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Chapter 156. The Girl Who Stole.
Kirin had been doing his best to follow Vael’s advice, slowing down, breathing through the nights when the heat under his skin became unbearable, keeping his chaos energy from flaring every time his mind wandered to that other version of himself. Progress was happening, yes, but it was uneven. Some days he could meditate for hours without a flicker of instability. Others… it felt like he was sitting on a powder keg, one wrong thought away from blowing himself apart.That morning had been one of the calmer ones. He sat cross legged on the stone floor of his quarters, eyes closed, breathing in the slow rhythm Vael had taught him. The Hollow Gate compound was strangely quiet, only the faint hum of distant Qi forges breaking the stillness. He was almost at peace, until a familiar voice broke it.“Kirin… I need your help.”He opened one eye. Aza stood in the doorway, hands clasped behind her back in a way that screamed that she was up to something.“No,” he said flatly.Her face twisted in
Chapter 155. Flesh and Flame.
The nights after the mirror trial were not kind to Kirin.Sleep had become something sharp edged, something that cut him instead of healing him.Every time he closed his eyes, he saw it.That version of himself standing in the cracked, dust choked prison corridor inside the illusion, his shoulders broad, eyes like molten silver, hands dripping with chaos energy so dense it warped the air around him. He remembered the way that other him looked at him, almost as if he was prey.The dreams didn’t fade. If anything, they grew stronger, more vivid.Tonight was no different. He jolted awake in the middle of the night, heart pounding, shirt plastered to his chest with sweat. His body felt like it was on fire, not just a fever, but something deeper, as if his bones had been heated in a forge. Chaos energy crackled faintly under his skin, rippling like black lightning.He sat up, dragging both hands over his face, trying to steady his breathing.It wasn’t just heat. It was… hunger. His body wa
Chapter 154. The Trial of Threads.
Three days later...The three of them stood in front of the tall, black doors. There were no markings, no handle, no visible seams, just an unbroken sheet of polished stone that reflected them faintly like a warped mirror.Kirin didn’t like the way it reflected his face. It wasn’t perfect. The angle of the jaw was wrong, the shadows in his eyes a little too deep, like the door knew something he didn’t.Vael’s voice cut through the tense silence.“This is the Trial of Threads. There’s no fighting, no weapons. You will survive by your will alone.”Shen gave a confident nod, his arms folded. “Illusion trials? I’ve done a few. Just focus, keep breathing, remember it’s not real.” he murmured to himself.Aza smirked. “You’ll be fine, Kirin. Just… don’t start crying for your mother in there.”Kirin didn’t respond. His gut was twisting too much for comebacks. He had been through things far worse than any training exercise they could imagine, but the word illusion made his skin crawl. He had s
Chapter 153. Soul Nascent Realm
By the next morning, Kirin’s name was no longer just a name, it was a rumour.He could feel it in the stares that followed him through the Hollow Gate’s corridors, the sideways glances from fellow transfers, the sudden silence whenever he walked past a group in the courtyards. His crystal shattering test had spread faster than wildfire in a dry canyon.Even the instructors, who normally looked at new arrivals with the mild boredom of people who had seen it all before, now regarded him with the kind of interest reserved for unusual weapons or unpredictable storms.Vael found him in the training yard just before dawn. His expression was neutral, but his tone carried a sharp edge.“Kirin... You’ll be coming with me today.”Kirin straightened from the stance he’d been practicing, his face littered with curiosity. “Why?”“Your test yesterday wasn’t… sufficient.”“You mean it broke your toy.”Vael ignored the jab. “We’ll need to reassess. Properly this time and with a crystal that can withs
Chapter 152. Broken Aura.
The days in the Hollow Gate bled together like ink in water, long hours of meditation, breathing exercises, slow forms repeated until his muscles screamed. But in that blur, something in Kirin began to shift.It wasn’t graceful. It wasn’t the serene, effortless cultivation that Shen seemed to radiate. No, Kirin’s progress felt jagged, like tearing down a wall brick by brick while the mortar fought to hold it together. Still, each day he pushed, each night he clawed inward past the hum of his twin entire being, trying to mimic the cultivation patterns described in the Malakari scrolls.Then, one evening, it happened.It started as a deep ache in his gut, a pressure like someone pressing a heavy stone against the inside of his skin. His breathing staggered, his vision darkened. And then...It was as if something had splintered in him.Not painfully, but with the strange relief of snapping open a lock that had been rusted shut. His body felt lighter, his thoughts sharper. And deeper stil
Chapter 151. Cultivation for the Lost.
The Hollow Gate’s training grounds were nothing like Kirin imagined. There were no sparring rings, no roaring fires, no shouting masters barking orders. Instead, he stood barefoot on cold jade tiles in a quiet courtyard surrounded by floating lanterns, each flickering with a soft blue flame. The air was unnervingly still, carrying a faint hum that made his skin crawl. This was where they would begin their Initiation Trials.Vael had said the words like they were an honor, but Kirin quickly realized it was less about honor and more sink or swim.“Close your eyes,” the instructor commanded, a lean man in dark robes with a scar running from the corner of his mouth to his jaw. “Breathe and feel the power in your Daitian.”Kirin obeyed, shutting his eyes and trying to follow the strange breathing pattern they’d been taught. In through the nose, hold for three heartbeats, out through the mouth. Again and again. He was supposed to feel the center of his soul, his Daitian somewhere deep withi
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