Apotheosis

The setting sun shone on the Grand River Fortress.

The leaders of the Oneness Guards were surprised as they watched Athemar bring Zen back.

Athemar seldom went to the Grand River Fortress, but he had placed the Lofty Swords in the fortress, one by one.

Athemar planned to take Zen straight back to the Dragon City.

But Zen insisted on waiting here for Gant.

Gant managed to escape from Elizabeth, and as long as he was careful on his way back, there should be no big problem.

When they were under attack in the Blue Cloud City, the Grand River Fortress had immediately sent reinforcements to help them.

But the Sun Crow race had blocked the first group of reinforcements. They had then sent in the second group.

The Oneness Guards who had fought the Sun Crow race out on the plain held on long enough and finally got help from the second group of reinforcements. But a majority of them were dead or wounded.

Sebert had died, and Satchel had gotten seriously injured while fighting with another demon woman of the Divine Lair. But he succeeded in killing her.

When the second group of reinforcements and the rest of the Oneness Guards were on the way back, they met Gant, who was carrying Eira on his back.

So Gant followed the reinforcements back to the Grand River Fortress.

For the past two days, Gant was worrying himself sick over Zen.

In order to declare his loyalty to the Oneness Sky Palace, Gant's father, Cailen, led the elders of the Su Clan to place their Rebirth Lands in the Oneness Sky Palace. Most pill refiners and weapon refiners who relied on super forces would do that.

This way, they could be revived even if they died.

But Zen hadn't joined the Oneness Guards, and he didn't have a Rebirth Land. How could he survive an attack from Elizabeth?

Gant was depressed as they made their way to the Grand River Fortress.

He didn't expect that he would see Zen the moment he returned to the fortress.

Gant's eyes widened in surprise.

"Flag Master! How did you survive?" Gant asked in disbelief.

"Did you want me to die?" Zen asked, smiling.

Gant shook his head vigorously as he said, "Of course not! I don't want you to die!

nue and expenditure of the past days. He was a responsible man and recorded the accounts clearly.

It was the high season of recruitment in the Dragon City. The demand for Sword-reading Liquid was huge, and the income, abundant. More than 90% of the Sword-reading Liquid had been sold.

The remaining bottles of Sword-reading Liquid had been kept until now because Beldene hadn't wanted to sell them before. And right now, the current price of the Sword-reading Liquid could shoot up to 30, 000 divine crystals.

Zen carried a lot of divine crystals with him and thought of the Truth Library.

He had always been interested in the manual of the Truth of Eternal Sword Intent, but it was expensive; it cost about ten million divine crystals. The price was too high for Zen.

Now that Zen had a stable income selling the Sword-reading Liquid, he could easily afford ten million divine crystals.

Zen, upon entering Dragon City, went straight to the Sword Tower.

Athemar hadn't been interested in the Shade Stone. Zen was forced to think about it because it had been sucked into his physical body. However, he quelled his curiosity since it was inconvenient to check on it on the way.

In the practicing room of the Sword Tower, Zen took off his clothes and released his spiritual sense to inspect the Shade Stone.

The Shade Stone turned into a small black dot on his back. It began to spread and in only a few days, had covered half of his back.