The sky was wrong.

  Not dark.

  Not bright.

  Just… unstable.

  Reality flickered like a damaged lantern above Shadowvale Crater, where Li Feng stood alone.

  The Origin Layer had closed.

  The System had partially reset.

  And the world remembered.

  ?? [System Boot – Recovery Mode]

  Host: Li Feng

  Realm Status: Fragmented

  Divine Stability: 41%

  Heretic Mark: Active

  New Title: World Anomaly

  Warning: You are now visible to entities outside the Heavenly Structure.

  Li Feng exhaled slowly.

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  His blade — Heavenpiercer — no longer glowed with chaotic brilliance. It was quiet now.

  Watching.

  Waiting.

  “Something changed,” he muttered.

  Auron appeared behind him, wings dimmed, no longer fully Seraph nor fully fallen.

  “You didn’t just fight Heaven,” Auron said quietly.

  “You touched what was beneath it.”

  Before Li Feng could respond—

  The ground trembled.

  Not from Heaven.

  From below.

  ?? The Forgotten Begin to Rise

  Across the continent, those who had been discarded by sects… crippled by fate… erased by divine decree…

  They began to awaken.

  Broken disciples.

  Failed saints.

  Banned cultivators.

  Children whose talent was “too dangerous.”

  All of them felt it.

  A pulse.

  A call.

  Not from Heaven.

  From Li Feng.

  ?? [Global Event Triggered: Throne of Ashes]

  Condition: A Heretic Survived the Tribunal

  Effect: All beings marked by betrayal gain resonance

  Hidden Objective: Unite the Discarded

  Reward: Unknown

  In the ruins of a destroyed sect, a girl missing one arm stood up for the first time in months.

  In a prison beneath the Azure Tower, a chained elder opened one eye and laughed.

  In the Demon Marsh, a blind swordsman felt warmth return to his dead meridians.

  Li Feng had not just survived.

  He had become a signal.

  ? Meanwhile — Heaven Moves

  In the Celestial Council Hall, the remaining Seraphs knelt.

  The High Council did not shout.

  They did not rage.

  They simply issued a decree.

  “Initiate Phase Two.”

  “Deploy the Faith Harvest.”

  A massive structure began descending from the sky.

  Not a weapon.

  A City.

  Floating. Radiant. Absolute.

  The City of Pure Law.

  Its purpose?

  To erase all resonance linked to the Heretic Star.

  ?? Back to Li Feng

  He looked up as the distant horizon lit with white brilliance.

  He smiled.

  “They’re escalating.”

  Auron’s expression darkened.

  “This isn’t a battle anymore. It’s a purge.”

  Li Feng placed his hand on Heavenpiercer.

  “No.”

  His eyes glowed faintly red.

  “It’s a revolution.”