Investing in My Crippled Wife: Every Return Makes Me Stronger
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Soren Valmere, unawakened and treated as family garbage, is forced into an arranged marriage with Ethea Morvain, the once-legendary Ice Empress now completely paralyzed after a catastrophic Gate incident. Both families exile them to a modest house in a working-class neighborhood, washing their hands of two “problems” they no longer want to deal with.
But on their wedding night, Soren awakens a hidden power: the Investment Authority.
Whatever he invests in Ethea—time, money, care, emotion—returns to him amplified by 10,000 times when she achieves breakthroughs.
Buy her medicine with his last credits? Receive a hundred million in return. Spend sleepless nights helping her move a single finger? Gain decades of martial experience instantly. Risk his life to save hers? Unlock abilities that shatter the heavens.
As he pours everything into the wife everyone abandoned, Ethea slowly transforms from a broken doll into something that surpasses even her legendary past. And Soren? The “worthless” unawakened trash becomes the most dangerous investor the world has ever seen.
Their families wanted to forget them. The world dismissed them as failures.
They're about to learn that the greatest returns come from investing in someone everyone else deemed worthless.
“You threw us away. Now watch us rise.”
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Author's Note: Hey everyone! This is my first time writing in this genre, so please go easy on me. Furthermore, this is purely a work of imagination. Any similarities to real persons or events are coincidental. I'm just here to have fun and hopefully entertain you along the way.
If you enjoy the story, please add it to your library and throw some power stones my way. Comments and feedback are always welcome (the good kind and the constructive kind).
I'll try to update regularly, but life happens, so bear with me.
Now sit back, relax, and watch Soren make the worst investment of his life.
Spoiler: It turns out to be the best one.
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#ArrangedMarriage #ContractMarriage #HiddenPower #Awakening #IceEmpress #CrippledFemaleLead #MaleLeadGrowth #PowerCouple #SlowBurnRomance #HealingTogether #Investing #Cultivation #AbandonedByFamilies #FromZeroToHero #EmotionalInvestment #WholesomeEndgame
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▼ Red Ch. 1–328 · 328 chapters
Chapter 1: I Married To The Ice Empress
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Chapter 2: Awakening!
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Chapter 3: First Returns
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Chapter 4: Investor’s Eyes
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Chapter 5: The Tip of the Iceberg
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Chapter 6: Glacial Emperor Scripture
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Chapter 7: Why? Just Why?
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Chapter 8: Soren’s Answer
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Chapter 9: More Returns?
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Chapter 10: Reality Check
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Chapter 11: Trust But Verify
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Chapter 12: Hunter’s License
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Chapter 13: Training!
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Chapter 14: More Returns!
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Chapter 15: First Gate!
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Chapter 16: Slime Boss!
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Chapter 17: Family Visit!
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Chapter 18: The Father-In-Law
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Chapter 19: Keep Growing
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Chapter 20: A Party Or A Guild?
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Chapter 21: Bureau’s Offer
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Chapter 22: Registration
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Chapter 23: Promise
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Chapter 24: The Ice Empress’s Guidance
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Chapter 25: First Party!
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Chapter 26: Moss Hollow Cave [1]
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Chapter 27: Moss Hollow Cave [2]
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Chapter 28: Moss Hollow Cave [3]
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Chapter 29: The Warning
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Chapter 30: An Unforgettable Smile
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Chapter 31: One Step Closer
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Chapter 32: Ironclad Gorge
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Chapter 33: Ironclad Gorge [2]
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Chapter 34: Ironclad Gorge [3]
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Chapter 35: Race Against Time
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Chapter 36: Aftermath
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Chapter 37: Finally, It’s Over
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Chapter 38: Homecoming
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Chapter 39: Breakthrough
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Chapter 40: A Real Husband
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Chapter 41: Blue
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Chapter 42: Shedding Frost
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Chapter 43: Building a Bridge
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Chapter 44: A Shared Sweetness
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Chapter 45: Please, Enlighten Me
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Chapter 46: Training: Beyond the Manual’s Reach!
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Chapter 47: Caught Red-Handed
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Chapter 48: Best Investment Is In Oneself
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Chapter 49: Promotion Exam
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Chapter 50: Combat Simulation!
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Chapter 51: E-rank!
