Catherine realized that she would be making a fool of herself when Stanley pointed that out, but when she thought of the benefits they would get from the project, she frowned again and said to Stanley, "Then do you have any better solutions?""I…I do!"Stanley gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, I promise I'll find a way to deal with Charmaine. If I can get to the eldest daughter of the Longhorns, wouldn't it be much easier to ask for the project quota or something like that?”"Can we rely on what you just said? Time is already running out!" William asked, knowing that Stanley was worried about his position being usurped by Diane."Of course, Uncle William! Don't underestimate my ability! Give me a week and I'll get it done for sure!" Stanley patted his chest and assured them.William had nothing else to say to Stanley after the latter gave an assurance, but he turned to his mother and said, "Mom, you do realize that you went a bit overboard five years ago. You can't expect
Felicia panicked instantly upon hearing that Severin was not to be allowed to sell the house. The seven-and-a-half-million-dollar dowry was the only thing she had been looking forward to. After all, the money was all hers if Severin gave it to her, and she would not take it out for anything. When the time came, she could then spend it however she wanted.As for the Liberty City project, she simply could not care less about establishing a good relationship with the Longhorn family. Regardless of how much money she helped the Shanahans earn, it would never fall into her pocket.Catherine said earnestly, "I repeat, he cannot be allowed to sell the house. Henry just gave it to him, and even if it really belonged to him now, selling it off would be like slapping Henry in the face. Do you think he'll agree to give us a quota for Liberty City if he's unhappy?"William frowned as soon as he heard that. "You're right. We'd have to rely on Severin if Stanley fails, but if Severin sells the ho
Jada then said, "It was all Severin's doing. Just yesterday his Chevy was stopped by the security outside, and we couldn't pass through because of that. I went up and argued with him, but he was very arrogant toward us and we had a war of words."Since she could not tell them the whole truth, she twisted the story a little. "Then, last night, Severin brought his family to our restaurant for a meal. The incident from earlier was still fresh in our minds, and we decided to teach him a lesson by letting Patrick tease his wife. We didn't expect him to retaliate so violently! And to make things worse, none of our restaurant's hired thugs were a match for Severin!""Severin? Who is this Severin guy? I didn't think he'd be so cruel! I'll cripple him and avenge my son!" Cecil was so angry that he gritted his teeth in anger and wished that he could just tear Severin apart."That Severin guy is now staying in one of the villas here!" Jada then said."Did you hear that, Victor? That son-of-a-
Victor nodded in response. "That's for sure. As long as he doesn't have any influence or power, there's absolutely nothing for us to fear!"Jada concurred. "Yeah. I heard that he was just released from prison a couple of days ago for smashing a beer bottle over Easton's head. Easton eventually made use of connections to have him sent to prison!""Hehe," Victor chuckled after hearing what Jada said. "If he could be sent to prison, then it's clear that he doesn't have any connections at all. Only the weak suffer the brunt of the law, so we can now be sure that Severin is just an ordinary person!"He had been worried that Severin might turn out to be a powerful person simply because the latter was staying in the villa. Once he found out the exact situation surrounding Severin, however, he realized that there was absolutely nothing to fear, judging from how easily the Loughs were able to deal with him.However, Jada thought of something and could not help but remind Victor, "Dad, there
At that moment, Victor selected more than twenty of his family's bodyguards, all of whom were warriors with formidable fighting power. Among them were the heads of several of his bodyguard teams."What do you think? These men should be enough, right?" Victor asked proudly when he saw Jada coming out.Jada looked at them and nodded with satisfaction. "Even Hulk is coming, hehe. Not bad, not bad!""Hulk? Is he strong? He doesn't look particularly tall!" Prunella looked at the person that Jada called Hulk. He was about 1.8 meters tall, but he did not seem to have a lot of muscles in his arms. Though he looked much stronger than ordinary people, the other bodyguards looked much stronger than him.That comment elicited a smile from Victor as he said, "Show her your strength, Hulk.""Roger that, sir!"Hulk walked over, looked left and right, and finally set his sight on a huge marble slab in the lawn. The slab was more than thirty centimeters tall and looked exceptionally sturdy. Hulk
"Who the hell are these two old people?" Prunella asked when the only people she saw were an old couple. Her rage began boiling deep inside and she demanded, "Tell your son and daughter-in-law to come out!"Judith gulped, took a step forward, and said, "Everyone, m-m-my son and daughter-in-law went out and they're not back yet. May I ask why you're looking for Severin?""Hehe, you think we'd believe that? He's probably hiding inside!" Jada snickered coldly. She waved her hand and then ordered the bodyguards, "Get in there and search carefully, fellas. Don't believe a single word that's coming out of this old couple!"About seven or eight bodyguards rushed inside at once. Judith and Maurice looked at each other and could not help but frown. Though they had no idea who the other people were, they remembered that Jada was the woman from the restaurant the previous night, and it was likely that she was causing trouble for them because of what happened at the restaurant.After a while,
Maurice had always felt that he was an incapable man, especially after Severin was imprisoned. He felt sorry for his beloved wife Judith who had to suffer a lot along with him.As soon as he saw Judith was beaten, he got angry and decided that he would rather risk his life to fight the other party than just sit by and watch them have their way.Jada covered his face and looked at Maurice in a daze. "How…how dare you slap me?""Maurice! What are you doing? Get down on your knees and apologize..." Judith was so frightened that she hurriedly pulled Maurice's hand."Not a chance. I only kneel to my parents. Why should I kneel with them? It's their fault, and they're the ones who are bullying us and causing trouble." Maurice was getting animated, and he shouted with reddened eyes. "I'll fight them, even if it means breaking every single bone in my body!""You were dead meat the second you laid hands on our young miss!" When a bodyguard saw that, he stepped forward and raised his leg to
"Are you sleepwalking? It's already afternoon! Don't you think it's about time you woke up from your dreamland?" Severin sneered when he heard the other party's vicious remark. Everyone in front of him was mere child's play."Sharp tongue, kid. Today's the day you'll find out that we're not that easy to mess with!" Victor smiled coldly and glared at Severin.Severin turned around and said to Judith and Maurice, "Mom, Dad! Bring Selene in. I don't want her to see the bloodbath that will happen once we start throwing hands here." After saying that, he turned to Diane again. "Honey, if you're afraid, you should go in and lock the door!""I'm not. And there's no point in locking the door." Diane was well aware of reality. "They'll come for us anyway if you get beaten down!""Let's go in, Selene!" Judith led Selene into the house along with Maurice."Ah, it hurts, it hurts! I think my bone is broken!" The bodyguard who had been struck by the stone earlier was still squatting on the gro
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