Gol D. Ace In Coiling Dragon

First, Ojwin, a Full-level powerhouse, descended onto the Baruch Empire with his two Demi-God-level subordinates to claim it as his own, and although after receiving the Grand Warlock's divine spark, Zassler became the Baruch Empire's first deity-level, he was still too weak to fight off their attackers.

Thankfully, Killian and the others arrived on time to give them the chance to escape back to the Gol Empire. Unfortunately, Zassler was killed in the process.

The next to be hit by misfortune was the Rohault Empire. They were attacked by Adkins, an all-powerful High God, and his group of two Full Gods and four High Gods. This time, it was Beirut who appeared to save the Rohault family from certain death.

Although he didn't prevent Adkins from taking over the Rohault Empire, as it was the family of his Emissary – Aiden – he did protect them from what would've been certain death and personally escorted them to the Gol Empire, which was where all three forces decided to reside from now on so as to create one powerful consolidated force.

Unfortunately, it appeared that they wouldn't be safe even there as both Adkins and Ojwin's forces heard about the rumours of the Yin-Yang Pavilion's prowess and decided to turn their focus towards them, hoping to steal the secrets of their power for themselves.

Unfortunately, even with Killian's recent power-up, with Adkins being a High God, they were still on the losing side. When things looked like they couldn't get any worse, several of the teachers of the Pavilion considered making breakthroughs and becoming deities so they could try to overwhelm them with numbers, even if it ruined their futures. Fortunately, that was when Arianna – who had spent every waking moment by Aiden's side since he entered the meditative state – arrived on the scene.

Adkins scoffed as she was still just another saint, and even if her level of insight into the profound mysteries was impressive, she would never be able to jump three ranks to challenge him.

What he didn't expect was that Arianna wouldn't attack him nor say a word to him – instead, choosing to make a breakthrough directly. Instantly, she jumped straight from the middle of the saint realm to become a Full-God.

Her new power, combined with the fact that in the last 20 years, she had finally finished comprehending the fusion of three profound mysteries of the laws of light and also reached an incredible level of insight into the utilisation of the concept of light, she was able to go blow for blow with a High-God like Adkins who had also fused two mysteries himself.

Unfortunately, Adkins wasn't alone. With the support of the various deities supporting him, Arianna and the others were once again put into a dangerous position.

Before things went too far, Adkins ordered everyone to stop. He then turned to Arianna and told her that she couldn't win this, but he would be willing to take a step back as long as two of his conditions were met.

The first was that she told him everything she knew about the utilisation of "Concepts," and the second was that Milianna be given to him to be his wife. After becoming a saint, Milianna's beauty surpassed that of even Arianna's, and when combined with her regal aura, she was beyond desirable to just about everyone who laid eyes on her.

Lance was the first to reject the offer, saying he'd die before he let anyone touch his wife.

In response, Adkins ordered his right-hand man – a Full God by the name of Barnas – to take Milianna by force whilst he and the rest of their people hold off Arianna and the others.

Lance, unwilling to allow a repeat of O'Brien to happen again, charged in to block Barnas despite the fact that he was only a mere saint. Barnas was just about to kill Lance and capture Milianna when Ace arrived on the scene and sent Barnas flying.

Everyone was in shock and complete and utter disbelief to see Ace, but that shock quickly turned into delight and relief. Although they hadn't seen him in 10 years, the level of trust they had in Ace couldn't be put into words. Although Ace was only a mid-staged saint now, he had been able to defeat a Demi-God as a mortal. They didn't even dare guess how strong he was now.

Seconds later, Amira, Leona, Linley, Cesar, and the others all arrived on the scene as well.

Looking at the new arrivals and the relief on the faces of Killian and the others, Adkins couldn't help but feel on edge, but he wasn't willing to back down just yet. Still, Ace and the others barely paid him any attention. Instead, they asked Killian and the others what was going on.

When Linley heard about the deaths of Zassler and Hazer, he immediately dragonformed and summoned his twin swords. At the same time, Ace's killing intent spiked after hearing about another man daring to try and force himself on his mother.

