Inside an ordinary second-tier cave residence within Peaceward Fortress, Luo Chen quietly reflected on the five battles he had fought over the past few months—the clash with the Overtide Devil Flood Dragon, the Scorching Flame Sawtooth Shark, the Heavenly Star Bull, the Blood Lantern, and finally, the merman. Against the flood dragon, he had been overconfident and was forced to assume his Sky Roc True Form to bring it down. The battles that followed had all been perilous as well, yet still within his expectations. Only the Heavenly Star Bull had truly caught him off guard; its mana reserves had been absurdly vast, almost unreasonably so. In Luo Chen's view, even a ninth-stage Adept would have struggled to match it.0

The Infinite Blaze Prison had offered some restraint, but not enough against such an opponent. It was in the heat of that battle that he figured...7