Chapter 384 - The Tomb of the First Snow

Nera's statement remained inside the cell for several seconds, but Damon did not allow the silence to decide its meaning for him. Being Xue Lian's successor might sound like an important revelation to everyone else, but to him it was still only an interpretation built upon events no one fully understood. He had received an elemental root and a transformed body after interfering with a sealed memory, but that did not mean he had inherited that woman's will, goals, or enemies. The only concrete certainty was that Seraphine believed there was something useful inside him, and that belief had already placed children in danger, awakened the Subterranean Heart, and triggered movements that had nearly destroyed Arven.