The Man’s Decree – Chapter 6438

Jared's soul shook violently.

The violet radiance around him thrashed and wavered out of control, and some buried instinct fought to scream, to howl, to tear free of the confinement. But the Soul-Refining Grand Array sealed off every sound the spirit could make. It locked down every path by which his consciousness might leak outward, leaving him with nothing but clenched teeth and silence.

He endured the boundless agony by force. Not half a sign of weakness escaped him. Not half a sound of surrender. With nothing but that unbending pride in his bones, he held himself up, bitterly and brutally, against the fire.

Inside the hidden chamber, blazing firelight burned hard, and the formation thundered without pause. No one knew what was happening inside Jared's spirit. No one saw the torment being driven through him to the limit.

Half an hour vanished in what felt like a blink.