CHAPTER 40 – WHEN THE HEAVENS THEMSELVES OPEN THE PATH

For the first time in Azure Dragon Academy’s long and storied history, the weight of authority, the carefully maintained hierarchy, the absolute control that had governed who could rise, who could fall, who was allowed to ascend, and who was destined to be forgotten—

No longer mattered.

The carefully constructed illusion of order, the unshakable foundation that had ensured no single disciple could ever rise beyond the will of the academy, the structure that had dictated the fates of thousands, ensuring that even the most talented, the most powerful, the most ambitious would always remain within the grasp of those who ruled over them—

Was gone.

And standing at the center of it all, beneath the gaze of thousands of disciples, beneath the silent, unmoving presence of the academy’s highest Elders, beneath the remnants of a system that had once dictated every step of his journey—

Xiao Lin did nothing.

Because he did not need to.

Because he had never needed to.

Because this was never a battle.

It had been a decision.

And that decision—had already been made.

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The presence that had spoken, the unseen force that had sent a whisper through the shattered remnants of the Grand Tournament Arena, the entity that had called out to Xiao Lin with neither demand nor request, neither command nor plea, neither challenge nor warning—@@novelbin@@

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