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Chapter 194 — The Day the Flames Bowed · Oct 16, 2026

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151 Chapter 148: Ashes of Battle, Gifts of the Fallen 2026-10-16
152 Chapter 149: The Final Clash - Battle of Fate 2026-10-16
153 Chapter 150: Relic Awakened: Judgment of Fate 2026-10-16
154 Chapter 151: Truth, Lies, and a Wand in Hand 2026-10-16
155 Chapter 152: Truth Behind the Lies, Death of Raven 2026-10-16
156 Chapter 153 – Into the Abyss of Nexus 2026-10-16
157 Chapter 154 – The Truth Revealed 2026-10-16
158 Chapter 155: The Monarch of Infinite Ends 2026-10-16
159 Chapter 156 – Veil of Fangs and Fate 2026-10-16
160 Chapter 157: Requiem of the Nine Dead 2026-10-16
161 Chapter 158 – Ashes of Rebirth, Chains of Sovereignty 2026-10-16
162 Chapter 159: Ashes of the Phoenix, Chains of the Abyss 2026-10-16
163 Chapter 160: Flames, Shadows, and Threads of Fate 2026-10-16
164 Chapter 161: Forged in Ash and Ambition 2026-10-16
165 Chapter 162: The Mask of Humiliation 2026-10-16
166 Chapter 163: Weight of Flames, Broken Spark 2026-10-16
167 Chapter 164: Life of Misunderstood, Buried Smithy 2026-10-16
168 Chapter 165: Anomaly’s Secret, Hidden Forge 2026-10-16
169 Chapter 166: Enchanted for War, Cliff of Death. 2026-10-16
170 Chapter 167: Surging Strength, Bloom Before the Clash 2026-10-16
171 Chapter 168: Battle with the Guardian & The Awakened Terror 2026-10-16
172 Chapter 169: Remnants of Fire, Secrets of the Loot 2026-10-16
173 Chapter 170: Beyond Limit & Unwanted Trouble 2026-10-16
174 Chapter 171: A Spar and the Forbidden Mist 2026-10-16
175 Chapter 172: Legacy of the Mist Zone: Into the Unknown 2026-10-16
176 Chapter 173: Awakening in the Abyss — The True Ruler’s Successor 2026-10-16
177 Chapter 174: The Monolith’s Gift: Legacy War Begins 2026-10-16
178 Chapter 175: The Past Blurs, the Raid Begins 2026-10-16
179 Chapter 176: The False Veil & Beast Lord 2026-10-16
180 Chapter 177: Against the Lord: Beneath the Black Moon 2026-10-16
181 Chapter 178: Against the Lord – The Unexpected Arrival 2026-10-16
182 Chapter 179: Against the Lord: Descent of the Masked Predator 2026-10-16
183 Chapter 180: Against the Lord – Death Descends 2026-10-16
184 Chapter 181: Against the Lord – Undead and Clone Despair 2026-10-16
185 Chapter 182: Against the Lord – Clash of Anomalies 2026-10-16
186 Chapter 183: Against the Lord — The Strongest Falls & A Heart Left Burning 2026-10-16
187 Chapter 184 — Hidden Depths and the Lord’s End 2026-10-16
188 Chapter 185: Buried Before Time, Karma Returned 2026-10-16
189 Chapter 186 — The Last Gift of the Fallen Knight 2026-10-16
190 Chapter 187 — Feast of Flames, Seed of Doubt 2026-10-16
191 Chapter 188 — The Flame That Was Framed 2026-10-16
192 Chapter 189 — The Weight of Authority 2026-10-16
193 Chapter 190 — The Quiet Hand Above 2026-10-16
194 Chapter 191 — When the Mask Stares Back 2026-10-16
195 Chapter 192 — Hailcrown vs Eternal Flames 2026-10-16
196 Chapter 193 — Authority Unbound: Cinder of the Last Dawn 2026-10-16
197 Chapter 194 — The Day the Flames Bowed 2026-10-16
198 Chapter 195 — A Bargain Forged in Fear and Flame 2026-10-16
199 Chapter 196 — Birth of the Ego Blade 2026-10-16
200 Chapter 197 — Battle for the Broken Promise 2026-10-16

”You…” Her teeth scraped together. ”You thief.”

The air trembled around her.

Evan didn’t blink. Flames circled his pupils like a second pair of eyes.

”I only claimed what failed to kill me.”

The earth shuddered as his aura rose. Vela snarled.

