[{"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-1421":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},1088770,1419,"Chapter 1421 - 803: Bren’s Fall","i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-chapter-1421",1421,"\u003Cp>Under the dome of the Spider Heart Temple,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>black-gray webs layered like living vines wrapped around the Legendary Mage Bren, forming a spidersilk cocoon twenty meters in diameter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crystal stone lamps embedded in the temple walls cast a ghostly blue glow, reflecting a dark red halo of rune patterns on the webs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire space was filled with a sweet and sickening scent of blood and sulfur, nauseating yet fatally alluring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bren’s body was wrapped in thousands of layers of webs, cocooned with only his face exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skin glistened with a blue-gray metallic sheen, and web-like runes appeared on his forehead; ghostly blue magic firelight and black-red abyssal power formed counteracting halos in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The protective barrier flowed over his skin like liquid mercury, each ripple of magic power causing violent tremors in the webs ensnaring his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiny spiders crawling on the webs moved slowly across Bren’s body, their sharp limbs able to tear small magic power fragments from him as they scraped against the threads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These ghostly blue fragments, once detached, were immediately tainted by a foul aura, turning into black-red sparks that seeped back into Bren’s body, forming web-shaped scorch marks on his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abyssal power climbed along the web patterns like a viper coiling around its prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where the black-red energy flowed, the air boiled into a purplish-black mist, releasing an extremely pungent smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time the abyssal power touched the protective barrier on Bren’s body, it produced an ear-piercing sound similar to acid corroding metal, leaving web-like cracks on his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands twitched uncontrollably, and magic bullets fired from his fingertips disintegrated upon contact with the webs, dissipating into the air, thick like liquid webbing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the depths of the Spider Heart Temple, an indistinct hissing came from the Abyss East Gate, resonating with Bren’s convulsions and causing the entire web structure to vibrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the tiny spiders on the webs turned their compound eyes towards Bren, the eight eyes reflected the image of his progressively disintegrating protective barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When strands of abyssal power tried to breach the protective barrier, Bren’s skin began to turn transparent, revealing internal organs infiltrated by web-like structures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a creaking sound, like young spiders gnawing on decayed wood, emanated from inside Bren’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His protective barrier showed fine cracks, like glass about to shatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost spiders on the temple walls collectively changed direction, their transparent abdomens lighting up, projecting an illusion of Bren bound by webs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the illusion, his skin transformed into semi-transparent webs, revealing black organs pulsating beneath the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, black blood oozed from Bren’s fingertips, absorbed by the webs upon touching, nourishing the threads to become tougher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As abyssal power continued to permeate, web-shaped cracks appeared on Bren’s face, each crack flickering with unstable magic sparks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bren saw clearly that the webs entangling him were indeed the materialized threads of Rose’s divine power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were completely penetrated by these webs, he would utterly lose himself and become a prisoner of the Dark Elves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As abyssal power slowly eroded Bren, the Dark Elf Queen Spine stood not far away in the temple, staring intently at everything happening on Bren’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, in three other directions in the Spider Heart Temple, stood three Dark Elf Legends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless webs extended from their bodies, swirling towards Bren.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of Spider Queen Rose also accompanied these webs, accelerating the erosion of Bren’s magic power and mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing more web-like imprints appear on Bren’s body, the excitement on Spine’s face grew increasingly intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a Legendary Mage!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a Legendary Member of the Pan-Continent Mage Association at that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she could control the \"Bitter Reciter\" Bren and turn him into her puppet, advancing the master’s plans would become much smoother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was more intelligence from within the Pan-Continent Mage Association or a betrayal at a critical moment, it was quite significant for the Dark Elves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spine was very clear on the master’s arrangements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spider Queen Rose had already invested a lot of power in the Forbidden Fortress Donovan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the master had received assistance from those other great beings, the vastness of the involved regions made it impossible to allocate more power to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... Spine was very aware that she needed to face the Pan-Continent Mage Association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to some special channels, she was well informed of the terrifying power of the Pan-Continent Mage Association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the underground city, relying on the terrain advantage, she could still parry the Pan-Continent Mage Association to some extent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she left here, she would hardly withstand the full-force attack of the Pan-Continent Mage Association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was assuming the three Councilmen of the Pan-Continent Mage Association do not show up, and those two... no!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without deploying those three terrifying Floating Cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the master’s task for her was merely to secretly attack the Pan-Continent Mage Association’s personnel and create chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spine, however, needed to perform outstandingly in order to earn the master’s favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This way, she could receive more power from the Spider Queen Rose as a reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she could control this \"Bitter Reciter\" Bren, it might even catch the master’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However... the resistance of this \"Bitter Reciter\" Bren was truly tenacious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To support so long under the master’s mighty power?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, it’s all right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spine looked at Bren, her eyes filled with greed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stronger the resistance, the stronger the power of this Legendary Mage!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The benefits of successfully controlling him would be greater!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, under the erosion of the master’s power, everything he did was ultimately futile.\u003C\u002Fp>",930,"2026-06-03T10:58:56.132Z","2026-06-03T10:58:59.955Z",1,"novelbin.me","6356639d649a8e7aae3ac466ed700c6fe875983f2806f4d70ec178a8ee4d8b53","i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-chapter-1422","i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-chapter-1420",1658,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-cover.jpg"]