Synopsis

The chapter focuses on the Adenca elders' growing concern over patriarch Khan Adenca's increasing power and his support of VinChen as a successor. The elders plot to manipulate the succession by using VinChen's half-siblings. Meanwhile, VinChen's intervention in a Samion ceremony leads to a diplomatic crisis. The chapter ends with VinChen preparing for a dangerous upcoming subjugation battle, unaware of the elders' scheming.