Lord of the Truth

Chapter 2163 Big guys entry-1

”You bitch—!!” the third son roared, his voice cracking with fury as he grabbed what remained of his arm—what little was left of it—most of it already reduced to drifting ash that slipped through his fingers like something that had never truly existed. His scream carried both rage and disbelief, a refusal to accept what had just been taken from him.

For cultivators of their level, the loss of a limb was never a trivial matter. Regeneration was possible, yes—but never equal. That arm had not merely been flesh and bone; it had been years upon years of training, refinement, muscle memory etched into its very fibers, real strengthening forged through battle and pain. It had grown alongside his power, adapted to his techniques, become an extension of his will.

Replacing it… was not the same.

Even if he were to regrow the limb through rare resources or forbidden methods, the new arm would lack that history, that depth. It would be weaker, unstable, empty—like the limbs of ordinary mortals, devoid of true foundation.

But the third sonʼs rage did not last.

Even his scream faded abruptly, cut short the moment his gaze shifted and locked onto Heleneʼs figure, floating in the void in complete stillness.

”…Is she dead?”

”It seems activating Final Throne of Ash was the final straw.” one of his brothers approached slowly, his movements cautious, his face pale beneath the weight of what he had just witnessed.

Final Throne of Ash…

The moment it had been unleashed, something deep within their very beings had screamed—a primal warning, a certainty that death was within reach, that a single misstep would have erased them just as it had erased so much around them.

”Father will be furious with us.” another son stepped forward, his voice tight. ”He wanted to torture her for at least a few millennia… not let her end like this.”

”We didnʼt kill her—she technically killed herself!” another arrived, speaking quickly, as if already preparing an excuse, already bracing for what would come next.

”Iʼll see what I can do with Father,” the third son said, his tone laced with irritation, but beneath it… unease. ”Even if he punishes us, it wonʼt be severe. At least she didnʼt escape this time, and—hm?”

His voice faltered.

He stopped mid-sentence, eyes narrowing as he stared more closely at Heleneʼs unmoving form.

”…By the way… why hasnʼt the final farewell appeared yet? Isnʼt she a Monarch?”

”…?”

The others immediately turned toward her as well, their attention sharpening, their senses extending outward as they began examining her condition with far greater focus.

”Strange…” one muttered. ”Her heart has stopped. Her life vein has already dried out completely… yet her soul domain is still resisting collapse.”

”Does that mean sheʼs dead or not?!” another snapped, frustration creeping into his voice.

”Iʼd say… half and half?”

”Has anyone ever heard of something like this before?”

”…This situation reminds me of them,” the fifth son spoke slowly, frowning deeply, ”but Helene never walked their path. She shouldnʼt… be capable of this.” His gaze darkened. ”What exactly is happening?”

Bang

”And they dare say heavenly laws cannot distinguish between anyone!” the third son suddenly barked, his expression twisting as realization struck him. ”Focus—focus on the outer layer of her soul domain!”

”Hmm?”

The remaining four followed his instruction, narrowing their senses and directing them with precision—

And then their expressions changed.

”What… is that power?”

”Iʼve never seen anything like this…”

”I can feel the aura of the Ashification Law from that layer… is this a technique? Some kind of formation?”

”The Ashification aura here… itʼs even stronger than Final Throne of Ash…”

”Itʼs not a technique.” the third son said quietly, though his voice carried a strange edge—envy, disbelief, something darker. ”Itʼs the Ashification Law itself.”

Silence fell.

”The law… refuses to let her die peacefully,” he continued, his eyes fixed on her. ”So it forced her into this state… suspended between life and death.”

”Something like this can actually happen?” one of the brothers whispered, unable to hide the shock in his voice.

”Iʼve never heard of anything like this in recorded history… a heavenly law directly intervening to preserve someoneʼs life?”

”We know heavenly laws possess awareness… but not to this degree… right?” another said, uncertainty creeping into his tone.

”No…” a different brother muttered, his expression turning tense. ”Their interference should not reach this level. If this is true… then everything we know about heavenly laws is incomplete.” He paused, then turned sharply toward the eldest among them. ”We need to inform Father. Immediately.”

”Of course.” the third son nodded, though his gaze lingered on Helene. ”This… this secret might be enough to calm his anger over her death.”

Then, as if remembering something, he looked around, scanning the surroundings.

”…Where are brothers Eleven and Thirteen?” he asked slowly. ”Theyʼve taken far too long to return.”

”Final Throne of Ash was no joke,” one of the others said with a hollow laugh. ”Maybe theyʼre still running for their lives… haha…”

Craaack

The laughter died instantly.

Space itself tore open with a violent fracture, a jagged rift spreading outward as if reality had been forced apart. From within that darkness, a figure stepped through calmly, his hands clasped behind his back as though entering a quiet room rather than a battlefield.

”Oh, you wonʼt have to worry about your Eleventh and Thirteenth brothers  anymore.”

”Senrish?”

