[{"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-930":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},1242386,1669,"Chapter 930 930: You Have Returned","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-930",930,"\u003Cp>The nine-headed drake clearly hadn't expected Ethan to move that fast—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone that he could maintain the bell's power while simultaneously conjuring something as devastating as that radiant sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain and fury exploded together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unleashing every ounce of power in its vast, monstrous body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air turned heavy. The world shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High above, a colossal phantom of the drake formed in the sky—its body etched in writhing shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this wasn't just elemental force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Woven into it was something older. Stranger. A corrupt, ancient rune energy that pulsed through the projection like a curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It clashed with the golden rune hovering near Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the moment their powers collided—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blast was deafening. Space writhed and tore open, cracks webbing outward like shattered glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwave hurled both of them backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan was forced back through the air, but his expression stayed icy sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as he skidded through the sky, he raised one arm—and flung an Energy Disc straight at the recovering beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drake's eyes flew wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hadn't expected that—not after a collision of that scale. Not from someone who should've been struggling just to stay in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because for the drake... that last exchange had already burned through everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its reserves were empty. It had nothing left to block with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It braced its massive body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TEAR!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disc slammed into its abdomen, tearing open a jagged wound across its scaly gut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its inner energy gushed out in chaotic waves, totally out of control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan was already closing the gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't pause. Didn't speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second holy sword, forged of pure golden light, bloomed in his grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second head dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, the drake's voice trembled with something too raw to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Impossible…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was fear now. And disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That rune's power—it's ancient! Left behind from the First Age…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one—no one—can fully control it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its remaining eyes locked on Ethan like they could rip answers straight from his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did you do?! How are you using it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn't answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just raised the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swung again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The holy light arced downward. But this time, the drake flinched away—jerking back just in time to avoid the strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The movement drained the last drops of power from its shredded form. It floated, haphazard and weak, chest heaving under the pressure of keeping itself aloft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was finished. And it knew it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it backed into open air, too far to retreat further, Ethan was already there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No grand move. No technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a clean, relentless swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the final blow fell—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one of the beast's nine heads remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once-majestic titan was torn nearly to the bone. Its entire body covered in gashes leaking dark, foreign energy, now unraveling like it was being rejected by the world itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It panted in short, panicked bursts—what breath it still had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And where there had once been snarling fury in those many eyes, there was only fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And pleading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please… let me go…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last head lowered, voice trembling. Small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I held the ancient dark rune… all I wanted was to steal the light, that's all…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Words tripped over themselves, desperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've mastered it. It's yours now. I won't challenge you again. I swear—if you'll just spare me… I'll give you the dark rune too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything. You can have it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just don't kill me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's eyes held no emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flat. Cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A silent tide of power rolled out from within him—slow, steady, massive. Like the weight of a hidden ocean, it surged outward, wrapping the nine-headed drake in invisible pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I kill you,\" Ethan said quietly, \"everything you have becomes mine anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with those calm words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of his power erupted at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blinding light swallowed the last of the drake's colossal body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within that intense explosion of energy, its form unraveled in seconds—bones, flesh, even soul—shredded and dissolved into nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a trace left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A heavy stillness settled over the skies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only for a breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost immediately, a massive black rune began to manifest in the air. It drifted downward, slow and precise, its aura the dark inverse of the golden rune—but no less ancient. No less powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan steadied his breathing and stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fingertips brushed against the rune—and it trembled slightly in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, that dark power surged into him like it had been waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It fused directly with the golden rune's energy already inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two opposing forces, light and shadow, twining through his body—but instead of conflict, there was balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlikely. Unreal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But stable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan felt his strength skyrocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body brimmed with deeper reserves. His perception sharpened to clarity beyond clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was brushing the edge of something—an unseen line. One more step, and he'd break through again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could think further—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground below went utterly still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From every direction, the tribespeople who'd been waiting near the outskirts had dropped to their knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foreheads pressed to earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bodies trembling in worship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the wild clans from the jungle had spilled out and knelt beneath the cliff, their chants rising up as one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh Great One!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their voices were raw with awe, edged with feverish devotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have not abandoned us! You have returned to this world!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The runes we've guarded—our lives, our strength—everything is ready for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan froze, startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This... was not what he expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the offerings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Armfuls of energy-infused mineral ore were brought forward—laid one by one in perfect rows before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each stone pulsed with intense power, its surface etched in strange runes that flickered as if alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vmm…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel the density of the energy inside them. Dangerous levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the runes held it all sealed. Quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward, lifting one hand, rising into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with nothing more than a thought,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stones began to rise in unison, drawn toward him like leaves in a current.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, the pattern-sealed runes flared, dimmed, and cracked apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then: energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure, undiluted force—liquid light—streamed directly into Ethan's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no resistance. No instability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It settled into place like a missing puzzle piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like this was where it belonged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like he was where it belonged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below him, the warriors of Emerald Castle could only watch, stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had followed Ethan into the wild, but nothing could have prepared them for this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ferocious tribal clans—all of them—bowed like zealots at prayer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Ethan, floating above the earth…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked less like a person now, and more like a natural law given form. A king the world itself accepted without question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the distant horizon, a sound like a blade tearing silk rolled across the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhhrrip—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin fracture opened in midair, like reality itself had been cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And out of that crack—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Runes poured forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glowing sigils flooded through the breach, drifting down around Ethan in a shimmering cascade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rain of stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And every single one hovered near him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Awaiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Responding.\u003C\u002Fp>",1199,"2026-06-05T15:15:54.167Z",1,"novelbin.me","b4e62e0d941eea10a860aaf7601e2e4198caa162e1cd3862923e30c21d0cca49","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-931","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-929",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]