The world did not return to normal.
Not truly.
Not after what Qi Shan Wei just survived.
The air was still shattered, full of shimmering cracks like broken glass.Light flickered unnaturally, bending around his body.Even sound trailed behind him, distorted by the residue of fate-rending energy.
It was as if the universe itself was struggling to understand…how he was still alive.
Snowflakes drifted down.
Touched his skin.
And melted instantly — not from heat, but from the sheer pressure of his soul.
1. The Enemy Reacts — Fear for the First Time
The Devourer staggered back, claws trembling.
"Impossible…That blast was designed to erase the soul."
The Serpent hissed, writhing, its coils forming knots in panic.
"The Heir's law should have devoured his thread.How is the mortal's timeline still intact!?"
The Calamity Heir said nothing at first.
He simply stared.
Not at Shan Wei's wounds.Not at the scorched ground.
But at Shan Wei's eyes.
Golden.Prismatic.Alive.
The Heir finally spoke.
Quiet.
Taut.
Cold.
"…You were supposed to die."
Shan Wei wiped blood from his lip and straightened, Drakonix still weakly clinging to his shoulder.
He responded simply:
"Then your plan was flawed."
The Devourer growled.
The Serpent screeched.
But the Heir held up a hand.
Because he saw it.
The change.
Shan Wei's soul was not merely stable.
It was…transforming.
2. Inside Shan Wei — The Soul Forge Awakens
Pain surged through Shan Wei's meridians like molten starlight.Every breath felt like inhaling broken glass.But beneath the agony…
There was a hum.
A rhythm.
A forging sound.
Clang.Clang.Clang.
He staggered forward one step.
Xueya gasped.
"Shan Wei—your soul—it's… glowing—"
Not just glowing.
Being hammered.
Forged.
Refined.
A giant spectral anvil had manifested behind him — unseen by most, but visible to cultivators whose senses were sharp enough.
The Empress clasped a hand over her mouth.
"That…That's the Prismatic Soul Forge…!"
Yue Lian's eyes widened.
"The WHAT?!"
The Empress whispered, voice shaking:
"Something that only the ancient Prismatic Emperors ever awakened…and only at the peak of the Dao Sovereign Realm…"
She swallowed, trembling.
"But he's awakening it as a Qi Cultivator…"
3. Xueya's Awakening Surges — Ice Galaxy Expands
Xueya took a step forward, frost swirling around her ankles.
Her frost veins glowed brighter than before.
Not unstable now.
Not entirely dangerous.
Something deeper.
Her Lunar Frost Domain resonated with Shan Wei's forging soul — reacting like twin stars drawn into orbit.
Her breath trembled.
"What… what is this feeling…?"
The moon behind her pulsed, synchronizing with Shan Wei's anvil.
Shan Wei's forging heartbeat.
Her lunar heartbeat.
Their powers reverberated.
Yue Lian stepped back.
"This is—this is turning into a combined awakening—!"
Xueya whispered, eyes trembling:
"Shan Wei…don't die…don't leave me…"
Her emotions poured into the Domain.
It expanded.
Ice galaxies spiraled around her.
For the first time—
The Heir actually flinched.
4. Drakonix Begins Nirvana
Drakonix suddenly trembled.
His tiny claws dug into Shan Wei's shoulder.
He made a weak sound—
"Fw…wee…"
Then—
CRACK.
A line of golden light split across his scales.
The Empress screamed:
"No—!!Not now—!Nirvana is starting—!"
Yue Lian panicked.
"But he's too damaged—if he enters Nirvana now—"
"He could DIE," the Empress snapped.
Cracks spread further across Drakonix's body.
Shan Wei turned, horrified.
"Drakonix—NO—"
The tiny beast buried his head into Shan Wei's chest, crying softly.
As if saying:
"Shan Wei… please survive… I want to stay…"
Then—
His entire body glowed blinding white—
And he collapsed.
A giant cocoon of prismatic light formed around him, floating behind Shan Wei.
Nirvana.
Forced.Premature.Dangerous.
If Shan Wei didn't protect him—
He'd never emerge.
5. Jin Wei's Core Is Melting
Jin Wei knelt nearby.
Smoke poured from his joints.
His cracked plates rattled.
His voice came out fractured:
CORE—TEMPERATURE—CRITICAL.MAINTAINING—MASTER—PROTECTION—MODE.
Yue Lian stared in horror.
"If Jin Wei doesn't shut down, his core will explode—!"
The Empress shook her head violently.
"He won't.He can't.His entire existence is tied to Shan Wei's survival."
More cracks spread across Jin Wei's armor.
A panel fell off, exposing glowing runes melting into liquid gold.
He whispered:
MASTER…PROTECT…MASTER…
Shan Wei clenched his fists.
Anger.Gratitude.Pain.Resolve.
Everything surged inside him at once.
6. The Heir Takes a Step Forward
The Heir finally moved.
