Chapter 703: The Mundane World's Endgame

The return to the real world was jarring. One moment, George stood before the ancient Village Chief, the weight of galaxies on his shoulders; the next, he was back in the sterile silence of his penthouse, the city lights of Shanghai glittering like a silent, oblivious constellation below. The conversation had changed him. The mysteries of the ring, once a source of boyish excitement and opportunistic gain, now felt like a sacred, terrifying mantle. He was no longer just George Wu, the lucky...