Chapter 1478: A World Reborn

The silence that followed the destruction of the True Shadow was deafening. For a moment, it felt as though time had stopped entirely. The air was thick, still holding the remnants of the dark energy that had once consumed the land, but now there was only the faint hum of the Codex's dissipating power and the distant echoes of the battle. Kael stood amidst the wreckage, his chest rising and falling with each labored breath. His body ached, his muscles sore from the effort of the fight, but it was the weariness in his soul that lingered, a deep exhaustion born of the cost of their victory.