[{"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-882":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},1242438,1669,"Chapter 882: From the Place No One Returns","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-882",882,"\u003Cp>Ethan drew in a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew—dragging this out any longer was pointless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fighting on would only waste strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, there was only one move left: retreat. Pull back, regroup, wait for the next opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began channeling the last of his energy, ready to disengage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space around him shifted—violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like an invisible hand clenched down on the battlefield, warping the very fabric of the air. The flow of space froze, twisted, locked in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every escape route—gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s pupils shrank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He realized it instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This entire space was now under Varkhan’s control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His life—was in the enemy’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this moment on, it wasn’t a question of if he’d be killed, only when.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And while he was pinned in place—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield spiraled into chaos again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both armies clashed in a fresh wave of brutal combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy blasts tore through the sky, light and fire colliding in a storm that lit up the heavens like a burning canvas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But reality was suffocatingly cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vorgar Empire’s power was overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their ships rained down fire with terrifying density. Their battle armor tech was generations ahead of anything Emerald Castle could field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this kept up—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn’t just be defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be annihilation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s jaw clenched so hard his teeth nearly cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Couldn’t watch everything he’d built with his own hands be crushed right in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No time to hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forced every last shred of energy in his body into his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A volatile sphere of raw power formed instantly—unstable, dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was practically a suicide move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ethan had no other choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hurled the energy forward with everything he had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden, reckless attack caught the enemy off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vorgar elites instinctively gathered their power, trying to block it head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A heartbeat later—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two forces collided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explosion ripped through the sky, a shockwave beyond words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan felt the backlash slam into him like a warhammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body lost all control, flung like a ragdoll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smashed through layer after layer of defenses—buildings, energy barriers—until finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He plummeted into the deepest part of Emerald Castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord—!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cry tore through the battlefield, freezing countless hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every gaze snapped toward the spot where Ethan had vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear. Disbelief. Despair. It all spread like wildfire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several core commanders erupted with power, blasting away nearby enemies as they charged toward the impact zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when they got there—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan had fallen into the castle’s energy core sector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive lake of raw power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d built it himself—personally overseeing the extraction, fusion, and compression of high-tier energy from countless worlds to form the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, he’d planned to use it to forge a new power system—one that could rapidly boost the Tier and combat strength of everyone in Emerald Castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the project had been shut down early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy was too wild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary soldiers couldn’t even scream before the liquid energy dissolved them into nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A death zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one dared step foot inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan had fallen in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, the battlefield went silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the roar of grief and fury, raw and unstoppable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it—!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They killed our Lord!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It wasn’t enough to invade our home—now they want us to die on our knees?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shouts of rage erupted across the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reason burned away in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone from Emerald Castle snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They no longer cared about survival. No longer counted the cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They unleashed everything they had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They surged into the sky, charging the enemy head-on, fighting with a desperation that bordered on madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vorgar forces reeled from the sudden counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t expected this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after losing their leader, Emerald Castle still had this much fight left in them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that fury—no matter how fierce—was still fragile in the face of overwhelming power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High above, Varkhan hovered in the air, watching it all with cold detachment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression didn’t shift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly raised one hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blinding white energy sphere formed in his palm, pulsing with lethal force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flicked it forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A swath of Emerald Castle’s soldiers vanished in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just a bunch of clowns,\" Varkhan said, voice flat and icy. \"And they dare struggle in front of me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his other hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second sphere formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a third.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More and more white orbs gathered around him, each one radiating violent, crushing energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky darkened under their glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emerald Castle’s forces were thrown into chaos. Even with their full strength unleashed, the pressure from those white spheres was suffocating—utterly overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elira’s heart sank as she watched. A flicker of fear crossed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She launched into the air, golden light flaring behind her as the massive silhouette of the Divine Sovereign Moth unfurled—majestic, divine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was clearly planning to intercept the white spheres herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she wasn’t alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other Emerald Castle commanders shot into the sky as well, pouring every ounce of power into a massive energy barrier, trying to hold back the force that threatened to consume them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, the tide couldn’t be turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varkhan’s power had already surpassed anything they could have imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On paper, he was only mid-31st Tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the energy he was unleashing—this was peak 31st Tier, no question. It crushed every attempt at resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We don’t fear these invaders!\" Elira’s voice rang out, fierce and clear. \"We are our Lord’s loyal blades! Today, they die with no grave to claim them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as she finished, she pulled several energy capsules from her belt and swallowed them. Her Powered Combat Armor surged to its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others followed suit, one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the air itself seemed to freeze under the pressure of their combined power. The battlefield tensed, the final clash looming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as both sides braced for the decisive battle—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A low, rumbling gurgle echoed from deep within Emerald Castle’s core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a strange and powerful force erupted from the depths, spreading upward like a shockwave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every eye turned toward it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That place—was supposed to be a death zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who fell in never came back out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, from that very place, a surge of life force was rising—thick, vibrant, impossible to ignore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before anyone could react, a thunderous boom split the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire sky trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure shot upward like a comet, piercing the clouds, hovering high above the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power poured from him in waves, wild and unrelenting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky itself seemed to tear open around him, shrieking with a high-pitched hum, as if the universe was shaking in his wake.\u003C\u002Fp>",1119,"2026-06-05T15:15:51.880Z",1,"novelbin.me","5eab92301a1490781aefd13dff17da2c76ffdfe4d37bc295a3c858c687748c1e","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-883","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-881",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]