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Chapter 494 End of an Empire · Sep 29, 2026

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454 Chapter 454 Grand Ocean 2026-09-29
455 Chapter 455 Lifeless 2026-09-29
456 Chapter 456 Swat 2026-09-29
457 Chapter 457 Armed to the Teeth 2026-09-29
458 Chapter 458 Lighting and Metal 2026-09-29
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461 Chapter 461 Power of a Law 2026-09-29
462 Chapter 462 Meeting up 2026-09-29
463 Chapter 463 Wind Machine 2026-09-29
464 Chapter 464 Iʼm Busy 2026-09-29
465 Chapter 465 Wind Focus 2026-09-29
466 Chapter 466 VROOOM 2026-09-29
467 Chapter 467 Imperial Citizen 2026-09-29
468 Chapter 468 Twilight Duchy - Repaired 2026-09-29
469 Chapter 469 Overseer 2026-09-29
470 Chapter 470 Nobodies 2026-09-29
471 Chapter 471 Quasi 2026-09-29
472 Chapter 472 Acceptance 2026-09-29
473 Chapter 473 Ceiling 2026-09-29
474 Chapter 474 Walls 2026-09-29
475 Chapter 475 Domino 2026-09-29
476 Chapter 476 Storms 2026-09-29
477 Chapter 477 Karmic Lines 2026-09-29
478 Chapter 478 Historic Storm 2026-09-29
479 Chapter 479 Metal and Wind 2026-09-29
480 Chapter 480 Gifts 2026-09-29
481 Chapter 481 Rival Business 2026-09-29
482 Chapter 482 Advanced Food 2026-09-29
483 Chapter 483 Power of Fire 2026-09-29
484 Chapter 484 Crazy Comprehension 2026-09-29
485 Chapter 485 Out of Nowhere 2026-09-29
486 Chapter 486 Super Weird 2026-09-29
487 Chapter 487 Incomplete 2026-09-29
488 Chapter 488 Level Two Law 2026-09-29
489 Chapter 489 An Offer 2026-09-29
490 Chapter 490 The Boring One 2026-09-29
491 Chapter 491 Regrets 2026-09-29
492 Chapter 492 Defeating an Empire 2026-09-29
493 Chapter 493 Eight 2026-09-29
494 Chapter 494 End of an Empire 2026-09-29
495 Chapter 495 Hunters 2026-09-29
496 Chapter 496 Happy for Them 2026-09-29
497 Chapter 497 New Ether 2026-09-29
498 Chapter 498 Grey Flame 2026-09-29
499 Chapter 499 Fun? 2026-09-29
500 Chapter 500 Creations 2026-09-29

Chapter 494 End of an Empire

Emperor Winterfireʼs Core Spark and his heart shook more and more.

Suddenly, his heart started to hurt as parts of it tore.

The Ether was just too much!

The amount of Ether entering his heart was far too much for it to handle!

It was like a strong farmer was force-feeding his chickens by shoving balls of seed into their throats and keeping them down.

The chickenʼs stomach expanded more and more, and to deal with the increased density, the farmer had to use more force.

The pressure increased more and more until…

BANG!

Emperor Winterfireʼs heart ripped and leaked blood.

His eyes opened wide in horror, and his Core Spark quickly retreated to its usual position.

”No!” he shouted in horror as he noticed that bursts of Fire Ether came out of his body.

His body was leaking Ether!

The Ether from the Ether Essences entered Emperor Winterfireʼs body with more speed, but it was just transformed into Fire Ether, which quickly left his body again.

Within seconds, the Ether Essences lost their power and fell to the ground.

The purple streams vanished.

The surroundings had reached extreme temperatures, but the hot air was scattered by the wind into the surroundings.

That was when Emperor Winterfire noticed that the other six points in his body turned black.

They died!

In horror, he witnessed as the black spots in his body were broken down by his body like any ordinary injury.

Some seconds later, his body recovered.

It looked the same as before the attempted breakthrough.

Emperor Winterfireʼs heart also recovered, and he returned to his usual condition.

For several seconds, he just looked forward in shock.

He couldnʼt believe it.

He had seen it!

He had seen his advancement!

He had been so close!

And yet, here he was, feeling just as powerful as always.

Nothing had changed.

The people looking on could tell that something had gone wrong.

