Chapter 653: The Bloody Battle Beneath the Capital

Beneath the gilded heart of the Capital, hidden from the sun and the eyes of the world, lay the true seat of the Reincarnation Sect. It was not a temple or a palace, but a colossal subterranean fortress, a city carved from the very bedrock of the nation. The air was cold and stale, thick with the scent of old stone, burning incense, and the metallic tang of unsheathed steel. Thousands of torches cast flickering, monstrous shadows upon walls engraved with the sect's cryptic symbols, illuminating...