'It's fine. I also didn't inquire about your analysis of my abilities; we didn't have time,' Ryuk calmly stated inwardly, referring to how, after the system's return, he had been too preoccupied to ask any questions due to getting involved with these people.

[Um, exactly, Host. The thing I forgot is as old as time itself when I revealed my origin.]

'.....' Hearing those words, which belonged to a few months before he went into a coma, Ryuk felt his mouth twitch. He thought about how the system was really getting on his nerves.

From the beginning, it kept tricking him out of killing points, leveling points, prompting him to hate it previously. Now that it had finally stopped, the system had just forgotten to tell him something Ryuk felt was very important.

'Tell me after I am done here,' he inwardly commanded, understanding the urgency of the present situation.

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A man holding a sword had just rushed towards him. Ryuk's pupils contracted slightly as he looked at the young man charging at him in slow motion.

Due to Ryuk's strength, the man appeared slow, allowing each part of his attire to be analyzed for clues about his background—a tattered yet ornate robe hinting at a noble lineage fallen from grace.

Naturally, there wasn't time, or else Ryuk would have used the system to see the man's status window.

"Take this! Azure Dragon Gale Slash!" The young man's voice echoed with righteous fury as his blade sliced through the air, aiming straight for Ryuk's chest, mere heartbeats away from impact.

Clank!

The sound of two metal collisions reverberated before a sight that sent shockwaves through the bystanders. Their eyes widened as they watched the fragments of the sword shatter into the sky.

Everything happened too quickly for anyone to fully grasp, but their dilated pupils revealed the colorless aura enveloping the young man, whose hand recoiled from the destruction of his sword.

They could all see the black-robed man's amber eyes fixed on the young man attempting to protect the woman.

Despite their desire to intervene, they found themselves rooted in place, witnessing something that made their feet instinctively retreat.

"W-wait, isn't that telekinetic Qi?" one of them exclaimed, recognizing the energy swirling around the shattered sword that had been rendered useless before it could strike its target.

"Urgh... What's happening?!" The young man felt his body losing control as his limbs were suspended in the air, rendering his peak foundational establishment power level useless.

His eyes trembled at the sight of the man standing before him in a black robe with orange stripes, but it was the deep amber eyes that sent chills down his spine.

'No, I need to save Zhen'er!' The young man attempted to move, but the enormous force gripping him made all efforts futile.

"If you don't want to see that woman die, don't move," came a firm, threatening voice from none other than Ryuk. His body emitted an enormous amount of ether, focusing intensely to control the young man through mana manipulation.

Though it was ether in his case, Ryuk employed a classic technique learned from cultivation novels in his old world, concealing the true nature of his energy to avoid revealing his abilities to these people.

Originally developed in his past life, Ryuk had used this technique before when dealing with challenges caused by his step-sister, who had allowed numerous intruders into the Selvius Kingdom's palace.

Now, all that remained was to intimidate this young man into submission, preventing Ryuk from needing to resort to physical force, despite knowing that the environment was far denser and more rigid than Titanora.

Even the controlled aura leaking from Ryuk hadn't cracked the wooden inn, illustrating its formidable resilience.

'?!'

"You fiend!" The young man's body went cold, instantly chilled by the threatening words of the robed man who exuded a murderous aura—evidence that he had taken lives before.

Though unable to sense any manipulated Qi, he acknowledged the robed man's strength was beyond his detection.

'N-no, why again?' Zhen'er's heart raced as she heard someone threatening to use her as leverage against her friend, causing her to cry out weakly, "Stop, whoever you are, please!"

Her plea seemed drowned out by the background noise filling the space, with a small crowd watching the spectacle of a man levitating in the air and another in black robe and mask demanding control over the woman they both sought to protect.

"Now, show me his status window," Ryuk finally demanded, observing the man's struggle against the overwhelming force that held and manipulated his body.

DING!

