Volume 11 Chapter 100 The Nightmare Commences. Web Spun in the Dark.

Expecting to outrun two Divine Realm adepts when you weren’t one yourself was suspending reality. The monster running through Nieyao used alleys, roofs, blockades and secret paths without needing to think to compensate for its lack of speed, only stopping once it reached the interior of a dark building and could no longer sense Abels or Moyan Luohou’s presence.

The monster spawned flames on its hands so that it could view its demented reflection in the water pooled on the ground. “Moyan Luohou recognised me, didn’t he…?” To say he had no issues with his appearance would be lying, but he enjoyed it more than he thought he would. Perhaps being recognisable with its appearance was something to celebrate - To Gewu, that was.

Merely thinking back on what had transpired hours ago lit a fire in his chest. The defeat at Feng Xue’s hand and the humiliation Ming Feizhen subjected Gewu too broke the camel’s back.

Although Sky Palace did put Gewu in an authoritative and influential position, he had to work for the majority of what he had. Nieyao, soldiers, the four sons of Pangu… all of them were things he earned. Nieyao existed from the beginning. He established his army over the years. Pangu’s sons were born in Nieyao, so they weren’t a gift from Sky Palace.

Sky Palace gave him the blueprint for how to exert his power, but they didn’t provide him with the power. While