[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-330":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Divine Path System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1563602,2028,"Chapter 330 - I’m Sorry","divine-path-system-chapter-330",330,"\u003Cp>\"Trash!\" Julius growled and waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The level 9s in front of him were blown away leaving only Sovereign Julius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood in front of Narcis' space ship or at least what was left of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His superhuman senses caught the countless whispers and it irritated him to no end. He turned around and saw the spectators watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something snapped in him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You all? Do you think this is a show? Scram!\" Julius' thunderous voice embedded with aura reached everyone's ears and rumbled like a thunder clap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right from the nearest spectator ten miles away to the one farthest fifty miles away, everyone was affected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the level 5s went into a coma and suffered a cerebral damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The level 6s bled in the ears and fainted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The level 7s were bleeding lightly while the level 8s had a pale face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the level 9s looked relatively normally, but if one observed closely, they would find that these level 9s' backs were drenched in cold sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, everyone, be it a level 5 or a level 9 scrambled away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evander already imposed a lockdown on the Infini City's territory and ordered an investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Narcis died suddenly and Julius Xander appeared in a few minutes. Under his order, new groups quickly arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First was three Squads of Shura Special Forces. It was too much!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To put into perspective the rarity of the situation, even Evander had to struggle to let the 6th Shura Squad attack Shadow Order's secret realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only after his promise that Bali agreed and his squad finished off Shadow Order's secret realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now three such squads descended in Infini City. Even though they were only 12th, 13th and 14th squads, considerably weaker than 6th squad, they were still best of the best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their arrival took every awakener by storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they didn't know the real menace was yet to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it did, every high awakener who had even a bit of suspicious activity under their belt prayed for their life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newcomer was Athena Group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite being one of the three pillars of Federation Intelligence Service (FIS), Athena Group was very low profile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They never made any headlines. They never gave public interviews. They didn't even have a PR team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for their website, the general public would've forgotten such a group even existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such a group was precisely every high awakener's nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they reached level 7, all their activities came under the monitoring of FIS and particularly, the Athena group. When a high awakener was found to be in cahoots with Abyssal, they were severely tortured and killed. Their families also faced severe punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn't all, but if one was ever found out about having done something harmful to the federation's interest, Athena Group had the power to immediately detain them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they could produce sufficient evidence, they could even skip all trials and directly handle the culprit as they wished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even had the power to arrest someone upon 'suspicion'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a sense, Athena Group was one of the most powerful across the federation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Athena Group head's status was a bit higher than? Evander's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the head was in a serious conversation with Sovereign Julius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We promise to dig out everything! All the spies here will be rooted out. Please calm down, Sovereign Julius. You'll have a report in two hours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hope your report will calm me down.\" Julius closed his comm and looked into the vast space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Enigma…is this your gift?' His gaze extended far as he looked beyond Earth and locked on the faint red planet. Mercury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This month, like all previous months, Enigma's traces were discovered in the ruins of Mercury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius recalled the day where he agreed to Enigma's condition. It was almost a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought he'd follow the agreement for a few years, but things changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Origin was now closer to the Sage Avenue than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Julius made a shocking discovery—His rate of progress increased after 'that' incident a few years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, even though he was hailed as the youngest Sovereign, his strength was at the bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he was unabashedly first. Of course, Sovereign Albert was closer to him in strength and was perhaps only a little weaker than him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'So what? I'll cross him in a year. At this rate, I'll only take 10 years to reach the Celestial Rank.' Julius exhaled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for Varian, he'd have undoubtedly said he'd be the first Celestial Ranker of humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Varian's speed of progress shocked him. Peak level 5 in 2 months…if he really extrapolated that speed, Varian would reach Celestial Rank in at most 5 years!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was ridiculous, and almost seemed like a prank. But Julius wasn't a man who liked variables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, despite the consequences, he eliminated Varian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also planned to get rid of Enigma once he took the next step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, for him to reach Celestial Rank and destroy Abyssals, it was absolutely necessary for Varian to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't know Varian's secrets. He ordered the dogs to stop spying on Varian after reaching the agreement with Enigma. Perhaps it was a mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mistake that costed his son's life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Narcis, you'll forgive me, right? I know. I know you will. You must be proud of me. Don't worry, I'll kill Enigma. Then also the person she's protecting—Sia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Sia's friend Sarah, her entire family and every person related to Sia, even if their memories of her are erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They'll all die.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Julius loved his son or he thought he did. But more than his son, he loved the Celestial Rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eve Xander, listen to what the Athena guys have to say. I need to spend some time alone.\" Julius said in his comm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver-white ring on his body flashed and the space around him distorted. The next moment, Julius was already tens of thousands of miles away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was going back to practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His grief and anger were already fading quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that was left was a sense of urgency. He wanted to be stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the investigation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He already knew there was close to zero chance of finding anything useful. But he did it anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he predicted, two hours of investigation dealt no results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they found out the traitor who let the assassins sneak in was the Vice Mayor of the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he had already committed suicide at that point and burnt himself locking away any chances of a Psychic peeking into his memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vice Mayor was only a puppet. And Varian's case came to an abrupt halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the Vice Mayor was one of the underlings of Sovereign Kreo. He fulfilled his mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then there was Narcis case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first group that attacked Varian weren't the same as the second one that killed Narcis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Narcis' guards were all killed minutes before the blast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The killer was also identified. It was a woman with ordinary features in the crowd of high awakeners—her identity wasn't in the federal database.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was obviously a face mask. But even Athena group's cutting edge technology couldn't crack it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disguise. Single member. Murder. Perfect Escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A typical Shadow Guardian tactic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was also typical was that Shadow Guardians assassinated only in retaliation 99% of the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, a conspiracy theory popped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian was killed by Xanders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Narcis was killed by Shadow Guardians in retaliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the Xanders used their influence to keep this rumor away from any social media.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And many geniuses dismissed the rumor. Julius Xander ordering the death of a genius? Impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some thought deeply and thought it was plausible. But still, the chances were too low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was quickly thrown at the back of their minds, as idle chatter during dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evander looked at the reports with trembling hands. It was a footage of a man spying on a 17-year old boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{Almost a year ago, one of Xander's watchdogs investigated Varian. They kept him under watch for two months but suddenly one day, they stopped.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evander's chest heaved up and down as he slapped his desk. The heavy wood desk turned to dust and a small hurricane was formed under his slap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haaa\" Evander took a deep breath and calmed himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Julius knew...he knew that Varian's true awakening time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that's why...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to fight Julius, but he knew he would lose. He wanted to attack Xanders', but he had Sarah behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same dreaded feeling enveloped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Pluto war, Evander worked hard to never experience this feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here he was, covering his face in helplessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry.\" He whispered as tears wetted his cheeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry, disciple.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1462,"2026-06-06T07:58:11.288Z",1,"novelbin.me","d71ca935aa48cba3a0c0e259e80984fe8104f91993780b0d5507aca23f0e7a05","divine-path-system-chapter-331","divine-path-system-chapter-329",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]