Chapter 5501

With the word “traitor” hanging over Jared’s head, hostility spread through the gathering like wildfire. Eyes once clouded with confusion now blazed with murderous intent.

A barrel-chested brute, beard bristling like iron wire, stamped forward. “Who are you? And why are you ruining this?” he roared, hefting a war-axe that crashed against the stone.

Silver light rippled along the axe’s edge-keen enough to promise Jared two neat halves at the slightest twitch.

“I bet he’s jealous!” a swordsman in blue declared, palm resting on the hilt at his waist. “He can’t stand that the Celestial Palace favors us!”

Steel whispered as the cultivator’s thumb nudged his blade free by an inch, waiting only for an excuse.

Jared’s brows knit, a weary sorrow tugging at the corners of his mouth. Blind fools, all of them…

“Listen to me!” Jared stepped forward, voice cutting through the uproar. “That jade scepter is laced with a hypnotic mist. The runes beneath the altar form a Soul Convergence Array. Your soul threads are being funneled into a Soul Urn hidden in that recess. Wait any longer and your very spirits will be stolen!”