Chapter 5978

The thread tore.

Jared staggered half a step, boots screeching against the marble as if the floor itself recoiled from the soundless rupture. His grip on the Dragonslayer Sword tightened by instinct alone; sensation lagged behind intent, as though his body were a fraction of a breath late to receive orders.

The thick karmic cable thrashed in the Lord of Reincarnation’s grasp, still bound to Jared’s chest by a glow gone ragged and uneven.

That was not flesh it held.

It was connection.

Memories dulled at the edges. Names slipped sideways in his thoughts, refusing to settle. The Chaos Star in his core stuttered, its rotation grinding like a gear stripped of teeth.

“Oh?” The giant’s voice rolled through the hall, slow and fascinated. “You endure even that.”