An Understated Dominance

 Just then, a series of slightly chaotic footsteps came from the edge of the ruins, breaking the deathly silence. “Someone’s here?!” A-Long immediately tensed, barking out a low warning. The remaining guards swiftly gathered and shielded Margaret. Dustin also lifted his gaze slightly. His spiritual sense flowed out like liquid mercury, sweeping across the surroundings before settling again. It seemed he had already noticed. A group of people carefully walked out from between drifting smoke and fallen giant pillars. The three leading the group were none other than the three princes who had been separated on the island earlier— Li Wenxing, Li Guanglong, and Li Juntang ! The soldiers behind them had been reduced in number, and those who remained were all injured, their clothes torn, their faces exhausted. Clearly, they had encountered many dangers on their way. The three princes looked extremely bedraggled—robes ripped, hair crowns askew, faces smeared with dust and blood. They had fo...

 The chaotic currents and seven-colored immortal radiance swirling around Dustin slowly withdrew, gradually calming until all returned to stillness. He felt the vast, star-sea–like immortal essence within his body—mighty yet perfectly responsive to his will. But instead of joy, his heart was heavy and complicated. Because this power came at a terrible price: the complete self-sacrifice of Xuan Chengzi and the young mountain-spirit child— two living beings who had given up everything. His gaze swept toward the place where their figures had vanished. Only faint specks of blue-yellow light remained, flickering like the last fireflies of a summer night— stubbornly glowing, as if expressing both reluctance and hope. Dustin faced the empty air and bowed deeply. This bow honored their sacrifice— their guardianship— and the righteous spirit that, though their bodies had perished, remained forever in this world. “Senior… little friend… rest easy. The monsters here have been purged.” His voi...