"What is this, Father?" Maximilian asked, looking down at the silver locket that the Almighty Sovereign had just placed in his hand. It was small and plain, yet it felt strangely warm against his palm, like something alive.
"This locket contains the Killing Intent I have accumulated over the past thousand years," the Almighty Sovereign revealed in his broken, aged voice. "It can even protect you from a Cultivator at the True God Realm. But do not depend on it too much. It can only save you once."
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Crack!
Maximilian crushed the silver locket. Bolts of crimson lightning burst from his hand, spreading outward in every direction.
"I'm the one who killed the Leaders of the Neige and Floraisan Clans," Maximilian revealed in a calm tone. "Find me in the Riftlands if you want to take revenge."
Just as the claws of the four Ancestors were about to pierce his body, a portal opened beneath him and he fell inside.
