Dawn draped the edges of the Cloud Heaven Province horizon in a pale, reddish glow, as if the sky itself mirrored the bloodshed and collapse of the Sword of Radiance Sect, which they had left behind as silent, deserted ruins.
The chilling wind caressed the tips of Dark’s pristine, snow-white hair as it fluttered lightly over his broad shoulders, while his pearl-like crimson eyes—at the center of which distant nebulae and burning stars spun in slow, circular motions—scanned the horizon with a unique, profound calm.
He felt none of the ordinary euphoria of victory that flooded junior practitioners after toppling a sect; to a being like him, destroying the Sword of Radiance Sect was akin to crushing an ant by the roadside during a short morning stroll.
Right behind him, Qing’er walked with steady, unshakeable confidence, the terrifying and trembling aura that had blanketed her face just a day prior completely vanished.
The young girl felt drastic, colossal changes occurring within her body with every passing second.
Thanks to the absolute connection network and the multiplication feature (100x), the Cold Wind meridians inside her veins expanded and blazed with a pure glacial radiance, and every breath she drew converted the ambient spiritual energy into a torrential stream of purity that nourished her cells.
Just a few hours prior, she had been struggling to reach the threshold of Foundation Establishment, and now…
she felt the mortal and spiritual barriers shatter completely, bursting directly through the threshold of the Foundation Establishment stage with effortless ease, settling firmly into its first level with a might far surpassing her peers in the sect by leaps and bounds.
Yet Qing’er knew deep down that this miraculous evolution was not thanks to her talent alone, but a slight, overflowing reflection of what fundamentally belonged to the sovereign entity walking before her.
The more she evolved, the more Dark gained multiplied folds of that pure energy, pushing the Overwhelming Divine Elephant Technique deep within his body to awaken even deeper cells.
Deep within Dark’s sea of consciousness, the luxurious golden-arched screen clearly displayed the continuous developments:
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[ Connection & Continuous Multiplication Report ]
• Linked Target: Qing’er (Current Cultivation Level: Foundation Establishment Stage – Level 1)
• Multiplied Spiritual Flow (100x): Active and 100% stable
• Awakened Divine Elephant Technique Cells: [ 37 / 840,000,000 cells ]
• Sovereign Immunity & Cosmic Shield Status: Fully protected (Fate unable to detect presence / Zero effect from spiritual attacks).
• Innovative Techniques Status:
* [Chaotic Divine Sword Fist] (Complete and stable)
* [Chaotic Destructive Lightning Sword] (Complete and stable)
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“Master…” The dead silence broke with Qing’er’s faint voice, carrying a blend of respect, astonishment, and absolute awe.
She raised her gaze toward him and said with measured hesitation: “We are now completely leaving the borders of the Sword of Radiance Sect’s territory.
The next destination awaiting us ahead is Cloud Heaven Grand City, the prominent commercial and administrative center in this vast region, where the Seven Great Noble Families and Second-Grade Sects gather.
Will…
will we be heading straight there?”
Dark halted his steps for a brief moment, slowly turning his head toward the distant horizon where the massive stone walls of Cloud Heaven City loomed in the dusk like a dormant primeval beast.
A cold, sardonic smile curved his lips, and he spoke in a deep voice that shook the surrounding rocks:
“Cloud Heaven City?
Yes, it is the appropriate place to begin laying the true cornerstone of our network.
That city, within its alleys and noble families, houses targets truly worthy of being linked and drained, and there are maidens bearing rare divine lineages who will make exceptional additions to our upcoming ranks.
Let’s move.”
After hours of marching through rugged plains and dark forests, Cloud Heaven City appeared in all its grandeur and majesty before their eyes.
The walls surrounding the city rose over a hundred meters high, built from solid black basalt rock and adorned with massive spiritual inscriptions and formations that prevented any wild beast or bird from flying over its skies without permission.
At the magnificent main gate crafted from dark steel, a long queue of practitioners, merchants, and nobles awaited their turn to enter, while silver-armored city guards enforced strict entry taxes and meticulously inspected newcomers.
When Dark and Qing’er approached the gate, their unique appearances instantly caught everyone’s attention.
The pristine, silver-white hair and pearl-crimson eyes pulsing with a terrifying cosmic aura made everyone who looked their way feel a sudden shiver crawl down their spine; even some merchants instinctively backed away in fear without knowing the source of that dread.
“Halt!
Where are you from, and do you carry an official city entry permit?
Pay the entry fee of ten middle-grade spirit stones per person!” shouted the guard captain at the gate.
He was a Foundation Establishment Stage – Level 6 practitioner, radiating arrogance and haughtiness due to his affiliation with one of the influential families backing the city lord.
Dark met him with a blank stare, as if an ant were standing before him making annoying noises.