”I don’t care for your lines. Tell me where my body is.”

His head tilted. ”Body? What body?”

”Don’t act dumb!” Her voice cracked like a burning whip. ”You can’t control my flames unless you meet my other half. You stole her. Return the body before I burn your soul clean out of existence.”

Her power spiked so violently that Kael’s skin split. Thin cracks ran across his ribs. Flame seeped from them like molten blood.

Evan exhaled.

”Oh. You mean the bird corpse from the Undead Zone. Yes, I remember.” His voice went colder. ”Useful thing. After I deal with you? Your soul will reunite with it.”

Vela’s face twisted.

”So you admit it.”

She didn’t wait for more.

The flames around her detonated.

The temperature jumped so fast the air burst with white static. The ground rippled. Trees bent away from her. Even Kael’s body groaned and warped from the raw force pouring through it.

Evan’s expression hardened.

She wasn’t the same as she had been before.

She was pushing Kael’s body past the Expanse limit.

And she was seconds away from stepping into a newly ascended Tier 1 state.

If she crossed that line, this fight would turn into a massacre.

He shot forward—

’Too late.’ He thought as he found her gone from the place.

His instincts screamed.

He threw ice across his back just as a force hit him like a falling star.

CRACK—BOOM!

He flew like a rag doll.

Trees shattered behind him. One. Three. Seven. Fifteen. Bark exploded into dust. His spine slammed into the last trunk and split it in half.

His ice shattered. His bone armour cracked open. Blood ran down his mask.

He pushed himself up, breath shaking.

Everything hurt. His ribs felt like they had been struck with hammers. His muscles twitched uncontrollably.

A faint green light crawled over his back, his healing kicking in with quiet urgency.

He lifted his eyes.

And froze.

Vela—no, Kael’s body under Vela’s full awakening—stood like a mythic beast torn from hell.

Crimson hair.

Crimson eyes.

Crimson runes carved across his skin like glowing magma veins.

A faint halo of flame circled behind him, bending the air itself.

It wasn’t a warrior standing there.

It was a divine calamity wearing Kael’s face.

”Trying to spook me by looking like a half-baked immortal?” Evan spat blood. ”I’ve killed immortals. I’ll add you to the list.”

He drew both swords.

Crimson Edge hummed in his palm.

”Hah... just a baseless lie, you’re noth...”

Vela paused.

Her flame flickered. Her pupils narrowed at the sight of the blade.

”That sword…” she whispered. ”So you really are the one misleading everyone, ruining Kael’s life.”

Her expression sharpened.

”Then I’ll break you and drag your corpse to the city myself to prove his innocence.”

She vanished.

A flame spear blinked into existence right in front of his face.

Evan twisted aside. He caught the spear with his palm. It sizzled, eating into his skin.

He didn’t stop.

He forced the spear down and swung it in a wide arc.

The air boomed.

Vela ducked beneath it and snapped her fingers.

Flame orbs erupted everywhere.

Heat rolled out in waves so thick the ground melted. Leaves curled into ash. The forest turned into a burning wasteland in seconds.

Evan’s silhouette stayed steady in the inferno.

She dropped from the sky and hurled every orb at him.

BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.

He summoned Geo energy.

Earth spikes rose like a fortress around him—

And disintegrated instantly under the barrage.

But Evan wasn’t there.

A shadow passed above her.

Her eyes widened.

He came down with both fists clasped together, aimed at her skull.

WHAM!

She crashed into the earth, forming a crater.

No time to breathe.

He dropped again, heel glowing with mana.

She rolled aside as his kick hit the ground.

The earth split into a massive spiderweb of cracks. The entire forest floor shook.

Evan summoned ice spikes, dozens—maybe hundreds.

They all melted from her aura alone.

Vela smirked.

”You think these tricks will hurt me? Even your fake strength won’t—”

”Then endure it,” Evan said, feeling sick of this situation and current state.

His voice lowered.

His aura burned.

And then—

Everything inside him exploded at once.

One talent...

Seven abilities...

Eleven skills....

A full cascade of power.

His aura roared like a hurricane made of fire and lightning. The ground bent around him. Wind circled him. Mana howled.

His strength multiplied.

His speed sharpened.

His blade shone with lightning, ice, blood, flame, lunar resonance—everything merged into a violent, tearing aura that made the world flinch.

Vela’s expression broke for the first time.

”You—your aura just—doubled—”

”This,” Evan said, ”is the best I can do without killing you.”

