Avner floated in a space made of pure darkness.
Not the cold blizzard of the Nightmare… not the endless void he experienced before reincarnation…
This was different.
A sacred stillness.
A hollow calm that pressed against his soul like silent hands.
"I thought I'd see the inner workings of the Nightmare Spell," Avner muttered into the void. "Guess not."
He didn't have to wait long.
A blinding glyph ignited before him.
[You have received a Memory.]
Memory Type: Awakened — Armor Class
Another armor memory.
His third one.
Before he could react, the darkness trembled with the voice of the System.
[Congratulations, Host. You have survived your Main Quest.]
[Aspirant! Your Trial Is Over.]
[Kill Record:]
• 10 Dormant Beasts: (Names Unknown)
• 12 Awakened Beasts: Snowlurkers
• 1 Awakened Human: ERON
• 1 Awakened Tyrant: The Snow King
[Final Appraisal: Glorious.]
You have achieved the impossible. You broke your limits.
Avner felt his breath hitch.
Holy shit… so many kills…
For a moment he truly believed he might have awakened a divine aspect.
The void trembled again—this time with a deeper, more ancient resonance.
[Dreamer Avner, receive your boon.]
He wasn't an Aspirant anymore.
A grin stretched across his face.
The void cracked open.
[You have been bestowed a True Name:]
The Voidborne Sovereign
Avner burst out laughing—wild, manic, exhilarated.
"Fuck YES!"
The darkness responded.
[Host, do you wish to Evolve Aspect?]
"What kind of question is that?"
He practically roared.
"YES! Do it!"
The void shuddered—like a universe being torn apart.
[Dormant Aspect: Rift — Evolving…]
[New Aspect Acquired.]
[Aspect Rank: DIVINE]
[Aspect Name: Celestial Rift]
A divine rank.
Without the blessing of any god.
That shouldn't be possible.
Yet the power was there—radiant and terrible.
Avner exhaled shakily.
"I can finally compete with the main cast of this novel… damn."
He summoned the runes, eyes scanning the description.
[Celestial Rift — Divine Aspect]
A power born from the cracks between universes.
The wielder can tear open shimmering spatial rifts, step through distances instantly, or use the tearing force to shred enemies.
Every Rift weakens the boundary between worlds…
and something always watches from the other side.
Avner's lips curled upward.
"Basically Gojo… but cosmic."
Then everything shook.
[The First Seal is broken.]
[Awakening dormant powers…]
A pulse of energy exploded from his chest.
Not painful—no.
Exhilarating.
Like every cell in his body remembered what it was like to be divine.
He clutched his chest, gasping as a miniature sun ignited inside him.
Heat surged outward—through his lungs, bones, blood, muscles.
His veins glowed with white-blue light.
His heart pounded like a war drum.
His entire body was being reforged.
Strength poured into him—sharp, intoxicating.
His bones thickened.
Muscles tightened like coiled steel cables.
His senses expanded until he felt everything, even the void breathing around him.
Then the heat vanished—
replaced by a cool void-like calm.
A lingering chill washed over him, peeling away every ache and impurity.
The cold reached his head last.
His vision doubled—
And he found himself standing in his Soul Sea.
A cosmic ocean of pitch-black space.
Stars flickered in the endless dark like the dying dreams of gods.
At the center of it all floated his Soul Core—
a brilliant, blinding star.
He stared at it in awe.
"Beautiful…"
Then the Soul Sea faded as he was pulled back to the void.
[Awakening Aspect Ability…]
This was it.
His first true power.
[Aspect Ability Acquired.]
[Aspect Ability: Space Control]
He summoned his runes immediately.
STATUS
Name: Avner
True Name: The Voidborne Sovereign
Rank: Dreamer
Void Core: Dormant
Void Fragments: 0/1000
Memories: Silver Armor, Leather Torso, Rusty Sword
Echoes: —
Attributes:
• Anomaly
• Dreamspawn
• Void's Gaze
Aspect: Celestial Rift
Aspect Rank: Divine
Aspect Ability: Space Control
Ability Description:
Allows user to manipulate localized space for a short duration.
"Not bad," Avner whispered.
"And this is just the dormant ability?"
He could barely breathe out of sheer anticipation.
Then the System spoke again.
Cold.
Neutral.
Unforgiving.
[All power has a price.]
[You have received a Flaw.]
[Your Flaw is: …]
A chill stabbed down his spine, deeper and colder than any Nightmare.
Because with great power come great consequences.
And this—
this was the cost of becoming The Voidborne Sovereign.