Chapter 751: First Taste of Netherforce, A Stir from the Imperial Seal

In the desolate courtyard of the Marquis Zhenyuan's residence, the air was perpetually still and cold. Grey stones paved the ground, and a single, skeletal tree reached its barren branches towards a sky the color of ash. This was a place for the Forgotten Ones—souls who had lost their memories, their identities, and their purpose, now serving the Marquis as the lowest of his retainers. Among them was Atius Xiao. He sat cross-legged, a stark figure of flesh and blood amidst the clattering skeletons...