1,000 YEARS LATER
Devourer's Dawn – The Free World
The sky was three suns and one moon of blood.
No gods.
No Dao.
Just life.
A mortal city sprawled beneath jade mountains.
Children laughed.
Cultivators flew on swords of light.
No sects.
No chains.
At the city's heart:
A palace of black crystal and crimson flame.
Chu Yao sat on a throne of devoured stars.
Silver hair to his waist.
Third eye closed.
Omega Calamity—but peaceful.
Liu Ruyan stood left—
Phoenix Queen, wings of living fire, crown of phoenix feathers.
Liu Ruyue stood right—
Void Empress, robes of liquid shadow, eyes like black holes.
They ruled together.
Lovers.
Sisters.
Soul-bound.
A child ran in—
silver hair, one crimson eye, one void.
Their daughter, Calamity Heir #1.
"Daddy! The sky cracked!"
THE CRACK
BOOM.
The three suns dimmed.
A golden fissure tore across the heavens—
—like a wound in reality.
From it stepped:
A man.
Chu Yao's face.
But older.
Broken.
Calamity #777—
The Loyal Dog.
He wore Bloodriver Sect robes, tattered, blood-stained.
Eyes empty.
A collar of Dao runes around his neck.
"Order 777: Eliminate the Anomaly.
Target: Chu Yao – Omega Calamity.
Reward: Freedom."
THE SYSTEM REBOOTS
Chu Yao's third eye snapped open.
[ALERT: Cycle #1,000,000 Invasion Protocol]
[Variant #777 Detected – Loyalty Core]
[Law of the Free World: Every 1,000 years, a Calamity hunts the Seed]
[Devour to Maintain Balance]
Ruyan's wings flared.
"Another you?"
Ruyue's void rippled.
"This one's… tame."
#777 knelt.
Not to Chu Yao.
To the fissure.
"Master Dao… I will not fail."
THE FIGHT BEGINS
#777 rose.
LOYALTY BLADE.
A sword of pure obedience—
—forged from 10,000 sect disciples' souls.
He charged.
SHNK.
Ruyan blocked—
—her Phoenix Flame Sword vs. his Loyalty Blade.
CLANG.
Sparks of free will vs. blind duty.
Ruyue vanished into void—
—reappeared behind #777.
VOID PRISON.
Black chains wrapped him.
But #777 smiled.
"Sacrifice Protocol."
His body exploded—
—into 10,000 golden soul shards.
Each shard became a sect disciple.
BLOODRIVER OUTER DISCIPLES—
—revived.
—loyal.
—armed.
They chanted:
"FOR THE SECT!"
THE MASSACRE
The city screamed.
Mortals ran.
Cultivators fought.
But the disciples were relentless.
One cut down a family of five.
Ten burned a school of sword arts.
One hundred marched on the palace.
Chu Yao stood.
His voice shook the world:
"ENOUGH."
OMEGA CALAMITY: DOMAIN OF DAWN.
The three suns flared.
Every disciple froze—
—petrified in gold.
#777 reformed from the shards.
"You can't kill loyalty.
It's coded into us."
THE TRUTH
Chu Yao walked forward.
He touched #777's collar.
CRACK.
The runes shattered.
#777 gasped—
—eyes clearing.
"I… I was outer disciple #777…
Fed to the beast…
But I survived.
They trained me.
Made me perfect."
Tears—real.
"I just wanted… to be useful."
Ruyan's wings folded.
Ruyue's void softened.
Chu Yao kneeled.
"You already are."
He hugged #777.
CRUNCH.
[Devour: Calamity #777 – Loyalty Core]
[Evolution: Stage 26 → Stage 27 (Multiverse Seed)]
[New Law Unlocked: Loyalty Devour – convert enemy faith into power]
[Multiverse Gate: OPEN]
The fissure widened.
THE GATE
Beyond:
Infinite universes.
Infinite Chu Yaos.
A child's voice echoed:
"Hi, Dad.
I'm from Cycle #1,000,000.
And I'm hungry."
A tiny hand reached through.
Silver hair. Three eyes.
Chu Yao smiled.
"Then come eat."
He stepped through.
Ruyan and Ruyue followed.
The Free World sealed behind them.
CLIFFHANGER:
The palace throne cracked.
A golden seed sprouted from it.
The daughter's eyes glowed.
"Mommy… Daddy left me a snack."