Chapter 5893

Jared drew a steadying breath, the molten air around the Heart of Earthfire rippling against his skin. “What would you need the Pentacarna Tower for?”

Gerald’s eyelids lowered, as though he could already feel veins and sinew reforming around the scraps of his spirit. “To condense my soul and to resculpt my physical body. My soul remnant is too frail to stray beyond the Heart of Earthfire.

But inside the tower-where time crawls, and the laws bend-I can forge a solid soul, seize a new vessel, or remake a physical body through a secret technique.”

A faint, humorless smile cracked the elder’s lips. “Don’t worry. I will not use your magical item for free. In addition to the coordinates of the Jadeheart Marrow, I will impart to you the complete Earthfire True Scripture and help reveal the traitor within Earthfire Pavilion.”

Jared’s gaze sharpened. “You know who the traitor is?”

“Even though all that remains of me is a soul remnant, the Heart of Earthfire is still bound to Earthfire Pavilion’s defensive formation. Because of that, I can sense anything that disturbs fire-type energy within the Pavilion,” Gerald replied with a cold chuckle. “Three nights ago, Elliot Ember secretly used a message talisman. Its aura carried the same stench of the Malevolent Path Hall that still clings to your robes.”

Elliot Ember! It really is him!