Saving Doehring Cowart and helping Linley and the others understand how the Mysteries were divided was enough for Hodan. He had made up for his earlier regret and stolen enough power from the Fate Element.
After hearing this, Doehring Cowart nodded slightly, already having made up his mind.
Hodan glanced at Linley. "Linley, take my advice: you need enough strength to take revenge. Without it, you'll only be throwing your life away."
"Thank you for the reminder, sir." Linley was as humble as a student. "May I ask your name? I'll be sure to repay your kindness someday."
Hodan shook his head. "I've already received your payment. We're even now. I hope that when we meet again, we won't be enemies."
"You must be joking, sir." Linley shook his head. "Why would I make an enemy of you? I haven't even had a chance to repay you for saving my life. Besides, I never gave you any payment."
Linley was baffled by Hodan's words. When had he paid him? And why would he make an enemy of the man who had saved his life?
"You'll understand someday. When you want to leave the Yulan Continent, come find me in the Arctic Icefield." With that, Hodan's figure vanished from before Linley like an illusion. "I am the Plane Overseer—Hodan."
Only Hodan's voice lingered in the air. For a while, Linley stared blankly at the campfire.
Hodan's Thunder Element Divine Clone returned to his ice hut in the Arctic Icefield and resumed his secluded cultivation, taking no interest in worldly affairs.
Hell, Flame Mountain.
In the Coiling Dragon World, the Fate Element was a very strange thing. From the moment a life was born, it was accompanied by fate. Under the laws of the world's Fate Rule, a person's fate seemed to