Morten nodded. âCanât you?â
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Jade brushed her bangs aside like an embarrassed little girl. âI donât think this is a universal ancient
language.â
âIt is.â
âQuit lying. I know more than half of them.â
âItâs like our language now. Thereâs the simplified version and the traditional version. According to the
era, there are other differences, such as the oracle bone script, bronze script, or a small seal script.
This was the writing used during the Middle Bronze Ages.â
Jadeâs pretty eyes blinked awkwardly as she felt her face heat up. Her disciple, of all people, was
teaching her about different writings.
âWhat does it say?â
âHmm, itâs like classical literature. Let me translate for you. It says⦠Gaea was envious that the Grand
Priest could command all the demons. But in contrast, she was slowly losing her status and powers.â
âShe was no longer a necessity to the demons. In order to regain her place as queen of demons and
her control of them, she planned and led the Fuzen War intending to extinguish the Siepata and the
priest.â
Jade butted in, âThen what Andariel said was all true?â
Morten said, âProbably! Thereâs mention of the three demons of Xavion Tomb here too. The
misbehavior of Andariel and the others during the Middle Bronze Age and how they persuaded the
Emperor to act cruelly were all planned. It was so that the Emperor would lose the peopleâs trust.â
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âWar could be then triggered easily, and the Siepata would be sacrificed in the process too. Finally,
Gaea would regain the power of all demons, while Andariel and her sisters would become her
scapegoats.â
As he continued reading further, Morten finally found what he was looking for.
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âThe Heavenâs Mark!â
âSo the Heavenâs Mark really exists. According to that, itâs three hundred miles from here. Peacock
Heavenly King plans to risk destroying most of his soul by escaping through Heavenâs Mark, and when
the time is right, he will come back to take control of this tower.â
âItâs signed by the Peacock Heavenly King, Yuâ¦â
Mortenâs eyes glared widely in disbelief as he read until the sign. âYuno? The Peacock Heavenly Kingâs
name is Yuno?â
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Jade questioned. âWhatâs wrong with that name? You know her?â
Morten said, âYuno is Phoebe Larson!â
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âPhoebe? Oh⦠I remember, your woman.â Jade was shocked too.
Sheâd met Morten through Phoebe, never expecting the woman to be the Peacock Heavenly King.
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Jade asked, âCould it be the same name?â
Morten shook his head. âNo! I remember some things that further prove sheâs Peacock Heavenly
King⦠Uhm, Phoebe is actually possessed by Yuno now. Sheâs temporarily taken over Phoebeâs body,
but she promised me if I reached Spirit Severing in three years, sheâd set Phoebe free.â
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âWithin three years? But itâs been two years already! Whatâs your cultivation level now?â
âCore Formation!â
âYouâre joking?â
âI have three thousand golden cores.â
âWhatâ¦?â
Jade was stunned and obviously didnât believe Morten. No one in the world could possibly have three
thousand golden cores. She wouldâve believed him more if he said that he had three thousand eggs.
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Nonetheless, she used her Chi to look inside Mortenâs body and had a clear view as Morten spun his
golden cores around for her to see.
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âDo you really have three thousand golden cores?â
âAre you still human at this point?â
Morten said, âRight back at you, youâre not human either! Youâre a titan! Speaking of titans, the first
thing that comes to my mind is a gorillaâ¦â
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âDo you have a death wish?â
âOuchâ¦â
Jade kicked Morten tens of meters away and landed in the ruins. As he crawled back up, he had
something in his hand. It was a box.
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âHuh, whatâs this?â