🌫️ Mistveil Valley – Nightfall, Day 2
The fog had grown heavier—thick enough to drown sound and swallow light. The world felt distant here, almost forgotten.
Shěn Nìchén sat beneath a crooked blackwood tree, legs crossed, katana laid across his lap. His eyes were closed, breath even, yet his mind churned like a silent storm.
Earlier, he had broken through to Qi Gathering Stage 2.
Now… something deeper stirred.
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> [System Notification – New Mission Available]
🔒 Hidden Mission: Transcend the Flesh – Awaken the Void Supreme Immortal Body
🎯 Objective: Absorb essence of a phase-type beast while in a state of full Qi flow
⚠️ Time Limit: 6 Hours
💠 Main Reward: Supreme Body Awakening – Void Supreme Immortal Body (Dormant Stage)
🌑 System Feature Unlock: Absolute Concealment – Masks all traces of supreme body, aura, and bloodline traits. Even Celestial Beings and Divine Senses cannot detect it.
Nìchén opened one eye.
> "A supreme body… and a way to hide it from the gods themselves?"
His lips curled into a faint smile.
> "Exactly what I need."
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🌫️ Phase Beast Hunt
The system pulsed again.
> [Target Identified: Mistveil Echo Wolf – Phase Attribute Detected]
Location: Eastern Ridge Ruins – 400 meters northeast
Threat Level: Moderate. Corporeal window: 5 seconds every 60 seconds.
He stood and moved through the mist like a shadow. Leaves didn't rustle. His steps made no sound.
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🐺 The Hunt Begins
The Echo Wolf was already there, prowling through the ruins—its body flickering between matter and fog, eyes like hollow moons.
No one else dared venture this deep into the valley.
That made it perfect.
Nìchén observed in silence. The beast phased in and out of form—invulnerable for 55 seconds, vulnerable for 5.
He couldn't waste energy.
He had one shot.
> [System Suggestion: Time strike within vulnerability cycle – Use Sword Intent Surge to temporarily freeze its phase shift.]
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⚔️ Silent Execution
Nìchén wrapped his palm around the hilt of his katana.
No aura. No killing intent.
He counted the rhythm… 56… 57…
As the wolf shimmered back into flesh—
SHHHK!
A single clean strike—infused with hidden sword intent—slashed across its exposed throat.
The beast's eyes widened.
No sound.
It dropped instantly.
Mist devoured the blood.
> ✅ Target Eliminated
✅ Phase Essence Absorbed
✅ Qi Flow Complete – 100% Circuit Activation
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🌌 System Mission Complete
> 🎉 Void Supreme Immortal Body (Dormant Stage) Unlocked
🩸 Body Traits: Enhanced Regeneration, Spatial Resistance, Anti-Suppression Frame
💀 Passive Ability Gained: Dimensional Slip (Emergency Phase Blink – 1/day)
🔓 System Feature Unlocked: Absolute Concealment
🛡️ Effect: All traces of your Void Supreme Immortal Body, bloodline evolution, or sword intent are now fully hidden — even from Divine Senses, Fate Reading, and Heaven's Will.
Nìchén's entire body pulsed—then quieted.
No glow. No thunder. No light show.
Just... silence.
Even the mist didn't notice.
He looked at his hands—unchanged in appearance. But inside?
His bones, his veins, his very core had transcended human limitation.
> "I walk among mortals… while hiding the shell of a god."
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🌀 System HUD (Private View Only)
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🧍 Name: Shěn Nìchén
🌿 Cultivation: Qi Gathering – Stage 2
⚔️ Sword Intent: Veiled Flow (Stabilized)
🩸 Body: Void Supreme Immortal Body (Dormant Stage 0)
🔒 Concealment Status: Absolute
🧬 Bloodline: Moonblood Vein Fragment (12%)
🎭 Features:
– Absolute Concealment (God-tier Detection Immunity)
– Dimensional Slip (1/day Emergency Blink)
– Spatial Resistance, Body Reinforcement
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🌘 Somewhere Else
In a divine temple above the clouds, a celestial monk suddenly frowned during meditation.
He looked toward the mortal realm.
> "...A fluctuation…?"
Then it passed.
As if nothing had happened.
> "Hmph. Illusion…"
He returned to silence.
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🕶️ Back in Mistveil
Shěn Nìchén gazed up at the sky through the swirling fog.
> "Even the heavens will forget me… until I'm ready."
He pulled the blade close again, leaned back against the old tree, and disappeared into the shadows.
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To Be Continued…