Kamar-Taj.
Sunlight streamed through the windows onto the Library's wooden floor.
Ren held a thick ancient book of Magic, absorbed in its pages.
Suddenly.
Ding!
Warning! Your [Asgardian Sealing Spell] has been crushed by irresistible Higher-Dimensional Rules! The underlying structure of [Asgardian Sealing Spell] has collapsed. The seal has been completely undone! [Asgardian Sealing Spell] has suffered severe damage. Its cultivation speed has dropped dramatically, and it has withdrawn into a deep sulk!
The Electronic Voice rang out in Ren's mind, message after message.
He froze for a moment.
Then his expression changed drastically!
"What the hell?!"
"I was just sitting here minding my own business!"
Ren snapped the book shut and stood.
He had used his Asgardian Sealing Spell exactly once: a few days ago, on that grassy cliff in Norway, to seal Hela!
And now the system said the seal was gone?
Hela had broken free?!
How was that possible?!
That seal had combined Odin's thunderous Divine Power, The Ancient One's Magic barrier, and Ren's absurdly powerful sealing Runes!
No matter how strong Hela was, she could not escape while Odin lived!
Unless... someone had interfered from outside, forcibly overriding the universe's fundamental rules!
Ren had no time to think.
He raised his right hand and slashed it through the air.
A golden Portal sprang open.
He stepped through and returned to the picturesque Norwegian cliff from days before.
The moment he emerged from the Portal,
Ren smelled the sharp, sickening stench of death.
The once-grassy cliff had become a gray wasteland. The plants had withered, and not a trace of life remained.
Ren stared grimly at the empty cliff.
The towering blue sacred seal had vanished completely.
"This is bad..."
Ren drew a deep breath.
A warmonger like Hela, once free, would plunge the entire