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Chapter 33 - Chapter 33: Aftermath and Ascension 2

Status (Synchronized Between Main Body and Clone)

[Character: Vaelor Draeth]

[Race: Human (Transcendent)]

[Age: 17]

[Level: LV14 (Tier 2 Warrior)]

[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment (6th Stage) - 8,247/40,000 to 7th Stage]

[Profession: Martial Cultivation God (Mythical)]

[Talent:

Unlimited Amplification (Primordial Origin) Absolute Insight (Divine-Tier) Primordial Inferno Concept (EX-Rank) Infinite Momentum Concept (EX-Rank) Eternal Shadow Dominion (EX-Rank)]

[Physical Strength: 16,977] ← 9,247 base + 70 from levels + 7,100 from cultivation + 560 from excess EXP cultivation

[Strength: 16,977]

[Speed: 16,977]

[Spirit: 16,977]

[Luck: 5]

[Intents: Fire (Lvl 9), Emberwood (Lvl 9), Plasma (Lvl 9), Kinetic (Lvl 9), Impulse (Lvl 9), Motion Flow (Lvl 9), Spatial Displacement (Lvl 9), Thought Acceleration (Lvl 9), Temporal Flow (Lvl 9), Shadow (Lvl 9), Duplication (Lvl 9), Ice (Lvl 9), Light (Lvl 9), Gravity (Lvl 9), Thunder (Lvl 9), Wind (Lvl 9)]

[Laws: LOCKED - Insufficient Life Level]

[Passive Special Essence: Limit Break (10x normal / 30x near-death)]

[Active Skills: Phantom Step, Celestial Annihilation, Infinite Velocity, Cosmic Reconstruction, Perfect Shadow Clone]

[Practice Method: Vibrational Force Technique, Eternal Cosmos Cultivation Scripture (DIVINE-GRADE) - COMPLETE, Cosmic Visualization Scripture (5-Star)]

[Domain: Primordial Chaos Domain (Legendary)]

[Equipment: Crimson Vambraces (Rare)]

[Free Attribute Points: 130] ← 20 carried over + 110 from new levels

[Merit Points: 3,443] ← One point per spawn killed

Updated Battle Power Calculation:

Base Stats: 16,977 × 10 (Limit Break) = 169,770

After Cultivation Scripture (11x): 169,770 × 11 = 1,867,470

After Intent Synchronization (8x with 16 Intents): 1,867,470 × 8 = 14,939,760

After EX-Rank Talents (3.5x): 14,939,760 × 3.5 = 52,289,160

After Techniques & Domain (2.5x): 52,289,160 × 2.5 = 130,722,900

Combat Power Tiers:

Conservative (partial activation): ~45,000,000 (Peak Tier 7) Standard Combat (most active): ~85,000,000 (Mid Tier 8) Full Power (everything synced): ~130,700,000 (Peak Tier 8) Absolute Maximum (Near-death 30x Limit Break): ~392,100,000+ (Tier 9 approaching King-Tier)

[Evaluation: Complete system failure. Subject has achieved Tier 2 while possessing combat power exceeding Tier 9 warriors. Attributes have increased 80% in a single day. Cultivation advanced six minor stages. This entity defies all known laws of progression. Recommend abandoning all conventional classification attempts.]

Incredible, Vaelor thought with profound satisfaction. In less than 24 hours since awakening, I've gone from LV2 to LV14, jumped from Tier 1 to Tier 2, advanced six cultivation stages, mastered sixteen peak Intents, created a Domain technique, and accumulated over three million points in merit.

Through the consciousness link, his main body shared the satisfaction while already planning the next optimization strategies and training regimens.

And this is just the beginning. Once I start hunting Tier 2 and higher spawn with proper preparation...

The possibilities were genuinely exhilarating.

Sixteen peak-level Intents mastered. Domain technique acquired. Over three million points worth of merit earned. And battle power approaching Tier 9 levels despite being only LV14.

Most warriors would need decades to achieve a fraction of this progress.

Through the consciousness link, his main body was already planning the optimal attribute allocation strategy and considering which Tier 2 spawn would make the best advancement quest target.

Plus I've learned invaluable combat applications from Kaelith. This battle was extraordinarily productive.