Emperor Winterfire didnʼt seem elated.

It was clear…

The advancement had failed, and the price…

The onlookers looked at the dim Ether Essences, which were slowly collapsing into individual stones.

The price had been enormous.

With nine total Ether Essences, the last couple of years had been a golden age for the people.

Getting their hands on Ether Crystals had never been this easy.

Hundreds of people had advanced inside the Third Realm, and thousands of new people had entered the Third Realm.

Ether Crystals had not been a rarity anymore.

And now…

They had one. When they had still been at war with the Skysand Kingdom, they had four Ether Essences, and they had also managed to secretly harvest the Ether Crystals from some more Ether Essences.

In total, they had had the output of about five Ether Essences.

And now?

One.

One Ether Essence remained.

The one beside the Winterfire Empireʼs capital.

It was the last Ether Essence they had access to.

Sure, new Ether Essences would appear, but that took several years, and they could appear anywhere.

There was a theory that said that 90% of Ether Essences were actually at the bottom of the Grand Ocean, and there was a high chance that some of them would also appear there.

No one said anything.

Emperor Winterfire just looked at the ground with a mortified expression.

The onlookers werenʼt sure what they should do.

Minutes later, Emperor Winterfire lifted his head and looked at his most powerful people.

In his mind, he saw images of the future.

He had destroyed the resources of the world.

Without his actions, many more people would have become stronger.

He had taken something that would have benefited millions of people, and his power had not grown for it.

An intense headache assaulted Emperor Winterfire.

A familiar pain.

The second level of Karmic Punishment.

After he had won the war, the prosperity of his people had given him enough Karma to cure the headache.

But now, he had destroyed everything.

The misery he had given the world with this act was worse than anything he had ever done.

His future was dark…

It wouldnʼt stop at the second level of Karmic Punishment.

The third one would come soon, and with time, he might also be the first human to experience the fourth one.

It was over.

His life was over.

Silvester must have felt the flow of Ether.

Right now, Emperor Winterfire was still safe since Silvester probably believed that Emperor Winterfire had reached the Fifth Realm.

But that wouldnʼt last.

Silvester and his son would arrive, and then…

It would all be over.

Emperor Winterfire felt a dark hole opening up in his chest that swallowed all brightness in the world.

It was over.

He had missed his chance.

He had gone past his peak, and he would never reach his peak again.

It was all downhill from here.

His life no longer had any meaning.

Might as well just end it.

Emperor Winterfire summoned Yin-Fire in his Center and removed his will from it.

His Center was freezing, but he barely felt it. He closed his eyes in acceptance.

The Yin-Fire raged.

And then…

It calmed down.

Emperor Winterfire gasped in horror as he instinctively regained control over it.

Some seconds later, he put his head in his hands, and finally…

Tears came out of his eyes.

”I…” he whispered in a shaky voice.

The onlookers looked at Emperor Winterfire in horror.

”I…”

”I canʼt kill myself,” he said, lifting his tear-stained face to look at his followers.

The onlookers felt his pain.

”I canʼt do it!” Emperor Winterfire shouted.

”Imperial Majesty,” one of them said, stepping forward. ”Please, you must-”

The person turned into an ice statue as a burst of Yin-Fire came over him.

The others looked at the frozen statue in horror.

Emperor Winterfire hadnʼt even looked at the man when he froze him.

At that moment, terror appeared in their hearts, and they fled.

But then, a silent wave of Yin-Fire spread across the surroundings.

White.

The world was covered in white.

A frozen and silent wonderland of winter.

Beautiful ice statues frozen in horror adorned the winter garden.

The crystallized trees didnʼt make any sounds in the light breeze.

Emperor Winterfire watched in pain as his headache intensified.

Then…

He ran.

He didnʼt know where.

He just ran.

It didnʼt matter where.

Anywhere but here.

Hours later, the aftermath of the failed advancement was found by some people.

Over the next days, the Winterfire Empire collapsed.

Uncertainty ravaged the world.

There was no leader.

Their glorious empire was gone.

Now, there wasnʼt even a Kingdom left.

Just a couple of scattered organizations.

What followed was a chaotic era of civil wars.

And Emperor Winterfire?

Nobody knew where he was.

They wished their Emperor back, but he was gone.

And he would never return.

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