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As the system initializes, the world shifts. Geography is rearranged and mixed, and levels and stats are instituted across the globe. On that night, one young man was walking through an underground tunnel, his mind on the small problems of his easy life. Because of his location during the shift, he starts in a dungeon far above his level, with no knowledge or teacher, or Newbie Village to guide him. Without a class, he struggles simply to survive in this world changed by its new connection to the Nexus.

But struggle he will, for he is Randidly Ghosthound, and this is only how his legend begins...

As the system initializes, the world shifts. Geography is rearranged and mixed, and levels and stats are instituted across the globe. On that night, one young man was walking through an underground tunnel, his mind on the small problems of his easy life. Because of his location during the shift, he starts in a dungeon far above his level, with no knowledge or teacher, or Newbie Village to guide him. Without a class, he struggles simply to survive in this world changed by its new connection to the Nexus.

But struggle he will, for he is Randidly Ghosthound, and this is only how his legend begins...




This is a Fanfic, hope you enjoy.





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Puddles4263

Xiantu Empire, Xiantu City. 

The city was far smaller than Clear Divine City, comparable to Xuanwu City, yet it possessed a hundred times the elegance and feeling of an immortal location. There were no forces headquarter within this city besides the Xiantu Empire's. There were only a few liaisons of select forces that housed themselves here.

Despite being claimed as a city, it was more so a large immortal palace that stood high to the point the highest tower within caressed the sky itself. This tower was the location of the Xiantu Emperor's throne. It represented the sovereign symbol of an entire realm. No other building in the entire realm could reach such heights! If done, it was the same as attempting to supplant the Xiantu Regime! 

Within this very tower was a man that emanated the aura of the heavens. He had a face that could be deemed the definition of extraordinary looks with long-flowing blonde hair and azure eyes. If one looked closely, he had traits similar to Yan Qiu and many other Yan Clan members. The very reason was that the Broad Creed Palace was related to him by blood! 

Indeed, not only did all the Heavenly Genesis Experts within the Palace had his Mortal Dao, but they had some relation to him by blood. This was speculated by many, but others weren't truly sure of this matter. However, the Xiantu Emperor doesn't consider them to be his subordinates, and that was because of this.

A man that seemed to be in his 50's arrived silently within the tower, he kneeled in front of the Xiantu Emperor with practiced movements. He didn't speak, only waited patiently for the Emperor to do so first.

The Xiantu Emperor silently gazed at this man, his azure eyes filled with a rare wariness, as if he was worried about the news being brought. "Speak."

"Your Majesty, The Infernal Forger soul is dead. The Hell Altar, which has two-floors, is completely drained of essence and its materials are useless. It seemed that, as you calculated, the Infernal Forger was dead. You were right, as always, Your Majesty." The man spoke reverently. 

"..." The Xiantu Emperor didn't smile, but deep within his eyes was relief. It may seem that a second-floor Hell Altar and second-floor Heavenly Shrine could be considered equal, but that's not the case. Currently, comprehension of his conceptual law reached the major-success of the Manifestation-level, but Infernal Forgers of the Hell Path needed the Sovereign-level of their concept, and it's the always the upper-tier World Law of the Soul.

Unfortunately, the Xiantu Emperor had only mastered a lower-tier World Law. If one compared, his strength would be vastly inferior to an Infernal Forger of the same level. Therefore, he had massive fears that the Asura Phantom Realm was a plot to revive the remnant soul of an Infernal Forger. If so, then his actions and incompetence had threatened the entirety of his realm. Even the neighboring realms.

However, it seems that wasn't the case. 

"Salvage whatever you can from the altar. You may go," he ordered. The old man vanished from his sight as if he was never there. 

Looking out of an opening in his tower that revealed the view of the clouds and vast lands that he held sovereignty over, his eyes flickered. "Just a little more...I'll be able to construct my third floor." 

If one reached the minor-success stage of their conceptual law, they could use it to build the base for their first-floor. Major-success for the second-floor and Perfection stage for the third-floor. For the Xiantu Emperor, he felt like he was on the cusp of finally reaching the Perfection stage, if so, his status within this heaven will undergo a high shift.

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Clear Divine City, Outskirts.

A piercing sound resounded with a faint trace of silver light. The surrounding space rippled as if someone pierced into the ocean with a spear and from the center of this ripple, two men phased into existence from empty space.

One was an extraordinary young man with amber-gold eyes, a perfect physique that wasn't too slim or muscular, an aura that seemed calm and warm. He was dressed in a silver and sky-blue Anima Syndicate's Lieutenant uniform.

Beside him was a middle-aged man with a somewhat empty aura. His eyes were suffused with heavy surprise and shock. Looking about, he was completely stunned. Just a few minutes ago, they were within the Dead Soul Desert, but now, after several minutes of being bathed in blinding silver light, they were in an empty area filled with lush life, trees, and actual mountains in the background.

These two were Yan Zaizen and Wu Yuanxu.

Earlier, Yan Zaizen had executed an art within the Violet Way of Spatial Shifting, piercing into the spatial void and traveling towards Tao and Bai Lufeng's signature. Now that he was in the Origin Core Realm with a manifestation-level spatial concept, and a bloodline that contained the Heavenly Law of Mimicry, he can easily do vast and quick long distance travels, no longer needing a skyship.

Typically, due to him not having pure spatial attributed qi-essence, his spatial arts would be weakened to a third of its true strength. However, thanks to his mimicry bloodline, his qi-essence can mimic any attribute and perfectly perform any qi-art to its maximum.

Before, his laws had bathed his essence in its glory, but that only turned a ten percent of total strength to thirty percent, but now it was far different. Not to mention, his Regalia-infused brain was far better at mastering arts. The Spatial Piercing Art was the first art that he reached the major-success stage in regards to spatial arts, and it was a superior-grade art!

Yan Zaizen frowned slightly. "Tao and Bai Lufeng's location...I can't find it." He softly muttered, his brows furrowing deeper. Taking out their life talismans, he knew they were both still alive, but it seemed his spiritual sense had long since depleted. The only reason he stopped here was due to losing Bai Lufeng's and Tao's trail nearby. 

"Sigh...to use up my spiritual sense, what did you guys get yourselves into?" With his spiritual sense, any initial-True Essence Expert would be little issue, but it'll still drain the energy by half. It could even kill a mid-True Essence Expert, but after it runs out of soul energy, the spiritual sense could no longer sustain itself.

In truth, separation of spiritual sense was painful and many wouldn't do so. However, it acts as an independent sentry with limited energy. If the spiritual sense was still on their person, the originator could locate it, connect with it to view the immediate surroundings or kill whoever it was on. 

However, when it's separated, it was like an autonomous consciousness that acted in accordance with pre-given orders. He couldn't see anything or act from afar, without taking action to do so. However, if the individual who had their spiritual sense died, the leftover energy would transmit a message so that the originator would know certain things.

The stronger one's soul cultivation base, the greater the information, the longer the spiritual sense can last, and more capabilities it'll possess. 

"Is this where your two comrades are?" Wu Yuanxu finally broke out of his stupor, asking Yan Zaizen curiously. In truth, since Yan Zaizen revived him and could be declared an Anima Syndicate's Lieutenant, he had an unseen but reverent belief in his abilities.

"Well, I feel that they were here several months ago...this should be...Clear Divine City Outskirts?" He explained, his spiritual sense searching the area to get an idea of their location. Luckily, Yan Zaizen had perused the records of the Xiantu Realm and many maps detailing characteristics of its geography so he recognized his location. 

