[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-grand-return-system":3,"chapter-grand-return-system-grand-return-system-chapter-10":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Grand Return System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1080180,1397,"Chapter 10: The Frost Reveals Everything","grand-return-system-chapter-10",10,"\u003Cp>The Frost Reveals Everything\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Divine Ice Bones!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fog curled around the peaks when Mike spoke. His words climbed higher than the wind ever could. A sharp sound, clear as ice cracking under boots. Silence listened before anything else did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shera froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes lingered on Mike before swinging slow toward Selena - mouth tight, brow folded like he’d heard a lie. The air between them cooled fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A glimmer, thin and glass-like, rested where her brows nearly met - quiet, much like ice when night light slips across it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mark of an awakened divine bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s impossible,\" Shera muttered, shaking his head. \"Back in the hall, we checked everyone. She didn’t have anything. The only one with divine bones was the one I personally accepted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind reeled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One moment she had hopes, the next nobody cared about her credentials at all. Her experience didn’t lack value - it was ignored outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Few leaders noticed at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, nobody moved ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just Leon - called the \"general without an army\" - opened his door to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So how...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What made anyone think she had sacred bones inside her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fingers twitched as Shera moved ahead, driven by the need to see it firsthand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A finger rose, then another followed slowly. His palm faced forward without hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hush came over him, eyes drifting inward. His attention tightened, vision blurring at the edges. Something shifted behind his stare, thoughts pulling farther away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy swept over the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face shifted suddenly, like a cloud blocking sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It really is a divine bone. And purer than most... this one has the potential to grow into an immortal bone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shaky sound filled his words, something bright breaking through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha... good! Another genius for our Celestis Academy. This is truly a blessing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A trace of sourness showed deep inside his gaze, though his words kept flowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She Belonged to the Amethyst Summit Division?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Leon?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasteful. Painfully so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fog settled into Shera’s expression, a shadow creeping across where light once stayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t luck that guided his choices. Always, he believed sharp eyes caught what others passed by. A quiet certainty stayed with him: nothing valuable slipped past unnoticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet somehow...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He missed this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ash filled the mouth when shame arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morning light caught his shoulder as Mike faced Selena. Slow motion filled the shift of his body toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Child, are you willing to follow me back to the Emerald Crest Division and become my student? Don’t worry - with your talent, I’ll provide you the best resources. Your future will be limitless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warmth filled his voice. A quiet pull lived inside each phrase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear curled tight in her stomach, yet a grin tugged at Selena’s lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day - when she stood there shattered and left behind - none of them lifted a finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Leon stirred her divine bone to life...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone had plans to steal her away?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She bowed lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for your kindness, Headmaster. I am grateful. But my Teacher is alone in the Amethyst Summit Division. Someone must stay and take care of him. I cannot leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Respect filled her voice when she spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She meant what she said, steady through every turn. Stillness lived in her choices, quiet but firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers pulled back, a flicker fading behind his gaze. Naturally, the unspoken note made sense - after all, Leon had never been one to need saving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet there was loyalty he noticed too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He respected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well. Since you and your Teacher share such deep ties, I won’t force you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, right. Before he went into seclusion, did your Teacher teach you any cultivation methods? Seclusion can take months - sometimes longer. It would be a pity to waste your divine bone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He meant well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d learn it from Mike, had Leon never shown her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selena nodded calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher has already taught me a Sacred Art.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shera snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hah. What Sacred Art could he possibly teach? What a pity - that divine bone will be wasted by someone mediocre.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of irritation crossed Mike’s face before his eyes turned toward Selina. His stare landed on her like a sudden chill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Child, would you allow me to see your current cultivation state?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out came her wrist, stretched slow. Then it paused there, hanging midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fingers touched it, just barely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker crossed his face, sudden. The look in his eyes changed without warning. One moment still - then a shift, sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Level four of Mana Requirement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quietly he said it, yet loud as a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shera blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mike’s disbelief deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In four days... she advanced from nothing to the fourth star?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selena looked down, not with pride, not with shyness, just calm. Quiet settled around her eyes like dust on a windowsill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear drained the color from Shera’s skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible. Let me see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He checked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His teeth pressed together hard. A sudden tightness took hold of his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... no. This isn’t real. I must be dreaming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fragments of his once towering ego fell apart, much like ash scattered by wind. The confidence gained after taking a sacred bone at Emerald Crest simply vanished. What remained was bare, hollow ground where certainty used to stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And worse:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy who once laughed at him... now sat across the room, quiet\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond what he’d once reached before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold knowing settled in, sharp and quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been laughing at Leon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, perched above the hush of that overlooked peak...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foolishness showed up most in him.\u003C\u002Fp>",929,"2026-06-03T10:40:08.506Z","2026-06-03T10:40:16.814Z",1,"novelbin.me","3dc90d454fe5915d9c36b7012c787e9ccc5ba04336afd6cf1d7666828cc0cc22","grand-return-system-chapter-11","grand-return-system-chapter-9",234,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgrand-return-system-cover.jpg"]