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𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚎: 𝙻𝚒𝚞 𝚆𝚎𝚒 (𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙺𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑)

𝙰𝚐𝚎: 𝟸𝟸

𝙲𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙻𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕: 𝙵𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙴𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚖 (𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎)

𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑: 𝟷𝟶𝟶%

𝚂𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝙴𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢 (𝚀𝚒): 𝟷𝟶𝟶𝟶 / 𝟷𝟶𝟶𝟶

𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑: 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟶 (𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝟷𝟶𝟶 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚜)

𝙰𝚐𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢: 𝟷𝟾𝟶

𝙴𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎: 𝟷𝟽𝟶

𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎: 𝟷𝟻𝟶

𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚔: 𝟿𝟶

𝚂𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜:

- 𝙱𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚂𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 (𝙻𝚟. 𝟻): 𝙷𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜.

- 𝚀𝚒 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 (𝙻𝚟. 𝟼): 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚀𝚒 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢.

- 𝙱𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 (𝙻𝚟. 𝟺): 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚀𝚒.

- 𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙 (𝙻𝚟. 𝟻): 𝙰𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚠𝚒𝚏𝚝, 𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍.

𝚃𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜:

- 𝙸𝚛𝚘𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚃𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎: 𝙰 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕, 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜.

- 𝙰𝚣𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝙰𝚛𝚝: 𝙰 𝚜𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗.

- 𝙼𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍: 𝙰 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚀𝚒.

𝚆𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜:

- 𝙰𝚣𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍: 𝙰 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚣𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗.

𝙸𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢:

- 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙿𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜 (𝚡𝟻): 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝟻𝟶% 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑.

- 𝚀𝚒 𝚁𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙴𝚕𝚒𝚡𝚒𝚛 (𝚡𝟹): 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝟹𝟶𝟶 𝚀𝚒.

- 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚕 𝙿𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 (𝚡𝟸): 𝙰𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎.

𝙰𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜:

- 𝙳𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙸𝚛𝚘𝚗 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚠 𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚝 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

- 𝙲𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚢 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚃𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕

- 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙹𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝙿𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙴𝚡𝚊𝚖

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'What's with this window?' Ryuk inquired, seeing a completely new colored screen that was white, entirely white with golden letters, a stark contrast to his usual black or orange screens.

Though he could understand it was just a new theme and color design, the information displayed seemed overwhelming, unlike anything Drishti, Edward, or anyone else he had encountered so far.

[Host, this is directly related to the reason behind all these events and the birth of the new Son of Heaven.]

'Hm, is he the new Son of Heaven?' Ryuk inquired, finding no exceptional qualities in this young man aside from the familiar plot of a young master getting slapped for attempting to touch a woman protected by the Son of Heaven.

[ He is one of them. ]

'....'

'You mean the first life mentioned beside his name?' Ryuk stood at the center of everyone's attention, glancing at the three accompanying him, gesturing for them to remove all other people from the area.

He moved with Liu Wei's body being dragged in the air, attempting to use wind steps and Qi to mortify his body against an unknown energy that wouldn't budge an inch.

[ Indeed, this guy has seven lives secured as plot armor, each with different memories and consciousness. When one dies, its memories merge with the remaining ones. ]

'This... how was a new Son of Heaven born?' Ryuk grasped the situation: the seven lives mentioned could be scattered across the world, each with different strengths and powers, living separate lives until one dies and their memories merge into the others, only their consciousness dying.

[ It was my fault >⁠.⁠< ]

'How?' Ryuk finally arrived in front of the young woman, looking around while she stretched her hand towards him, her actions and the emptiness in her eyes indicating she was blind.

'Where is Liu Wei?' Zhen'er, who had come here after hearing about her friend passing the Jade Pavilion's entrance exam and wanting to buy gifts for her at the auction, now found him in trouble because of her.

'Is she the heroine?' Ryuk inquired, looking at the blind woman who didn't seem conventionally beautiful enough to be considered one, though Ryuk understood that his sense of judgment had been clouded by daily encounters with Drishti, Esme, and Regina, compounded by heavy makeup concealing this woman's true face, which made him doubt.

[No Host, but she could awaken if some villainess becomes as evil as you.]

'Start from what you forgot to tell me,' Seeing how System was talking in bits to not make sense of things, Ryuk understood the main puzzle was related for him to know exactly what is the thing System had forgotten to tell him.