"Clear Divine City?" Wu Yuanxu was slightly shocked but only nodded slightly.

"Well, if they were here, it's likely they went in deep. Since I can't send my spiritual sense outwards without offending thousands of powers, I'll go to someone who may be able to help us locate them." He commented, remembering the rules of etiquette in the myriad realms. By outrageously sending out your senses, it was like an open level of disrespect and sometimes, a heavy threat. Imagine being scanned deeply by a stranger or your home being spied on, it's something no one would like.

He didn't wish to offend peak imperial-tier forces or heavenly-tier forces for no true reason. It's not like Tao or Bai Lufeng was dead. Therefore, he'll tread the side of caution.

In the myriad realms, legends rise and fall in the countless eras.

Yan Zaizen, a frail youth with an unfortunate history, meets one of these legends. Will this change his common destiny to something greater? 

The story of a boy that just wants a peacefully lavish life with money, amazing food, and a beautiful woman to love.

The story of the heavens that laughs at this.


Thank you for taking a peek of this story!

To my dear reader, as you've read from the Crucis' sypnosis, you can pretty much gauge the depth of the lore in this novel. May this introduction help you in understanding some of the character nuances and dialogues.
To help you familiarize with the dynamics of Crucis' world, and also to help you comprehend some parts, I have organized and summarized the definition of some of the terms you may encounter while reading the first volume of this story.


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    Races Living in Central Jumana:
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Moira
◈ Plural form: Moirais
◈ Beings gifted with delayed aging, precognition, mana talents (can manipulate & control) and use Divinity to delay aging. (for pure-blooded/dominant Moirais) 
◈ Distinguished by the possession of Emerald/Green-hued Eyes. The deeper the colour, the stronger the talents. They also possess lighter hair colours. (Blonde, Grey or White)
 
Fae
◈ Plural form: The Fae/Faes.
◈ Ephemeral Beings born from the trunk of The Tree of Truths. Born with the talent to control & manipulate mana.
◈ Consists of Elves, Fairies & Dwarves who have longer life spans. (Distinct pointed ears and green-hued hair.)
 
Commoners
◈ Mortals born without any blood ties from Moirais nor Fae. (Basic Humans)
◈ No affinity to Mana usage & manipulation but can train their bodies physically or mentally to get stronger/skilled with their crafts.
◈ Ages normally.
 

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     Major Factions that Govern Jumana:
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Palace of Anima:


◈ Believers and Worshippers of Fate. A divine principle by which the order of events has been inevitably predetermined.
◈ Helmed by the Ferre Imperial Family. (Pure-blooded Moirais) Lead by the Emperor & The Empress. (Absolute Monarchy)
◈ Members of the faction are either pure-blooded Moira or Half/mixed Moira kin. (Nobility)
◈ Employs a peerage class system according to rank, lineage & nobility. (Sorted from highest to lowest)

◆ Emperor/Empress
◆ Dukes 
◆ Marquess
◆ Earls
◆ Viscounts
◆ Barons


Church of Arbor:

◈ Reveres and practices Conscience. A moral principle that inhibits or influences the thoughts or actions of a person.
◈ Helmed by the Saints of Silva, the primary caretakers of the Tree of Truths. (Pure-blood Elves) Only the Saints can speak and converse with the Tree of Truths, an ancient sentient tree planted in the city of Silva.
◈ Members of the factions are mostly Elves, Dark Elves, Fairies and Dwarves. (Both full-blooded & half-blood kin.)
◈ Employs a Theocracy system and classified by ranks. (sorted according to highest to lowest)

◆ Saints (Pure-blooded Faes)
◆ Blessed (Children of the Saints)
◆ Laymen (Common Fae folks)


Seditio:

◈ Rebukes the divinity of Fate, and believes that mortals can shape their own destinies. Followers commit to the words: "The End Justifies The Means."
◈ Helmed by the Enlightened One, a peculiar individual who managed to devour a fruit of the Tree of Truths and manages to survive.
◈ Members are composed of Commoners and Half-bloods from the Church of Arbor.
Follows Meritocracy and utilizes Blood oaths to establish Brotherhoods. Classified based on achievements/skills. (Sorted from Highest to Lowest)

◆ The Enlightened One (Leader)
◆ The 5 Big Brothers (Cronies of Leader)
◆ Officers (Aides/Soldiers of the Big Brothers)
◆ Brethren (followers/supporters of Seditio)



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            Geography:
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World Name: Jumana (pronunciation: Humana)

Continent:  Central Landmass (Contains Central North, West and South) Surrounded by the vast Ocean of Ius. While the Eastern continent is an archipelago.


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    Climates, Terrain & Capital Cities:
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Central Region:
■ Capital City: Anima - The location of The Palace of Anima.
■ Valleys & Hills with temperate forests, rivers and lakes at the outskirts of the capital.
■ Cities/Towns nearby: Parte at the eastern outskirts & The Port City of Sequi. (Eastern coast side)

North Regions: 
■ Capital City: Silva - The home of The Church of Arbor & the location of the Tree of Truths.
■ Alpine Mountain Ranges & Winter Pine forests.
■ Extreme north is frozen/glacial.
■ Winter lasts for two and a half months. (Starts from Month of Autumn until mid Spring)

South Regions: 
■ Sand dunes, Deserts, Steep Canyons & Palm Oasis/springs.
■ Dry & Arid with occasional sandstorms. Wet season only lasts for a month & a half. (Month of Spring to mid Summer)
■No capital cities as only nomadic tribesmen of Ults settle in the desert.

East Regions:  
■ Capital City: Orto - Home of the Orto Mercantile Group.
■ Volcanic Archipelago, rich in Mana stone mines.
■ The Northern Isles have mild weather (Temperate) & great mountain ranges. While southern isles have Tropical weather and active Volcanoes & Geothermal activities. (Tropical rainforest - Wet Season: Autumn - Winter)

West Regions:
■ Capital City: Flumen - Homeland of the Seditio Brotherhood.
■ Plains & Marshlands with minimal Mountain ranges and valleys. Lots of bodies of water such as streams and river systems. (Temperate Weather and occasional tornadoes)
 

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      Mana Utilization in Jumana:
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Threads of Fate:
◈ Composed of pure Mana that ties a person's soul to the world line. 
◈ Other Terms/Words for it: Strands, Threads & Fate Threads.
◈ Has Three Colour types:

1. Gold - represents the Mana link between Fate and a Person's soul. A brighter luster means stronger bonds between the world line and the soul.

2. Red - Strands formed by blood relations. (Ex. Father - Son)

3. Black - Decaying/faded-out Gold/Red threads. (When the Mana connection between Fate & the Soul is cut off by force.)

Bonds:
◈ Mutual connections that form when two or more Threads of Fate come together.
◈ Has Three types:

1. Familial Bonds - When individuals produce offspring. (Ex. Father x Mother = Son & Daughter)

2. Blood Bonds - When two or more individuals exchange their blood for the basis of compromise. (Ex. Blood Siblings, Marriages, Sworn Siblings/Adoptions) Should it be Broken/Cut, a penalty or death may befall the contractors.

3. Covenant Bonds - Contract imbued with Fate's mana. Usually written or documented. If violated/broken Divine Punishment or Death will befall the violator.

