All Chapters of Heir of Lightening: Chapter 281
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CHAPTER 281. The Flame Beyond the Gods.
At the front of the hall, the woman in white robes — Professor Aelira — stood before a floating sphere of translucent light. Her presence was magnetic. Every movement she made carried a rhythm that bent the air. Her voice was calm, but each word struck like thunder wrapped in silk.“The Flame of Primordial Chaos,” she began again, her gaze sweeping across the few gathered students. “The first breath that existed before existence itself.”Kirin leaned forward, his curiosity sparked. Around him, the students took notes with trembling pens. None of them dared speak.Aelira gestured toward the light orb hovering before her. Within it, motes of gold and black energy clashed and intertwined. “Before the birth of the realms,” she said softly, “there was only the Void — endless, thoughtless, cold. And within it burned the first light — the Flame. It was not fire as you know it, but a sentience. A will that sought meaning in emptiness.”Kirin felt a strange resonance as she spoke. That same en
CHAPTER 282. The Spirit Beyond Flesh.
Aelira stood once more at the front of the marble platform. Her robes shimmered faintly with symbols that shifted and vanished, as if refusing to be remembered. The light from the tall crystal windows fell upon her like divine judgment.She turned toward the class, her expression calm but sharp enough to silence a crowd of warriors.“Now that you have been introduced to the Primordial Flame and the Void,” she began, “you must understand why these things matter to you. The Flame’s energy flows through all realms, including the one within you. But to grasp it, to wield it, your body alone is not enough.”Her words hung like lightning waiting to strike.“You must cultivate the spirit.”A few students shifted uncomfortably. Cultivating the spirit wasn’t a concept most of them were ready for, body, energy, core... those they understood. The spirit, though? That was the unknown. The unknown battlefield.Kirin listened closely, his mind sharp. He hadn’t explored this new realm he’d stepped i
CHAPTER 283. Into the Void.
Kirin stepped out of the lecture hall still half lost in thought, his mind replaying Aelira’s lesson like a song stuck on repeat. A spirit body, flesh and soul divided, both growing together. It was terrifying and fascinating in equal measure.The air outside was cool, the clouds above drifting lazily, completely unaware that someone below them was contemplating tearing his soul in half. He ran a hand through his hair, still feeling faint static dancing on his fingers from earlier. He didn’t even realize he’d been smiling faintly to himself... until a familiar, annoyingly casual voice broke through the quiet.“You look like you learned something that you probably shouldn't have.”Kirin blinked, looking up. Rem was standing there or rather, appearing there... like he’d just materialized out of thin air. His usual messy hair and smug grin made it hard to believe this was the same person who had survived all their chaos.“Rem...” Kirin muttered, rubbing his temples. “You really have to s
Chapter 284. The Questions of the Soul.
The corridor leading through the Indra Faction was quieter than Kirin expected. The air hummed faintly, as though energy itself bowed to the presence of Master Rael. Every step the man took was slow, deliberate, yet Kirin could feel the world responding to it, like gravity bent a little wherever he went. Kirin followed behind, still feeling a bit dizzy from whatever void Rem had dragged him through.Rael’s robe shimmered faintly with lines of silver light that shifted with every movement. His hair was white, not the dull gray of old age but the gleaming white of storm lightning trapped in human form. The man didn’t look like he aged at all. If anything, he looked immortal, like time refused to even breathe near him.“So,” Rael said at last, breaking the silence. “Tell me, Kirin Arcanus, what have you learned from the Institute?”Kirin straightened immediately, not wanting to sound foolish in front of one of the most powerful masters of the Indra Faction. “I’ve learned... a lot, actual
Chapter 285. The Spirit Unbound.
Kirin stepped into the glowing circle without hesitation. The air around him shifted instantly, it became dense, charged and alive. The runes beneath his feet thrummed like a heartbeat, and faint wisps of silver light began to rise around him, brushing gently against his skin like curious fingers.“Sit,” Rael instructed calmly, his voice echoing faintly through the chamber.Kirin obeyed, lowering himself into a meditative position at the center of the circle. The moment his body touched the etched floor, he felt the pulse of energy flowing upward through him, subtle at first, then overwhelming. It was as if the very ground beneath him was breathing life into his veins.“Now,” Rael continued, his tone controlled yet filled with underlying intensity, “Close your eyes, still your thoughts. Feel the Qi that surrounds you, but do not pull it forcefully. Let it come to you, let it move through you.”Kirin took a slow breath, steadying his heart. His body trembled slightly as he focused inwa
Chapter 286. The Two That Are One.
