On one of the mountain peaks inside the cave world, Carson—who had recently attained the rank of half-immortal and emerged from seclusion—sensed the sudden onset of a formidable aura coming from the Green Emperor's Pagoda. It stretched for hundreds and hundreds of miles.The aura was so strong that it seemed to warp space and suspend time, and even a practitioner as mighty as a half-immortal would find themselves feeling dread when faced with such prowess. Sensing the resounding roar of the radiant solar spirit within his upper energy core, Carson rose to his feet and glanced in awe at the direction of the Green Emperor's Pagoda. "What's happening?"Carson knew that he and the other five elders would never be able to gain such powers even if they attained half-immortality in quick succession. The ability to seal space and freeze time could no longer be described as being a mere divine technique.After a moment's contemplation, Carson swiftly deduced that the sole inhabitant remainin

Severin's voice reverberated through the hall, stunning Amethyst and the others. They soon snapped back to their senses and sprang from their seats."Severin!""Have you completed your seclusion?"Severin nodded and entered the hall at a leisurely pace. He glanced calmly at Carson and the others and began, "I just so happened to have made a breakthrough and gained some insights into the great path. I can take on this mission to the Eastplain."Spending over half a year in seclusion within the Green Emperor's Pagoda had left Severin feeling a little restless and uneasy. Meditation was not the be all and end all of attainment—comprehending one's path required a balance between effort and relaxation.As a half-immortal, his solar spirit and physical body had reached completion, leaving only mana as the final step.Unfortunately, that was no easy feat.Severin followed the path of his own creation, the Hidden World Creation Art, which allowed him to form an inner world within his bo

Carson and Willette were just about to come to Severin's aid when the scene that unfolded before them left them speechless and dumbfounded."Just how strong is he? He put in nearly zero effort to subdue that half-immortal puppet," Carson exclaimed in shock as he was overcome with turmoil.They had both suffered at the hands of Wendigo's puppet and barely escaped with their lives, but Severin had reduced it to ashes in just a single move. Such strength was frightening, to say the least.Willette, who was still reeling from the shock, gulped and asked, "Have you become an immortal?"He understood the Wendigo puppet before them to be immensely powerful, as his combined effort with Carson was not enough to breach the puppet's defenses, let alone defeat it. One could imagine how shocked Willette was when Severin had annihilated it so effortlessly."Not yet," Severin replied, smiling faintly at their astonished expressions. He had just attained half-immortality, completed the second of

Abner gulped and his eyes widened. He rubbed his eyes and wondered if he had been hallucinating. The corpse puppet, whose power was comparable to that of several half-immortals, had been destroyed with relative ease by Severin!Alaric, who wielded a pair of swords as his divine protective weapon, stood stunned at Severin's feat. As he glanced at the corpse that had sliced in half and noticed that its primal spirit was all but destroyed, he muttered blankly, "It's…dead?"Abner and Alaric looked at Severin in horror, as they had the honor of experienced Severin's master over time and space. With space sealed and time frozen, it was as if all physical matter had ceased to exist in the world, leaving only the presence of their consciousness. It was an almost omnipotent power that would send chills down everyone's spine.After confirming that the puppet had been genuinely destroyed, Severin withdrew the domain that had had frozen using his space-time path. The Golden Balance Bridge benea

Meanwhile, Severin battled against the biting cold wind and pressed forward with a determined look. The icy gusts of the ancient icefield assailed him, lashing his entire body and leaving him riddled with wounds. Yet, Severin was impervious to the pain. He was driven by a singular determination to continue moving forward.Behind him, Carson and Willette exchanged a glance while guarding him. They had noticed the distinct lack of fluctuations in Severin's mana which gave the impression that Severin was just an ordinary mortal.Carson began to notice something amiss with Severin throughout the entire journey. From his initial perplexity when Severin chose to walk like a mortal in Eastplain to their trek across the icefield, Carson found himself increasingly astonished by Severin's demeanor. That stemmed, in large part, due to the face that Severin's aura could not be sensed at all, regardless of how much he sensed it!If Severin was not walking right before his eyes, then Carson might