Spells:
◈ Invoked by the caster by actively consuming their own mana pool. The greater the mana capacity, the more powerful spells they can cast. Using too much spells can cause mental fatigue. 
◈ Categorized in four levels (ranked according to strength)

1.Calamity-level

2.High/Superior-level

3. Mid-level

4. Low-level



Enchantments:
◈ Controlling the flow of Mana from the surroundings and using it to surround a target. Uses only ambient mana and is less taxing than casting spells. The higher the concentration of Mana in the environment, the more efficient the enchantment.
◈ The caster can also adjust the Enchantment Level if they can accumulate the necessary amount of mana in the environment


Wards:
◈ Highest level of Enchantment wherein the caster uses Ambient mana and their own Mana pool.
◈ Only the caster can manipulate/activate a ward. To dispel one, either the caster must disable it or a person must have an active blood connection or bond with the caster.

Divinity:
◈ Actively utilizing the pure Mana from a person's Fate thread. Can only be possible with Dominant Moirais blessed with a massive mana pool. 
◈ The emerald irises/eyes of the Moira/Moirais turns golden if activated.



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  Measurement of Time:
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◈ 4 Months: Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter
◈ 90 Days in a month. 7 Days in a week. 24 Hours per day and 60 minutes per hour.
◈ Years are documented as Threads. (Years after the Moirais established The City of Anima)

Example date format: 12th Day of Spring, 8967th Thread.

Three factions oversaw the continent of Jumana. They were the Palace of Anima, Church of Arbor, and Seditio. 

The Palace of Anima worshipped Fate. A divine principle by which the order of events has been inevitably predetermined. The proxies of the Palace were the Moirais as they were blessed with precognition, great mana talent, and high affinity with Fate.

The Church of Arbor revere Conscience. A moral principle that inhibits or influences the thoughts or actions of a person. Their advocates were the Fae, children born from the Tree of Truths. An ancient, sentient tree who bore the Fruit of Good and Evil.

The third, Seditio, a clandestine society that was established by the Enlightened One. A peculiar individual who ate the Fruit of Good and Evil and lived to tell the tale. Seditio believed that comradeship was thicker than Fate and that Man should seize their own destinies without the help of the Moira.

Athos Dimitte Ferre, heir to the throne of the Palace of Anima. Was blessed with the gift of foresight and talent for mana. On one fateful night, however, he was cast away by a tragedy, and all was slowly taken away from him. 

"Why did the Seditio attack us? Why couldn't I see this, did my foresight fail me? Or perhaps, the Church of Arbor interfered?"

A man who fell from grace learns to bare his fangs.

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"What is it so suddenly?"
Instead of answering, Shi Lu Wen giggled happily.
Wei Liuying arched her eyebrows and shook her head lightly. "I believe I'm not as kind as you believe me to be. There are already too many people who died by my hands just for the sake of my survival."
Shi Lu Wen looked at Wei Liuying's hands. She smiled. "Then, it's not just for yourself, but also for us. Don't bear all the burden by yourself. One day, you might not be able to carry the weight properly and everything just came crashing down."
Hearing that, Wei Liuying was silent for a while. She looked at Shi Lu Wen's clear gaze and smiled. "You're the one who's very kind."
"Well, then both of us are."
"I'm really curious just what's your definition of kind."
"Who cares, ah?"
The two girls were talking as they continued to make the dinner. The atmosphere turned lighter as they felt comfortable with each other. Even if Wei Liuying already have such a deadpan expression on her face most of the time, it didn't change the fact that she's still a normal human being.
Outside the house, the two young men were also having a conversation.
"Now, you have to explain the meaning of this annoying message you sent to me, Xian!" Shan Yi demanded after pulling Yang Xian a bit away from the house. He didn't want to let Shi Lu Wen heard what he would talk with Yang Xian.
Yang Xian arched his eyebrows. He would not admit that he was happy to see that Shan Yi was still alive. Moreover….
"Be glad that you can get a lot of resources."
"You stingy strategist! I already help you so much…"
"If you want to know, give me a portion of what you have taken from the illegal traders. I can make good use of the resources."
At this moment, Shan Yi quickly changed his expression and shook his head. "There's no way I can give what I have gotten to you. Besides, there are a lot of strange goods….Wait, is it related to those?"
Yang Xian nodded lazily. Since the owner of those carriages were people from outside the border, there would be a lot of strange items. He was planning on learning how to use those tools before deciding what he would do. Perhaps, there might be something interesting that he could do with it.
Shan Yi was frozen in his place. He felt that he was being used by Yang Xian, yet he himself was the one who willingly came and be used. Sighing, Shan Yi waved his hand. "I'll get my men to give the goods that seem unusual to you. However, I'll be keeping the others such as food and clothing."
"Fair enough."
"I also won't give you the gold!"
This time, Yang Xian was looking at Shan Yi as if he was looking at an idiot. At times like this, he felt that Shan Yi was not any better than Shi Yan in terms of intelligence. If Yang Xian was someone who was greedy for money, he would rather become a merchant rather than a strategist.
After all, his salary was not as much as many people thought.
Even Shi Yan could easily earn ten times the amount he earned in a month within a few days.  
Shan Yi coughed when he saw Yang Xian's gaze. For some reason, he felt that a hole was drilled in his head. "Cough, so are you going to tell me why you ask me to attack that illegal trader? There are a lot of other illegal traders, right?"
"They're not genuinely traders," Yang Xian replied.
Hearing that, Shan Yi narrowed his eyes. Even though Yang Xian hadn't explained everything fully to him, he could guess what it meant. The people were not in Han Shi Kingdom's territory because they wanted to trade because it was nothing more than a disguise.
"Ah, you're using me again, Xian…."
"You can use the money to build Shan Xi village, but I still can't give you your previous location," Yan Xian said lazily. "It'll be enough to build a small village for the children in your group."
"How did you know that there are more children in my group?"
"I just know."
Shan Yi clicked his tongue. He felt that Yang Xian truly didn't hold back in his investigation and chose to search a lot of things. And here he was thinking that it would be good if Yang Xian didn't know about his matters.
"You're annoying, Strategist Yang."
"Are you copying Liu Ying?"
Shan Yi nodded. He thought for a moment then chose to change the conversation. "Are you going to depart immediately tomorrow?"  
Yang Xian shook his head. "I'm going to check on Huang River first. Lately, the water seems to overflow a tad bit too much. I'm worried that there might be flood when it's spring next year."
"Ah, you also have to worry about something like that?"
"Geography is important, Shan Yi."
Shan Yi scoffed. He hated to study so much that it was to the point he would have long preferred to never have to touch those subjects. It was good for him that he was born in normal environment and not be forced to attend the academy like those nobles.
Even though people liked to aim for such a high position, he would rather have a free life like this rather than busying himself to bootlick those annoying people. He liked the freedom he could have without the need to tie himself with those dual faced people.
"In that case, what's your plan?"
"I'll make a tunnel to the north," Yang Xian replied.
"Ah?"
"Prince Ji Sheng's City is a bit too far from the river, so it'll be a good idea for us to create another path for the river to flow. That way, it'll be easier for us to live there."
"You say that but the people who lived there also moved to Dong Shan City when it's winter. The north is simply too cold," Shan Yi commented.
Yang Xian didn't refute. Only the soldiers were left in Prince Ji Sheng's City when it was winter. After all, it was known that the tribes on the north would attack when it was winter time more often than any other time. They have to be prepared for the worst, so the villagers would be moved to Dong Shan City.


“Future will only set in stone when it becomes the present.”