He did not speak, nor did he pull any spirit stones from his pouch.
The guard captain felt deeply insulted by Dark’s utter indifference before the crowd of merchants and practitioners.
His face burned with anger, his hand dropped to the hilt of the sabre strapped to his waist, and he barked sharply: “You arrogant mute!
Do you think this is some ordinary gate to ignore its rules?
I think you need a harsh lesson in how to respect authority inside Cloud Heaven City!”
Before the captain could finish his sentence, Dark unleashed a single flash of the Divine Elephant aura blended with sovereign immunity.
It wasn’t a physical strike, but merely a light exhale of his bodily energy, which had now awakened 39 of his physical cells.
BOOM!
The arrogant guard captain’s aura turned to absolute nothingness in fractions of a second.
The man felt as though a mountain of solid iron had slammed directly onto his head, forcing his knees to buckle with immense power until the stone tiles beneath his feet shattered into flying fragments.
Thick bloody froth gushed from his mouth, and he collapsed face-first into total unconsciousness, while the remaining guards behind him backed away in sheer panic and trembling, incapable of even raising their spears against the overwhelming terror flooding their hearts.
“Entering any place in this world does not require a permit or spirit stones; it only requires sufficient strength to impose one’s will,” Dark said calmly, walking past the wide-open gate with absolute composure, while Qing’er followed in his footsteps with utter bewilderment and a growing sense of pride.
Inside the wide, bustling streets of Cloud Heaven City, life hummed with its usual vibrant noise.
Markets brimmed with rare medicinal herbs, glowing cultivation pills, and weapons forged from the bones of wild beasts.
Colorful stalls caught the eyes of passersby, while processions of major family scions strutted through the streets mounted on ferocious spiritual beasts.
At that exact moment, as Dark and Qing’er crossed the central plaza before the “Eternal Trade Tower,” the thunderous echo of heavy hooves and an angry roar pierced the market’s clamor:
“Get out of the way of the procession!
Make room for the passage of the Young Master of the Zhao family!
Whoever dares stand in our way will be crushed without mercy!”
A group of horsemen appeared, riding spiritual steeds whose manes blazed with blue fire.
They were led by a handsome youth with arrogant features, dressed in luxurious golden robes and carrying a high-grade sword on his back.
This was Zhao Feng, the eldest son of the influential Zhao family in Cloud Heaven City, notorious for his boundless arrogance and violence, alongside possessing the gifted “Fiery Tiger Body.”
The horsemen charged at breakneck speed, ignoring ordinary pedestrians who were forced to leap right and left to avoid being trampled. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
Yet Dark did not move an inch; he stood squarely in the middle of the path as if he hadn’t heard the shouts at all.
“Blind fool!
Do you have a death wish to block the path of the Zhao family?!” Zhao Feng roared in blazing fury, swinging a fiery whip in his hand directly toward Dark’s face with the intent to disfigure and kill him in the blink of an eye.
The luxurious system screen materialized before Dark’s eyes in a fraction of a second:
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[ System Alert: New Target Detected for Drain and Link ]
• Target: Zhao Feng (Eldest son of the Zhao family / Possesses Fiery Tiger Body / Relatively high luck)
• Plunderable Resources & Traits:
* Fiery Tiger Body (Fire attribute attack talent)
* Dragon Flame Fist Technique (High Grade)
* 1000 High-Grade Spirit Stones and Fiery Pearl Pill
• Suggested Action: Crush his arrogance, bind him to the Multiplication Network, and instantly plunder his resources and bloodline.
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Dark smiled a cold, deadly smile.
Without lifting a hand for a weapon, he slowly raised his right palm and caught the incoming fiery whip with his bare fingertips!
The whip stopped dead in its tracks!
Zhao Feng’s eyes widened in sheer shock and horror as he watched the blazing whip—capable of melting solid rock—get completely halted by the bare palm of a youth without suffering a single scratch or injury!
Before Zhao Feng could even process the absurdity, Dark spoke in a voice echoing from the abyss:
“The Fiery Tiger Body?
A tolerable talent…
but it will be much better once it becomes part of my possessions.”
Before Zhao Feng could scream, Dark clenched his fingers tightly around the whip, and a massive wave of Divine Elephant pressure swept across the entire area.
All the escorting horsemen tumbled off their mounts, fainting from the aura alone, while Zhao Feng’s body buckled involuntarily under the terrifying force, crashing to his knees before Dark.
Simultaneously, a luxurious green flash erupted, confirming the immediate activation of the binding link and the direct plunder of resources and the Fiery Tiger bloodline straight to Dark.
In the heart of bustling Cloud Heaven City, everyone realized at that exact moment that a true new sovereign had descended, and that the province’s families would sooner or later have to bow their heads before Dark’s absolute supremacy.
”Thank you for reading Chapter 6!
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