Chapter 528: The Reckoning of the Mortal World

Kelsey was slightly stunned. She pointed at herself.

"Me?"

"Using your primordial affinity, you will inspect how well the law ecosystem has adapted to the Eight Pillars’ new organs."

Aiden looked at her. His voice was gentle, but there was a deeper meaning behind his words.

"Okay!" Kelsey nodded firmly.

...

Night fell.

At the highest point of Celestial Imperial City, golden auroras flowed across the night sky like silk.

Kelsey had been sitting there with her knees against her chest all day.

She looked up at the unfamiliar yet beautiful sky, her eyes filled with confusion.

"Mother Empress."

Kelsey turned to look at Eira beside her.

"I can’t feel that call anymore."

Eira’s body trembled slightly. She nervously took her daughter’s hand.

"It has turned into something else... like an empty place, waiting for me to fill it."

Kelsey’s voice was soft, but it carried a strange, fateful quality.

Eira’s heart ached. She pulled her daughter tightly into her arms.

"Don’t worry. We’ll take it slowly."

In the shadows beneath the city wall, Aiden stood quietly and listened to their conversation.

He stopped and did not go over to disturb them.

The secrets surrounding Kelsey had still not been fully revealed.

And the key to unlocking those secrets was definitely not on Earth.

It lay in an unknown place called the "Upper Universe" by Leon.

Just then—

At another part of Celestial Imperial City, Zoey’s eyes suddenly opened.

After Earth was reorganized, the range of her law perception expanded rapidly as the new laws spread across the world.

Buzz!

She suddenly sensed a strange disturbance in her mind.

It was three thousand kilometers north of the Great Wall.

A twisted space that had been hidden by the laws for a long time had finally revealed itself under the washing of the new law tide.

Someone was imprisoned inside that space.

When Zoey sensed that familiar yet hateful presence, a bone-chilling killing intent burst from her eyes.

"Henry..."

...

The third day after Earth was reorganized

The newborn laws spread across the world like an invisible, endless web, gently wrapping around everything.

Zoey stood quietly on the Golden Great Wall.

Brilliant law runes flowed through her eyes. They formed a vast perception network connected to the Great Wall.

Buzz!

In her field of vision, the northern region, which had been completely dark, suddenly lit up with a faint red glow.

Three thousand kilometers north of the Great Wall, a twisted space was beginning to collapse.

"Found you."

Zoey’s voice was as cold as steel.

Inside that blind spot in the laws were the surviving members of the Evil Demons Guild, who were still putting up a desperate fight.

And there was also Henry—the traitor of the Great Shaw Empire.

However, before Zoey could pull her gaze away, a blinding dark-red mark suddenly appeared at the other end of the Great Wall’s network.

It was in the very heart of the Sovereign City.

The mark remained perfectly still, like a torch burning in the darkness.

It was Felix.

The first minister of the Great Shaw Empire and the leader of the conservatives.

He had not fled or resisted. He had not even activated the slightest defensive law.

He simply sat there, like a prisoner quietly waiting for judgment.

...

The Sovereign City of the Great Shaw Empire — the Ginger family.

A light rain of spiritual energy drifted down from the sky. When it landed on the stone pavement, it created tiny ripples of law energy.

Aiden walked alone along the empty street.

He had brought no soldiers with him. He had even restrained the overwhelming pressure of an Intermediate God.

Wearing only a simple black coat, he looked like an ordinary traveler as he pushed open the long-sealed gate of the Ginger family.

Creak—

The heavy doors swung open, and fallen leaves danced in the wind.

Aiden walked through the quiet courtyard and headed straight for the study, where a faint light was glowing.

He pushed the door open.

Inside, the smell of old books mixed with the scent of tea, giving the room a cold and lonely feeling.

Felix sat behind the desk. An old, yellowed book lay open in front of him, and a cup of tea beside his hand had long since gone cold.

When he heard the door open, Felix did not even look up. He simply turned another page.

"You finally came."

His voice was calm. There was no fear or trembling in it.

"I’ve been waiting for you for a very long time."

Aiden slowly walked over, pulled out a chair, and sat down calmly across from him.

"How long have you been waiting?"

Aiden looked at the old man who had once held great power over the Great Shaw Empire. His double-pupiled eyes held a deep, unsettling darkness.

"Since the day you killed the first creature from the Abyss in The White City."

Felix finally raised his head. His eyes were cloudy, yet still sharp as they fixed on Aiden.

"I saw every step you took on your way to the top. I saw it all clearly."

Aiden said nothing. He simply listened in silence.

"Everyone thinks I’m a servant of the Abyss—a traitor who betrayed humanity."

Felix gave a bitter laugh. He picked up the cup of cold tea and took a small sip.

"But I, Felix, was born a man of the Great Shaw Empire, and I will die as one."

