Ninam City, Garfield Mansion.
Ashton was sitting cross-legged in his cultivation room, his eyes closed and his breathing even as he absorbed the mana from the mana stones floating around him.
Suddenly, his eyes snapped open, and he turned his head in the north direction, muttering, "Someone awakened our royal bloodline? Is it Emily or Max?"
A moment later, he shook his head in disappointment, "It would have been better if they had awakened the Imperial Bloodline just like me. Awakening just the initial tier of the royal variant is useless."
Just then, he felt a presence outside the room and raised his brows in dissatisfaction.
"They don't like to listen, do they?"
Standing up, he walked over and opened the door.