[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-awakening-reincarnating-with-the-sss-level-extra":3,"chapter-awakening-reincarnating-with-the-sss-level-extra-awakening-reincarnating-with-the-sss-level-extra-chapter-440":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Awakening: Reincarnating With the SSS-Level Extraction Talent",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1139760,1479,"Chapter 440: The Third Palace's Trial, Test of Intuition and Judgment","awakening-reincarnating-with-the-sss-level-extra-chapter-440",440,"\u003Cp>After enduring the crushing force of the test of strength and surviving the barrage of the test of durability, Alex found himself met with yet another challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place wasn't like the other domains he had experienced before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't simply test physical attributes or brute power, it tested everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His instincts. His intelligence. His resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even his ability to choose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every facet of his existence was being weighed and judged here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Palace of Destiny] was alive in a sense, and Alex could feel it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The domain moved on its own, adjusted to his presence, reacted to his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was fully in control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deeper he went, the clearer it became that this palace was created by an all-powerful entity that allowed it to control itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sentient, all-powerful space that would bend only for those it deemed worthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Alex wasn't sure if it saw him that way yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even back in the [Abyss] or the [Depths], domains ruled by ancient and horrifying gods, he had never felt such weight pressing down on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, he had still felt like a challenger, an invader maybe, but not a prisoner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze wandered slowly across the floor, the pillars, the endless emptiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need to keep going,\" he whispered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't even past the entrance, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The domain had only just begun its evaluation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first two tests had been violent and clear-cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one, though, it already felt different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stone echoed beneath his feet as he began walking forward through the endless chamber-like space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Massive marble pillars stretched upward like spears aimed toward the sky, disappearing into a ceiling he couldn't see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no sound except his footsteps, no light source except the gentle glow surrounding the air itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire space felt too open, too empty, liminal, like something was deeply wrong beneath the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he moved forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed strangely in this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It may have been thirty minutes, or maybe longer, when he noticed it, a carved arrow, barely visible, etched into the side of a pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…An arrow?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped and looked closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was pointing in the opposite direction from the one he had been walking in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at it for a moment, unsure what to make of it, then let out a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well… I haven't found anything going this way,\" he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning around, he decided to follow it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first arrow led to another, then another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one etched lightly into the marble surface of a pillar, guiding him deeper into the space like some ancient scavenger hunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't long before the pattern finally ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last arrow pointed to something unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crimson door, standing alone in the middle of the endless marble forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no walls around it, no hallway, no support, just the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stood upright like it had grown out of the ground between the pillars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex slowed his steps, narrowing his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even before he reached it, his instincts began to scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The closer he got, the more intense the sensation became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't just a warning, it was panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A primal flare in his gut telling him one thing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Do not open this door.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped just a few feet away, staring at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door looked ordinary at first glance, crimson paint, a brass handle, but the aura surrounding it was… wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kind of wrong that made the hairs on his arms rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it a trap? Or, was it actually the right door, and his instincts were screaming because whatever lay beyond it was terrifying, even to him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached forward, placing a hand on the handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers, steady in battle, were shaking now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body wasn't reacting out of fear, it was reacting out of wisdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This door wasn't the answer. It was the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a trap,\" he said quietly, taking several steps back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exhaled and tried to calm his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would the domain place a door here, in the middle of nowhere, after such a long and meticulous trail of arrows?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why make it so obviously tempting?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then it hit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The true purpose of the test wasn't about finding a door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was about knowing which one not to open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't a test of direction, or speed, or even cleverness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a test of intuition and judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…So that's what this is all about.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just to be sure, Alex extended his hand and conjured a spark of deep, blackened flame, [Flames of Oblivion], letting it spread along the floor toward the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire touched the base of the crimson door and, in seconds, the air changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwish, BAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"RAAAAAAAARGGGH!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening roar erupted as the door itself twisted, contorted, and changed shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its frame bent backward violently, becoming a massive, open mouth lined with dozens of jagged, uneven teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black tongue unfurled from within, dripping acidic saliva as the void beyond it pulsed with malevolent hunger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If you had opened this \"Monster Door\", you would have been stunned and devoured.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex stepped back again and dismissed his flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maw writhed for a few moments longer, then began to sizzle, shriek, and collapse in on itself until it was no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that's how it is,\" he muttered, rubbing his forehead, \"They want me to choose right… or get eaten alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new panel appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If you open one of the \"Monster Doors\", the domain will stun you and you will be dragged inside. Failing the test will result in your permanent ejection from the Palace.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He groaned, brushing the ashes from his coat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could've told me that before I almost grabbed the handle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another message followed soon after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note: If you destroy the real exit door using force, it will also vanish forever.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course it would.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No cheating, no shortcuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't simply burn every door he found until the real one appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned around, ready to follow a new trail of arrows, and then froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…What the hell?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single pillar now had an arrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of them, each glowing a different color, red, blue, green, purple, orange, and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stretched out in every direction, crossing over one another like a web of misdirection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And every one of them pointed somewhere else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is insane,\" he whispered, staring out over the maze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, he didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex stepped forward, eyes narrowing, and closed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the arrows were all colored differently, that meant the only way to win was not by logic, but by intuition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was something he trusted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With eyes closed, he extended his aura outward, using a subtle skill he'd developed long ago, sending soft shockwaves of energy across the area, mapping his surroundings like echolocation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwish! Bam! Bam! Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each wave rippled across the marble pillars, lighting up the arrows in his mind's eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But something strange occurred, every arrow that responded to his aura appeared red in his inner vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red, the same color as the door that had tried to eat him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He narrowed his focus, strengthening the next wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More arrows lit up. Still red. Again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, finally, bam, one arrow lit up in a brilliant gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There it was. In his mind, it was golden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he opened his eyes, the arrow was purple in the real world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Found you,\" he whispered, grinning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he followed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His feet moved faster now as his instincts settled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrow led him across the marble halls, through pillars and endless rows, bypassing dozens more misleading markers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't waver, not once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached a clearing again, similar to the last, but this time, a purple door stood waiting for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And though his instincts still prickled with warning, this time, he understood why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fear wasn't telling him to run, it was telling him to prepare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped up, placed his hand on the handle… and opened the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwash! BAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond it was no mouth, no trap, only a massive golden-lit hallway stretching into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exhaled, a grin flickering across his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Exceptional Intuition: No illusion, trap, or deception can bypass your judgment.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that meant more tests awaited him beyond that hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for now, he had passed. And the Palace was watching.\u003C\u002Fp>",1411,"2026-06-03T12:12:47.112Z","2026-06-03T12:12:55.154Z",1,"novelbin.me","15d6341fb456cecdb22467954fbf0cd1aff562c6a72e446241ffa27d983aa370","awakening-reincarnating-with-the-sss-level-extra-chapter-441","awakening-reincarnating-with-the-sss-level-extra-chapter-439",516,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fawakening-reincarnating-with-the-sss-level-extra-cover.jpg"]