Compared with Immortal Lord Nimbus' presence, this new force stood a full tier higher—strong enough to shatter mountains and rip the sky like parchment.
That terrible weight spawned an abyss of helplessness, reducing every mortal ambition to dust.
"Benefactor... That pressure... It belongs to someone with a higher cultivation level!" Quincy's teeth chattered as he stared upward. "In Cardinal Realm, a being of Earthly Immortal Realm is pure legend. Please—stay vigilant!"
The other freed cultivators mirrored his dread, worry pooling in their eyes for Jared's safety.
A few even shuffled back a step—tiny, involuntary, yet betraying the deep quake in their spirits.
To them, Immortal Lord Nimbus had been an uncrossable canyon. Now a mightier shadow arrived.
Jared's earlier miracle—crushing Immortal Lord Nimbus—felt suddenly fragile, a candle before a storm.
Despair coiled tight, whispering that no victory remained.
Above, the cloud-sea writhed under savage wind, rolling like an ocean hurled into the sky.
From that convulsion descended a solitary figure draped in black.
His arrival dimmed the realm, as though daylight itself recoiled. Tall as a granite peak, he was swathed in living shadows—oily fumes that curled and twisted, exuding a stench of ancient wickedness.
Each time the figure set a boot upon the stone, the ground fractured into a spider-web of hairline cracks—as though an invisible scalpel were carving the earth.
The air, once clear and bright with spiritual energy, curdled around him. A rancid mixture of rot and sulfur filled every lung, proof that even the breeze bowed to his corruption.

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Josephine's first time seeing Jared kill isn't with Leyton but with Falcon. Pay attention to your work....
You need to correct yourself,dear author. Josephine was in the City of Herbs when she was a kid, so why is the city's smell surprising to her?...
I need more chapters...
When can I get the next chapter...