A Man Like None Other (Jared Chance) novel Chapter 6237

After destroying every Sacred Mountain of the Celestial Palace, Jared and his group stood atop the ruins of the last one.

The mountain wind howled past them.

It swept ash into the air until it filled the sky.

The bodies of the Ghost Clan Venerable, sealed away for countless years, were now completely gone.

They had scattered back into heaven and earth, turned to dust, and vanished into nothing.

Lydia stood at the edge of the ruins and looked out at the scene before her.

For a long time, she said nothing.

Too much sat tangled inside her.

As the Ghost Clan Princess, destroying her ancestor's body with her own hands should have been the deepest kind of sacrilege.

But she knew this had been the right thing to do.

If their ancestor's body had remained behind for the celestials to keep using, that would have been the real disgrace.

"What are you thinking about?" Jared walked over to her side and held out a waterskin.

Lydia took it, sipped once, and said softly, "Nothing much. Just... thinking about a lot of things."

Jared nodded and didn't press.

He knew this sat heavy with Lydia. Anyone put in her place would need time before they could swallow something like this.

Off in the distance, Luther and Grace were sitting together on a huge boulder, close enough that there was barely any space between them, talking about something he couldn't hear.

A faint smile rested on Grace's face.

Luther looked so foolishly pleased with himself that Jared could only shake his head.

Nearby, Evelyn was crouched by herself, listlessly nudging pebbles around on the ground.

Every so often, she looked up at the other two, and the look in her eyes said enough.

Jared pulled his gaze back and looked at Lydia.

"Next, I'm planning to go to the Luminous Sanctuary."

Lydia paused for a beat. "The Luminous Sanctuary? What are you going there for?"

A chill flashed through Jared's eyes. "There are two debts that need settling."

"Two debts?"

"The first one is with the Hallowmere Order."

Jared's voice stayed calm, but there was a hard edge under it. "They kept Evelyn penned up, treated her like a piece on a board, and used her to dual cultivate with people of pure bloodline.

I won't let that slide."

Lydia glanced at Evelyn in the distance and said nothing.

She had already heard about Evelyn's past from Luther.

There was nothing to argue with. The girl really had lived a miserable life.

She'd been raised inside the Hallowmere Order since childhood, penned in and controlled, with her fate never once left in her own hands.

All she could do was let other people move her around however they wanted.

If she hadn't run into Jared, that was how her whole life would have gone.

She would have stayed under someone else's hand until the end.

"And the second debt?" Lydia asked.

"The Celestial Basilica."

Jared said it like it was nothing.

"Back in the Luminous Sanctuary, they lied to me and cost me my blood essence. Now that I'm fully healed, it's time I paid them a visit."

Lydia went quiet for a moment, then gave a small nod.

"I'm going with you."

Jared looked at her, a faint smile showing in his eyes.

"You're not in a hurry to get back to the Fifteenth Firmament?"

"Wouldn't matter if I was."

Lydia shook her head.

"The matter of the Door of Reincarnation still depends on your help. Since you're going to the Luminous Sanctuary, I'll make the trip with you."

Jared nodded and didn't turn her down.

Having another expert like Lydia with them could only help.

"Let's go."

He turned and walked back toward the others.

"Next stop, the Luminous Sanctuary."

The Luminous Sanctuary.

The Hallowmere Order.

Its mountain gate towered high, broad and imposing.

As one of the old powers in the Luminous Sanctuary, the Hallowmere Order controlled an entire spirit vein.

It had thousands of disciples. Experts filled its ranks.

Within 10 thousand miles, hardly anyone dared provoke it.

But today, five uninvited guests had come to the mountain gate of the Hallowmere Order.

Jared stood at the front.

Behind him were Lydia, Luther, Grace, and Evelyn.

He looked at the towering mountain gate in front of him.

His gaze stayed level, and a faint smile sat at the corner of his mouth.

"The Hallowmere Order... this was the place."

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