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Chapter 603
A graceful silhouette stepped onto the stage. Leah wore a fitted white dress that hugged her figure just enough to remind every man in the hall why the Sanders family had been swatting suitors away for years. Her long hair flowed over her shoulders, softening the sharp poise she carried with every step. When she smiled, it wasn’t seductive; it was warm, almost gentle. That made it even more dangerous. Men trusted a smile like that. They leaned into it.“The auctioneer is stunning.”“Stunning? She looks like she walked out of a dream.”“With a body like that, I’d—”“Shut it if you want to keep breathing,” his friend snapped. “She’s the Sanders heiress. You get caught talking about her like that and you’ll vanish without a trace.”The man clamped up instantly, eyes darting around. When nobody reacted, he exhaled hard, but even he knew he’d pushed his luck.As Leah reached the center of the stage, the room shifted. Conversations faded on instinct. A few men straightened their collars. So
Chapter 602
The private boxes were the crown jewels of the auction hall. The cheapest one started at a hundred million dollars. The premium boxes in the front row reached the three hundred million range. Just selling access to those rooms alone would generate billions. Cosmic Island never missed a chance to bleed money from the powerful.Adam didn’t join the crowd rushing in. Instead, he headed straight to the backstage consignments office. Wealth or not, he never turned down an opportunity to earn more, especially when he planned to buy several expensive items today.He brought out three bottles of high-grade pills and one bottle of his Essence Nourishing Pills. Top-tier products. Handcrafted. Rare. The kind of items that could spark bidding wars on their own. The staff accepted the items with a bow, their eyes shining with greed and admiration.Once done, Adam returned to the main hall with Ese and Dante. The place was already packed.He chose seats in the back row without hesitation. He had mo
Chapter 601
Adam didn’t answer right away. Bruce’s offer wasn’t small. It wasn’t casual generosity. It was the kind of gesture a father made to a son he wanted to protect for life.Marry his daughter. Take the amulet. Grow strong under the Sanders banner.It hit harder than Adam expected.Bruce had always treated him well, but this was something else entirely. Almost paternal. Almost too much.“Mr. Sanders… I’m grateful. Truly. But I want you to reconsider the marriage between Leah and me.”Bruce’s expression froze. “Why? You don’t want to marry Leah?”He looked genuinely confused. Adam could see it. Leah wasn’t just beautiful. She had talent, discipline, and a gentle nature. Any one of the young masters on Cosmic Island would fight tooth and nail for her. Bruce knew exactly how valuable she was.Which made Adam’s refusal look insane.“Leah is incredible. But I see her as family. A sister. I don’t feel anything romantic toward her,” Adam said quietly. “If I marry her like this, I’d be lying to bo
Chapter 600
The Heavenly Domain had sounded like a distant legend before. Something to chase someday. But now that Adam knew the truth and understood the power tied to the Ninefold Griffin Amulets, he saw the reality. It was out of reach. Not because he lacked courage, but because the people holding those pieces were monsters in human form.Even if he found all nine locations, claiming them would require strength he simply did not have yet.Even if he pushed the Eternal Rebirth Codex to its first transformation and stepped into the Divine Realm, he would only stand among late-stage divine grandmasters. That might put him near the top of the world, but far from the pinnacle. The major sects weren’t built on lone geniuses. They were built on armies of cultivators, hidden elders, forbidden arts, foundations stretching back centuries.If he had reached the second transformation, that would be different. That would make him untouchable. But wishing for power did not bring it.Bruce broke the silence.
Chapter 599
He leaned closer. The moment he saw the edges, he recognized it. He had seen something like this before. The two pieces Dracula had stolen were smaller parts of this exact design. Now that he saw Bruce’s piece, it clicked into place. The two stolen fragments had once formed half of this same amulet.And if those two were halves of one piece… then Bruce was holding another.Three pieces. Three out of nine.Bruce nodded slowly, shutting the box halfway, as if the air itself might steal the amulet from his hand. “There are nine pieces of the Ninefold Griffin Amulet. Together, they hide the path to the Heavenly Domain.”Adam’s head snapped up. “The Heavenly Domain? What even is that supposed to be?”He knew the rumors. The tales. The exaggerated nonsense storytellers used to trick children into training harder. But Bruce wasn’t speaking like a man reciting myths. His tone held weight. Real weight.Bruce’s voice dropped. “The Heavenly Domain is a paradise where cultivators can shed mortali
Chapter 598
He watched Bruce’s face with the focus of a blade. For a split second, Bruce’s calm cracked. Surprise, then something close to fear, flashed across his eyes before he forced them steady again.Adam leaned forward. “Mr. Sanders, you look like a man who already knows the story. How did my mentor get poisoned? And why was he cast out of the Sanders family?”His fists tightened. The room felt smaller. The grief he had held down ever since Xander died threatened to break through. Xander had saved his life more times than he could count. Losing him was one thing. Not knowing why was worse.He had come to Cosmic Island for the auction. But beneath that, he came here for answers.Bruce straightened, but there was a thin layer of panic under his expression. He tried to hide it, but he failed.“Xander poisoned himself,” Bruce said. “He used to experiment with herbs and pills in his youth. He took risks. It caught up to him. As for his expulsion, that is a confidential matter within the Sanders
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