[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea":3,"chapter-i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-chapter-1401":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means",{"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},1088750,1419,"Chapter 1401: 793: Underground City and Magic Beasts","i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-chapter-1401",1401,"\u003Cp>Chapter 1401: Chapter 793: Underground City and Magic Beasts\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the early morning, when the first ray of dawn pierced through the forest mist, the slumbering mountain woods gradually awoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun, like a diligent painter, lightly brushed every leaf with its golden strokes, transforming the night dew into curling light smoke, slowly rising and eventually dissipating into the azure sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This tranquil and peaceful scene heralded the beginning of a new day, but for the villages surrounding Gray Stone City, today held an unusual significance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was the monthly market day in Gray Stone City, the busiest time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the best day for buying and selling, with caravans and circuses from other regions coming to Gray Stone City, adding a different atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Villagers emerged from their wooden houses, setting off early with their prepared goods towards Gray Stone City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People from the same village generally set out together, with their wares loaded onto carts, looking out for one another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The adults carried the recent harvest from the mountains, perhaps a few plump wild rabbits, boars, and animal skins, or clusters of ripe berries, fresh mushrooms, and herbs, all precious resources for exchanging essential goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few children also joined the villagers’ group, looking forward to the more prosperous Gray Stone City compared to their village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That well-known Gray Stone City was a trade center nestled at the foot of the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For these villagers who lived off the land, Gray Stone City was not only a place to sell mountain goods and exchange for copper coins but also an important link to the outside world and a source of essential supplies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever market day arrived, the city was always bustling with voices, lively and exuberant, with various goods dazzling in a dizzying array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And today, they set out even earlier, calculating in their hearts how to use the fruits of their hard work to exchange for the black bread at home, which, though a bit stiff, could fill the stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps, they might even indulge in bringing back some sweet malt sugar for the children as a reward for their little efforts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, everyone unconsciously quickened their pace, as if arriving just a step earlier could earn a bit more hope and add a measure of happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as they finally approached Gray Stone City, and the familiar silhouette gradually appeared, an ominous premonition quietly arose in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, although Gray Stone City’s walls were not tall, they were solid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially on market days, the city gates were always bustling with traffic and people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet at this moment, the scene before them left them astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city, once vibrant, now appeared like a dead city, shrouded in a heavy gloom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The low city walls were mostly damaged, as if heavily struck by some great force, with stones scattered all over, some even flung several yards away, exposing the bluish-grey stones of the wall’s interior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city guards that should have been on duty had long disappeared without a trace, leaving only a desolate emptiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more shocking was the pervasive, intense smell of blood in the air, causing people to involuntarily cover their mouths and noses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A closer look revealed mottled bloodstains on the city walls, some dried and dark red, others still fresh, slowly trickling down, forming shocking pools of blood on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These bloodstains silently recounted the fierce battles that once occurred here, forcing one to imagine what kind of massacre could have ravaged this once bustling city beyond recognition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some bold villagers ventured into the city only to find the situation even more harrowing and unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once lively city had been reduced to a dead silent ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering this devastated city, all they could see was decay and desolation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buildings within looked as though rampaged by wild beasts, with nothing intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walls cracked, bricks scattered, roofs collapsed, and doors and windows barely hanging on, looking as if a mere breeze could topple them entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every building seemed like an old man groaning in pain, silently narrating its unbearable agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was filled with a nauseating stench of blood, thick and pungent, making it seem as though it could smoke out all one’s internal organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This smell bore the scent of death, a testament to the bloody disaster this city once endured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking around, the entire city showed no sign of human life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Streets that were once bustling were now empty, leaving only an eerie silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood streamed over the ground like rivers, pooling into bloody lakes that glimmered with an eerie light under the faint sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fragments of corpses scattered everywhere added to the horror of the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those incomplete limbs seemed to have been gnawed ruthlessly by ferocious beasts, shattered and ghastly to behold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every bone shard, every drop of blood, told of the life this city once had and its current destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene, the villagers were terrified beyond measure, with no thought of exploring further into Gray Stone City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shouting, they ran out without a care for their children or their goods, urgently fleeing back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kane Floating City,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A temporary meeting?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lis looked at the message on the Magic Screen in front of him, somewhat surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is happening?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the scheduled decision meeting of the Legendary Council was only held a few days ago, what urgent matter required a temporary meeting of the Legendary Council?\u003C\u002Fp>",905,"2026-06-03T10:58:56.132Z","2026-06-03T10:58:59.955Z",1,"novelbin.me","46e7146ba3ff7ab42872cfa9eec301d78c5b7b56d6345b707789aaa6cc8e630e","i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-chapter-1402","i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-chapter-1350",1658,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-cover.jpg"]