[{"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-957":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},1242501,1669,"Chapter 957: It Refused Him","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-957",957,"\u003Cp>Ethan’s whole body went rigid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recognized that voice instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it didn’t sound like her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was colder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Older.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And threaded through it was something that made Ethan’s skin crawl—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>hunger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The power on that little girl is extremely rare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s heart slammed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The danger he felt wasn’t coming from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was coming from inside his own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily’s voice hit again—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>an iron command that didn’t allow refusal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, Ethan’s body didn’t fully belong to him anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands moved on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They clamped down on the little girl’s shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the devouring began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purple-red Soulforce poured into him in a violent surge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t a gentle merge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a flood forcing its way in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His meridians tore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His bones shuddered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His vision was swallowed by purple-red light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan tried to seize control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This power was far beyond what he could تحمل—what he could endure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cracks split across his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light leaked from the fissures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body teetered on the brink of collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>deep inside him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>something woke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vortex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It appeared without sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had no visible form—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet it was undeniably there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the out-of-control Soulforce got yanked into it by force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devoured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s breathing gradually steadied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he felt it clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That vortex hadn’t just eaten the Soulforce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had taken a piece of his own power too—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>like some existence collecting its price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan understood at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was her power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The devouring ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl went completely limp, consciousness snuffed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phoenix phantom dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the core space began to collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a new presence descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire space suddenly became heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if the ocean itself had turned furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien’s face went bloodless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s here...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space split open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive silhouette slowly emerged from the rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shark—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but not anything that belonged in the category of \"normal life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body was covered in black abyssal patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With every breath it took, surrounding energy flowed toward it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning crawled along its form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seawater retreated before it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t inside the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sea was inside its domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien’s voice trembled. \"This is... one of the deep sea’s rulers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have to retreat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ethan didn’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes locked on that existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside that monster was a power even purer than the last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Older.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the same time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>more valuable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan activated his Powered Combat Armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light rippled across the armor’s surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy began to gather again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d lost part of his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his battle instinct was still razor-clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t back off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the other side had already locked onto him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan lifted a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Energy Disc formed in his palm—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>spinning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compressing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stabilizing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snapped his arm and threw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disc sliced through space, streaking straight for the monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shark didn’t dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It only opened its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abyssal energy condensed in its jaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it fired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s pupils shrank sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not from fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the simple fact that—he couldn’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible force spread out from the gigantic shark-beast, like a massive unseen hand clamping down on his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seawater around him began to swirl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a natural current.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A forced pull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His arm trembled. His muscles locked tight—yet he couldn’t retreat even an inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like he didn’t belong to himself anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like he belonged to the monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s heart sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t brute suppression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was—a domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shark’s huge eye rotated slowly, fixing on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The absolute control of a predator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a streak of silver-white light tore through the water!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien’s voice boomed like thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body erupted with blinding radiance. The water around him shook violently, and a spear formed in his hand—condensed entirely from pure energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hurled it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear ripped through the sea with destructive force and slammed into a depression above the shark-beast’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the monster let out a low, pained hiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the force binding Ethan—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like an invisible hand abruptly letting go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s body snapped backward. The water started flowing normally again, and he sucked in air hard, chest heaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One second later, and he honestly wasn’t sure he wouldn’t have been dragged alive into that thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as he was about to fall back for good—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his gaze stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the front of the shark’s head, near its snout...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there was a裂口—a split.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a normal wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin, narrow seam, like some structure that hadn’t fully closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flesh around it wriggled, trying to heal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s breath caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It reminded him of the deep-sea monster from earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Same place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Same structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Same—path leading inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thought snapped into shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t part of its outer defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an entry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An entry into its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s eyes went cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped retreating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And moved forward instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body rose slightly in the water, hovering as an Energy Disc condensed in his hand again, its edge blazing with sharp, dazzling light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power kept piling in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>until the air—no, the seawater itself—started to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ethan! Don’t—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien didn’t even get to finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan was already moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Energy Disc slashed down with annihilating force, carving straight into the seam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seam ripped open instantly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shark-beast shrieked, ear-splitting even through the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that split second—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan became a bolt of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shot inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness swallowed him whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No seawater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a heavy, slow pulsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan landed on something soft, something that kept faintly writhing under his boots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was thick with dense energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blood-red sphere floating in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About the size of a fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its surface flowed like liquid, slow and hypnotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With every pulse, it released a violent ripple of energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s breathing sped up on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That thing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was calling to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body took a step forward without thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible force blocked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not an attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rejection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the sphere itself was refusing to let him come any closer.\u003C\u002Fp>",1064,"2026-06-05T15:15:58.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","202f65e0c68ac8d680ddb9de2959c4808817f5961628f6f891e73c70416de941","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-958","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-956",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]