Wei Liuying is a concubine daughter in Prime Minister’s Residence. A lowly existence with barely anyone who cares for her. She had to rely on her wits and manipulate others to stay alive.

When the main daughter suddenly changed overnight, the others were dragged to keep up with her pace. Wei Liuying was no exception, and she had to adapt to the sudden power structure’s shift inside the residence.
The main daughter laughed and looked at her with contempt, “Trying to scheme at me who knows everything like the back of my hand? You’re nothing more than a villain who’ll die a miserable death.”

When the only one who cared for her was harmed by her father and so-called family, Wei Liuying laughed to Heaven as tears trailed on her cheek. 
“If you truly wish for me to be the villain, fine. I’ll be one.”

In the midst of the raging flames of succession’s war and rebellions, Wei Liuying had to stand up for herself and fight for her survival.


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Before Mira had a chance to respond to Jana's assessment of her breeding (or lack thereof), the High Wizard Griswold Toblerone had intervened on her behalf.
"The Consort Princess is not what is being debated here. Stick to the discussion points or your dispute will be thrown out of the King's Court with no further deliberation."
"My sincere apologies," Jana lowered her head. "I withdraw that comment."
Mira narrowed her eyes and stared at the panthera.  
Jana did not mince words.  She shot straight from the hips.  You knew exactly where you stood with this cat.  There would be no veiled insinuendos or false pretenses.  She spoke her mind with very little filter.  This was her strongest point.  
It was also her greatest flaw.  
Sometimes speaking inconvenient truths at inconvenient times did not further one's cause.  It could in fact, harm one's chances of a favorable outcome.  
The black crows began to rumble amongst themselves.  The unspoken thoughts had been spoken out loud, and by a half-breed chimera, no less.  Mira began to notice the looks of thinly veiled disdain that was being surreptitiously thrown at her.  
They were full-blooded Ashryan humans, and although she was no less wholly-human, that only meant she was not tainted by beast blood.  She was still only half-Ashryan, and also by that definition, only half-dwarf.  
They would be shocked if they knew she was actually a pure human from Earth.  
Mira was no fool.  She knew that the Advisors were only tolerating her presence on the throne because they needed the King's Court to be convened in order to push through the agendas that had constantly been blocked by the old crippled King Leo Tamein all these years.
The land grants to the half-beasts was one major blocked item on the agenda.
It was an accepted truth in Ashrya that half-beasts were not fully human.  As such, they had no rights.  Yet, for some unfathomable reason, ancient laws that had been on the books for thousands of years had given them land rights that extended indefinitely into the future. 
To the citizens of the kingdoms of Ashrya, land rights were something that only full humans should have been allowed.  Deeding valuable land to half-animals was akin to gifting huge tracts of valuable land to chickens and pigs so they could have a place to root and scratch.  
It was something of a headache for the Advisors to have to deal with.  The outrage by the general public was palpable and getting louder with every passing year, as the population within the most popular kingdoms swelled past the boundaries that they could contain.  
Unfortunately, their repeated attempts to force the king's hand to change the laws on the books never amounted to anything.  
King Leo would hem and haw and push their revisions around on his silver table until Court had been adjourned.  Then he would postpone their suggested changes for yet another day.  
Of course, that day would never come because he would stack other ordinances and laws on top of the Land Rights Revision, effectively burying it under mountains of incoming documents that needed his attention.  
This truly pissed off the Advisors but aside from twisting his arm and stomping on his fingers to get him to sign off on the Land Revision document, there really was nothing they could do.
If it wasn't for the fact that King Leo's wife and son were powerful wizards in their own rights, they would have disposed of him long ago.  Now that he and his entire family had been cleared out of Diamond, this was their golden opportunity to enact those changes.  
Mira knew that they thought she was a weak young female who was just a paper tiger that they could push around.  They didn't need to pander to her whims or do anything special to gain her consent.  
Their only objective was to get a legitimate session started and then hand her the Royal Seal so she could just rubber stamp everything through.  Once she did what they needed, she would then be promptly replaced.  
As far as everyone in Ashrya was concerned, she truly was that half-breed sterile human who was only sitting on that throne by sheer default.  There was nothing she could say that would be able to change that insidious thought inside their heads, that they were genetically superior to her, even if only by a slight amount.  This was enough to affect their attitude towards her.
The Advisors were beginning to shift in their seats and muttering words of discontent.
If there was truly nothing she could say, then there really was only one thing that she could do.
Mira pulled out her switchknife.  With a flick, she opened it to its full 10" length and flung it blade-first into the surface of the metal table.  
TWANG!!!
The tip sank two full inches into the surface, quivering with the force of the impact.  
The entire court fell silent.
Mira raised a finger and pointed at Jana.  "I have entertained your wild rantings about everything under the sun having to do with your race and the treatment of your people because I wanted to know the reason why you are standing in Diamond court today."  
She narrowed her eyes.  "This does not mean I am interested in hearing what you personally think about me."
She paused for effect.  "The reason that you are here today has to do with land rights and the rights of the inhabitants to be able to cross your land safely, without fear for their lives.  It has nothing to do with anything else, so do not waste any more of my time."
Mira sniffed.  "If you have a dispute about anything other than those issues, you need to establish a different dispute request and go through the official channels to bring those specific disputes into the court."
The black crows watched her with intense interest.  She was saying words that although clearly understood, were words that they would have never thought to use whether in combination or in conjunction within the King's Court.  
She was also strongly implying that she was sympathetic to their side and was shutting the panthera down HARD.
"There are two things that need to be addressed." Mira maintained her sharp gaze on Jana.  "Pantheran woman--your dispute has to do with defending your foodsource.  You people signed an agreement whereby you own the rights to kill the wild life in that savanna to feed yourselves."  
Mira leaned forward and slammed her hands onto the surface of the silver table.  
BAAM
"That right does not extend to hunting down unarmed travelers passing through your land to get to the other side.  Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes, Your Royal Highness,"  Jana bowed her head.
Mira leaned back against the chair cushion.  "Your people will have to figure out a way to share the land usage without harming any more people."
She then turned to Orville Torrence.  "You!  High Adviser to King Dominic Vetica of Amber." 
He whipped his head up, meeting her eyes with furtive glances.
"Take a close look at the map you brought to the King's Court.  If you are familiar with the geography of your own kingdom, you will realize that the location of Amber is quite a distance away from the savanna to the northeast of the peninsula.  There is almost no need to cross it to get to the other side."
Orville Torrence paled at her words.  He was not expecting Mira to be that familiar with the geography of such a far-flung area as Amber.  Such knowledge was only taught to the males in the noble families so they could manage the affairs of the kingdom.  
Girls were taught basic management of the household finances and how to deal with servants and non-bonded staff, among other feminine pursuits.  How could this Princess Consort be so well-versed in the cartography of Ashrya?   
"But Your Royal Highness, there are still occasions where we need to enter the savanna.  You just told the panthera woman that her people need to share the land usage."
Mira's upturned smile did not reach her eyes.  "If you need to cross the savanna and you are a wizard, use portals.  Otherwise, use the underground railroad the dwarves have set up all over the empire.  Just because the pantheras will not kill you if you cross through their home does not mean you should continue to do so."
"The people in Amber are running out of farmland and food.  What can we do?"
Mira stood up, leveraging the four white marble steps plus her full 5' 2" height to tower over him.  "There are many things you can do to address that situation.  However, there are two things you cannot do."  
She held up an index finger.  "First, you are not allowed to cut down trees and turn the savanna into farmland.  The savanna's foot print is not that large.  This area needs to be maintained as such because they are valuable natural habitats for the species of animals and plants that live there."  
She held out a second finger to join the first.  "Secondly, your people cannot poach and trap on this land.  You say your people are not getting enough food, so you have to trap and kill the animals in the savanna, but you are taking food away from the pantheras who need it too.  This is food that has been agreed upon to be left for them."
"But that's---"  
"No buts.  The underground trains can provide your kingdom with enough food for your people.  Arrange with the dwarves to import food into Amber from other areas of Ashrya."
"Your Royal Highness!  The lives of Ashryans are far more important than mere half-beasts!"  
"Half-humans are still human.  All human lives are equal and worthy of protection from the crown." 
"Whose protection?"
"My protection!"  She hissed.
"You can't even protect yourself!"  His eyes hardened.  He raised a hand above his head, blue sparks flying from his fingertips.
BANG
Orville Torrence's face twisted in a tortured expression.  He slowly slid to the ground, clutching onto his stomach.  Blood pooled out and fanned around him.
Mira slid Hello Kitty back into her holster.
For a moment, there was silence.  
Then pandemonium ensued.

