Eryndor banged his table, and stood up abruptly, his hands almost on the verge of pulling at his hair.

    "Just what is going on with Calix?"

    Eryndor whispered to himself. His fists clenched, before loosening up.

    He took a deep breath, went back to his bed and sat cross legged.

    No use worrying about it now.

    Eryndor briefly thought about using Cognitive Scrying on Liliana, but the experience of the pain haunted him.

    He had seen the symbols on his Sovereign’s Cloak which lit up while resisting against Liliana’s attack. It wasn’t something abstract like misfortune or such, but really just mental attacks.

    He couldn’t understand how the people weren’t noticing a mental attack, it would’ve been understandable if it was something abstract like fate-based attack instead. Just what kind of mental attack was it?

    Anyway, since she has attacked me, I can easily make a move on her.

    He thought with hands on his chin. Eryndor had zero problems retaliating to people who made the move first.

    But one couldn’t fault him either, the experience of having your identity being erased was extremely horrifying. He didn’t want to go through all of that again.

    If he didn’t get any other leads, he would’ve chosen to perform Cognitive Scrying on her regardless. But the problem was, she had a mental defense treasure, he couldn’t do anything about it.

    Maybe if my Cognitive Scrying had a breakthrough, I could try again?

    After deciding on it, he resumed his tempering of the mind.

    Since he couldn’t do anything for now, he might as well utilize the rest of his time efficiently.

    For the next few hours, he alternated between Spirit Strengthening pills and Qi Gathering pills.

    As he completed a revolution of his Qi through the big circuit of practice technique, a certain amount of Qi was absorbed.

    As soon as the absorbed Qi entered his meridians, it felt like he had broken a barrier.

    The amount of Qi in his meridians had crossed a threshold. He had taken a step forward in his journey of Cultivation.

    The familiar sensation which appeared during his previous breakthroughs took place once again before fading away like an illusion.

    Eryndor opened his eyes, gazing at his clenched fist.

    Stage five of Qi Gathering realm.

    He glanced at the one third amount of bottles left of Qi Gathering pills. He was going through them rather quickly.

    I might be able to reach stage six with the remaining amount.

    However, he was still able to peek at those words before she completely closed the app and switched off her phone.

    "Finally, you’ll have revenge for your family."

    Eryndor returned to his base form and narrowed his eyes.

    Fucking what now? Revenge? How does that fit into this?

    Eryndor walked around his room, trying to fit in the new detail in his mind.

    Is it revenge against Calix? But if Lucian, who is from the Cultivation Outer Domain wants revenge against Calix, why would the Mage Outer Domain put so much attention on it?

    Eryndor couldn’t make sense of the situation.

    Another point was that, just like mentioned earlier, Eryndor had kept up to date with the news.

    The Human Federation was keeping an eye on all groups or people who were strong enough to influence the battle.

    The Cultivation Outer Domain hadn’t moved at all, not to mention they were an ally of the Federation.

    Eryndor couldn’t help but feel that something was amiss. He was still missing crucial information.

    Liliana’s text only seemed to confuse him further.

    Were there any secret forces from the Cultivation Outer Domain? Was their declaration of being an ally just a farce? Had the Sinclairs betrayed mankind?

    Eryndor didn’t know where to start with his deductions.

    He texted Syndra.

    "Where is Lucian right now? And has he made any moves?"

    After a minute or two, his text was seen by Syndra, and a reply soon appeared.

    "Lucian? The one from Cultivation Outer Domain you asked about a week or so earlier?

    "Yes."

    "Let me check."

    A minute later her reply arrived.

    "The reports mention he is chilling in his estate."

    Eryndor’s brows furrowed.

    This guy doesn’t seem like someone who wants revenge. What the fuck is happening?