Lingering Shadows Pavilion’s aftermath ignited the Shen dynasty into incandescent chaos.
Patriarch Shen Yuehan clung to existence by a thread, physicians shaking their heads, murmuring of marrow-deep, gelid corruption devouring his organs—beyond celestial remedy. Shen Yaoyang’s lips blistered with anxiety, eyeing Qin Hao as if he were a plague-bearer. Shen Qingxue barricaded herself within her Stellar Tower sanctum, three shattered terminals testament to her volcanic fury. Her features, a glacial mask etched with venom, darkened further as exhaustive probes into Qin Hao and the Paramount Card yielded nothing—firewalls unscalable, encryption levels terrifying, the Gray Nest itself obliterated, nearly consuming her! That refuse! What fathomless abyss spawned him?!
Shen Qingwu drifted in