He continued walking through the chaos-scarred landscape, taking his time to appreciate the scenery. The exit portal was still kilometers away, but he felt no urgency.

I could use Spatial Displacement Intent to teleport directly to the exit, he mused. But there's something satisfying about walking through destruction of this magnitude. It's not often you get to witness a landscape completely reshaped by pure Intent manipulation.

Crystalline spires caught the gray light and refracted it into impossible rainbows. Gravitational distortions created zones where debris floated in mid-air, orbiting invisible points. Pools of exotic matter bubbled and shifted, their state of matter changing unpredictably.

In the distance, a particularly large space fracture revealed a glimpse of true void—the absolute nothingness between dimensions. Vaelor stopped briefly to observe it with Absolute Insight, cataloging the dimensional mechanics for future reference.

Fascinating. The barrier between this Rift and baseline reality is only 23% intact in this region. It will take decades of natural healing before this space becomes stable again.

We've essentially created a permanent Forbidden Zone. Warriors below Tier 5 who enter here will likely die from simple environmental exposure.

A notification pinged in his awareness—not a system message, but a memory surfacing through the consciousness link.

Oh, that's right. During the battle, we both made sure to avoid killing other warriors despite the massive destruction.

He recalled the precise moment—about three minutes into their Domain clash, when his enhanced perception had detected seventeen separate groups of Hunters still in the region, frozen in terror or attempting to flee but moving too slowly.

Vaelor and Kaelith had both unconsciously prioritized civilian safety even while fighting at apocalyptic intensity. Their attacks had been directed away from human concentrations. And when warriors were in danger of being caught in crossfire...

We both used Spatial Displacement Intent to teleport them to safety, Vaelor remembered with some amusement. Neither of us consciously coordinated it. We just... did it automatically.

I teleported eight groups—probably forty warriors total—directly to the exit portal. Kaelith must have handled the other nine groups with her Space Intent.

So despite reshaping a hundred-kilometer radius and killing over three thousand spawn... zero human casualties.

It was absurdly precise control—maintaining enough awareness during Tier 7-8 level combat to track and protect dozens of independent targets while simultaneously unleashing techniques that carved through landscapes.

Kaelith's combat instincts from her previous life must have made it second nature, Vaelor thought. And my Absolute Insight provided perfect battlefield awareness. So we could afford to prioritize human safety even during our most intense exchanges.

Environmental destruction and monster elimination didn't require restraint. But humans were off-limits by unspoken mutual agreement.

The thought made him smile slightly. Even fighting at apocalyptic intensity, both of them had maintained enough humanity to protect the innocent.

Though the garrison soldiers probably think we're Tier 7 or 8 monsters who randomly decided not to kill humans. They'll never know we were actually high school students being careful.

He continued his leisurely walk, golden light continuing to emanate from his form as Light Intent worked passively to heal Kaelith's injuries. The unconscious girl's breathing had become completely normal now, her face peaceful despite the recent trauma.

In the distance, the exit portal became visible—a shimmering oval of blue-white energy suspended in a reinforced archway. Garrison soldiers had evacuated to positions at least a kilometer away from the portal itself, clearly terrified that whatever caused the devastation might follow fleeing Hunters through the exit.

Twenty more minutes at walking pace, Vaelor estimated. Might as well enjoy the scenery while it lasts. Not often you get to observe a successful Domain manifestation's lingering effects.

He walked past a zone where time flowed at 150% normal rate—plants growing visibly fast before dying just as quickly in accelerated cycles. Then through a section where gravity pointed sideways, causing loose debris to roll "uphill" toward nothing.

Beautiful chaos, he thought with genuine appreciation. Reality made malleable. This is what true power looks like—not just destruction, but fundamental transformation of the world itself.

Behind him, the Forbidden Zone stretched for dozens of kilometers—a permanent monument to the day two impossibilities clashed in a Tier 1 Abyssal Rift and rewrote the rules of what should have been possible.

And ahead, the exit portal waited—along with garrison soldiers who would never believe the truth of what they'd witnessed.

Vaelor smiled, adjusted Kaelith's comfortable weight on his back, and continued his unhurried walk through the apocalypse.

The real adventure was only just beginning.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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