Chapter 163: The Imperial Edict
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Updated : Sep 1st, 2025
The book said the Seven-Orifices Exquisite Heart had many uses.
None of them, however, spelled good news for Elijah Quinny.
The person recorded to have possessed it in that book had been kind to a fault and, in the end, died under slow, deliberate torture.
For people like that, once their existence became known, they turned into magnets for covetous eyes, like a walking jackpot that attracted every predator around.
Elijah's fist tightened. His resolve to protect Jolie hardened.
Whatever it took,...
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Contents
The Battle King
Chapter 1: Missing Memories
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 2: A Man's Wrath
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 3: Bang!
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 4: Time to Settle Accounts with the Looske Family
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 5: The Outsider and the Local Boss
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 6: The Looske Family's Day of Reckoning
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 7: I, the King of Northville
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 8: Pleading in Person
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 9: Kindred Souls in Hard Times
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 10: From Now On, We're Friends!
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 11: The Looske Estate
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 12: The One Who'll Beat You Up!
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 13: The Celestia Thirty-Six Punches-Not Worth a Dime!
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 14: A Ruinous Catastrophe
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 15: Not a Reprimand, but a Purge!
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 16: Salute the King of Northville!
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 17: Jolie's Whereabouts
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 18: The Killing Continues
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 19: Consequences Too Heavy to Bear
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 20: The War God Laid Down His Armor
Aug 14th, 2025
Chapter 21: Everything Falls to the Blade
Aug 15th, 2025
Chapter 22: Half a Lifetime at War, All for One Person
Aug 15th, 2025
Chapter 23: Farewell, Marlee Casson
Aug 16th, 2025
Chapter 24: Remote Meeting - Time to Lay Your Cards on the Table
Aug 16th, 2025
Chapter 25: Political Earthquake: Northville Changes Hands
Aug 17th, 2025
Chapter 26: The Nation's Linchpin
Aug 17th, 2025
Chapter 27: The Mission Is Finally About to Begin!
Aug 18th, 2025
Chapter 28: A Sudden About-Face
Aug 18th, 2025
Chapter 29: Marlee, Are You Willing to Marry Elijah Quinny?
Aug 19th, 2025
Chapter 30: Marrying into the Casson Family
Aug 19th, 2025
Chapter 31: In Too Deep
Aug 19th, 2025
Chapter 32: Nice Hit!
Aug 19th, 2025
Chapter 33: Stay Away from Her-She's Filthy!
Aug 19th, 2025
Chapter 34: Shut Out at the Gate
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 35: No Obligation to Help
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 36: Marlee Got a Raw Deal
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 37: To Destroy Someone, Body and Soul
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 38: Raze to Rise
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 39: Holding Steady as Everything Changes
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 40: Kicking a Man When He's Down
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 41: Elijah Quinny's Confidence
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 42: Cloude Technology's Rebirth
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 43: Crisis: Jolie's in the Hospital
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 44: The Halenkamp Family Made Their Move
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 45: I've Got You Surrounded-By Me
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 46: The Three Things You Don't Mess With
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 47: Walking Into the Lion's Den Alone
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 48: Parent-Teacher Conference
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 49: My Daughter-Am I Supposed to Let Them Bully Her?
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 50: Simple and Brutal
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 51: The Most Powerful Trustee
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 52: Ronald Zorn Came Calling
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 53: When Romantic Rivals Meet
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 54: Prejudices Buried Deep
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 55: A New Project Launched
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 56: Backed the Right Horse
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 57: Unwarranted Confidence
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 58: Setting Yourself Up for Humiliation
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 59: Making a Scene
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 60: The Investment Tycoon
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 61: Easy to Invite a God, Hard to Send Him Away
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 62: His Specialty
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 63: A Bet's a Bet
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 64: Alright, you win.
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 65: A Stir at the Mall
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 66: You're Fired!
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 67: He didn't show up empty-handed, did he?
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 68: Coming in Hot
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 69: You Came to Offer Congratulations?
