The Man’s Decree – Chapter 6026

Clouds shredded around the Jade Phoenix beaks as the carriage tore forward.

Inside, Jared sat cross-legged, eyes closed. He funneled Clive's memories through his own channels, smoothing accent slips, matching the envoy's cadence of breath. With every cycle of energy, his aura overlapped the disguise more tightly, seam by seam.

He left Jade Immortal Manor at dawn. By late morning the mountains ahead already breathed a sharper cold, proof the trip to Profound Ice Valley was never meant to be long.

Hours later a wall of white filled the skyline. Sheets of ancient ice and fresh powder hugged a vast gorge, its rim glittering like crushed starstone. Even inside the carriage Jared felt the breath in his lungs crystallize.

At the gorge mouth a straight line of figures waited, their robes stiff in the wind. Spears, banners, and glowing talismans formed a silent corridor.