One fine morning, Mira wakes up to find a young wizard king who has been forced to flee from his world into hers to escape certain death.  
Unfortunately, the portal he opens up into her world causes a rupture between the membranes of their two worlds.  She quickly takes over, lending him her support and aid as she joins him in the grandest adventure of her life.  
In order to stabilize his kingdom she leaves everything behind to follow him back to his kingdom.  Will her aid save the day or will it be the demise of everyone?



"Tsk tusk, I really didn't see it before, it turned out that Old Brother Shen looks so handsome. You have to be careful, now there are so many boys and girls in this world, but if you go out, I don't know how many girls are going to be worried about." Yu Meng I had already waited outside, circled around him, and said,

Shen Luo laughed, not caring about Yu Meng's joke.

"It will take a while for dinner to be ready, let's go, I will take you around the house." Yu Meng grabbed the sinking shoulders and walked outside without any explanation.

This is the residence of the immortal master. Shen Luo was eager to see more, so naturally he wouldn't refuse.

Yufu covers an area of quite a large area, with a total area of 20 or 30 acres, a dozen large houses, a large-scale garden, and a large pond. Apart from being a little shabby, the scenery is very good.

In addition, there is also a large martial arts field with many weapons such as swords, spears, swords and halberds.

Yu Meng is a hospitable person, he walks almost all the time with the sinking, and he keeps introducing him.
"Brother Yu, it looks a little special, but I don't know where it is?" Shen Luo asked, pointing to a lonely quaint attic next to the pond.

"That's my father's study room. It's not my boast. In the entire county, it definitely has the most books. Let me take you in. Maybe there are books you like." Yu Meng said with his chest patted.

"That's not good--" Shen Luo hesitated and said.

"It's okay, just take a look. On weekdays, he wants me to go, I'm not happy yet." Yu Meng didn't care, pulling Shen into the study.

Seeing this, Shen Luo could only follow Yu Meng to walk in.

The study area is not small. It is fifty steps square. On all sides, there are bookshelves as high as one person. The bookshelves are filled with books. In the middle is a table with eight treasures, a white jade paperweight, a green jade pen holder, and a square foot of black graphite inkstone. , Are top grade.

"With so many books, Uncle Yu really has a great knowledge of the books, and it is no wonder that he can practice the talisman to such a deep level." Shen Luo praised.

"It's okay." Yu Meng curled his lips and said.

Shen Luo's gaze will look in the eye with the change of expression, and after a slight smile, he browses in the bookshelf.

There are many classics in the study, which are more than Chunqiu Guan, but they are messy and not classified properly. It is like a lot of books bought by a nouveau riche, arty and decorating the facade.
Shen Luo recalled Yu Yan's upstart dress, couldn't help but smiled in his heart, and quickly pulled out a geography book from the bookshelf.

This dream world looks quite different from the world he lives in. He has some doubts whether this is the boundary of the Tang Dynasty. To investigate the situation, it is the most convenient to look through the geography.

"Dengyunzhou, Qingzhou, Chishui...Donglai County." Looking at the familiar place names, Shen Luo felt even more puzzled.

He searched this geography for a while, and quickly found the location of Donglai County, which is quite far away from Chunhua County, separated by several state capitals, and is generally the same as in his own memory!

"The geographical location is right, yes, this is the Donglai County." Shen Luo affirmed in his heart.

It's just that this place is so far away from the Spring and Autumn View, how did you get here?

"what!"

Shen Luo gave a light hey, and his gaze fell on the geography. Regarding the records of Chunhua County, some place names on it were slightly different from what I knew.

For example, a big river in Chunhua County has been called "Bailianhe" since he can remember. He often went to play when he was a child, but what is called "Yupuhe" in this book?
In addition, I dont know how many times I have been to "Tianping County" east of Chunhua County, but this book is called "Fengrao County".

"What's the matter?" He thought to himself.

"Brother Shen is interested in geography? What's so good about this thing? Nowadays, the court doesn't care about it anymore. That book was published in the 20th year of Gwanghwa, more than a hundred years ago. Compared to that , Brother Shen, how about this knife book?" Yu Meng glanced at the book in Shen Luo's hand, shook his head, and then handed over a thin blue book.

Shen Luo responded, put down the geography in his hand, took the knife book booklet, and suddenly froze.

"Brother Yu, when did you just say that this book was published?" Shen Luo picked up the geography book again, staring at Yu Meng, and asked.

"Twenty years of Guanghua, you have time to write and print at the back of the booklet, what's the matter?" Yu Meng pointed to the back of the geography book, and said strangely.

Shen Luo hurriedly turned over the geography in his hand, and he saw the words "Guanghua Twenty Years Publication" on the back of the book.

sank in the same place and froze for a while, put down the two books in his hand, walked quickly to the front, and quickly searched around the bookshelf.

"Brother, what are you looking for? Do you want me to find it for you?" Yu Meng was taken aback and asked.

Shen Luo ignored it, still rummaging through the bookshelves, and finally stopped after a while, holding a thick imperial calendar in his hand.

"So you are looking for Huangli, what are you looking for?" Yu Meng walked over with a smile and asked.

Shen Luo's complexion was solemn. From the last page, 
flipped forward and flipped for nearly half before stopping.

The almanac on this page of the imperial calendar is the twenty-ninth year of Kaiyuan.

Shen Luo looked at the page in front of him, and a gust of wind surged in his mind.

The twenty-ninth year of Kaiyuan was exactly the age he lived in. According to this emperor's calendar, it was nearly a thousand years after Yu Meng said that it was twenty years of Guanghua.

"Did I dream of coming to a thousand years later?" Shen Luo said inwardly.

In this case, some place names in the geography have changed, and the architectural style of the city, the appearance of clothing, etc. are different, it is logical.

Yu Meng saw that Shen Luo's expression changed, and scratched the back of his head. He was a little unclear, but he didn't say anything to bother him.

"Master, supper is ready, Master invites you and Gongzi Shen to go over." At this moment, Xiao Shunzi came to the study door and shouted through the door and window.

"Understood, we will pass." Yu Meng turned around and replied.
Understood, we will pass." Yu Meng turned around and replied.

"Sorry, I just thought of something, so I looked for this emperor's calendar to check the time, it seems that some time has been lost." Shen Luo put down the emperor's calendar in his hand, and calmed down, and said apologetically.