"I never wanted to become a slave of the Abyss."

Aiden raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? Then how do you explain everything you’ve done?"

"Compromise."

Felix put down his teacup. His eyes burned with a stubborn, almost feverish passion.

"Earth is too weak, and the Abyss is too powerful—so powerful that it makes people lose hope!"

"From my point of view, the only way for Earth to survive was to reach some kind of compromise with the Abyss."

"Whether we had to give up land or pay tribute, as long as humanity could survive, there would still be hope!"

He stared at Aiden, breathing a little faster.

"But your arrival destroyed that balance."

"You are not hope, Aiden. You are an extremely dangerous catalyst!"

"A young man growing stronger at an unbelievable and uncontrollable speed—that would completely enrage the Abyss!"

"It would force the Abyss to launch an all-out war and wipe Earth from existence!"

Felix gave a bitter smile.

"Every time I secretly stood in your way, every time I arranged for someone else to kill you, I was trying to slow your growth."

"I wanted to use your slower progress to buy humanity more time to negotiate with the Abyss."

"But I was wrong about one thing."

He looked at the faint divine aura surrounding Aiden. A trace of despair flashed in his eyes.

"I underestimated your potential. I also underestimated the Abyss’s utter lack of limits when it comes to evil."

The study fell into deathly silence.

Aiden remained silent for a long time.

Outside the window, the rain of spiritual energy seemed to grow heavier.

"You did not betray humanity."

Aiden stood up and looked down at Felix.

"But you chose the wrong way."

"You wanted to protect humanity through compromise, but you forgot one thing: the Abyss is made up of mindless beasts."

"Beasts do not compromise."

"They only need food."

Felix’s whole body trembled. In an instant, he seemed ten years older.

He slowly closed his eyes. Two tears rolled down his wrinkled face.

"I confess."

"I’m willing to die."

Aiden turned and walked toward the door.

"I won’t kill you."

His voice came from outside the study, carrying unquestionable authority.

"The reconstruction of the New Earth will need the wisdom of every human being, including those who have made mistakes."

"As for your fate, Eira will give you a fair trial."

...

That same day.

Three thousand kilometers north of the Great Wall, in a law blind spot battered by raging snowstorms—

Boom!

The newborn laws of Earth came down like a giant hammer, smashing the hidden twisted space to pieces.

Without the protection of the Heavenly Demon laws, the power of the evil demons here began to break down rapidly.

Henry knelt in the cold snow, his whole body trembling.

The Abyss’s demonic power inside him was melting away like snow, revealing his old and weakened human body.

Rip!

The void was forcibly torn open.

Aiden and Luke stepped forward side by side.

Luke’s priestly robes snapped in the wind and snow. The huge holy cross in his hands gave off a brutal, suffocating aura.

Henry slowly raised his head.

There was no fear on his face, only a numb emptiness.

"Logan..."

Henry looked at Aiden. His voice was as rough as sandpaper.

"Has he... woken up?"

Aiden’s expression remained calm. He did not answer.

Henry gave a bitter laugh. A tear of regret rolled from the corner of his eye.

The thing he regretted most in his life was not betraying the Great Shaw Empire or working with the Evil Demons Guild.

It was that his son, Logan, was still in a coma with no signs of waking.

"Luke, he’s yours."

Aiden spoke calmly and turned away.

"Henry, a sinner who betrayed humanity, must die."

Luke showed no emotion as he spoke the cold words of judgment.

"Tyrant’s Judgment—Holy Light Severance!"

Boom!

A dark golden beam of holy light, as thick as a barrel and filled with destructive force, fell from the sky and completely swallowed Henry.

There was no scream. No struggle.

Under the Tyrant Cleric’s absolute power, Henry—and all his sins—were reduced to ashes that scattered across the sky.

At the same time...

The remaining forces of the Evil Demons Guild across Earth also suffered a devastating defeat.

When Earth was reshaped, the Heavenly Demon laws were completely stripped away. The Four Heavenly Kings of the Evil Demons Guild instantly lost all their power and became helpless.

James and Gareth led the strongest fighters of the Great Shaw Empire and captured them one by one, sweeping through them like autumn leaves before the wind.

In a hidden valley—

"World of Illusions, open!"

Blinding purple light burst from Gareth’s eyes. Space instantly folded in on itself, forming countless layers of illusions.

Nether Lion Heavenly King, one of the two emperors, was trapped at the center of the illusion world.

Seeing that escape was impossible, Nether Lion Heavenly King let out a furious roar. He reversed the remaining demonic power in his body and took his own life, turning into a cloud of blood mist.

The other emperor, Dark Dragon Heavenly King, completely lost the will to fight in the face of overwhelming power.

He knelt at James’s feet, his hands trembling, and handed over a long list of Abyss infiltrators.

With that, every threat within humanity was completely eliminated!

...