Chapter 1057 Begun And Ended Over You

• "Hmph." Mino's contempt rode the single note of his snort. "Had I stayed away, the pair of you would have made fools of yourselves before the multitudes today."
• The instant his gilded boots touched the shattered dais, the air shifted—sanctified, constricted, almost suffocating. Every breath became a prayer no one dared voice.
• "Finneas has butchered more of my Celestial warriors than I care to count. Let me see who dares save him now." Mino's golden eyes swept the gathered hosts; his words fell like winter's first frost—beautiful, lethal. Dominance poured from him. Lances of brilliance burst outward, dimming sky and earth alike until it seemed the cosmos itself revolved around his throne of light.