Chapter 1124 Eastern Divine Mountain Scion

• Inside the grand hall of Doherty Manor, silence pressed against carved pillars like a second ceiling.
• At the seat of honor lounged a young man in snow-white robes. He cradled a porcelain cup, sipping tea that shimmered with faint spiritual motes. Behind him stood a white-haired elder of unfathomable power. Head bowed, eyes half-closed, he seemed asleep, yet the very air bent around his stillness.
• Beneath the dais clustered the Manor's most trusted retainers. Even Perseus had been summoned—an awkward inclusion demanded by the bloodshed Finneas had unleashed earlier that day.