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Chapter 52: The Invisible Hand
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Chapter 53: The Simple Truth
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Chapter 54: A New Surname [1]
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Chapter 55: A New Surname [2]
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Chapter 56: A New Surname [3]
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Chapter 57: Mid-Term Exams: Start!
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Chapter 58: The Gilded Discovery
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Chapter 59: Golden Opportunity
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Chapter 60: Golden Opportunity [2]
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Chapter 61: Burn to Ashes!
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Chapter 62: No Mercy, No Hesitation
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Chapter 63: Awakening Of The Supreme
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Chapter 64: An Incalculable Asset
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Chapter 65: Equivalent Exchange
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Chapter 66: A Door for the Desperate
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Chapter 67: The Most Beautiful Dream And The Most Treacherous Fall
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Chapter 68: Echoes of a Sunless Age
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Chapter 69: The Chosen One
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Chapter 70: Emperor’s Parting Gift
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Chapter 71: Back to Back [1]
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Chapter 72: Emperor’s Parting Gift [2]
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Chapter 73: Abnormality
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Chapter 74: Back to Back [2]
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Chapter 75: Evolve or Die
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Chapter 76: One Shot
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Chapter 77: Absolute Descent
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Chapter 78: Fall
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Chapter 79: The Longest Afternoon
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Chapter 80: The Miracle and the Anchor
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Chapter 81: A Silent Promise
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Chapter 82: Basic Human Decency
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Chapter 83: Devoted Wife
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Chapter 84: Mrs. Everly
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Chapter 85: A Tether in the Bleeding Dark
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Chapter 86: Glad to Be Back
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Chapter 87: Upgrades
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Chapter 88: Upgrades [2]
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Chapter 89: Blessing In Disguise
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Chapter 90: A Blessing in Disguise [2]
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Chapter 91: A Novice
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Chapter 92: The Art of Faking Slumber
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Chapter 93: What Happened Before
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Chapter 94: A Venomous Script
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Chapter 95: Shifting the Board
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Chapter 96: No Place to Hide
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Chapter 97: The Final Verdict
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Chapter 98: An Exchange of Civilities
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Chapter 99: I Hate You, Soren
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Chapter 100: Spoils of Survival [1]
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Chapter 101: Spoils of Survival [2]
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Chapter 102: Gift [1]
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Chapter 103: Gift [2]
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Chapter 104: Melting Hearts
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Chapter 105: The Novice No. 2
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Chapter 106: Uncharted Paths
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Chapter 107: Party Training [1]
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Chapter 108: Party Training [2]
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Chapter 109: Novice No. 2’s Dilemmas
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Chapter 110: Novice No. 2’s Promotion
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Chapter 111: Theory and Practice
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Chapter 112: Sister’s Visit
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Chapter 113: The Sizzle of the Pan, the Heat of the Table
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Chapter 114: Cooking!
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Chapter 115: Breakthrough?
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Chapter 116: A Vague Truth
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Chapter 117: Breakthrough! [2]
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Chapter 118: Breakthrough! [3]
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Chapter 119: Breakthrough Returns
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Chapter 120: Visiting The Bureau [1]
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Chapter 121: Visiting The Bureau [2]
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Chapter 122: Visiting The Bureau [3]
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Chapter 123: Visiting The Bureau [4]
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Chapter 124: Novice No. 2: Stonks 101
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Chapter 125: A Date Worth Remembering
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Chapter 126: Happy Birthday!
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Chapter 127: A Late Bloomer’s Reveal
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Chapter 128: Happy Birthday! [2]
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Chapter 129: Ethea’s Gifts [1]
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Chapter 130: Ethea’s Gifts [2]
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Chapter 131: Ethea’s Final Gift
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Chapter 132: Sleeping Together
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Chapter 133: Sleeping Together [2]
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Chapter 134: The Pebble Among Stars
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Chapter 135: Surprise
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Chapter 136: Vanguard-X
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Chapter 137: A Change of Pace
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Chapter 138: Childhood Dream Comes True?
