She Was Tricked by Grace Again

"When I tell you to cut off that branch, don't hesitate—do it fast!" Grace said.

"Are we really going to cut it?" The Celestial Emperor frowned.

The First Spirit Tree was a sacred symbol—no one had ever dared to take a blade to it.

Grace said, "It has to be done! Once you cut it, the Fiend will be forced out of the King Tree. When that happens, I'll need all of you gods to work together and kill it!"

The gods were all skeptical.

Grace explained everything clearly, then leapt up into the tree.

Just like before, she hugged it tightly.

Over the past few days, she'd tried many times to channel the power of one First Spirit Tree into another.

She had no idea why she could do it.

But she really could!

At that moment, through the omnipresent roots of the King's Spirit Tree, she issued a command to every First Spirit Tree in Drake Abyss, ordering them to send all their power into the King's Spirit Tree.

All the First Spirit Trees in Drake Abyss responded, channeling their divine energy into the King's Spirit Tree.

The power of the King's Spirit Tree grew stronger and stronger.

Then, it gathered its power and drove all the evil within its body into the branch Grace had marked.

"Cut it off! Now!" Grace shouted.

Evan Xiao leapt into the air and sliced off the marked branch with the Emperor's Sword.

A mass of black energy burst out, fleeing toward the sky.

Something really did come out!

None of the living Dragons had ever seen a Fiend before, but they could feel how evil that thing was.

The Celestial Emperor, the Crown Prince, and several Dragon Lords all chased after it, clashing with the black mist in midair.

It was an exceptionally powerful Fiend.

And it was a truly breathtaking battle.

But it didn't last very long.

After all, the gods of Drake Abyss far outnumbered their lone enemy.

The Fiend was quickly destroyed.

Meanwhile, Grace was still clinging to the First Spirit Tree.

She could feel it—the King Tree was wounded, but it felt relaxed, so relaxed, more than it had in years...

Grace felt it too, and with a smile, climbed down from the tree.

Then she saw a crowd of people staring at her with all kinds of expressions.

Some were filled with awe.

Some were simply curious.

One gaze was especially complicated—it belonged to the Celestial Empress.

Another looked utterly defeated—that was Raina Zane.

Not only had Chloe Zhu won the Crown Prince's favor, now she had performed such a great feat?

How was anyone supposed to compete with that?

Raina Zane suddenly felt like she'd been crushed to dust by her...

And a few were filled with anger.

Especially Bianca Whiteshire.

The moment the Fiend crawled out of the tree, she had a bad feeling.

It felt like Chloe Zhu had tricked her again...

Her family's Boros Fruit...

Of course, even angrier than Bianca Whiteshire was Sophie Shang.

How could the Lucky Star possibly be Chloe Zhu?

How could she be the Lucky Star?

It should have been her!

No one knew just how happy Sophie Shang had been when Priestess Sun Drake divined that the Celestial Emperor would grant her an Imperial Marriage.

But Chloe Zhu ruined it all!

......

When the Celestial Emperor and the others returned, Grace told them, "Your Majesty, the real reason the Nine Waters dried up was because the King Tree's vitality was drained by the Fiend. Now that the Fiend is gone, the four dried waters will soon recover!"

"Good! Excellent!" The Celestial Emperor felt a weight lifted from his heart and nodded with relief. "Grace! Thank you so much! You just asked me to grant you one wish, didn't you? Go ahead! What do you want?"

"Your Majesty, I met the Crown Prince in the mortal realm, and the emperor there even granted us a marriage. So, I came here because I learned you were also granting the Crown Prince a marriage!" Grace said.