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 70: He Went for Broke
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 71: The Casson Family's Reclusive Master
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 72: A Hero's Last Stand?
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 73: Today, You Must Die!
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 74: Unraveling the Threads
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 75: The Zorn Family's Olive Branch
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 76: Rejected Again!
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 77: Have You No Shame?
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 78: Shameless Hounding
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 79: You Were the One Who Abandoned Dad
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 80: The Overt Gambit
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 81: Shown the Door
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 82: Desperate Last Stand
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 83: Victory Assured
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 84: Darkness Before Dawn
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 85: The Sovereign Descends
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 86: A Gambit on Ghost Night
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 87: Stanley Shayle's Generous Gift
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 88: All This Pomp
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 89: The Cassons' Lifeline
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 90: Showing Up to Beg
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 91: Still Too Green
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 92: Stanley Shayle's Request
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 93: Needle in a Haystack
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 94: The Only Clue
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 95: Sometimes, Strength Isn't Everything
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 96: Undercurrents
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 97: Gathering of Storms
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 98: Ghost Market
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 99: The Grand Gathering
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 100: The Showstopper
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 101: Relic
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 102: Genetic Warrior
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 103: The Last Lot
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 104: The Knife Comes Out
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 105: Besieged on All Sides
Aug 20th, 2025
Chapter 106: Dire Straits
Aug 21st, 2025
Chapter 107: Killing in a Rage
Aug 21st, 2025
Chapter 108: The Undefeated Legend
Aug 21st, 2025
Chapter 109: Turning the Tide
Aug 21st, 2025
Chapter 110: Northville Marshal, did we hold the line?
Aug 21st, 2025
Chapter 111: Counterattack
Aug 22nd, 2025
Chapter 112: Upheaval in the Casson Family
Aug 22nd, 2025
Chapter 113: All Hell Broke Loose
Aug 22nd, 2025
Chapter 114: The Crackdown
Aug 22nd, 2025
Chapter 115: Fate Cannot Be Defied
Aug 22nd, 2025
Chapter 116: Public Duty, Private Vendetta
Aug 23rd, 2025
Chapter 117: Seek Justice from the King of Northville
Aug 23rd, 2025
Chapter 118: A Game of Wits
Aug 23rd, 2025
Chapter 119: Stalling for Time
Aug 23rd, 2025
Chapter 120: A Fight to the Bitter End
Aug 23rd, 2025
Chapter 121: The Deal
Aug 24th, 2025
Chapter 122: Breaking the Deadlock
Aug 24th, 2025
Chapter 123: The Casson Family's Predicament
Aug 24th, 2025
Chapter 124: High-Handed
Aug 24th, 2025
Chapter 125: Lock It Down
Aug 24th, 2025
Chapter 126: Acting on Orders
Aug 25th, 2025
Chapter 127: The Lapwood Family's Stance
Aug 25th, 2025
Chapter 128: The Dumbstruck Patriarch
Aug 25th, 2025
Chapter 129: So What If I Push You Around?
Aug 25th, 2025
Chapter 130: Always Leave Yourself an Out
Aug 25th, 2025
Chapter 131: Two Heroes Join Forces
Aug 26th, 2025
Chapter 132: Lure the Snake Out of Its Hole
Aug 26th, 2025
Chapter 133: Night Battle
Aug 26th, 2025
Chapter 134: Hunt in the Deep Woods
Aug 26th, 2025
Chapter 135: Elder Level
Aug 26th, 2025
Chapter 136: Dead-Set Resolve
Aug 27th, 2025
Chapter 137: Settling Scores
Aug 27th, 2025
Chapter 138: The Net Tightens
Aug 27th, 2025
Chapter 139: The Fallen Four Great Families
Aug 27th, 2025
Chapter 140: Bottom line: Are you going to back down?