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Chapter 139: Perks of a Long Lifespan
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Chapter 140: Bonding [1]
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Chapter 141: Bonding [2]
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Chapter 142: Bonding [3]
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Chapter 143: Bonding [4]
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Chapter 144: Bonding [5]
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Chapter 145: Bonding [6]
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Chapter 146: Bonding [7]
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Chapter 147: Kalmira’s Nightmare [1]
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Chapter 148: Kalmira’s Nightmare [2]
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Chapter 149: Bonding [8]
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Chapter 150: A Glimpse Of The Past [1]
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Chapter 151: A Glimpse Of The Past [2]
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Chapter 152: Danger [1]
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Chapter 153: Danger [2]
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Chapter 154: Catalyst of the Eclipse
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Chapter 155: Danger [3]
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Chapter 156: Danger [4]
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Chapter 157: Danger [5]
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Chapter 158: Danger [6]
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Chapter 159: Danger [7]
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Chapter 160: What’s Mine Is Yours, What’s Yours Is Mine
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Chapter 161: Purge the Flesh, Forge the Soul [1]
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Chapter 162: Purge the Flesh, Forge the Soul [2]
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Chapter 163: To Burn for Your Light
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Chapter 164: Chaos Unleashed
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Chapter 165: The Wrong Tunnel
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Chapter 166: "I’m Back."
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Chapter 167: The Mercy of a Miracle
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Chapter 168: An Answer to Fading Hope
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Chapter 169: When the Frost Fractures
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Chapter 170: Burdens of the Chosen
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Chapter 171: The Ones Behind The Scenes
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Chapter 172: In One Another’s Company
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Chapter 173: Returns Granted [1]
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Chapter 174: Returns Granted [2]
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Chapter 175: In Each Other’s Arms
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Chapter 176: Reborn
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Chapter 177: A Past Acquaintance
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Chapter 178: Past and Present Collide [1]
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Chapter 179: Past And Present Collide [2]
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Chapter 180: Past And Present Collide [3]
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Chapter 181: Past And Present Collide [4]
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Chapter 182: Son-In-Law Vs Father-In-Law
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Chapter 183: Son-In-Law Vs Father-In-Law [2]
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Chapter 184: Son-In-Law Vs Father-In-Law [3]
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Chapter 185: Son-In-Law Vs Father-In-Law [4]
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Chapter 186: The Lure and the Lead
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Chapter 187: The Unintended Variable
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Chapter 188: An Impenetrable Fortress
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Chapter 189: The Uncrowned Blade
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Chapter 190: To Hold an Anchor Still
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Chapter 191: Idiot
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Chapter 192: Invitation
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Chapter 193: Magic Chef
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Chapter 194: Invitation [2]
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Chapter 195: Exposing True Colors
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Chapter 196: Soren’s Tale [1]
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Chapter 197: Soren’s Tale [2]
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Chapter 198: Soren’s Tale [3]
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Chapter 199: Soren’s Tale [4]
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Chapter 200: Soren’s Tale [5]
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Chapter 201: Soren’s Tale [6]
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Chapter 202: Ethea’s Tale [1]
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Chapter 203: Ethea’s Tale [2]
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Chapter 204: Ethea’s Tale [3]
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Chapter 205: Ethea’s Tale [4]
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Chapter 206: What is An Authority? [1]
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Chapter 207: What is An Authority? [2]
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Chapter 208: Mapping the Future [1]
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Chapter 209: Mapping the Future [2]
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Chapter 210: Mapping The Future [3]
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Chapter 211: The Tower of Apocalypse
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Chapter 212: Mapping The Future [4]
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Chapter 213: Mapping The Future [5]
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Chapter 214: Mapping The Future [6]
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Chapter 215: Unseen Potential
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Chapter 216: Raine
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Chapter 217: Mental Cultivation
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Chapter 218: Training With The Icebreaker Emperor
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Chapter 219: What Is An Authority? [3]
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Chapter 220: Dinner
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Chapter 221: Boundaries of Trust
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Chapter 222: Innocent Collateral
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Chapter 223: Overthinkers
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Chapter 224: Big Decision
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Chapter 225: A Welcome Return
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Chapter 226: The Beginning and the End
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Chapter 227: The First Lesson
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Chapter 228: The Nightmare’s Request
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Chapter 229: The Bow and the Blow
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Chapter 230: I Couldn’t Even Say Goodbye
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Chapter 231: The Rest Is Up to Him
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Chapter 232: A Day Off
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Chapter 233: Be Yourself
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Chapter 234: Not Bad, But Not Good Enough
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Chapter 235: The Emperor’s Curse
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Chapter 236: Shopping [1]
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Chapter 237: Shopping [2]
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Chapter 238: Shopping [3]
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Chapter 239: Shopping [4]
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Chapter 240: Shopping [5]
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Chapter 241: A Thread of Return
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Chapter 242: The Frostfen Hollow [1]
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Chapter 243: The Frostfen Hollow [2]
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Chapter 244: The Frostfen Hollow [3]
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Chapter 245: One Step at a Time
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Chapter 246: Their Fate
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Chapter 247: Farewell [1]
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Chapter 248: Farewell [2]
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Chapter 249: Farewell [3]
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Chapter 250: Farewell [4]
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Chapter 251: Toward A New Beginning
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Chapter 252: A Nightmare
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Chapter 253: Family Reunion
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Chapter 254: Family Reunion [2]
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Chapter 255: Welcome To The Temur Empire
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Chapter 256: Harvest Festival [1]
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Chapter 257: Harvest Festival [2]
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Chapter 258: Harvest Festival [3]
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Chapter 259: Harvest Festival [4]
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Chapter 260: Magic Chef Association
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Chapter 261: Master Chef?