"Well, Brother Shen, you can read a book, but I am so envious. My father always forces me to read and draw charms. It is a pity that Yu is a rough person who only likes to dance with spears and sticks. If I have your preference, since I was young, I wont be so painful anymore. Yu Meng said with a smile.

Shen Luo also smiled, and did not answer.

"Okay, don't talk about this, today we have been fighting for a day, go, go and have a good meal. Father thinks you are pleasing to your eyes, there should be a lot of delicious today." Yu Meng rubbed his hands and said.

Sinking is after returning the books one by one to the original place, and then Yu Meng urged him to leave the study.







The son of a wealthy businessman who was frail and sick from a young age unexpectedly embarked on the road of cultivating immortals and reaching the sky while seeking a way to continue his life!In the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, the world was Antai, the weather was smooth and the people lived in peace.Thousands of years later, demons swallowed the sky, demons were rampant, wailing everywhere.Journey to the west reappears, the great sage fights the sky, the canopy descends, and the rolling curtain is reborn.The inexplicable shuttle and reincarnation, the illusion and the reality are hidden, the real and the illusion are intertwined!Is it the dream in the prophecy? Or is it a reality that hasn’t happened yet?Can he break the destined demon barrier, eliminate the triumph of the Three Realms that has not yet occurred, and save the common people from the water and fire?

The shrill noise of bell ringing rang through the hallway. A redhead who was standing in the hallway hit her head on the blue metal locker in front of her and sighed. The day had been exhausting for her. Not only there was a quiz in history, the math teacher decided that it would be 'fun' to torture the students with a pop quiz on coordinate geometry. Gods above, she hated coordinate geometry.

She quickly stuffed the books and stuff in the locker only taking out the geography and AP Chemistry book she'd need to read today.

She didn't live very far from her school so she always walked. It was nice to walk in the slightly heated breeze of the ending summer. She liked the slight tickling burn that was incited due to the sun's rays. Everything was so bright and sunny. It was beautiful.

Lies.

It was Merceville. It was so goddamn hot she was going to melt in a puddle on the sidewalk. It wasn't a warm breeze, the temperature was so high she could barely breathe. The sun was scorching on her skin, and if she was without any sunscreen she would have been a burnt crisp.

'Why was everything so bright?' she thought. She was squinting her eyes and practically having a black dot in her vision from when she accidentally glanced at the sun.

After walking and walking. Five minutes of torturous walking in the sun she was finally home. She stuck her tongue out towards the sun and immediately regretted it when her neighbour raised an eyebrow towards her.

'Great going, now they think you are mentally disturbed.'

'Again.'

With a black dot again in the vision, humiliation of her own stupidity and sweating buckets she made it inside.

"Mom, I'm home!" She yelled. "Even though you are not and I'm basically yelling in an empty house." She groaned loudly after saying so. The heat was getting to her, that was the only explanation for what she was doing. If you remove the fact that she's always doing something stupid.

Her mother was not home much. After her father died when she was ten, her mother started working harder to provide her with everything and continue living as they did. She always thought it was for distracting herself from the loss, but whatever it was it worked. They were living an even better life and it was all possible because of her mom.

Sighing, she made her way towards the kitchen, making a beeline for the refrigerator because she was really in a dire need for some soda pop. Diet coke was there and it's basically everything she needed right now.

Baby it's you.
You're the one I want.
You're the one I need~

This was the song going through her head as she held the chilled tin can in her hands. Relishing in the cold feeling it gave her.

With some crisps and diet coke, she made her way upstairs. On her left, there was a hallway. The third door was hers. She splayed on her bed munching on some crisps and thinking about how she should really start working on her assignments because they were too much.

Opening her book she saw what her geography assignment was and groaned at the topic.

A paper on subtropical air and polar air.

Easy topic but long. Very long. She was a straight-A a student and that meant she was going to put a lot in her paper. If the topic was already too big it would make her paper even longer. Damn, she hated it.

But she always followed the simple rule for writing her papers.

'Topic name:
Definition:
Basic information:
Going into details:
Types:
Conclusion:'

This was the format she never went wrong with. This was the format she followed all through her high school and always got the best grades. This made her paper look organized and left without a fault.

"Subtropics
Noun
sʌbˈtrɒpɪks
Regions adjacent to or bordering on tropics.

The subtropics are geographic and climate zones located roughly between the tropics at latitude 23° 27' (the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn) and the temperate zones (normally referring to latitudes between 35° and 66° 33'), north and south of the Equator.

Subtropical climates are often characterized by hot summers and mild winters with infrequent frost…."

Oh, how she hated geography.

"…Horse latitudes, subtropical ridges or subtropical highs are the subtropical latitudes between 30 and 35 degrees both north and south where Earth's atmosphere is dominated by the subtropical high, an area of high pressure, which suppresses precipitation and cloud formation and has variable winds mixed with calm winds..."

Suddenly she felt a weird metallic taste in her mouth. It was like blood. It tasted like blood.

Was she bleeding?

She had read that epileptic people get this taste in their mouth. It's a telltale sign that they were going to have a seizure.

But she wasn't epileptic.

She stood up dropping her pen and rummaged for her phone. It might be nothing, she told herself. But if it was something she was ready to dial the emergency code. Her finger hovering over the numbers.

Slowly, the taste subsided. She took in deep breaths to calm herself down. It was nothing. Letting out a choked laugh she slumped in her chair and threw her phone on the bed. Wringing her hands she turned to her book again.

Suddenly her head felt like it was going to split open. It was as if someone was sucking it into an invisible vacuum cleaner. A very big invisible vacuum cleaner was going to swallow her.

And it did.

She felt her heels lifting up from the ground followed by her toes, going towards this invisible vacuum cleaner. And woosh. Everything around her blackened.

She was moving, she could feel it. It was as if she was going in a tube. and it wasn't the subway one. Her hands were stuck to her side and her legs were together as well. She could hear the wind whooshing around her. Her ears popped up but her speed didn't slow, nor did the journey end to lord knows where.

This was it. This was how she was dying. They won't bury her either. It will be a closed coffin funeral where an empty coffin will be buried six feet under just for the sake of it. Her mother was going to be all alone.

This was bad. This was really bad. She didn't want to leave her alone. She was all her mother had.

Oh no. She was dying a nerd!

Her gravestone would read 'Isobel Ferguson, died completing her geography assignment'. This was not how she wanted to go!

But... whatever.

The time fabric bent around her making it slow its flows to a negligible speed. In short, she was getting bored. It was possibly three minutes already and she has already done her part of freaking out and come to the grasps of her death. The journey wasn't complete yet and she was already done. Seeing that this might take some more time. She started singing baby shark in her head.

Just like that she had a free fall and fell to the ground. She let out a grunt and stood up, stumbling and swaying a bit. Looking at her surroundings she let out a gasp.

The floor was a long hallway, the floor was checked with black and white with glowing blue lines running through it. The walls were white with glowing green and gold swirling through it like vines. It was beautiful and eerie. Something straight out of a science fiction movie.

She started walking ahead in the long hallway. Sometimes the green, gold and blue lines were pulsing softly. She just wanted to keep on looking at it but she decided to walk ahead. To see what exactly was going on.

Her bare feet were soft on the cold floor. Barely making any noise. She saw a window at the end and ran there, tip-toeing all the way. The view out of it was breathtaking.

Out of the window were stars. It felt like she was in a planetarium but it felt much more real than that. It was as if she was in outer space. She loved it. On her right was another hallway. It was just like the one she came from, but there was a door in the end.

