Lord of the Stars
Chapter 1860

Beside the Abyss (Part 2)

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Mora felt like she was about to fall, yet she lacked the will to resist. Instead, her thoughts were in turmoil.

About a month ago, during the Hundred Peaks Monarch incident in Lake City, Ronan had "advised" Mora. He said that her situation was similar to Hundred Peaks Monarch's: both used a Central District akin to a "Fantasy Configuration" to govern an overly cumbersome and redundant Form and Spirit Framework. At the time, he had even asked Mora whether she wanted to try out Hundred Peaks Monarch's obviously more powerful Central District.

Later, that "Central District" was confirmed to be an enormous "bait," one that dictated the unique patterns of activity across Hundred Peaks Monarch's mountain range. It was the key to everything.

Mora had remained restrained on the surface, and nothing had come of it afterward. But when it concerned her future, Life and Death, how could she not care?

The problem was that she had to keep her distance.

She actually knew some of the details behind that "Fantasy Configuration," "Central District," or "bait."

She knew that the Amaterasu Order had always been responsible for cultivating that enormous "bait," most likely carrying out Li Wei's will.

Yet ownership of that enormous "bait" apparently did not belong to Li Wei either.

This very process of "cultivation" was some kind of exchange.

Li Wei and the Amaterasu Order had always wanted to truly get their hands on the "bait" and seize control of it, but they had still failed to do so.

Though the Amaterasu Order had planted many Root-Vein Branch Shadows around Hundred Peaks Monarch and held considerable influence within the Hun Dun Order, with no trouble controlling Deng Yunwei, the nominal head of the order, Li Wei's side apparently did not know the bait's exact location. They could

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