At that point, Linley targeted Ojwin, the supposed new ruler of his Baruch Empire, whilst Ace attacked Barnas with the intent to kill.

In that moment, neither Ace nor Linley had any intention of holding back. Linley, with the use of his Azure Dragon bloodline, an incredible level of comprehension of concepts and profound mysteries, showed a level of might that was well into the Full-God Level.

As for Ace, his skin blackened as the visual projection of a golden sun manifested behind him, boosting the power of his flames several times over. As he attacked, Barnas instantly found himself on the back foot, despite the fact that he was wielding "The Spear of Cortez," A High-God-level Divine Artifact.

Aside from Barnas and Ojwin, there were two other Full-Gods in the group, but both were ordered by Adkins – who was now being held back by Arianna – to support Barnas against Ace. Still, even when facing three Full-Gods, Ace didn't need support. As such, Amira, who was also a mid-stage saint and Leona, who was now a genuine Demi-God, chose to attack the remaining Demi-Gods, making quick work of each of them.

Seeing things were getting further and further out of his grasp, Adkins made the decision to retreat, but Ace refused to let them get away so simply.

It was then that Ace's glaive came to life in ways that made those watching sigh in amazement.

During his time in the Necropolis, Ace had successfully managed to achieve the same breakthrough his master had made prior to their last spar. His Blazing Glaive Art had broken through to the Full-God level, and as a result, his Glaive was now a Full-God level Divine Artifact.

As he struck out, both the other Full-Gods who came to support Barnas were killed, and Barnas was left within an inch of his life before being dragged away by Adkins. At the same time, Linley managed to kill Ojwin and avenge Zassler.

With Adkins now gone, everyone was finally free to catch up in peace.

When they heard about what happened to Killian with his now being a three-way soul-mutate, they couldn't help but be shocked, especially Olivier and Yunaia, who were both painfully aware of how low the chances were of success. Ace, on the other hand, was just glad Killian was well.

When speaking to Arianna, Ace learned that his master was still in the same condition and showed no signs of waking any time soon. Still, the fact that he was stable put his mind at ease. He was a bit sad to learn that, because of Adkins, Arianna was forced to breakthrough to become a deity prematurely, but Arianna shrugged it off, saying that although she hadn't reached the limits of comprehension for her previous level, she wasn't far off it at all so it didn't make too much of a difference to her.

Aside from that, everyone was curious to know what was on the upper levels of the Necropolis and what happened over the last ten years.

Ace and the others went on to explain the various challenges as well as the opportunities, making Killian and the others sigh in amazement, especially when they heard about the current strength of Leona, who, despite having broken through to become a demi-god, had chosen to remain in her beast form, despite being able to now transform into human form, claiming her beast form was the form she was most comfortable in.

According to Ace and the others, after breaking through to become a Demi-God in the laws of Destruction, having devoured the divine sparks of a few Demi-Gods she killed personally, due to the mutation of the bond of equals, Leona automatically became a two-way soul mutate.

When combining that and her innate physical superiority as an apex-level Divine Beast, she was now able to fight against High-Gods on her own.

After their initial catch-up, everyone decided to first bring back all the mortals who had been sent to the Pavilion to hide in case the worst-case scenario transpired so that they could have a giant feast to celebrate their reunion.

It was during the feast that Ace met his 3-year-old baby sister "Mercurielle," whom he instantly fell in love with.

Towards the end of the evening, Ace offered his help clearing any remnant threats out of the Baruch and Rohault Empire, to which both forces rejected, saying that it would be best if the continent was unified under one banner – The Gol Empire. As for the Baruchs and the Rohaults, they would instead become ordinary clans instead, supporting the Gol Empire where possible and if needed.

Ace was a little surprised but ultimately shrugged, not minding one way or the other. He had never been interested in ruling over a nation. He was more focused on his own training and helping his wife find answers.

Over the next few weeks, news of Ace's return and the unification of the continent spread like wildfire. All of it only added to Ace's legend as the "peerless son of heaven;" still, Ace wasn't interested in anything but relaxing and spending time with his friends and family.

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