[{"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-936":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},1242392,1669,"Chapter 936 936: Just an Envoy from Purgatory","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-936",936,"\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>RUMMMMMBLE—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world groaned around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily stood at the edge of that massive rift tearing through sky and sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gales howled, waves thrashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Infernal Essence pouring out from the depths of the rift whipped through the storm, merging into an invisible torrent that surged straight into her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her aura skyrocketed—fast enough to watch with the naked eye, layer after layer stacking in real time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad,\" Lily murmured, though clear disappointment laced her voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But this amount of Infernal energy… still not enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes narrowed slightly, gaze cutting straight through the churning ocean like it wasn't even there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kardamon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've already hoarded the majority of the Infernal Essence in this region.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't blame me for coming to take it myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the words left her lips—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive pale-white greatsword materialized in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No charge-up. No buildup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She simply swung it down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the ocean split.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not waves. Not spray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire sea surface tore open—sliced straight through to the abyss below, leaving a chasm so deep it swallowed light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that rift rose a foul, twisted aura—thick with fear, greed, and something far worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shape was dragged up from the depths, forced into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn't be described as humanoid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body was a tangle of mismatched limbs and stretched proportions. Scales peeled into raw flesh, armor fused with skin. Its eyes still wide with fresh panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You… what the hell are you?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its voice cracked with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you have that kind of power?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily didn't respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She simply raised her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That pale-white force erupted outward, expanding like a cage of light—silent, flawless, unbreakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It swallowed the creature whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kardamon's body locked up instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that crushing stillness, the horror hit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made no sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd remained in the deepest corner of the Nether Sea for ages—devoured every trace of Infernal Essence he could find.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The great sea beasts? All drained dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, he should've been unstoppable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, he was a monster—a force that could bury nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this woman—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just lifted a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And froze his body, mind, and power in a single breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True fear shattered his composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panic surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kardamon suddenly jammed his claw-like hand into his own chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sickening tear—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ripped out a blood-red gem, cracking muscle and bone to free it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment it hit open air, the world recoiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reality warped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A darker, deeper force exploded from within the crystal—wild, chaotic, far more ancient than anything on the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't just Infernal Essence anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power from the Infernal Abyss itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump. Thump. Thump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a colossal heartbeat, the impact rattled sky and sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waves of power slammed into Lily's radiant cage, disabling it one pulse at a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fractures spiderwebbed across the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was close to shattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kardamon's eyes flared with desperate hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his free hand, he drew a long sword from within his own torso and slashed—aiming not to fight—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Straight through the gap in the broken ocean, he tried to slip away while the rift held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Kardamon's blade was about to tear open an escape route through the rift—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily closed her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No shout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a single, effortless motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the world dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That massive rip in the sea—the one she'd carved open—snapped shut like someone had slammed a door from the other side. Reality collapsed inward, folding tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fractured barrier around them didn't just hold—it compressed, imploded, then rebounded as a solid, impenetrable cage, sealing Kardamon and every thread of his power inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK, WHOOSH—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwave rocked the ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kardamon's expression froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All trace of hope, of victory, erased in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he felt it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something was being pulled from inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not just strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It went deeper than that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sense of self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire existence began to peel away. His flesh unraveled, bones creaked and groaned under unseen pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was when true fear took hold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-Wait—please—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kardamon's voice cracked, desperate and raw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I—I know where the gate is! I can lead you to Purgatory's entrance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The power there… all of it, it's yours! Just—just let me live!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spare me—I—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily never answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her aura soared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not in rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as if she no longer needed to hold anything back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suffocating pressure sank through space like gravity multiplied a thousandfold, pinning Kardamon in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Lily raised her hand again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crimson gem—the one Kardamon had torn from his own chest—ripped free of his grip, as if snatched by an invisible force. It dropped into her palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was left of Kardamon exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flesh, bone, and the last tainted sparks of Infernal energy shattered all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even a scream remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily looked down at the gem, eyes flat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice carried open disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just an envoy… from Purgatory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And he dared call himself a king here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her words landed like a hammer in Ethan's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because… Kardamon—that thing—had terrified him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet Lily called him \"just an envoy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant… there were worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn't let himself keep thinking. He couldn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overwhelming Infernal Essence that had soaked the air just moments ago began to dissipate rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ocean calmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky cleared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if none of it had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Ethan move—floating slowly to Lily's side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…That thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You knew him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily gave a small nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This world,\" she said quietly, \"isn't as simple as you thought.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze drifted outward, past the sea, past the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, her tone felt… still. Measured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Nether Sea looks distant from Emerald Castle,\" she continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it's not its own Plane World.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's just a part… of this world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that part's true origin—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lies on the other side.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In Purgatory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood part of what Lily had said… but something didn't sit right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, this world had always been part of a progression—a stage to clear. A massive zone, sure. Dangerous, yes. But still just another checkpoint in the campaign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strong enemies, high-level threats—defeat them, conquer the region, move on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn't supposed to be this kind of scale involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This much depth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This much... implication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cleared his throat quietly, keeping most of that to himself. Whatever was going on here wasn't something he could solve just by pressing harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he shifted focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy surged through his core, racing outward until it bloomed above him in the open sky—a strange and haunting Black Rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The petals unfurled slowly, absorbing every trace of Infernal Essence that hadn't yet dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if drawn by instinct, the residual demonic energy tore free from the air and dove toward the rose, spinning into it in dark, endless spirals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a matter of seconds, the rose had grown several times larger—swollen with corrosive essence, every petal gleaming like obsidian soaked in starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>",1196,"2026-06-05T15:15:54.167Z",1,"novelbin.me","83ba5a4a6b4471e56fe440e083f927606fd3905b43207517b4e5fb1cb9c2e921","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-937","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-935",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]