[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-634":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Divine Path System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1564006,2028,"Chapter 634 Darkness, My Old Friend","divine-path-system-chapter-634",634,"\u003Cp>Chapter 634 Darkness, My Old Friend\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he fell into the endless darkness, Varian felt like someone called his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice was filled with desperation and fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'…Is it Sia?' He wondered in the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn't be her. He knew her voice well enough to recognize her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Then…' Varian sighed as the other person appeared in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl with tri-color hair and eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how many times he saw her, she spoke as little as necessary and remained rather stoic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I didn't think she'd shout like that.' Varian smiled, then his expression turned a bit lost. 'I had no chance to record it.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The comms didn't work here, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he continued to fall, Varian was lost in his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than feeling fear, he felt emptiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If I die here…I think I'll go nuts in the afterlife, if that even exists.' Thinking so, Varian tried to see something. Anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved his body, flipped, turned his gaze here and there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he saw was darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His senses couldn't perceive anything either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unending, impenetrable and lonely darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian forgot how long he had been falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it a minute? Ten minutes? Or an hour?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wait…it's already eight hours!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When that thought occurred, his rather calm expression distorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Fuck! If I keep falling for eternity, then I'd rather die.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn't survive for eternity as a level 7 in the first place. But even for his lifespan of 100+ years to be filled with falling in darkness…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I'll go crazy here.' Varian shook his head. 'I might die or I might not. But this uncertainty is making me crazy already.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Maybe I can train?' After that thought appeared, Varian channeled his powers to start his ridiculous action but—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Heyyyyy!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His powers weren't working!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What the fuck is happening?' Varian's brows furrowed and his chest heaved up and down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the reality finally set in that he was perhaps fucked up, Varian clutched his hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'You idiot! You should've killed that son of a bitch right away!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, that was his original plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he kept beating Charles and kept hearing his cries of pain, Varian began to lose control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt like he was getting revenge for Sia. He viewed Charles not as his personal enemy but as the nephew of Roxanna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, everytime he broke a bone in that bastard's body, Varian's glee that he was getting back at Roxanna grew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In no time, he was thinking of Charles as Roxanna's surrogate and torturing him as if to torture that dead woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind was imagining things Sia went through and with each passing second, he grew more and more crazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he was ambushed and knocked down without a chance to fight back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If I was just a bit alert…just a bit.' Varian sighed in regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't usually lose his control of emotions like this. Whenever it happened, it was too sudden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The last time it happened, I nearly destroyed ghost ship.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it happened because he was withholding a tonne of rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I kept telling myself I can kill him later. I told myself the same thing in the valley. Even now, I wanted to kill him only after getting the treasure…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, his rage was suppressed until it eventually burst out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian covered his face and closed his eyes. 'If only the fight didn't start…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wait…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian's eyes shot open abruptly and he muttered. \"Why did my seven auras leak all of a sudden?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he thought about it, it was System's job to hide them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Oi, System?' Varian called out with a displeased expression. 'I know you can hear me. Just come out and answer, why did you have to fuck up everything?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…Devas.] The familiar voice said slowly, as if it had trouble speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Seal of devas…] It spoke slowly, like someone still learning the language. But it wasn't that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Varian had to give an analogy, those words were like leaked drops from a water pipe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drawn Out. Broken. Few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[They sealed the system…the suppression from the seal…it affected the functioning of the system.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian's brows furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But didn't you break the seal already?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Only partially…Moreover, this is like a suppression measure. Just like how…ghost ship is suppressed.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian's face darkened at the mention of Boo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If ghost ship worked alright, then none of this would've happened. Of course, it wasn't Boo's fault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was still frustrating. It's like going from VIP account to common account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Going from poverty to richness was easy, but becoming poor after being rich was hard as hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'…Alright, alright.' Varian waved his hands. 'Now tell me, how the fuck do I get out of this place? I don't want to spend the rest of my life chatting with you here.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…One minute.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Huh?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It's…been one minute.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian's jaw dropped. 'Really now? I didn't ask for this lame joke.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I...It's true. Your…sense of time is distorted here.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian took a deep breath and calmed his rising frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a minute felt like this, how would an hour, a day, a month, a year and even a decade feel like?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It might as well be an eternity!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian shivered like he was standing naked in the arctic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Are you trying to help me or scare me?' Varian asked with a frustrated expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Of course, it's to—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Tell me a solution already!' Varian cut it off from any further stupid jokes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hey!' Varian panicked at the silence. Did this thing stop working or what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…Sigh.] It was a long-drawn sigh as if it was deeply pitying him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Oi. Oi. What are you sighing for?' Varian had a forced smile as if he didn't hear its pitying sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Host…] The System said in the most sympathetic tone ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Varian's hair stood on its end and he stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What?' He asked in a scared tone, both anticipating and fearful, like a patient about to hear the doctor's report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[To get out of here…You'll need to wait…] The System said in a helpless tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'H-How long?' Varian's voice trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One minute felt like eight hours, so…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…Ten minutes.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Noooooo!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1037,"2026-06-06T07:58:26.198Z",1,"novelbin.me","b7eb1edfe2e46e791309ddf63abeb7f8205d8cbb93b9dfd24dfe6d40296013c1","divine-path-system-chapter-635","divine-path-system-chapter-633",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]