Death came without drama.
No turn off light. No last words. No grand meaning.
Eli Carter felts only or sharp pain in his chest, a sudden loss of breath and the silence.
Unconsciousness returned, it was suffocating.
Not darkness.
"Pressure"
An overwhelming Force pressed down on him from every direction of the sky itself we're leaning close, examining him.
His mind screamed .
I'm alive?
Before he could form another thought a thunderous pulse shook existence itself.
BOOM.
A soundless explosion rippled through the void, and suddenly light.
Golden light. Not sunlight, but something deeper. Something alive.
Countless runes floated above him like stars, forming vast circular arrays that rotated slowly, each runes radiating sn ancient authority.
Eli tired to breath.
His lungs burned.
His body felt small.
Why can't I move?
Then he realized- he wasn't lying down.
He was being held.
A cold yet gentle presence cradled him, her arms steady despite the terrifying pressure flooding the space. A woman her face was impossibly beautiful,sharp and dignified,framed by long sliver-white hair that shimmered like frost beneath moonlight.Her eyes were calm but behind that calm was a terrifying depth, like an endless frozen abyss.
Her gaze swept across the heavens. Enough.
One word.
The golden pressure vanished instantly. Far above , the floating runes trembled.
Space itself seemed to recoil.
From all directions, Divine figures knelt in mid-air shadowy silhouettes radiating immense power.
"Frost Divine empress greets the heavens". Countless voices echoed.
The woman look down at the child in her arms.
Her expression softened-just slightly.
"My son", she whispered. Son?
Before Eli could process that, a deep, resonant voice rang out from behind her.
"Lianhua".
The speaker step forward.
A tall man clad in black and gold armor his presence alone warping space -" his eyes were sharp and ancient, like a blade that had witnessed countless wars.
Behind him, faint phantoms of battlefield flickered and vanished.
"Divine Prince Li Tianyuan".
His gaze fell on the child.
For a briefest moment, the law of heaven paused.
Li Tianyuan frowned.
"..... This pressure", he said slowly.
"The heavens are afaird".
At that instant, Eli's mind exploded with pain.
Memories surged.
A hospital room.
A flatline.
A life ended too early.
I died.
I was reborn.
Before he could scream. A voice echoed inside his soul.
[Heaven -Defying Destiny System initializing]
[Soul integrity confirmed.]
[Transmigration complete.]
Eli-no, Li yunfeng-froze.
A system?
The voice continued, calm and emotionless.
[Warning ⚠️: Host possesses Divine bloodline.]
[Threat level: Extreme.]
[Initiating emergency concealment protocol.]
Suddenly, the golden runes above the palace flared violently.
Cracks spread through the heavenly arrays.
A booming voice descended from the skies -cold, ancient, and utterly inhuman.
"This child does not belong here"
The Frost Divine Empress eyes turn glacial.
She left that one hand.
"Then heavens"
she says softly "may forget him"
Her Palm descendant on to Yunfeng's chest pain unlike anything he had ever known tore through him.
It felt as if something deep inside him something vast and ancient was being locked away.
The heavens screamed.
Golden blood dripped from the sky. The voice vanished.
Silence returned.
Li Tianyuan exhaled slowly his fists clenched.
" You sealed everything", he said quietly.
Xue Lianhua nodded.
"For his survival ".
She looked down at her son her eyes unreadable. "Grow slowly ".
She whispered." And one day tear the heavens apart.
Yunfeng's consciousness faded.
But deep within his soul, the system spoke one final line.[Hidden destiny confirmed.]
[The heavens will regret this choice.]