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288 Trash Without Mana
Kevin placed his hand on the crystal.Nothing happened.The crystal remained dark. No light. No color. Nothing.Silence.Then, laughter exploded across the courtyard."Wkwkwk! No Mana at all!""Trash! No Mana but dares to come!""Just go home, beggar!"Kevin looked down. He felt ashamed. He felt... powerless."But..." Director Varn's voice was heard, cutting through the laughter of the prospective students. "The academy rules state that everyone who comes here has the right to take the practical test. Even though you have no Mana, you can still take the practical test."Kevin stared at Director Varn with a hopeful gaze."But I warn you," Director Varn continued. "The practical test will be very difficult. And without Mana, you will almost certainly fail."Kevin nodded. "I will try it, Director."---**The Practical Test.**The practical test was held in the academy arena. Each prospective student had to fight an academy instructor. If they could survive for one minute, they passed.Ke
287 Planet Zora
Kevin left the Desert of Fallen Stars with heavy steps. He walked toward the nearest city on Planet Sanata, seeking information about the portal to Planet Zora.In that city, Kevin found an ancient library that held star maps and information about interplanetary portals. He spent several days there, studying the maps, searching for the location of the portal to Zora.Finally, he found the information he was looking for.Planet Zora was located in a star system approximately eight thousand light-years from Planet Sanata. The portal to Zora was located in a hidden cave in the northern mountains of Planet Sanata, in a place called "Valley of Shadows."Kevin immediately set off toward the Valley of Shadows.The journey took a week. Kevin had to pass through dense forests, cross raging rivers, and climb steep mountains. But he did not feel tired. He felt... motivated.When he finally arrived at the Valley of Shadows, he found a hidden cave matching the description on the map. The cave was
286 The Price of a Promise.
Kevin embraced Yun He in the middle of the silent desert. The old man's tears soaked Kevin's blood-stained robe. For a moment, Kevin felt something deeply human from the figure who had been a legend for millions of years."We will go home, Grandpa," Kevin whispered. "We will find a way to go home without paying anymore."However, as those words left his lips, Kevin felt a cold stab in his chest. Not physical pain. Not a conceptual attack. But a reality slowly creeping into his consciousness.*Go home.*Yun He had no home to return to.Yun He's family—his wife, his children, his friends—had been erased from existence three million years ago by the Hexa Race. They did not die. They *never existed*. Only Yun He remembered them, because he had frozen his soul outside the flow of time.If Kevin brought Yun He back to "home," what home would he find? An empty home? A home inhabited by people who did not know Yun He? A home that had never even known his family, because that family had been e
285 Battles on the Canvas of the Universe
**.**The envoy had no face. Its body was shaped like a human, but made of nothingness given form—as if someone had taken empty space and forced it into a figure. Around it, starlight dimmed, as if its very existence were an insult to the concept of light itself."**You write upon what is ours,**" the voice echoed again, not through the air, but directly into the structure of reality. "**This reality is a failed draft. You try to fix it. That is a violation.**"Kevin raised his right hand. Galaxy light flowed to the tip of his index finger. He wrote the character **Stay (定 - Ding)**.The character bloomed in the air, creating a stabilization zone within a hundred-meter radius. The sand that had frozen now fell back to the ground. The wind blew again. Gravity returned to normal.The envoy stared at the character. "**You try to make something stay existing. That is a weak concept.**"It raised a hand—if it could be called a hand. From its fingertip, a character emerged. That character w
284 One More Word
The conceptual mountain fell, crashing down upon the storm of energy and shielding Kevin. However, the pressure from dozens of Ancient Emperors began to make the mountain tremble.At that very moment, Yun He, who had been sitting on a rock, suddenly leaped up, pointing toward Kevin with enthusiasm."Eh! Eh! Brother Kevin is losing! His writing is ugly! Very ugly!" Yun He shouted, laughing heartily.The orthodox cultivators were somewhat confused, but Patriarch Tian, with his sharp eyes, whispered, "Listen to that old man! He can see the structure of the concept!"Yun He hopped about. "Brother Kevin wrote 'Dragon,' but the tail is too fat! The last stroke has no 'bone'! If attacked from the lower left with sacred light, the dragon will break! Wkwkwk! A lame dragon!"Hearing that, three Ancient Emperors immediately changed the direction of their attacks. They focused all their sacred power on the lower-left point of the conceptual dragon.CRACK!Just as Yun He had said, the dragon's tai
283 Painting Life
The Fallen Star Desert had become a crucible for Kevin's soul and understanding. For twelve days, he was no longer merely absorbing energy. He had come to understand the essence of "digesting sand" and "catching the wind." This universe was not a collection of dead matter; it was a giant scroll painting, and Qi was its ink.On the thirteenth day, Kevin raised his right hand. He did not grip a sword, did not form a mudra. He simply raised his index finger. The Shadow Light Essence and the cosmic energy he had swallowed flowed to the tip of his finger, transforming into luminous ink that glowed silvery and bluish.He began to "write" in the air.The first stroke: A point falling like a shooting star.The second stroke: A horizontal pull splitting the horizon.The third stroke: A sharp sweep tearing through space.The ancient character for "Tiger" (虎) formed in the air.The luminous ink did not merely float; it was alive. The concepts of "predator," "power," and "shadow" were injected in
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