One step.
The entire chasm shook.
Ice mountains collapsed.
The Serpent curled itself into a defensive knot.The Devourer bowed its head, trembling.
The Heir's voice was cold as cosmic winter.
"Your beast is dying.Your puppet is collapsing.Your mind is fracturing.Your soul is burning."
He tilted his head.
"And still…you stand."
Shan Wei didn't answer.
Didn't need to.
His soul was forging its own response.
The Heir raised a hand.
Space shattered around his fingers.
"Then allow me to finish it properly."
He pressed down.
A fate-severing aura descended—
Directly onto Shan Wei's soul thread.
The same aura that erased realms.Destroyed past lives.Devoured destinies.
This time—there was no attack.No blast.No explosion.
Just one touch of cosmic law.
Pure, lethal fate-deletion.
The Empress screamed:
"SHAN WEI—YOUR SOUL THREAD—!!"
Xueya cried out, frost exploding around her:
"STOP—!!!"
But it was too late.
The Heir's law reached Shan Wei—
And touched his timeline.
His beginning.His childhood.His every possible future.His fate-roots.His Prismatic potential.
All of it—
began to unravel.
7. The Soul Forge Resists
The Heir's eyes narrowed.
"…What?"
The law struggled.
Fate refused to sever cleanly.
Shan Wei felt a burning at the center of his being—
The place his Prismatic core had cracked before.
But instead of breaking—
It heated.
Glowed.
Ignited.
The anvil behind him roared to life.
Clang.CLANG.CLANG.
Each strike shook the world.
The Heir's deletion law shuddered.
The Serpent hissed in disbelief.
The Devourer recoiled in horror.
The Empress whispered:
"He's…He's reforging his own soul thread…while it's being erased…"
That was impossible.
Suicidal.
Insane.
And yet—
Shan Wei's heartbeat synchronized with the anvil.
His eyes glowed with prismatic threads.
Fire.Ice.Lightning.Light.Shadow.Life.Void.Fate.
Eight forces.
Eight colors.
Eight destinies converging.
The Heir took another step forward, furious.
"STOP THIS.MORTALS DO NOT REFORGE THEIR FATE."
Shan Wei finally spoke.
Voice cracked.Body trembling.But soul unbroken.
"I am not reforging my fate."
He raised his head—
and the world tilted.
"I am forging a new one."
8. Soul Breakthrough — Prismatic Heart Resonance
Light erupted from Shan Wei's chest—
Not qi.Not blood.Not aura.
Soul light.
Prismatic soul light.
It shot upward, slicing the frozen clouds, forming a pillar of rainbow radiance visible across continents.
The Empress covered her heart, trembling.
"That's…No…That's impossible…"
Yue Lian whispered:
"What? WHAT!?"
The Empress's voice cracked:
"He's forming the Prismatic Heart Resonance—a soul-based core—at the FIRST realm of cultivation."
Yue Lian's jaw dropped.
"But that's something only ancient emperors formed in their DIVINE REALM—!!"
The Empress nodded, tears in her eyes.
"And he's doing it while dying…"
9. Xueya Reaches Him First
As the pillar of light soared upward, Xueya moved.
Her Domain steadied.
Her frost calmed.
Her moon shrank slightly, stabilizing instead of raging.
For the first time since the battle began—she was in full control.
And she ran.
Straight through collapsing ice.Straight through the residual calamity aura.Straight through death itself.
She reached Shan Wei—
and caught him as his knees buckled.
Her hands burned from touching his prismatic aura.Frost on her fingers melted instantly.Her heartbeat synced with his forging rhythm.
She whispered:
"Stay alive.Stay with me.Don't you dare disappear."
Her forehead rested against his.
Their breaths intertwined.
The forging behind him accelerated—
CLANG.CLANG.CLANG.CLANG.
Her Domain wrapped around him, cooling the heat, stabilizing his soul.
Their auras intertwined.
Prismatic flame and lunar frost.
A combination that should have been unstable—
Instead harmonized.
Perfectly.
10. The Heir's First Mistake
The Heir realized—
He had just triggered something ancient.
Something forgotten.
Something forbidden.
"…You are not a threat in this world," he whispered, stepping back.
"You are a threat to all worlds."
He extended his hand again.
"Then I must destroy you—NOW."
The Devourer and Serpent surged forward.
The Heir's aura condensed.
The world trembled—
As if on the verge of collapsing.
Xueya tightened her hold on Shan Wei.
Her frost moon expanded dangerously.
Jin Wei's cracked body rose to block them again.
Drakonix's cocoon pulsed with violent prismatic light.
Everyone prepared for the final strike—
When Shan Wei's eyes opened.
Not golden.
Not prismatic.
But pure white.
With threads of fate swirling inside.
He whispered—
A statement that froze everything:
"Touch them…and I will break your destiny."
The Heir's eyes widened—
For the first time—
In actual fear.
To be Continued
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