[{"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-958":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},1242502,1669,"Chapter 958: He Absorbed the Curse","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-958",958,"\u003Cp>Ethan frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he slowly released his own power—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>letting it extend outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Make contact with the sphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>resonance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood-red sphere suddenly began to shake violently, as if answering his existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a splash sounded behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien rushed in with several Thalaryn warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment they saw the blood-red sphere—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>everyone’s faces went sheet-white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien surged forward and seized Ethan by the shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t touch it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice carried a fear Ethan had never heard from him before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s a Demon Pearl.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air seemed to freeze solid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien stared at the sphere like it might lunge at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In our legends, it isn’t power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a curse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone who tries to control it—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"gets devoured by it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan looked at the sphere in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still pulsing slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still responding to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Responding to his power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no fear in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And—want.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said softly, \"That’s only because they weren’t strong enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn’t hesitate again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward hard and grabbed the floating Demon Pearl with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant his fingers closed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it felt like he’d seized the core of a real star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scorching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so cold it burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two completely opposite temperatures slammed into his palms at the same time, surging in like a frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ethan—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien had just opened his mouth, but it was already too late to stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan drove the sphere into his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pallid, bone-white power detonated outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t ordinary light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like energy from a higher tier of existence—almost sacred, yet so terrifying it triggered fear on instinct—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>spreading from inside Ethan’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air warped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seawater beneath his feet slid away in absolute silence, as if it was afraid of something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every Thalaryn present went stiff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d never seen anyone—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>dare to absorb a core at this level with their own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s body gave a slight tremor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His back bent subtly, and for the briefest moment his shoulders seemed to soften, his whole outline changing just a fraction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so fast it could’ve been a trick of the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ethan felt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep in his consciousness—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>something had been awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Ethan...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice, incredibly faint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s pupils snapped tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Lily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only for an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That bone-white power surged away from the depths of his body, flowing in another direction—as if a higher-authority existence had taken control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of it was taken by her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then it sank back into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s breathing turned ragged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His chest rose and fell hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel it clearly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what remained in him was only a small portion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that portion was completely different now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No rampage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it carried a unity he’d never felt before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energies inside him that had come from different sources—crystal core power, evolution power, deep-sea power—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>began to fuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer repelling each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rotated slowly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>forming a stable core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the massive shark-beast suddenly started convulsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its enormous body began to contract in a jerky, unnatural way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like it had lost the very source that held it together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muscle collapsed inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bones gave off dull, snapping fractures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flesh withered fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like an empty shell drained of every last trace of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan lifted his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze had changed completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a trace of hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, he raised his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That newly fused power gathered in his palm. The air let out a deep, thrumming hum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beam of energy, compressed to the absolute limit, erupted in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It punched straight through the shark monster’s back, tearing open a massive gash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move,\" Ethan said, voice low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He led the Thalaryn out of the creature’s body at top speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they burst back into the open sea—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>everyone stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That monster that had towered like a mountain—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had shriveled completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was more than ten times smaller now, floating there...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>withered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>like a dried-up corpse abandoned for centuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s over...\" Ethan murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t let his guard down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new energy core inside him spun up fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power in the surrounding waters began to converge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge sphere of energy took shape above his head—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>spinning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>compressing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>growing more and more unstable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he chopped his arm down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy sphere slammed into the shark’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shattered instantly, exploding into countless fragments—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>destroyed so thoroughly it had no chance of reforming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Ethan finally let out a real breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned, ready to enter the Thalaryn energy barrier with Thalorien.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the sky suddenly lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not with ordinary light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With something far more dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dull explosions rolled down from high above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air began to vibrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away, ripples spread across the ocean’s surface in unnatural rings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a bolt of lightning fell from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t normal lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a single color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was braided blue, purple, gold, and silver—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>like living energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the center of that lightning—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>someone hovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Handsome features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A calm expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like he belonged to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blue gemstone hung at his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It rotated slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each turn released fresh lightning—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as if he himself was the source of the storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s whole body tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared up at the figure wrapped in thunder and slipped into combat mode on instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was starting to understand something—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this deep sea was far more dangerous than he’d assumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a short span of time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>two monsters had appeared back-to-back—each one capable of wiping out all of Thalaryn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a third.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this one felt even worse than the first two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a real person who commanded thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy in the air turned restless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s breathing slowed, measured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his muscles were primed to explode at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a hand pressed down on his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t move,\" Thalorien said under his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan glanced sideways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thalorien’s face was serious, but there was no hostility in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s not an enemy,\" Thalorien continued. \"He’s one of ours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1068,"2026-06-05T15:15:58.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","9e6e8fbf7408c4a9935427a5488fda67d77b1696e5f15d2be32ddcf5ef46da7d","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-959","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-957",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]