Chapter 2198

Caelan's pupils contracted sharply as he watched his soul bell shatter before his eyes. His already weakened demon form, drained by the Soul Tree, nearly collapsed entirely with the destruction of the bell. Just as his demonic soul was on the verge of disintegrating, a wisp of black fog surged out from within him. The black fog, thin as a thread, swiftly wove through the cracks in his soul, mending what was about to fall apart. At the same time, the soul bell, though shattered, rapidly reassembled itself midair. The bell, once a burnished bronze, now glimmered faintly with a dark hue. It flew back to Caelan, the black fog vanishing as it nestled against him, once again appearing unchanged to the naked eye. Unnoticed by everyone, the matching soul bell bound to him on the Soul Tree above had begun to darken, its color subtly tainted. The blackness, nearly invisible, crept ever so slowly along the branches of the tree… … At the Cooper residence in Seastone City, Shannon and Benjam