Chapter 5719

Jared studied the bead again-gleaming, blood-red, utterly silent-while a faint crease deepened between his brows.

With the power and spiritual sense he now commanded, even relics cast for gods rarely escaped his notice.

Yet this tiny sphere remained mute, as though it belonged to the mortal realm, not the heavens he walked.

“Skyfiend Sect hid you so carefully,” he murmured, turning the bead under the thin light. “What secret are you guarding?”

Jared whispered to himself, steadying his breath as he bled a thin strand of chaotic immortal energy into the blood-red pearl cupped in his palm.

The energy vanished as if poured into bottomless water. The orb lay cold and mute, giving nothing back.

He pricked a finger. A drop of fresh crimson spattered onto the surface, disappeared at once, yet the pearl remained stubbornly inert.