The third sonʼs expression hardened instantly, hostility flaring in his eyes.

”Where did you get the nerve to show yourself before us… here?”

This man… was one of the Big Six. A ruler among rulers. One of the sovereign figures governing the millennial empires of the Mid Sector 101.

Then his brows tightened further, suspicion rising.

”And what exactly do you mean… that we wonʼt have to worry about our brothers anymore?”

Craack

Another violent fracture ripped through space, jagged edges spreading outward as reality itself seemed to crack under pressure, and a second Guardian of the Big Six stepped out calmly from within the rift, as though emerging from a doorway rather than a battlefield.

”It means theyʼve been transferred to a more suitable place…” he said, his voice low, almost amused, ”hell.”

”What did you say?!” one of the Cursed Behemothʼs sons roared, his composure shattering instantly as his aura surged outward in a violent wave, distorting the surrounding space. ”Thereʼs no way crippled weaklings like you could harm our brothers—not in such a short time!”

Craack

A third tear opened, smaller but no less sharp, and another figure stepped through, brushing nonexistent dust from his sleeve as if mildly inconvenienced.

”Hmm… though itʼs an insult, youʼre not entirely wrong,” he replied evenly, ”we didnʼt have to do much. Final Throne of Ash did most of the work.” He tilted his head slightly. ”They simply failed to escape in time… fortunate for us. We only helped ease their pain at the end.”

”…..”

Silence fell for a fraction of a second—heavy, suffocating—before it shattered under the weight of rising fury.

The rage in the five brothersʼ eyes became unmistakable. Their expressions twisted, veins tightening beneath the skin, as hostility and killing intent began to condense into raw spiritual pressure. It gathered around them like a storm, thick and oppressive, bending the very space in anticipation of violence.

”How strange…” the third son muttered, something unsettling flickering in his gaze. He raised his hand sharply, stopping his brothers mid-motion before they could lash out. ”The three of you killed our brothers—who were, by your own admission, already weakened—then you choose to show yourselves before us willingly?”

His eyes narrowed, voice dropping into something colder.

”Did you suddenly grow some false courage after preying on them… or is this some kind of death wish?”

He took a slow step forward.

”Or perhaps…”

His aura sharpened, cutting through space like a blade.

”…you wish to join the other three on their deathbeds?”

Among the Big Six, three had been gravely wounded in scattered confrontations—limbs severed, internal organs shattered. They were supposed to be barely alive, clinging to existence somewhere in hiding, unseen for decades.

One against one, the Big Six had never managed to inflict meaningful damage upon the first row scions of Darvion. If anything, the outcome had always been humiliating—defeat after defeat, retreat after retreat. More than once, they had come dangerously close to death.

If not for the overwhelming soul borrowings they had obtained—granted by the hand of an unknown seven-star Royal Soul—they would never have dared stand before them again. Not alone… not even within the protection of their own armies.

And yet now—

Three had appeared.

Three… against five.

Absurd.

Reckless.

Wrong.

Craack Craack Craack

Space shattered again—three more fractures opening simultaneously, their edges vibrating with raw force. From within them, three additional figures stepped forward, their presence stabilizing the fractures as though space itself recognized them.

One of them laughed loudly, the sound echoing unnaturally in the vacuum.

”Haha… who exactly are you calling the ones on their deathbeds?”

”…?!”

The third sonʼs expression froze, then shifted into pure, unfiltered shock.

”How…?”

These were the remaining members of the Big Six.

The ones who were supposed to be half-dead.

The ones who should not have been able to stand… let alone fight.

”What can we say,” one of the three spoke, a faint smile curling at the edge of his lips, ”it turns out we have a very good partner.”

The third sonʼs brows tightened further, suspicion flashing in his eyes.

They were not referring to Hedrick. That fool had nothing but brute strength and reckless impulses—hardly the mind behind something like this.

No…

There was only one possibility.

Lord Human… Robin.

”And who exactly convinced you,” the third son said slowly, his voice now edged with something dangerous, ”that six of you could stand against five of us?”

He raised his intact left arm.

A Miserable World Array manifested above it instantly, its structure forming with terrifying speed, layers of compressed energy folding into one another, ready to be unleashed at a momentʼs notice.

”Careful,” one of the six said, raising both hands in a placating gesture, though there was no real submission in his posture. His gaze shifted slightly as he pointed in a specific direction.

”Weʼre not here for a fight… unless you insist.”

His finger remained steady.

”We want her. Thatʼs all.”

”…?”

The third son followed the direction of his gesture, his eyes landing on Heleneʼs unmoving form—still suspended in that unnatural state between life and death.

For a moment… he said nothing.

Then he turned back toward them, a cold, furious smile slowly spreading across his face.

”You want to take the corpse…”

His aura flared violently, the surrounding space trembling under its weight.

”…from under our noses?”

The smile sharpened, becoming something closer to a snarl.

”Have you lost your goddamn minds?”