He disappeared.

A crater formed where he had been.

Vela sensed him too late.

He was behind her.

His blade swung.

Not the sharp edge, but with the blunt side.

Even so—

Her armour shattered on impact.

She flew.

Crashing.

Rolling.

Slamming through dirt and stone until a trench carved itself beneath her.

She coughed, crimson blood dripping from Kael’s lips.

When she looked up…

Evan was already walking toward her.

Each step cracked the ground.

And his burning eyes locked onto hers like judgment itself.

Vela conjured several flame blades and fired them forward.

Evan leapt up, almost floating, no recoil, no shock.

Vela grinned like a madwoman in a stolen body.

She lifted her hand. Tiny flame orbs appeared around Evan.

He glanced at them, unimpressed.

”This won’t work on me,” he said.

Her grin didn’t fade.

”Cheap trickster. This will prove that fakes can’t beat the real thing.”Her fingers closed.

The orbs were linked with thin vines of fire, forming a tight cage.

It was so narrow it could trap a bird.

It kept shrinking.

Evan simply watched her while hanging mid-air, as if thinking.

Then he spoke.

”Fine. You think I’m a cheap fake? Then I’ll bring out the real one.”

The cage swallowed him whole, turning into a burning sphere.

Vela exhaled in relief.

’This should corrupt him—mind, soul, or body.’

Instead, silence.

Then the sphere twitched.

Cracks flashed across its surface.

Vela pushed more force into it, but the pressure from inside was overwhelming.

Her control shattered.

The cage burst apart. Ashen flames exploded outward.

And Evan stepped out.

Not alone.

Vela looked up—froze—eyes wide.

Her sword almost slipped from her hand.

”N… no… impossible… how can she move… how can she EXIST?”

Terror hollowed her voice.

Flying below Evan was the Origin she came from.

Velma.

The true Death Phoenix.

Tier 0 Peak form—weak compared to her prime, but still a nightmare to anyone who once belonged to her.

Vela’s entire being remembered what her main body was capable of.

”No. It’s a clone. It HAS to be a clone. No one can resurrect her. That thing was bound to the body!”

She roared, manifesting a massive phoenix above her, pouring every drop of mana and authority she had left.

It looked exactly like Velma, but radiated unstable abyssal energy.

Her fear drove her power higher.

’I must escape. If she’s real, Kael will die. But how… how can she do this to me? I am her. I must run.’

Blood dripped from her lips.

Kael’s body was almost out of mana.

Her legs shook. Her vision blurred.

She launched the phoenix forward and stumbled backwards, ready to flee.

But then—

She froze.

An invisible force held the phoenix mid-flight.

Velma wasn’t even moving.

She simply willed it.

The massive attack trembled like prey under its true master’s shadow.

Then Velma opened her mouth.

Like a void.

The phoenix tried to escape, sensing the danger—but the suction dragged it in.

In seconds, the attack, its flames, and its authority disappeared.

The sky cleared.

Vela stood blank, mind empty, eyes unfocused.

Evan landed lightly.

”I expected this. Bringing Velma out was too much for you,” he said. ”But don’t worry. It’s almost time to say goodbye to the world.”

Vela backed away, tears evaporating into mist.

”No… no… It’s not real! You can’t control her! Not without removing those chains!”

”Oh? You mean this?” Evan lifted his hand.

A simple-looking chain materialised, but the aura around it wasn’t as simple as it looked.

Vela’s breath broke.

She remembered the real body trapped in those chains.

”H-how… why are you fine? Why aren’t they killing you? No… no…”

She tried to run, but Evan gave a single order.

Chains crackled behind her.

She turned—too late.

They slammed into her and wrapped around her body.

She struggled, but nothing drained.

No mana.

No vitality.

These weren’t the same as before.

She looked up at Evan.

Even behind the mask, she felt it—he enjoyed seeing her like this.

Velma retreated on her own, being full of stolen flames and authority, quietly plotting her next move without the interference of the mysterious spirit guiding her master.

Evan stepped in front of Vela.

She tried to back away, but the chains felt like mountains.

He raised his blade.

”No more talking. Let’s end this.”

He stepped forward and swung.

Vela closed her eyes.

Her main body revived.

Her existence empty.

She breathed once, wishing she had one more chance to be more than a fragment, but reality is different from dreams.

The blade cut through.

Silence settled over the battlefield.

And then—

/THUD/

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