Chapter 5494

Jared owed Onneas a debt of friendship. He would not allow treachery to swallow them.

Reading Jared’s grim expression, Immortal Lord Nimbus stammered, “I-I have told you everything. Matters of the overlord of Third Hall lie far above a servant like me.”

“I know,” Jared said with a curt nod, conceding the point while his eyes hardened with decision.

He lifted one hand. A tongue of internal flame unfurled, white at its heart, violet at its edges. Before Immortal Lord Nimbus could gasp, the flame folded around him like a blooming flower.

A single scream knifed through the silence, then was gone. Quincy and the others watched the ashes scatter, hearts pounding with savage relief-true freedom at last.

Jared turned to Quincy. “Buddy, gather every refined celestial gem in Cardinal Realm and bring them to me. I will need them to cultivate. As for the remaining spiritual stones, halt all reckless mining. Your people still require spiritual energy to advance.”

Quincy and the others could draw only from ordinary spiritual stones, never from the richer celestial gem. Jared’s order preserved their future even as he prepared for his own.