Kirin woke the way a man wakes after drowning with an abrupt gasp, his body jerking forward, eyes wide, breath shallow. For a second he didn’t even remember where he was. All he saw was stone walls, a soft glow of fading runes, and a cold floor pressing into his palm.Then reality returned like a slap.The spirit body, the separation, the collapse of the array. The unbearable pressure in his mind. Rael’s voice echoing like rolling thunder...He inhaled sharply and got to his feet so fast he almost stumbled.Master Rael didn’t even flinch.The elder was seated casually on a cushion across the room with a steaming cup of tea in hand, watching Kirin with the calm amusement of someone observing a child who’d just woken from a nap.“Finally awake,” Rael said, raising his cup. “You lasted longer than expected. Good... Very good.”Kirin blinked. “Why… why was I passed out in the corner?”“I moved you,” Rael replied bluntly. “You face planted after your spirit remerged with your body. Very un
Chapter 287. Pep talk about the Faction competitions.
The next day dragged itself forward like it was tired of existing, and honestly, I understood the feeling. I woke up with my head still buzzing from the spirit body revelation. Having two versions of myself wasn’t exactly something you sleep off like a normal stomachache. It wasn’t even something you tell people. Imagine trying to explain that to someone...“Hey, what did you do last night?”“Oh, nothing special. Just separated my spirit from my soul and had a conversation with myself. You?”Yeah. No.But I pushed all of that aside, because today, I had to give Master Rael an answer. And even though my brain tried to convince me I had options, I knew I didn’t. Not really. The truth was simple... I had nothing to lose.Actually... scratch that, I had plenty to lose, but it all felt so far away compared to what I could gain. Strength. Progress. A chance to climb out of this cycle of being hunted, broken, betrayed, thrown around by the universe like a toy nobody wanted.So after thinking
CHAPTER 288. Into the Void Once More.
Kirin left Master Rael’s chambers with a strange heaviness in his steps, not excitement, just something taut in his chest that stretched every time he tried to breathe normally. The stone pathway felt colder than usual, maybe because the truth he had just heard still clung to him like frost.Rem? Celestial Domain Realm?He still couldn’t believe it.He walked down the long corridor of polished obsidian tiles, hands tucked into his sleeves, trying to replay every interaction he’d ever had with that man. Nothing made sense. Rem always acted so casual, so plain, so unimpressive. The most trouble he ever caused was appearing out of nowhere like a ghost that enjoyed jump scaring people.Kirin was halfway through that thought when...“Yo.”Kirin didn’t even flinch anymore.He simply sighed and turned around.Rem stood behind him with the same relaxed posture, arms folded, expression unreadable. Like materializing behind people was his favorite hobby.“You know," Kirin said, “at this point I
CHAPTER 289. Mount Sumi’s Call.
Morning didn’t arrive gently for Kirin.There was no soft breeze brushing his face, no warm sun sliding across his eyelids, no peaceful awakening where he stretched and yawned and decided to himself...“Yeah, today might just be decent.”No.Instead, he woke up because his door almost kicked itself off the hinges.“Up.” Rem’s voice cut into the room like a blade.Kirin jerked upright immediately, hair sticking everywhere, blanket halfway on the floor, spirit body still lazily drifting in the corner like it was confused about being awake too.He has been cultivating his spirit body while he was asleep.Before Kirin could even say good morning, Rem tossed something heavy at his face.Kirin barely caught it.It was a thick dark blue garb, reinforced with faint runes that shimmered like dew.“Wear it,” Rem said plainly.Kirin blinked. “Can you not throw things at my head at sunrise?”Rem ignored him. “We leave in two minutes.”“For what?” Kirin muttered, already pulling the garb over his
Chapter 290. The Lightning That Rejected Me.
I thought I was ready for anything. I mean, after everything I’d lived through, everything I’d fought, everything I’d survived… what was one cursed mountain?Rem didn’t warn me. I should’ve known. He walked ahead like he was taking a casual morning stroll, hands in his pockets, not a single spark touching him. Meanwhile, the sky above the mountain was a solid sheet of roiling black clouds, the kind that looked like the heavens were grinding their teeth.The moment my foot crossed the boundary stone at the base of the mountain, the entire sky shifted.Like it noticed me.Like it knew me.And then it hit me.A bolt tore down from the clouds so fast I barely saw the flash. It slammed into me like a hammer swung by a god. My entire body snapped back, and the world became white noise. I didn’t even scream — I didn’t have time.I just collapsed face-first into the dirt, everything buzzing, mind shaking like it was being rattled by invisible hands.I gasped, chest burning. “What— what was th