A knocking at the door pulled Lianlian's gaze from the medicinal scroll she was studying. The Queen had ordered them to remain in their own respective rooms and as a result, training was cut short today. Could it be that Minki ran out of patience and snuck out?After opening the door, she was shocked to see who the visitor was. "S-Sir Count?""Ah, little bird." Lianlian's eyes widened and she had to force herself not to shrink back from his gaze.The way he said little bird made her anxious, she already knew it was impossible to hide her species from those within the Sovereign realm but it still made her uneasy. Although Count hadn't said anything the other times they met, it was obvious that he had seen through her right away. This made her have a good impression of him; The same was true of the Jade queen, although they knew, neither of them treated her like an exotic pet.However, for Count to randomly show up and refer to her as a little bird, it made her skin prickly, by chance,

Niyad woke up in a groggy state, his hands first shot to his face then he blinked twice, looking around. He sighed in relief when he realized that he was seeing ok and maybe even better than he was before. He then started to pat random areas of his body as he got up and rushed to the mirror. His entire body was covered in filth, and golden blood stained his face and robes. Had it been that bad? He felt chills as he thought back to the excruciating pain he felt before. He thought for sure that he had died. Using a cleaning art he quickly noted the changes to his body then started laughing. Overnight he seemed to have grown at least three more inches and his face looked more chiseled. Not only that, his body looked more robust. Even his hair had grown much longer causing his topknot to be a bit loose. He was so pleased with his new appearance that he couldn't help laughing out loud. "Have you gone mad?" A voice floated over to him that pulled him from the little world he had descended

Sercy moved too fast for anyone to react and Viktoria watched as the scene played out with shaking hands. She watched as Sercy grabbed a handful of Aloysius' red hair and brought her elbow down to meet his nose. A sick crackling noise rang out causing everyone to shiver in stunned silence. She didn't stop there, while still holding his hair she brought back her leg and in one swift movement swung it forward into Aloysius' stomach. His huge body seemed to fold into two as it flew away from the impact. Sercy dusted her palm and a clump of orange hair fell from it. Their reactions were delayed but the two men who accompanied Viktoria moved to stand in front of her in a defensive posture. But were two first stage sovereign realm cultivators really enough to stop a divine realm expert? It was naught but a suicidal move, but luckily for them Sercy didn't spare them a glance. All seven of Aloysius' entourage moved at the same time, they were big but nimble as they shot towards Sercy, f

Niyad's eyes widened ~ to become a God? Could I possibly...~ He quickly stopped his thought process, it wasn't as if he were really a sovereign realm expert as yet, so what sense did it make to think about things like that? -"I see, so this is another bluffing exercise." He laughed "Yes." Count answered. -"But will I really have to face Sovereign Realm experts tonight?" "Yes." Count repeated -"That's ridiculous, how will I do that with the Sky realm cultivation base?" "By using your bow of course, it amplifies your power by a lot. Also, since you are now at the golden bone stage your body has the strength of a late stage tyrant realm expert." Niyad was stunned by this revelation, was body cultivation really this amazing? However that didn't make him any less concerned about the task he was given. "I can only use Qi arrows five times, do you enjoy my near death experiences that much?" "Yes" Count answered matter-of-factly "Besides, you have the formula for Qi replenishing pills,

The old man stared at Niyad like he was a lunatic and what a coincidence, he never felt more like a lunatic than he did today. "How did you find me?" The man finally said. Surprisingly, Niyad felt no hostility directed towards him, even after he had made such a ridiculous declaration. This encouraged him to be honest with the old man, "I didn't, Lua did." He replied pointing at the beast next to him.After eyeing Lua with slight interest the man scrunched up his nose then looked at Niyad like he was a pile of dung, "What kind of mad person thinks they can just go around ordering people to sign a soul contract? Your Queen must be batshit crazy." Niyad: "I..." He did expect a response similar to what he got albeit a little less vulgar. He wasn’t sure how to respond to the old man, because without any context, their sudden demands did sound ridiculous.~I should have gone to fight Kiro instead.~ Lua snorted and Niyad couldn't help thinking he was being laughed at. Feeling the urge