At the End of the Road

After the Heart Demon manifested, the situation turned upside down in an instant.

For Jiang Wang, his greatest advantage lay in the Heaven-Connecting Palace itself.

Jiang Wang was the source of this body, the one to whom its life soul belonged. The Heaven-Connecting Palace had naturally been under his control from the beginning.

Jiang Yan had no right to compete with Jiang Wang for the Heaven-Connecting Palace. He had first brought forth a Heart Demon, then used this Heart Demon, born from the same source as Jiang Wang, to seize control of the Dao Vein True Spirit. Only then had he managed to stand as Jiang Wang's equal within the Heaven-Connecting Palace.

Now Jiang Wang had harmed himself to strengthen the Heart Demon. The Heart Demon had given birth to intelligence, and Jiang Yan's authority over the Heaven-Connecting Palace had been stripped away in an instant.

At this moment, Jiang Wang was unquestionably the master of the Heaven-Connecting Palace, while the Heart Demon held the Dao Vein True Spirit firmly in its grasp and had also gained half the authority over the Heaven-Connecting Palace. Only Jiang Yan had become a complete outsider.

This Heaven-Connecting Palace naturally suppressed him.

And that suppression of outsiders had always been one of the most important advantages Jiang Wang could rely on to contend with Jiang Yan.

Before the dagger was revealed, Jiang Yan's first move had been to take that advantage away, stripping Jiang Wang of his edge.

And now, through calm, resilience, and resolve, Jiang Wang had reclaimed that advantage!

Only now, in this long battle of wits and wills against Jiang Yan, had a glimmer of hope for victory finally appeared.

The nine Galaxy Dao Vortices turned, half lending their power to Jiang Wang and half serving the black-clad Heart Demon.

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