Chapter 373: I'll only take one item

"Forebearer, should we eliminate him?" Donna murmured, her voice barely audible above the din of the bustling teahouse outside the Hall Estate.

The identities of the Heavenly Path avatars who had converged on Cedar Ridge were now known to the Forebearer. With a single thought, he could orchestrate their demise.

[No.] Ethan's Psychic Position flickered, a silent veto. Assassinations within the imperial capital were far too risky.

He had infiltrated the Hall Estate, witnessed Brody's descent into madness. He had seen it with his own eyes: the Heavenly Path Venerable's avatars could feel pain. Brody had even resorted to shutting down his senses, likely severing the connection with his fellow avatars to escape their shared agony.

Their suspicions had been confirmed. The Heavenly Path's avatars, in the absence of their master's direct control, were each vying for dominance, each striving to become the sole inheritor of their master's power.