The elder shook his head. “I don’t know!”
“Because I intend to uproot the problem entirely-so tell me, where is your home?” Jared’s tone was ice-cold.
Braxton heard this and was momentarily at a loss for words. Thorley burst into hearty laughter. “Jared, you‘re awesome! That’s exactly how it should be!”
The black-robed elder, meanwhile, simply froze in place, dazed beyond belief.
Kill me if you must, but why drag my family into it?
There isn’t even a deep blood feud here, does really need to wipe out my entire line?!
“I… I have no home!” blurted.
The words had barely left his mouth when his body detonated, flesh and bone scattering as his divine soul was obliterated.
Just then, Jemima’s expression changed drastically. “Something’s wrong! My father and the others are in danger!”
The jade pendant on chest pulsed again and again with a furious red glow.
“Let’s go!”
No sooner had Jared spoken than seized Jemima by the wrist, and the two of them vanished into the distant sky.
Within Second Heaven, Jared was already an invincible presence, no longer had the slightest need for caution. With the power wielded now, could flaunt his strength without restraint.
By the time Jared and Jemima reached the Murray residence, the estate was ringed by an impenetrable wall of cultivators.
Douglas, his face ashen, stood with the disciples of the Murray family, sending what feared was a final farewell to his daughter.
“Disciples of the Murray family, hear my command! This is our final battle. Remember, better to die with honor than to surrender in disgrace!” Douglas delivered his last rallying cry.
Every disciple nodded grimly, and just as they braced themselves for a desperate last stand, a terrifying aura hurtled toward them from the heavens.
Boom!
With a single earth-shaking blast, every cultivator besieging the Murray grounds exploded where they stood, their divine souls wiped out in an instant.
Douglas and the entire Murray family stared, slack-jawed, at the scene before them. They had no idea what had just happened. Nor could they fathom where that devastating aura had come from.
“Mr. Douglas, could this be the blessing of some deity, our ancestors manifesting to protect us?” a stunned disciple gasped.
“Forget the ancestors, it was Jared…”
Jemima‘s voice drifted over, and the next heartbeat saw and Jared materialize before the crowd.
“Jemima!” Douglas exclaimed, overjoyed to see his daughter alive and well.
“Father, are you all right?” Jemima hurried forward, worry etched across face.
“I’m fine. You just said it was Mr. Chance, was that terrifying aura really his doing?” Douglas could hardly believe his own words.
“Of course it was. Jared saved all of you,” Jemima affirmed with a nod.
Douglas regarded Jared in awestruck silence, though Jared’s cultivation had soared to the Wandering Immortal Realm Level Five, the power had just displayed seemed to surpass even the peak of that realm.
Amazement quickly turned to elation, with Jared backing them, the Murray family could walk anywhere in Second Heaven with heads held high.
In the days that followed, Jared, wielding nothing but a single sword, swept through every faction in Second Heaven. Beneath the crushing weight of his dominance, the realm at last returned to a hard- on peace.
And because Jared stood firmly behind both the Murray family and the Eighth Hall, those two powers rose overnight to become the greatest forces in the entire Second Heaven.
The two forces divided the entire Second Heaven between them, and the relationship linking those families instantly grew extraordinarily close. After all, both Jemima and Jhaelyn were women beloved by Jared, so it was only natural for their families to move into ever, closer alliance.
Once every matter in Second Heaven had been settled, Jared made up his mind to head for Third Heaven.
When Jemima and Jhaelyn heard the news, an unmistakable look of dilemma flickered across their faces. They understood all too well that, given their present strength, they simply could not make the journey to Third Heaven.
The celestial energy there was far denser, and the power of law raged with far greater ferocity, without sufficient cultivation, stepping into Third Heaven would be no different from lambs walking Into a tiger’s den.
“Don’t worry,” Jared said, smiling faintly as caught the worry clouding their expressions.
Light blazed from the Dragonslayer Sword in his hand, golden radiance pulsing along the blade in brilliant waves.
Drawing a deep breath, summoned every ounce of power within his elixir field and cleaved toward the empty sky.