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Chapter 262: Golden Ladle Championship [1]
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Chapter 263: Golden Ladle Championship [2]
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Chapter 264: Golden Ladle Championship [3]
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Chapter 265: Princess’s Investigation
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Chapter 266: ’Unexpected’ Reunion
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Chapter 267: Golden Ladle Championship [4]
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Chapter 268: Golden Ladle Championship [5]
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Chapter 269: Golden Ladle Championship [6]
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Chapter 270: Golden Ladle Championship [7]
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Chapter 271: The Broth of Life
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Chapter 272: Bagdad’s Savior
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Chapter 273: I Love You
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Chapter 274: Exchange
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Chapter 275: Trust
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Chapter 276: Departure
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Chapter 277: Thief
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Chapter 278: No Longer a Guest
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Chapter 279: The Price to Pay
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Chapter 280: Logic And Pride
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Chapter 281: Interrogation
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Chapter 282: Mysterious Enemy
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Chapter 283: Who Are They?
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Chapter 284: Who Are They? [2]
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Chapter 285: Golden Ladle Championship: Finale [1]
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Chapter 286: Golden Ladle Championship: Finale [2]
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Chapter 287: Golden Ladle Championship: Finale [3]
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Chapter 288: Golden Ladle Championship: Finale [4]
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Chapter 289: Golden Ladle Championship: Finale [5]
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Chapter 290: Golden Ladle Championship: Finale [6]
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Chapter 291: Golden Ladle Championship: Finale [7]
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Chapter 292: A Friendly Handshake
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Chapter 293: Don’t Make Me Laugh
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Chapter 294: Bring It On!
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Chapter 295: Cockroach
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Chapter 296: Real Strength
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Chapter 297: It’s Over
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Chapter 298: It’s Over [2]
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Chapter 299: It’s Over [3]
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Chapter 300: It’s Over [4]
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Chapter 301: It’s Over [5]
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Chapter 302: It’s Over [6]
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Chapter 303: Urgh...
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Chapter 304: Request
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Chapter 305: What If...
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Chapter 306: Bagdad’s Savior
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Chapter 307: Hidden Enemy
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Chapter 308: Forgiveness
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Chapter 309: Soft-Hearted
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Chapter 310: Investment detected... [1]
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Chapter 311: Investment detected... [2]
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Chapter 312: Two Hearts, One Step Closer
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Chapter 313: Goodbye Bagdad, Hello Adamery
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Chapter 314: Borrowed Time
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Chapter 315: Shocking News
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Chapter 316: Another Acquaintance
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Chapter 317: A Familiar Face
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Chapter 318: My Little Star
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Chapter 319: Dinner With A Friend [1]
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Chapter 320: Dinner With A Friend [2]
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Chapter 321: Dinner With a Friend [3]
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Chapter 322: Dinner With a Friend [4]
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Chapter 323: Dinner With a Friend [5]
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Chapter 324: The Best Couple
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Chapter 325: Long Awaited Reunion
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Chapter 326: Long Awaited Reunion [2]
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Chapter 327: Radiant Soul
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Chapter 328: Investment Detected... [3]
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