The news of the Late Emperor Calxian returning to the palace quickly reached Stuart's ears.

When she arrived, she saw Carl, who had lost his left arm, standing by the cradle, looking at their child.

She had always been a graceful and powerful queen, but in that moment, she couldn't hold back and whispered:

"Who did this?"

Carl shook his head and didn't tell her.

Stuart squinted her eyes, hiding a trace of killing intent, and said:

"If you don't tell me, I have ways to find out."

Carl shook his head and said:

"Knowing or not knowing, what difference does it make? It can't change the result."

But seeing Stuart's persistence, he still said:

"It was a weak god from the Demon Hall, someone unheard of, but stronger than I expected."

Stuart silently remembered this.

Perhaps affected by Divine Power, Carl's face showed little emotion.

His divinity was gradually overshadowing his humanity.

When humanity is completely devoured, he would lose his final anchor in the world, and the power would go berserk, tearing this "container" apart.

Seeing the baby in the cradle, he suddenly said:

"I've suddenly developed a bit of a survival instinct; although the situation isn't great, I'll try to buy you some time."

Chloe remained silent.

Such words sounded like a farewell.

Carl didn't stay long in the palace; he left after a while.

The two watched him go, and after a long silence, Chloe suddenly said:

"I'm planning to activate the contingency plan."

"Hmm?" Stuart looked up and said, "Are you going to unseal it?"

"Yes."

Chloe said calmly, "With the current situation, sealing that thing any longer will make things troublesome."

Stuart was concerned:

"But, can you still control it? After all, it's the Authority of Pride."

Chloe pondered for a moment, then nodded seriously and said:

"As long as the Authority of Pride isn't pushed to the limit, it's fine."

During the Age of the Seven Heroes, he could quickly push the Authority of Pride to the limit mainly due to two reasons.

First, Abigail helped activate the Authority of Pride with Divine Power.

Second, his own strength was formidable, and he willingly accepted the assimilation of the Authority of Pride.

In this reincarnation, perhaps the Great Sin: Pride doesn't have a suitable bearer in this era, he soon felt this authority descend upon him.

However, Chloe didn't particularly want to use the Authority of Pride.

Unlike the portion of Gluttony that had been transformed by the Elf Race.

The Authority of Pride, even after his battle on the Star Realm battlefield, said nothing of transformation; it had only become more prone to going berserk.

Fortunately.

This was originally his own authority.

Aside from being more easily tempted by the Abyss, the Authority of Pride in his hands could indeed unleash its maximum potential.

But previously, he had no need to activate the Authority of Pride.

This power was quite prone to slipping out of control.

If it wasn't necessary, he actually didn't want to activate this authority.

Not only might it not aid him, but it could also become a target for the Abyss.

No one understood better than him how deep the Abyss's obsession with him ran.

He had always sealed the power of Pride, but now, he felt it might be time to unseal it.

Chloe looked at Stuart and said:

"In fact, you should have already expected this."

Stuart sighed.

Carl thought that the fall from grace, wanting it to end, only needed to wait for the child to be born.

But Stuart had a rather ominous thought.

That is...

"To buy time for our child, it's no one but us who must do it."

Stuart said with some difficulty.

Chloe was quite calm, merely embracing her quietly, saying:

"Don't worry, it will be alright."

In fact, Chloe should have foreseen this.

What the echo of history had experienced were the brilliant past events in the history of The Stars.

But as it is said, the time when The Stars shone was precisely during the night.

If the long night were so easy to cross, it wouldn't bear the name of the glorious stars.

"How do you plan to activate the Great Sin: Pride?" Stuart asked with a frown: "It's not easy to activate Pride to a level that can truly aid you."

Chloe smiled and said:

"Isn't there the simplest method?"

"What?"

"Challenge the strong heroes." Chloe smiled and said, "Give me some time, and I'll challenge the most famous legendary heroes on the continent."

"Hmm?" Stuart pondered for a moment before she generally understood Chloe's idea, "You're aiming to pave an invincible path?"

"Yes."

Invincibility is the greatest Pride.

In fact, even the Seven Heroes or the stronger Fear Demon Gods have their weaknesses.

In a situation where they're restrained, even if an opponent is weaker by a stage, they might still be killed.

The Seven Heroes and Fear Demon Gods are such representatives.

In this world, there is no absolute invincibility, only relative invincibility.

But not every world can give birth to a strong hero that can restrain the "nearly invincible."

So, when Chloe, in the capacity of a newly initiated Legend, made his move against other legendary heroes and continuously triumphed, there indeed was a chance to pave an invincible path.

After fighting the legends, he would face newly-risen demigods.

