Grand Return System

The Fall of Sky Breaker Academy

His confidence...

His final hope...

Everything was collapsing.

Despair filled his heart.

Yet despite everything, he still refused to bow before Leon.

He had lost once before.

Now...

He was losing again.

The spectators erupted into uncontrollable astonishment.

"The Heavenly Gate!"

"Unbelievable!"

"I never imagined I’d witness such a miracle in my lifetime!"

One elder stared upward with trembling lips.

"This sword..."

"It truly comes from the heavens."

Another Sage Realm expert whispered in disbelief,

"Who could possibly block such a sword?"

"I’m afraid..."

"Even a peak Pinnacle Realm expert would choose to avoid it."

The surrounding cultivators nodded silently.

None dared claim they could survive such an attack.

At that moment...

Leon slowly lowered his raised hand.

There was no roar.

No exaggerated movement.

Only one simple gesture.

The heavens answered.

Boom!

Tens of thousands of purple swords descended together.

It was as though the sky itself had collapsed.

The world lost its color.

The earth shook violently.

Mountains crumbled into dust.

The air screamed beneath the terrifying sword intent.

Every sword merged into one overwhelming stream of divine judgment that descended directly toward Dario.

His face turned deathly pale.

His heart had already fallen into complete despair.

Still...

He refused to accept death.

With a furious roar, he burned every remaining drop of Mana within his body.

The Strange Origin desperately attempted to protect him.

His Supreme Body erupted with dazzling brilliance.

He swung his sword with everything he had.

Countless dark sword lights shot upward, trying to resist the descending judgment.

Unfortunately...

The difference was overwhelming.

The instant the heavenly sword descended—

Boom!

Every attack shattered.

His Supreme Body disintegrated like fragile glass.

The dark Mana protecting him evaporated.

His flesh exploded into a cloud of crimson mist that scattered across the sky.

He couldn’t fight back at all.

The entire battlefield became silent.

One strike.

Only one strike.

The Headmaster of Sky Breaker Academy...

Had been utterly defeated.

"Senior Brother!"

Vargos’ desperate cry echoed across the battlefield.

His eyes turned bloodshot as he watched Dario’s body disappear before his very eyes.

His mind went completely blank.

Dario’s death meant far more than the loss of one Pinnacle Realm expert.

It meant the collapse of Sky Breaker Academy’s final pillar.

Their destruction...

Had become inevitable.

"No!"

Ignoring everything around him, Vargos desperately tried to rush into the sky.

He wanted to save Dario.

Even if only a fragment remained...

He wanted to save him.

Before he could move more than a few steps—

Bang!

A massive palm slammed into his chest.

His ribs shattered.

Blood sprayed from his mouth.

His body crashed into the ruined earth, leaving behind a massive crater.

Headmaster Mike slowly withdrew his hand.

His gray hair fluttered in the wind as his cold eyes looked down upon Vargos.

"Hmph."

"Sky Breaker Academy..."

"I’ll erase your name from this world today."

His domineering declaration echoed across the battlefield.

The blazing fury that had remained hidden within him for so long had finally erupted without restraint.

High above the battlefield...

Leon remained standing silently.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

The blood mist left behind by Dario slowly drifted through the air.

Most people believed the battle had ended.

Leon did not.

He remembered their previous encounter.

Once...

Dario had escaped death by abandoning his body while preserving his soul.

Leon had no intention of allowing history to repeat itself.

He descended slowly through the fading blood mist.

His Divine Sense spread across the battlefield.

Every strand of Mana...

Every fragment of spiritual fluctuation...

Nothing escaped his perception.

Then—

A faint ripple.

Hidden deep within the dispersing mist.

There it is.

A faint smile appeared on Leon’s face.

"Haha..."

"You still want to hide?"

His calm voice echoed softly.

"It may have worked once."

"It won’t work a second time."

"How could I allow the same mistake to happen again?"

He slowly raised his right hand.

Ancient Principles spread from his fingertips like invisible ripples.

The surrounding space instantly solidified.

Every escape route vanished.

A translucent soul suddenly emerged from the blood mist.

It was Dario.

His soul looked pale and incomplete, its form flickering as though it could disappear at any moment.

Realizing he had been discovered, panic overwhelmed him.

His arrogance had completely vanished.

He struggled desperately against the invisible restraints.

"Leon..."

His voice trembled.

"Please..."

"Spare me."

"I’ll disappear forever."

"I’ll never oppose Celestis Academy again."

"I swear it!"

His soul trembled violently, desperately trying to escape the prison of Principles surrounding him.

For the first time in countless years...

The once-proud Headmaster of Sky Breaker Academy begged for his life.

Leon looked at him without the slightest change in expression.

There was neither hatred...

Nor satisfaction.

Only certainty.

"If I spared you today..."

"You would return tomorrow."

His voice was calm.

"You chose your path."

"You’ve already had your second chance."

"This battle ends here."

With a gentle closing motion of his fingers...

The surrounding Principles instantly contracted.

Crack...

Dario’s soul froze.

His eyes widened in absolute terror.

"No—!"

Before the scream could finish—

Boom!

The soul shattered into countless particles of light.

Every fragment was crushed by Leon’s Principles until nothing remained.

No remnant.

No hidden mark.

No chance of reincarnation.

No possibility of resurrection.

The existence known as Dario had completely vanished from the world.

He was gone forever.

After dealing with Dario, Leon slowly turned his gaze toward Sky Breaker Academy.

His expression remained calm, yet the moment those indifferent purple eyes swept across the battlefield, every surviving elder and student of Sky Breaker Academy felt an icy chill run down their spines.

Their greatest pillar...

The man who had supported their academy for countless years...

Had been completely erased from existence.

No body remained.

No soul remained.

Even the possibility of reincarnation had been extinguished.

An ancient era had come to an end.

High above the battlefield, Gideon witnessed everything unfold before his eyes.

His body trembled violently.

His face twisted with grief and fury as he watched the last traces of Dario disappear into nothingness.

"Damn it!"