She ran there and softly pushed it. It didn't budge. She tried again but it still didn't happen. She took a step back and stood in front of it, trying to look for a way and the door slid open.

She walked in and held back a gasp. She was in a room and a lot of people were going from here to there. Carrying some sort of weird transparent tablets, some working on big screens in front of them and some carrying around weird hologram projection. Her brain was swimming to grasp the situation. She wanted to tell herself that she was not losing her marbles but it was getting harder to do so as the time passed by.

No one was paying any attention to her entry. They kept on working as if nothing happened. All she could hear around were some whispers and the clicking sound every time someone selected an option.

A voice behind her made her stiffen immediately. It was definitely a masculine voice, and it was deep. It was safe to say from the voice that the guy was older than her by a lot of years. She had turned eighteen only two months ago.

"I see you made it, Ms Ferguson."

Slowly she turned around to face the person.

When the world falls into chaos, who can they depend upon?

The person who answers their call for help is none other than Isabelle, a girl who is trying to save the world for the sake of her loved ones. Ethan, her partner-in-crime, or in this case, justice; follows her as they complete missions. 

All of this was in the name of saving humanity. But what if...

The more missions they complete, the world changes alongside them. Explosions everywhere. Throw in some magic, dragons, and supernatural creatures. How about a maniacal villain to keep things interesting? 

What could possibly go wrong, am I right?

How do you explain the unimaginable, especially when the damned magic turns your hair from red to blonde?!

_____............_____

"We know who you are, Ms. Morgan. We are the ones who called you here."
'They are the kidnappers?!'
"And we need your help in saving the worlds."
Isabelle couldn't help burst out into peals of laughter.

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According to what Linley had learned on the way, as well as what he had heard from Beirut, as Linley saw it, the Four Divine Beasts clan was extremely powerful. At Miluo Island, after seeing the many scryer recordings, he had mentioned to Castle Master Mosi the fact that he was headed for Indigo Prefecture, and Mosi had discussed the Four Divine Beasts clan.

From what Mosi had said, it seemed as though the Four Divine Beasts clan had fallen on hard times.

But even despite that, it should still be almost comparable to the Bagshaw clan.

“The Bagshaw clan, at Miluo Island, is in complete control. No one dares offend them! Despite countless years having passed, Miluo Island’s fame remains widespread. There’s no way something like this could happen at Miluo Island, where those who serve the Bagshaw clan will be killed!”

Linley really couldn’t believe it.

The Indigo Prefecture could be said to be the main headquarters for the Four Divine Beasts clan. How could something like this happen within the borders of the mighty Four Divine Beasts clan? How could a truly powerful clan allow something like this to happen?

Anyone who thought about it for even a moment would understand.

If a truly powerful clan encountered something like this, they would definitely eradicate the entire ‘Boleyn clan’, killing them as a warning sign to frighten others!

“The situation doesn’t make sense.” Linley narrowed his eyes. The joy he had felt upon arriving at his clan’s territory instantly evaporated, and Linley began to worry. It seemed as the situation the Four Divine Beasts clan was in wasn’t what he had thought it would be.

In the metallic lifeform, Tarosse, Bebe, Delia, and the others were all mystified by what they had just seen.

Tarosse said with a solemn look, “Linley, it seems as though the Four Divine Beasts clan doesn’t have much power within Indigo Prefecture.” When Linley had invited Tarosse and the others to Indigo Prefecture, he had said that that within the Indigo Prefecture, given the strength and influence of the Four Divine Beasts clan, they shouldn’t encounter any more dangers.

But now, it seemed…

“I don’t understand either.” Linley’s face was solemn.

After all, he had never gone to the Four Divine Beasts clan before. All he knew, he gained from outside sources of information.

“I’m sorry. It seems as though I’ve caused everyone to enter a dangerous situation.” Linley couldn’t help but say towards Olivier, Tarosse, and the others. When he had invited them to come with him, he had wanted for all of them from the Yulan continent to be together and that there wouldn’t be much danger.

As he saw it, there shouldn’t be any dangers in the main lair for his clan.

But it seemed he was wrong!

Dylin laughed. “Linley, don’t worry about it. No matter what happens, my life can be considered to belong to you. What have I to fear?”

“Let’s go. Even if someone wants to kill us, first they have to have enough power to do so!” Tarosse said.

Linley nodded. If the Four Divine Beasts clan was comparable to the Bagshaw clan, then, as an incredibly powerful force, there was no way they would simply be destroyed. As the saying goes, a camel which died of starvation is still larger than a horse.

Mosi’s words implied that the weakened Four Divine Beasts clan was still comparable to the Bagshaw clan.

But before its downfall?

How could such an originally incomparably powerful clan possibly be completely destroyed?

“Let’s go to Fansi City first.”

Fansi City was a city in the eastern part of Indigo Prefecture, and was the first city which Linley’s group was heading towards in Indigo Prefecture. Fansi City was just like every other city in the Infernal Realm; it was very bustling!

The streets were rowdy and filled with people everywhere.

“Boss, where shall we go to find the location of the Four Divine Beasts clan?” Bebe asked, puzzled.

The War God, O’Brien, laughed. “Any place works. For example, the Fiend Castle. We can just ask some people there. There are definitely people here in the Indigo Prefecture who know quite a bit regarding the exceedingly famous Four Divine Beasts clan.”

Asking around at the Fiend Castle was indeed an excellent idea.

“No rush. Let’s go to the Bloodridge Castle first!” Linley said.

The Redbud Continent had Redbud Castles, while the Bloodridge Continent had Bloodridge Castles. The two were the same; they both purchased and sold large quantities of items.

“Why are we going to the Bloodridge Castle?” Dylin asked.

“Bebe, do you still remember how we had gone shopping for books that time in the Redbud Castle?” Linley turned to look at Bebe, who hurriedly nodded. “I remember. That time, we went to buy some books regarding the geography of the Infernal Realm.”

“Right. Last time, we only went to investigate the general geography of the Infernal Realm, which is why in the books we bought, the information regarding each of the 108 Prefectures was very brief. But that time, however, we did see quite a few books which discussed each prefecture in detail.”

There had been five or six centimeter thick books that discussed each prefecture.

Those detailed books each focused on one prefecture, and naturally would discuss and point out some of the unique areas in a prefecture, as well as provide some very detailed information on some of the most powerful clans. Most likely, even some ultimate experts would be described within.

Delia’s eyes lit up, and she nodded in agreement. “Buy one which goes into detail regarding the ‘Indigo Prefecture’. The Four Divine Beasts clan is very famous in Indigo Prefecture. It will definitely be described in detail, and the location will be clearly mentioned as well.”

Linley laughed and nodded.

If they asked others, others might point them to a specific place which they didn’t even know was located where.

After all, they had never had a detailed map of the Indigo Prefecture. They only knew the rough geography of the place. By buying a detailed book regarding the Indigo Prefecture, they would even get a clear understanding of the geographical information in the Indigo Prefecture.

“Buying books? I’ve never gone book shopping in the Infernal Realm.” Tarosse laughed.

“You normally lived on Miluo Island. Why would you need to buy books? You’d only go buy them when you needed them.” Linley said, then headed towards the Bloodridge Castle.

The three castles in every single city were bustling with activity. Following the flow of people, Linley’s group quickly reached the Bloodridge Castle. At the gate to the Bloodridge Castle, there were Bloodridge Army soldiers standing guard.

