[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-mystic-calling-stone-of-glory":3,"chapter-mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-670":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Mystic Calling：Stone of Glory",{"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},1242076,1669,"Chapter 670: Submit? In Your Dreams","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-670",670,"\u003Cp>The chorus of flattery and bootlicking echoed one after another,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>making the man feel a little drunk on his own power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Launch a full-scale assault—right now. I don’t care where the entrance to this space is. If we can’t find it, then blast one open.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the order was given,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the army behind him erupted with a thunderous roar,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their battle cries shaking the very air as they surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—BOOM—BOOM—BOOM—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew how much time had passed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but they actually managed to tear open a breach on the outer edge of the valley—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a jagged wound in space itself,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and it looked like they were just about to force open a new dimensional passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re asking for death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"ROAR!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a violent surge of power exploded from within the breach,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>instantly reducing two soldiers who’d gotten too close into nothing but shredded meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seraphina and Sycaron burst out of the rift like twin storms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura radiating from their bodies was overwhelming,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>darkening the sky and blotting out the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a flash, more than a dozen attackers were dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You bastards really have no shame,\" Sycaron shouted, voice booming like thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t you know this is Emerald Castle territory?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You think you can just waltz in and start a war?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, a massive golden Celestial Dragon shimmered into view behind him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>its divine form coiling in the air like a god descending to judge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back on his throne, the man slowly opened his eyes—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the moment he did, a crushing wave of dominance rolled out from him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>blanketing Seraphina and Sycaron in its suffocating grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power they’d just unleashed vanished in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sycaron collapsed to the ground,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his bones cracking and popping under the pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... this can’t be,\" he gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you have such a dense Dragon God aura?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seraphina was pinned in place too,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>completely unable to move a muscle,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her strength sealed away like it had never existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a ripple tore through the air,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a surge of raw, overwhelming power exploding in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shattered the man’s oppressive aura like glass,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and out of the rift stepped Ethan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>leading the full might of the Emerald Castle army behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Ethan laid eyes on the man, he froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His system blared with warning after warning—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this guy’s power level was off the charts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>17th Tier. Peak stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s breath caught in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up until now, the strongest he’d ever encountered was mid-17th Tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this was the first time he’d seen someone at the absolute pinnacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tharadon!\" Ethan suddenly shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re royalty, aren’t you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How the hell do you have the nerve to come here and try to steal our territory like some damn thug?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tharadon blinked, clearly surprised Ethan knew his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you’re their leader, huh?\" he said with a smirk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, that makes things easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kneel before me. Swear your loyalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serve me as your master—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and I’ll make sure you rule the Umbral Abyss without fear or rival.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan clenched his jaw so hard his teeth ached, veins bulging at his temples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never bowed to anyone—and he sure as hell wasn’t about to start now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Submit? In your dreams.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, a violent surge of energy erupted from deep within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire space trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He crossed his arms in front of him, channeling power into a massive energy sphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It swelled rapidly, like a star core on the verge of collapse, swirling with chaotic, unstable energy that looked ready to devour everything in its path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get the hell—OUT!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a furious roar, he hurled the energy sphere forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM—!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blast detonated midair, warping the space around it like shattered glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Tharadon was caught off guard—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the sheer force of that attack... it was on par with his own!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he didn’t realize was that Ethan had tapped into the energy pulse of the entire spatial world behind the rift—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>using the dimensional passage as a conduit, he’d drawn in a torrent of raw power and funneled it through himself in one explosive release.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Interesting,\" Tharadon muttered with a cold smirk, a flicker of excitement flashing in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura surged in response, erupting into a torrent of gold and deep blue energy that shot straight into the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two forces collided in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—BOOM—BOOM—!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwaves tore through the sky like a divine hammer,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>light and flame twisting together in a violent dance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>thunder and storm ripping across the battlefield like the end of days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waves of energy crashed outward like a tsunami,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the ground crumbling beneath their feet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>black cracks spiderwebbing through the air itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK—CRACK—CRACK—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very boundaries between the two spatial worlds began to warp and twist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s pupils shrank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s working!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without wasting a second, he grabbed Seraphina and Sycaron, pulling them back as he sealed the spatial passage behind them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>leaving only a translucent window, just enough to observe the battlefield from a safe distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy, now without a stable outlet, went berserk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power spiraled out of control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth split open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the air was shredded into ribbons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tharadon instinctively retreated,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but his subordinates weren’t so lucky—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they were swallowed whole by the raging energy storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan fought to steady his breath,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his hands moving like a master puppeteer, weaving the threads of spatial energy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>reinforcing the barrier again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roar of destruction went on and on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the explosion finally died down,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the sky was left scarred with jagged, twisted rifts—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>like lightning had carved open wounds in the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan exhaled slowly, his face pale, but a faint smile tugged at his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew exactly what he’d done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d orchestrated the entire thing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>using the backlash of unstable energy to make Tharadon believe he possessed some kind of uncontrollable, apocalyptic power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far off in the distance, Tharadon stood frozen, his face dark with shock and unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was rattled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected Ethan to unleash something so devastating...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and clearly, he hadn’t realized it was all a calculated bluff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his mind, there was no such thing as energy backlash—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the concept of power spiraling out of control didn’t even exist in his worldview.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it... I didn’t think these outsiders would be this strong,\" Tharadon muttered, his voice low and grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send word to my father—tell him to dispatch more elites. Now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aide didn’t dare hesitate and rushed off immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Obsidian Dynasty—one of the few ruling powers in the Umbral Abyss—was a terrifying force,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>controlling vast swaths of the core regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the smaller factions around them relied on their protection just to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tharadon, a spoiled royal brat with a taste for chaos, had set his sights on this new spatial world—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and he wasn’t planning to leave empty-handed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Ethan, after summoning more of his forces, quietly moved to the outer edge of the spatial barrier to observe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, Tharadon’s army was still camped outside, showing no signs of retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn’t waste time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ordered his people to go full throttle—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>summoning wave after wave of reinforcements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew how long it had been,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the energy within this pocket world was already more than half drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Emerald Castle army now stretched as far as the eye could see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, most of them weren’t high-tiered individually—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but together, their combined force was nothing short of terrifying...\u003C\u002Fp>",1261,"2026-06-05T15:15:48.245Z",1,"novelbin.me","c263676df6cf4dc7f56034196fd68c621930c6d4865b2466681286ffd6a398e3","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-671","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-669",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]