[{"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-718":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},1242324,1669,"Chapter 718 718: Heart of the Volcano","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-718",718,"\u003Cp>The blood-colored wind still howled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan and the Bloodfiend Lord hovered in deadlock, suspended in the sky as if the world itself had stopped breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bloodfiend Lord's gaze was glacial—like death itself peering down from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Ethan had absorbed the blood orb he'd thrown, the Lord hadn't summoned another. A flicker of unease now danced behind those pitch-black eyes, edged with caution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind cut off like a blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that breathless instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A streak of gold tore through the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An arrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It carved an impossible arc through the clouds, trailing divine fire, and slammed straight into the Bloodfiend Lord's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't have time to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light and blood exploded from the impact, blooming into a roiling fireball at his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's eyes lit with fierce resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shot forward like lightning, the air shrieking in his wake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a blink, his hand was pressed to the Bloodfiend Lord's forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power surged like a dam bursting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden energy poured from Ethan's palm, flooding into the Bloodfiend Lord's body—ripping, burning, annihilating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The towering figure convulsed violently. Skin split. Bloodflames erupted in wild, uncontrolled jets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—he collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once-mighty form crumpled into a pulsing mass of flesh and blood, twitching faintly like something half-alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand. A single point of light flared at his fingertip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mass detonated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light and blood scattered like meteor shards, but the core—the densest, most potent fragment of energy—was drawn straight into Ethan's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air rippled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside him, the power churned—fusing, reshaping, devouring and rebuilding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His bones felt like they were being reforged. His blood burned like molten gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every energy channel in his body rewove itself, tighter, stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he opened his eyes again—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world had changed color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His presence no longer belonged to the mortal realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far below, the battlefield still raged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fairy and Bloodfiend forces clashed in a storm of light and shadow, their collisions echoing like a thousand thunderclaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—something shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange pulse rippled outward from Ethan's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't just power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new dominion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment it swept across the battlefield, every Fairy turned their gaze skyward—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And saw him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure suspended in the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden dragon coiled behind him, blazing like a second sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And below him, the Bloodfiend Lord—reduced to ash in the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a long moment, the Fairy host was silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then someone roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then another. And another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wings of light unfurled in unison, forming a vast tide of gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For our world—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky ignited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black flame and golden radiance collided, tearing a rift through the heavens itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tide had turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the battlefield, blood and light blurred into one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bloodfiends' roars faded into the smoke. The monsters that had once made the world tremble now lay broken and charred, their bodies crumbling into ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fairies stood among the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one cheered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange silence hung in the air, heavy and wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of the Fairies were glowing—not with victory, but with a flickering red light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bloodfiend energy still coursed through them, clashing with their native spirit-light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light and blood, locked in a war inside their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some dropped to their knees, writhing in pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others screamed, clawing at their own skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And some simply dissolved into dust—gone before they could even cry out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn—\" Ethan's heart lurched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shot back toward the battlefield, eyes sweeping across the chaos of light and pain below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both hands extended, and the power of the Fey Sovereign surged from within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden threads spilled from his fingertips, weaving through the air like a net of light, threading through every writhing, broken figure on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't an attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a mending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light stitched together the clashing forces inside each Fairy—binding spirit-light and Bloodfiend energy, coaxing them into balance. Bodies that had been moments from collapse began to still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the soft hum of flowing light remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan hovered above it all, arms open, golden radiance streaming from his body to the earth below, touching every anguished soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minutes passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fairies' ragged breathing began to steady. The wild flickers of red dimmed. Their light settled into something calmer, something whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan finally drew the power back into himself, exhaling slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at the lives he'd just pulled back from the edge—his expression unreadable, caught between relief and something heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft rustle, like leaves in wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, the Fairies dropped to their knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a quiet shimmer, they released their life sigils—glowing runes that floated into the air like fireflies, circling Ethan in a slow, reverent orbit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Long live the Master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cry rose in waves, echoing like surf across the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan froze for a moment, stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he slowly raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden light flowed from his palm, merging with each of the runes in turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A silent pact was sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Fairies—once the gentlest of all races, whose songs could coax flowers to bloom and whose breath could revive dying trees—now bore bloodstained wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no going back to that peaceful world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their future was war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan understood that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he accepted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the next few days, he traveled the shattered remains of the world, seeking out every surviving Fairy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To each, he offered the same pact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To each, he gave a portion of the Fey Sovereign's power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he was done, a golden-red army had gathered behind him—radiant, disciplined, and terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were a storm made flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fusion of light and blood had forged them into something new—something strong enough to shake mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stood above them, a faint smile tugging at his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With you at my back,\" he murmured, \"even Sky Citadel should start to tremble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as he turned to leave, the ground shuddered beneath him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep rumble rolled in from the distant mountains—low, primal, like something ancient stirring in its sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A volcano erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Molten rock spewed into the sky, a pillar of fire and fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surge of raw energy blasted outward, so intense that even Ethan's brow furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shot into the sky, a streak of lightning, and hovered high above the inferno.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, in the heart of the volcano, he saw it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An egg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It floated in the lava, untouched by the heat, pulsing with a slow, steady rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its shell shimmered with crimson-gold veins, glowing faintly with each tremor—like a heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden light wrapped around the egg, lifting it gently from the molten sea and into his waiting palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1137,"2026-06-05T15:15:48.805Z",1,"novelbin.me","728aabb86c9f63e16f0190767c52c13901a93a650fcffcb5f931580e13a13e95","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-719","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-717",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]