Di Lin

Late at night on December 28, 9999 of the Yulan Calendar.

Clang!

The door to the secret chamber where Linley was held opened, and two white-robed priests entered. Unlike the Inquisition's deacons, they did not seem cold and sinister. They carried a stretcher and carefully placed Linley onto it before lifting him together.

"What are you doing?" Linley shot the two white-robed priests a cold glance.

Remembering Linley's slaughter that day, the two white-robed priests felt some fear toward him.

"Lord Linley, His Holiness the Pope is preparing to treat your injuries," one of the female white-robed priests said softly.

"Treat my injuries?"

Linley remained wary. After all, his mother's death was connected to the Bright Church, and a day had already passed. Given the Bright Church's capabilities, along with his performance in killing Clyde, it should not have been difficult for them to uncover the matter of Linley's mother.

Linley was placed in the center of a magic formation. There were twenty people outside, and even the weakest among them were likely Level Nine Experts. Eight ascetics and the Pope of Light stood within a magic formation.

Linley became even more convinced that something was amiss.

"Begin," Haintings said.

The eight cross-legged ascetics immediately began to glow with milky white light. Dense light-elemental magical power poured into the magic formation, which immediately began to shine. A golden Bible suddenly appeared before Haintings, and his body gradually began to emit golden light as well.

"Lord, it is you who have bestowed everything upon us," Haintings said softly.

When the two rays of light touched—Sizzle, sizzle—

After a ray of white light entered Linley's body, it headed straight for his soul. At that moment, the Panlong Ring released a terrifying force that enveloped and devoured the white light.

However, the power of Divine Favor Descent was simply too great, and part of it still entered his body, gradually devouring Linley's soul. The Panlong Ring on Linley's chest suddenly trembled, while an almost transparent azure light deep within his soul shook abruptly, instantly dispersing the remaining energy and ultimately causing Divine Favor Descent to fail.

The failure of Divine Favor Descent surprised even Haintings and the others. Such a situation had never occurred before. But they had no other option, and could only decide to secretly execute Linley on Yulan Festival.

--------On the midnight dividing the years 9999 and 10000 of the Yulan Calendar, snowflakes drifted through the air. The temperature throughout Fenlai City had dropped to a shocking degree, while Linley leaned against the icy stone wall inside a cold secret chamber of the Temple of Light.

Knowing that he was about to be executed, he no longer had any regrets. He knew that his younger brother Wharton would certainly avenge him and lead the Baruch clan onto the road to revival.

At the same time, Linley became even more certain that his mother's death was definitely connected to the Bright Church.

At Kalan of the Debs clan's wedding banquet, while people were congratulating one another on Kalan's marriage, the ground suddenly began to shake. Rumble, rumble...

As Kalan and his father went out to see what was happening, a massive foot directly crushed father and son into meat patties.

A hundred-meter-tall Purple-Eyed Golden-Furred Ape appeared, while countless magical beasts flooded madly into Fenlai City. This also signaled the arrival of the Day of Destruction.

Just as Linley was thinking of his father and younger brother.

Bang!

The Temple of Light trembled.

Rumble!

Linley also realized that someone was attacking the Bright Church.

"This Temple of Light really has quite formidable defenses." A deep, powerful voice rang out from outside. It was so loud that Linley could hear it clearly even within the secret chamber.

"Stop!" An angry roar rang out.

"That's the Pope's voice." Linley heard it clearly, but immediately after the Pope's voice came—Boom!

Crack!

The Temple of Light snapped apart at its middle, and its upper eight floors came crashing down. Linley seized the opportunity to escape. The moment he left the prison, he saw magical beasts covering the sky and the earth.

In the sky were the Earth Berserk Bear, Blood-Eyed Maned Lion, Thunderbolt Lightning Leopard, Thunderwing White Tiger, Thunder Dragon, Tyrannosaurus... Linley stared blankly at the legendary Saint-Domain Magical Beasts in the sky. So many Saint-Domain Magical Beasts had appeared, and before this horde of magical beasts stood a human man.

He was a bewitchingly handsome young man in a dark golden robe that fluttered in the wind. There was also a vertical mark on his forehead.