Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2320

Velquin had once tried to purify Vlad's malice with his divine soul.

But with Vlad wandering the mortal realm for thousands of years, Velquin sensed too much malice to realize that Vlad's malice wasn't something that could be cleansed by the phoenix's divine soul.

The mortal realm was filled with endless suffering and hardship, which might be reduced but never fully erased.

In the end, Velquin was enlightened. It was never about eradicating malice entirely from the mortal realm; it was about preventing it from becoming misfortune. As long as he could suppress Vlad, new malice could rise, but they would never gain form without the latter.

The moment Velquin separated himself from Vlad, he thought of a way to suppress the latter—that was to return Vlad to the only place that could truly suppress him.

So, he gave up a chance for reincarnation by merging with Trevaris and sought out Zidane under the pretense of restoring his divine soul. That was because Zidane shared his goal.

Once, Vlad had asked him why he was so obsessed. Suppressing the world's malice and fighting Vlad was never the phoenix's mission; no one had ever demanded this of him.

Velquin remembered his response was, "You're right. No one demanded it. I did this because I chose to."

Now, the Cavern of Calamity needed a stabilizing item, and he was the best choice.

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Shannon stood frozen after Zidane told her the new stabilizing item was a phoenix's divine soul. Her mind buzzed and echoed back to the day she learned Thalia had become a guardian to prevent catastrophes from erupting in the alternate world.

She'd understood the reasoning then, but understanding didn't mean acceptance.

She believed there had to be another way. Even if Vlad was temporarily trapped in her domain, it wouldn't be corrupted by the swamp right away.