“Heh heh, I must say, the uniform of the Bloodridge Army is quite stylish. It’s much better than that of the Redbud Army and the Starmist Army.” Bebe said softly as he looked at the Bloodridge Army soldiers at the gates.

Linley glanced at them. “The baleful aura it emanates is rather heavier than that of the Redbud Army and the Starmist Army.”

“Let’s go.” As he spoke, Linley led the group into the first floor of the Bloodridge Castle. The way the Bloodridge Castle was organized was quite similar to the Redbud Castle. Linley’s group easily found the room which specialized in selling a large number of books.

In the room, there were only three people, one of whom was the staff member.

“What do you want to buy?” Seeing Linley’s group walk in, and that most were Highgods, the staff member immediately came to welcome them.

“Which book has information regarding the location of the Four Divine Beasts clan?” Bebe was the first to say.

But Linley said, “This place should have a detailed description of the entire Indigo Prefecture, right? Give me that book.”

“We do.” The female staff member withdrew an enormous, black covered book that was two fingers thick, then walked over and handed it to Linley. “This one should be the book with the most complete introduction to the Indigo Prefecture.”

Linley immediately accepted it and began to flip through it.

This book, in its table of contents, was divided into ‘geography’, ‘dangerous areas’, ‘famous people’, ‘clans’…and so on and so forth. From the table of contents, Linley easily found the top ranked ‘Four Divine Beasts clan’.

“Page 158!” Linley couldn’t help but grow excited.

The first thing which drew Linley’s attention was…

The Four Divine Beasts clan was actually the general term for four mighty clans of divine beasts.

They were:

The Azure Dragon clan: The Redding [Lei’ding] clan!

The Vermilion Bird clan: The Nimo [Ne’mo] clan!

The White Tiger clan: The Laius [Li’e’si] clan!

The Black Tortoise clan: The Bowen [Bo’wen] clan!

The Four Divine Beasts clan was led by the Azure Dragon clan, the Redding clan. The four great clans were joined together into one, and were spread throughout the Four Higher Planes…

While reading the detailed information regarding the Four Divine Beasts clan, Linley couldn’t help but begin to sweat. The history of the Four Divine Beasts clan simply astonished Linley. So originally, the Four Divine Beasts clan wasn’t just limited to the Infernal Realm!

“Divine Water Plane, Divine Earth Plane, Divine Fire Plane, Divine Wind Plane, and the Four Higher Planes of the Celestial Realm, Netherworld, Infernal Realm, Life Realm…they all have branches of the Four Divine Beasts clan!”

Linley was completely thunderstruck.

Based on the description within the book, the Four Divine Beasts clan was considered an extremely, terrifyingly powerful clan throughout the Four Higher Planes as well as the Seven Divine Planes. They were spread everywhere, but of course, in the Infernal Realm, Indigo Prefecture was a headquarters for the Four Divine Beasts clan.

“They are so powerful?” Linley found it hard to believe.

“Boss, lemme see.” Bebe, seeing the look on Linley’s face, couldn’t help but snatch the book over from Linley and begin to read it carefully as well. As he read, Bebe’s eyes began to grow round. “Wow, Boss, the Four Divine Beasts clan is really badass.”

Delia leaned over to look as well.

“They really are quite formidable.” Delia was stunned as well.

“We can leave now. I now know where the Four Divine Beasts clan is located.” Linley couldn’t help but smile. The Four Divine Beasts clan was the root and foundation of his own Baruch clan, which could only be considered one of the many branches.

Naturally, Linley was delighted at how powerful the main clan was.

“Wait.” Linley suddenly frowned.

If the Four Divine Beasts clan truly was so powerful, then why was it that when he came, he saw that member of the Boleyn clan, the one who could grow golden wings, be so arrogant and unbridled?

“You are looking for the location of the Four Divine Beasts clan?” Suddenly, a clear voice rang out.

Linley’s group turned to look. The speaker was that female staff member.

The female staff member laughed and said, “If you want to just follow the information in the book to look for them, there’s no way you’ll find the Four Divine Beasts clan.”

“Eh?” Linley was stunned.

“Why not? Is the book fake?” Bebe immediately asked.

The female staff member shook her head. “No, the descriptions in the book are real.”

“If they are real, then why can’t we find them?” Bebe said.

The female staff member laughed. “This book is in general circulation and for sale in every single city in the Infernal Realm. Because the Infernal Realm is too vast, just sending it out to each location will most likely take a thousand years.”

Linley nodded. To send it throughout the Infernal Realm, it would indeed take upwards of a thousand years.

“Because the shipping process alone takes so much time, the geographical information in the book will be re-evaluated and updated once every million years. This book is several hundred thousand years old, and it described what the situation was like for the Four Divine Beasts clan hundreds of thousands of years ago.” The female staff said.

The Infernal Realm was vast and endless. A million years, in the ancient history of the Infernal Realm, really wasn’t much.

“Are you saying…?” Linley began to understand.

“Right.” The female staff member laughed. “If you asked others, they might not know, but since I’ve always lived in Indigo Prefecture, I’m quite familiar with the Four Divine Beasts clan. The Four Divine Beasts clan, roughly ten thousand years ago, underwent a huge change. The branches that had been located in the Divine Planes or the other Higher Planes all returned and regrouped here in the Indigo Prefecture of the Infernal Realm.”

Linley now understood.

Lord Beirut had not deceived him. The current Four Divine Beasts clan really was in Indigo Prefecture.

Delia asked, puzzled, “What caused the Four Divine Beasts clan to summon and concentrate all of their branches here in the Indigo Prefecture?” Delia didn’t understand.

“I’m not sure.” The female staff member said with a laugh. “That year, a large number of experts of the Four Divine Beasts clan returned, but when they did so, they shook the entire Indigo Prefecture, because when they returned, they brought countless battles with them!”

“Countless battles?” Linley was stunned.

“Right.” The female staff member nodded, then laughed. “But of course, I’m just a minor figure, and what I know is limited. All I know is that back then, the battles were quite fierce. Afterwards, the Four Divine Beasts clans that had been scattered throughout Indigo Prefecture all came together at one location.”

“One location?” Linley still clearly remembered what that book he had read had said.

As that book had described it, in the Four Divine Beasts clan, each of the four clans was located in one of four locations.

“Right. The Four Divine Beasts clans are living quite close to each other now. The place they live is known as the Skyrite Mountains!” The female staff member said.

Hearing this, Linley immediately thought back to when he had first read the book giving a general introduction to the geographical features of the Infernal Realm, and the information it had regarding the Skyrite Mountains. The Skyrite Mountains were a very famous area within the Indigo Prefecture.

It could, in fact, be described as the mountain range which symbolized the Indigo Prefecture.


Empires rise and fall on the Yulan Continent. Saints, immortal beings of unimaginable power, battle using spells and swords, leaving swathes of destruction in their wake. Magical beasts rule the mountains, where the brave – or the foolish – go to test their strength. Even the mighty can fall, feasted on by those stronger. The strong live like royalty; the weak strive to survive another day.

This is the world which Linley is born into. Raised in the small town of Wushan, Linley is a scion of the Baruch clan, the clan of the once-legendary Dragonblood Warriors. Their fame once shook the world, but the clan is now so decrepit that even the heirlooms of the clan have been sold off. Tasked with reclaiming the lost glory of his clan, Linley will go through countless trials and tribulations, making powerful friends but also deadly enemies.

Come witness a new legend in the making. The legend of Linley Baruch. 

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