Chapter 562 - Ten rays

The universal balance was shifting as techniques and powers were blended, and the inevitability of war became central to all events. Death became a common occurrence. Ninth-realm mages, once revered as powerful beings, were now mere pawns in a much larger scheme. These mages, who once stood at the pinnacle of mortal power, were deployed freely in battle, their deaths regarded as collateral damage. The loss of ninth-realm mages no longer carried the weight it once did; they had become cannon fodder in the grand orchestration of universal conflict.