Aug 27th, 2025
Chapter 141: The Mystery of Capital City
Aug 28th, 2025
Chapter 142: Aunt Came Home
Aug 28th, 2025
Chapter 143: A Visit to Demand Answers
Aug 28th, 2025
Chapter 144: Dead End
Aug 28th, 2025
Chapter 145: When Joy Turns to Grief
Aug 28th, 2025
Chapter 146: Elijah Quinny's New Identity
Aug 29th, 2025
Chapter 147: The Die Is Cast
Aug 29th, 2025
Chapter 148: The Casson Family's Secrets
Aug 29th, 2025
Chapter 149: A Tragic Past
Aug 29th, 2025
Chapter 150: Shoulder to Shoulder
Aug 29th, 2025
Chapter 151: A Tough Life Needs No Explanation
Aug 30th, 2025
Chapter 152: Sorry, I'm Your Uncle
Aug 30th, 2025
Chapter 153: Turns Out I'm Actually Your 'Uncle'
Aug 30th, 2025
Chapter 154: Ties
Aug 30th, 2025
Chapter 155: Where Do You Get the Nerve?
Aug 30th, 2025
Chapter 156: The Truly Unbeatable Move
Aug 31st, 2025
Chapter 157: The Farce Wrapped Up
Aug 31st, 2025
Chapter 158: A Game of Wits
Aug 31st, 2025
Chapter 159: A War With No Shots Fired
Aug 31st, 2025
Chapter 160: Medicine King Valley
Aug 31st, 2025
Chapter 161: Prodigy
Sep 1st, 2025
Chapter 162: Seven-Orifices Exquisite Heart
Sep 1st, 2025
Chapter 163: The Imperial Edict
Sep 1st, 2025
Chapter 164: Who Is the Hunter
Sep 1st, 2025
Chapter 165: Foes Without End
Sep 1st, 2025
Chapter 166: Good Samaritan
Sep 2nd, 2025
Chapter 167: An Unintended Act Bears Fruit
Sep 2nd, 2025
Chapter 168: A Real Piece of Work!
Sep 2nd, 2025
Chapter 169: Big Trouble
Sep 2nd, 2025
Chapter 170: Sniper Duel on the Middle Route
Sep 2nd, 2025
Chapter 171: What Did We Do to Deserve This
Sep 3rd, 2025
Chapter 172: The Limit
Sep 3rd, 2025
Chapter 173: Keeping His Cool
Sep 3rd, 2025
Chapter 174: Summoning Is the Easy Part
Sep 3rd, 2025
Chapter 175: Order to Torture
Sep 3rd, 2025
Chapter 176: Easy to Invite, Hard to Send Off
Sep 4th, 2025
Chapter 177: Fight Fire with Fire
Sep 4th, 2025
Chapter 178: Orchid Club
Sep 4th, 2025
Chapter 179: The Choices We Make
Sep 4th, 2025
Chapter 180: Silencing
Sep 4th, 2025
Chapter 181: Taking the Initiative
Sep 5th, 2025
Chapter 182: Variant
Sep 5th, 2025
Chapter 183: Sword of the Pillar of the Nation
Sep 5th, 2025
Chapter 184: Peak-Level Dominance
Sep 5th, 2025
Chapter 185: Amy Scurr's Suitor
Sep 5th, 2025
Chapter 186: Strong? Way too strong!
Sep 6th, 2025
Chapter 187: Seeing Is Believing
Sep 6th, 2025
Chapter 188: Unexpected
Sep 6th, 2025
Chapter 189: The Negotiation
Sep 6th, 2025
Chapter 190: Drunk
Sep 6th, 2025
Chapter 191: A Gentleman's Wrath
Sep 7th, 2025
Chapter 192: Even the Score
Sep 7th, 2025
Chapter 193: Dialing for Backup
Sep 7th, 2025
Chapter 194: A Sort of Mentor
Sep 7th, 2025
Chapter 195: Storm Brewing
Sep 7th, 2025
Chapter 196: When the Dust Settled, the King of Northville
Sep 8th, 2025
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