Defeating newly advanced Demigods, and then defeating veteran Demigods.

As long as her progress isn't interrupted, Chloe will rapidly accumulate the power of Pride sufficient to awaken the Great Sin: Pride, wrapped in the momentum of invincibility.

That day, after kissing Stuart and bidding farewell to Nini, Chloe rubbed her son's small cheeks and said:

"You rascal, do your best to become stronger; your dad is going to accomplish great things."

Not yet the later Emperor of the Destruction Black Sun, he looked at his handsome father with clear eyes and reached out to grasp his finger.

"Are you cheering me on?"

Chloe rubbed his son's soft cheeks, feeling much better suddenly.

Stuart watched him and said:

"Go ahead, be careful on the road."

Chloe just smiled and said:

"Don't worry, in today's Stars, there shouldn't be anyone who can defeat me."

He felt this wasn't pride but a fact.

In truth...

It was indeed so.

In the first month after leaving the Ensar Empire, he challenged many legendary warriors in the south, gaining fame, and people knew of a masked legendary Martial Monk fighting masters everywhere.

In the second month after leaving the Ensar Empire, Chloe defeated five top legends who held the title of the Saint Realm, causing ordinary legends to retreat three miles away.

By the third month, no legend would accept Chloe's invitation anymore.

Thus, starting from the fourth month, Chloe's opponents became Demigods.

This stirred the continent.

In essence, legendary warriors who master Saint Realm combat techniques already possess Demigod-level combat power. If careless, even Demigods might meet with failure.

Yet, there remains a significant gap between legends and Demigods.

Since this masked Martial Monk choose to fight Demigods, he certainly wouldn't just battle newly advanced Demigods.

Sure enough, his opponents quickly became mid-Demigod stage, and even top Demigods.

Clearly just a legend, yet the Monk demonstrated supreme skills that still astonished Demigods.

Upon defeating the first Demigod, he was met with cheers.

Upon defeating the 10th Demigod, the audience felt their scalps tingling.

When the first top Demigod was vanquished by him, Chloe's momentum reached its peak.

Looking back, it was half a year later.

Chloe returned to the imperial capital, dragging his weary body.

During this time, he did return to Ensar to see mother and son, but he ultimately didn't linger much.

However, this time, he intended to rest at home for a period.

"How was it?"

Stuart's beautiful eyes looked at Chloe.

Chloe nodded and said:

"Half a year's time, the peak of legend, battling every Demigod still willing to fight, accumulated the power of Pride quickly."

Stuart wiped the sweat from his forehead and softly said:

"Was it exhausting?"

"Yes, but it's okay, I've never forgotten my goal. We must bring Rephya out of that hell."

He had initially wanted to hold out for more time.

But now, the situation was severe, ultimately not as he imagined.

Because...

The late Emperor Calxian has died in battle.

Chloe on this side lost a source of ultimate force.

Seeing Stuart a bit lost in thought, Chloe smoothed her furrowed brow:

"The late Emperor died as a proud warrior."

Stuart softly said:

"I know, but I still can't control my anger, clearly he wasn't a good father..."

Chloe embraced her, saying:

"The one who killed Carl was an unknown Evil God from the Demon Hall. I'll chop off its head to mourn Carl's passing."

When he said this, it wasn't with murderous intent but rather as natural assertion.

For him, there's nothing simpler than killing to stop killing.

After a simple rest, his goals were set on breaking through as a Demigod and amusing the child.

Their child with Stuart was indeed very intelligent.

On the first day of birth, he could manage to stand from the bed.

A month later, he already learned to find food actively.

Two months later, he could speak.

Now, the little him was sitting in Chloe's arms, looking at his father with a strange expression.

"Are you my dad?"

The child said in a childlike voice.

Chloe pinched the child's cheek and said:

"Yes, it's been just half a year, and you've grown so much."

"But I haven't seen you at home."

"Because dad has to protect our home."

"What is protection?"

"You don't understand now, but someday you'll know."

Expecting a half-year-old child to understand protection's meaning is too much.

Stuart just sat there, smiling, watching the father and son play.

Though returning meant working overtime to seek the opportunity to break through as a Demigod, such a busy life has gained a touch of comfort with family accompaniment.

Unfortunately, good times don't last long; before Chloe could step into the next stage, bad news arrived.

The Dark Crow Guard suffered a devastating blow, nearly wiped out.

Upon hearing this news, Chloe could only sigh deeply and tell Stuart:

"I must make a trip to the Shadow Plane; seems my breakthrough finale must remain in the Shadow Plane."

Stuart softly said:

"Get me a bit more time, I'm also at peak legend, once I break through as a Demigod, we'll have much more leeway."

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