ten people yesterday, but none of them were a match for us. Are you so confident of winning that you only brought five people here?" Severin remarked flippantly at Horus as if looking at a bunch of clowns."It's quality over quantity, pal!" Horus laughed. "These five are truly strong. Did you think we'd go easy on you this time? Even if you knelt and apologized to me, it's all useless because I will never forgive you!""Believe me, your five guys are still no match for my six bodyguards, and it's not because they have one more person than your group. It's because they have much richer combat experience than yours!" A smile appeared immediately on Severin's face as h
"You…you win this time too! We'll leave!" Horus's expression changed several times and he was about to bring his men away."Where do you think you're going?" Severin smiled slightly, stood in front of Horus, and said, "Mister Horus, did you happen to forget what I just told you last night?""W-w-what did you tell me? I have no idea what you're talking about!" Horus's face turned ugly and he looked elsewhere."Hehe, I said that I'll slice off a finger of yours if you come here again. Do you have peas for brains or something? Is your memory so bad that I need to remind you what I said?" Severin asked with a smile."I dare you!" Horus glared at Severin. "You've seen how strong the people that I brought here today are, right? They're not the most powerful ones though. We have powerhouses up to level six warrior king just waiting for my instructions. If you cut my finger off, then we'll round up the most elite individuals in the Neelys and bring them here. You'll be dead then. Are you a
"AGH!" Following that scream, the one thing that Horus never thought would happen ended up happening, and he finally chose his pinky.In the distance, some of his strong fighters stood there silently with convoluted expressions. They answered to the Neelys, and even though a few of them did not particularly like Horus's general attitude, they had no choice but to do Horus's bidding for the sake of the Neelys. They simply did not expect Horus to meet someone so ruthless person at that moment."AGRHHHHH! AGHHH!" Horus's screams filled the air as he covered his wound with one hand and took two steps back. He then glared at Severin and said, "You're a brave one, Severin. Aren't you afraid of the Neelys?"After Severin heard that, he laughed and said, "Do you think I'd be bold enough to attack you if I was afraid? Get the hell out of here and don't ever show up in front of me again, or else I'll beat the crap out of you.""You..." Horus was so angry that the fat on his face jiggled madl
Then the man said, "As luck would have it, there's some good news. I heard that Horus had his eye on 'The One And Only', a two-piece jewelry set from And Only Jewelry Corporation. It's the same one that they've been advertising. And whaddya know, someone snatched it away from Horus!"Rachel smiled wryly after hearing that and said, "Do you mean to say that someone else bought it before he could? He probably went to Brookbourn to try and take it back. Knowing his character, he won't be able to accept it if other people take away something that he likes."However, the man sat down at the side and said with a smile, "That's exactly what happened, but the buyer from Brookbourn doesn't seem to be an ordinary person. I heard that all of Horus's men were beaten up yesterday, and the Neelys sent five warrior kings to Brookbourn that very night!"Upon hearing that, there was a hint of surprise in Rachel's eyes as she remarked, "The buyer from Brookbourn is one brave soul! They didn't even sh
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