Stay Alive

Storm clouds gathered over the City of Ten Thousand Kings!

With Gao Jing's two brilliant victories, the Shen Clan had won the crucial Battle of Contesting Currents and, to a great extent, thwarted the Bear Clan's plans.

But the Bear Clan's ambitions had not died. The strength they had amassed over centuries could not be underestimated. Over the next half month, several lineages allied with them still defeated their opponents and secured seats on the Supreme Council.

The Bear Clan took the field last and toppled the thousand-year-old Chen Clan in a single stroke.

The balance of power in the City of Ten Thousand Kings changed dramatically. Ordinary people could scarcely imagine the treacherous currents swirling beneath the surface.

Yet although the Bear Clan had proclaimed its return in victory, it had paid a tremendous price. After reclaiming its seat on the Supreme Council, it stirred up no further storms, as though it were content.

Many people, however, believed this was only the beginning.

To Gao Jing, of course, the City of Ten Thousand Kings' balance of power had little to do with him. He was not native to the Great World, nor could he plunge deep into the Giant Race's power struggles.

He already regretted fighting for the Shen Family.

It was not that Gao Jing feared the Bear Clan's revenge. But since that battle, even after returning to the Wizard Tower and shutting himself away to cultivate, he had been struck time and again by a feeling that made his heart pound with dread.

It was as though a pair of cold eyes watched Gao Jing from the unseen, following his every move.

He could neither eat nor sleep in peace!

That feeling was deeply abnormal. The Radiant Wizard Tower where he lived ranked among the foremost Grand