“Inversion Field—Layer Two!” The air around Master Feng collapsed inward, folding in on itself like a singularity as time twisted and space buckled. There was a strong sense of gravitional force that split along invisible seams as Master Feng’s blade move. In the next blink, the entire chamber became a warping maze of fractured dimensions.Alternate Talon skidded across a bending corridor that looped back on itself, colliding into a wall that didn’t exist a second ago. His boots dragged a crater through a warped floor, sparks flashing.But he recovered fast, his palms sparked with six radiant colors—gold, crimson, violet, blue, silver, black—each one tied to a Sentinel mastery. His body pulsed with violent resonance, like a storm wrapped in flesh.[NOLAT PRIME – RED LINE ACTIVE”][TASK: Terminate dimensional anchor – Master Feng][WARNING: Sanctuary field integrity above safe threshold. Rewrite Time Loop? Y/N][Override Response: —Y—]It was surprising that Talon’s dobbleganger had a

**********Safe ZoneInside the golden orb of divine stasis at the heart of the Safe Zone, Talon's unconscious form remained still. Outside, chaos and storm raged across the torn world—but within the orb, there was only silence.Talon’s brows twitched faintly in his slumber. His breath hitched, shallow. Inside, in the halls of his soul, a light peeled open—like a curtain torn down in a storm and without warning his astral form was pulled from his body.Not violently—but like a string being drawn toward fate.Golden threads wrapped around his outline, lifting him gently above the slumbering shell that lay inside the dome. His body remained still… but he—Talon—was rising.Talon looked down at his physical body in surprise,"Am I… leaving?""Is this death? No… I feel no fear. No pain. Just… pull."He reached toward his own chest—but his fingers passed through his sternum like mist.Then everything inverted. The dome around him fractured—not outward, but inward—revealing not destruction,

The first thing Talon felt was heat—not the blistering inferno of destruction, but a familiar warmth that traced along the inner edges of his soul. Light danced beneath his closed eyelids like reflections on rippling water. Then, there was a loud sound as Nolat spoke immediately,[Soul Reconnection Complete.] [Warning: Full Divine Integration will shatter Host's Mortal Vessel.] [First Seal – Aspect of the Ember Flame.] [Power Regulation Enforced. Access: 12% Core Boost, 1 New Ability Unlocked.]Then, immediately his eyes snapped open.The Safe Zone was in ruins.The white dome above him flickered with damage. All around him, ash fell like snow. Structures that once stood as sanctuaries were broken, charred, and blood-stained. Dozens of S-Rankers moved across the field in synchronized motion, their bodies glowing with Arcane Energy signatures as they finished off the last of the demonic spawn.But his gaze didn’t linger long as he turned to David.There, barely a foot away, lay the

“Do you know the funny thing about life?” Talon’s voice rang clear as he hovered above the fractured battlefield, gliding through the air like a divine specter. His cloak billowed behind him, illuminated by the radiant script etched into his back. Each step he took didn’t touch the earth.“There is always karma… or perhaps I should call it what it truly is—retribution. Whether we say it aloud or not… we’re all believers in it, in the end.”As he spoke, his fingers remained effortlessly clasped around the gleaming tip of the corrupted spear—the very one Alternate Talon had hurled to kill. Caught between just two fingers, the weapon pulsed with hostile energy, but Talon’s grip never trembled.“Some might say my time in the Dreamworld was wasted… but I disagree. Sure, I learned the supreme body-tempering technique, sculpted strength into every inch of my being. But what I saw what touched me was far greater.”He paused, eyes glinting gold.“A glimpse of a demigod… God’s Blessing itself.

Talon stood frozen, shocked. If he were to count the time since his master disappeared, it had been seven years. Seven years of silence. Seven years with no explanation. And now, right at the moment everything could have fallen apart—David returned. David slowly descended to the ground, his white robe and long silver hair moving with the wind. Talon moved forward quickly, ready to hug him out of instinct. But halfway there, he stopped. He dropped his arms and stepped back. “Forget it,” Talon muttered to himself. He knew David wasn’t someone who welcomed casual greetings or emotional outbursts. He had trained under him for five years and knew his strict, no-nonsense nature. But something unexpected happened. David stepped forward—and hugged him.“I’m sorry for leaving,” David said quietly. Talon was stunned, He didn’t expect that not at all. “S-Sorry?” Talon mumbled, confused and caught off guard. He stood still, not knowing how to react. A few meters away, Master Feng watched