Grand Emperor of Light's Ambition

Saint Grand Fort.

Apart from a handful of people in the Grand Duchy, almost no one knew that after the Grand Duchy had test-fired a fission Radiation Weapon, less than a hundred grams of the remaining Radiant Jinghua remained—far too little to make another fission Radiation Weapon.

Even for Reilo and Chen King, who had been prepared for this for a long time, the weapon's debut had come far too suddenly.

So suddenly that they had never thought to set one aside before conducting the explosive test.

At that moment.

Reilo was on the twenty-seventh floor of the Grand Royal Science Institute, studying the effects of radiation on human metabolism in an attempt to improve the Lemon Core's performance.

Over the past six months.

Things had gone just as Reilo had expected. Ever since he had given up control of the fission Radiation Weapon and submitted his knowledge to the Grand Royal Natural Sciences Academy for the record, his importance to the duchy had plummeted. Chen King no longer saw him as a threat.

Although, because of the arms race in Radiation Weapons, he still couldn't leave Saint Grand Fort, lest he reveal their secrets, he was at least completely free within the fortress.

Of course, that freedom was only relative.

For instance, he couldn't complete the four things he had originally been eager to accomplish, since he wasn't allowed to leave Saint Grand Fort.

First, he had promised Biang he would leave Starveil Land to search for traces of dragons.

Second, he had promised M he would complete the selection of the candidates for Grand Guardian.

Third, he wanted to forge a complete Star Body True Body.

Fourth, he wanted to complete the Extraordinary Scholar degree examination.

Knock, knock, knock.

The sound of knocking came from the laboratory. Reilo