2026-08-11 05:21:17"Young Master?" Chris's gentle voice pulled Jasper back to reality. "You've been quiet for quite a while. Is your head hurting again?"
Jasper blinked and let out a slow breath. "I'm alright." He rubbed the back of his neck. "I just needed a moment for everything to settle."
Chris and Victor exchanged worried looks. Neither of them looked convinced.
"We should return to your courtyard," Chris said as he steadied Jasper by the arm. "You've taken a hard blow to the head. You need proper rest."
Victor nodded quickly. "Yes, Young Master. Please don't push yourself."
Jasper didn't argue. He allowed the two attendants to support him as they slowly left the training grounds. The estate stretched out before them with stone paths winding through carefully tended gardens and elegant pavilions standing beneath sweeping tiled roofs. Servants moved quietly through the courtyards, each busy with their own duties.
Jasper took everything in. This wasn't a dream. He had truly entered another world.
As they walked, his thoughts drifted back to the novel. So… I'm really inside Path of the Heavenly Sword Emperor. The third young master of the Stoneheart Family. A character who dies before the story truly begins.
His expression darkened. If I keep following the original story… I'm dead. He needed to change his future before the plot caught up to him.
Suddenly—
Ding.
A clear chime echoed inside his mind. Then another. Ding. Ding.
Jasper stopped walking. The space in front of him rippled gently, and a translucent blue screen appeared out of thin air. His eyes widened. Chris and Victor kept walking as though nothing had happened. Neither of them reacted. Only Jasper could see it.
Lines of glowing text slowly appeared.
[Connecting to Host…]
[Connection Successful.]
[Welcome, Host.]
Jasper's heartbeat quickened. A system…? For a moment, he wondered if he had finally lost his mind. Then another message appeared.
[Blind Sovereign System Activated.]
[You have been chosen to walk the path of the Blind Sovereign.]
[Rewards will be granted based on your choices and achievements.]
Jasper stared silently. A system… just like the ones from the novels he used to read. His gaze lingered on its name. Blind Sovereign… Why "Blind"?
Almost as if responding to his thoughts, the screen changed again.
[This is a reward-based system.]
[No mandatory missions will be issued.]
[No penalties will be given for refusing a task.]
[Live your life, change your fate and grow stronger.]
Jasper slowly relaxed. Good. No impossible missions, no ridiculous countdowns, and no threats of death for refusing to help some stranger. The system would simply reward him for the path he chose. That suited him perfectly.
A golden notification appeared beneath the previous messages.
[Beginner Gift Pack Available.]
Open?
A small treasure chest appeared beneath the prompt.
"…Yes."
The chest burst open in a shower of light, and two rewards appeared.
[Reward Obtained: Silent River Breathing Method]
[Reward Obtained: Eye of the Void]
Jasper barely glanced at the cultivation technique. His attention was completely drawn to the second reward. A blindfold? Above the words appeared a strip of black silk with silver runes shimmering along its edges like flowing moonlight. Even through the screen, it felt ancient, heavy, and almost alive.
[Item: Eye of the Void]
[Grade: Eternal]
A relic born from something that should never have existed. Ancient legends speak of a being born from the endless Void before heaven and earth were complete. It could not be destroyed, so its sight was taken instead and sealed away. Those fragments now rest within this blindfold.
To wear it is to abandon ordinary sight… and witness a truth that mortals were never meant to see.
A chill crept down Jasper's spine. For some reason, those words didn't feel like ordinary item lore. They felt like a warning.
He looked toward Chris and Victor. "I can make it back on my own."
The two attendants immediately turned to him. "Young Master?"
"I'd like to rest alone."
Chris hesitated. "Should we call the physician first?"
Jasper smiled reassuringly. "I'm fine. I just need some peace and quiet."
After a brief silence, Chris finally nodded. "If you need anything, call for us."
The two servants bowed before making their way back through the courtyard. Only after they disappeared did Jasper let out the breath he had been holding. Not far away stood one of the family's cultivation chambers—a small stone building beside a quiet bamboo grove, reserved for private meditation. Perfect.
He walked inside and closed the heavy wooden door behind him with a thud. The room immediately became silent. Jasper slid the iron bolt into place. Now he was alone.
With a thought, he summoned the system again. The blue screen reappeared exactly where it had vanished. He ignored the cultivation technique for the moment and opened the details of the blindfold instead.
[Passive Ability — Void Perception]
The wearer sees beyond illusion. Falsehoods are stripped away. Walls, distance, and ordinary vision lose their meaning. Everything reveals its true form. Nothing can hide and nothing can lie.
Jasper read the description twice. It wasn't ordinary eyesight. It was something else entirely—something that looked directly at reality itself.
He swallowed before opening the second ability.
[Active Ability — Silent Cultivation]
The Eye turns inward. The wearer enters a state of perfect cultivation without drawing spiritual qi from the outside world. During this state… Sight is lost. Sound disappears. Touch fades. Thought itself sinks into silence. Only cultivation remains.
The state ends only when the blindfold is removed… or when the user's mind collapses.
Silence filled the room. Jasper stared at the final sentence as his excitement slowly faded. This wasn't an ordinary treasure. It wasn't even a normal cheat. It demanded a price—a dangerous one.
He looked at the floating image of the black blindfold once more. An Eternal-grade treasure capable of ignoring the natural laws of cultivation. Something that powerful was never going to come without a cost.
Jasper closed his eyes. When he opened them again, the hesitation was gone. He had already died once. If he wanted to survive this world, then he couldn't keep fearing the unknown.
His gaze settled on the blindfold. "Let's see… what you're really capable of."
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