[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-how-to-survive-in-the-romance-fantasy-game":3,"chapter-how-to-survive-in-the-romance-fantasy-game-how-to-survive-in-the-romance-fantasy-game-chapter-554":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","How to survive in the Romance Fantasy Game",{"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},1218823,1604,"Chapter 554: Ascendance....","how-to-survive-in-the-romance-fantasy-game-chapter-554",554,"\u003Cp>A place swallowed by endless shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every stone, every breath of air, every whisper of silence—everything reeked of darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas’s eyes snapped open, clearer than they had ever been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His vision no longer felt like his own, but as though someone had peeled away every obstruction and revealed the world in its truest form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind, sharp and lucid, pulsed with clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his chest hammered wildly, his heart beating like a war drum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was he trembling?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did the divine fire coursing through his body feel so violent, so absolute?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His grip around the hilt of his holy sword tightened until his knuckles turned white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rage seeped into his veins like molten iron, divine energy spiking in tandem with his fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes. Him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The masked man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No... not a man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unforgivable sin standing arrogantly before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas’s four wings spread wide, each feather blazing with radiant white light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His golden eyes shimmered like molten suns, piercing the gloom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, his black hair shimmered into a divine platinum sheen, strands glowing as if woven from starlight itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above his head, a halo unfurled—pure, brilliant, angelic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ultimate Skil: justice] [Activated]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The divinity within him no longer raged like chaos—it settled, crystallized, and sharpened into a single purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Justice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confusion still gnawed at the edge of his mind—questions, doubts, the weight of countless mysteries—but none of it mattered anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only the promise he had made, and the enemy standing before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would deliver justice. Absolute, uncompromising justice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air quivered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The altar groaned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence fell-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWANNNGGG!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy light detonated as Lucas appeared mid-swing, his radiating sword cleaving through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Golden Shower]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arc of his blade unleashed a wave of pure energy, a crescent slash of blinding brilliance that ripped through the altar like heaven’s judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The oppressive darkness was torn apart, seared away as light flooded the chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The masked man moved. Unfazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With nothing but a tilt of his blade, he redirected the force of Lucas’s strike, twisting its trajectory heavenward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The holy slash carved a rift into the ceiling, splitting the void above like fragile glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lucas was not finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two more slashes followed instantly, overlapping as though space itself bent to his will. His form blurred—three strikes in one breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The masked man met the second head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sparks of divine and abyssal energy clashed, the impact rattling the chamber as shadows screamed against the brilliance of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the third came too fast. Too precise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHRRRKKKK!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The holy edge cut through his side, piercing flesh—or whatever essence this demon masquerading as a man possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VOOOOOOOSHHHHHH!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An eruption followed, white plasma bursting out in a radiant explosion that painted the dark altar in searing brilliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground cracked, statues shattered, and for a moment, it seemed as though the abyss itself recoiled from the light of Lucas’s wrath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The masked man was thrown back by the force of Lucas’s strike, skidding across the stone floor as fragments of shattered altar scattered into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lucas did not stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t stop. His body surged forward as if divinity itself compelled him to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hit had landed—of that he was certain—but something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blade, holy and absolute, had struck true, yet the sensation lingered in his hand: resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hadn’t been like flesh tearing or bone breaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No... it had been like cutting steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure, unyielding steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas’s jaw tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura flared brighter, wings snapping wide with divine force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now... even after unleashing my divinity, I can’t cut him cleanly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No. He would not allow it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SWIISSHHHHH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Phantasmal Steps]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body dissolved into a blur of pure radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light folded around him, scattering his form into afterimages that the eye could not follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His divine resonance with light and space twisted reality itself, allowing him to move faster than any living being should.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world stilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than a breath, he was already behind the masked man, who was still standing, adjusting his posture from the last blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To any normal opponent, it would’ve been an instant of vulnerability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas refused to waste it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising his sword high, divinity spiraled into its core—refined, focused, sharpened to a deadly point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura burned white-hot as his intent hardened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would not give this monster the chance to act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Luminous Pierce]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KRRRRRREEEEEENNNGGGG!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas became a streak of piercing brilliance, his sword driving forward like a spear of judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The altar screamed as the concentrated beam tore through the darkness, consuming everything in its path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And before the strike had even faded, his stance shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Verdant Slash]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword ignited with the raw breath of the world itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emerald energy laced with life’s primordial essence wrapped around his blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas slashed downward, a cut that ignored the masked man’s unnatural resilience, slicing through resistance as if the laws of nature bent in his favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VIIIIIIISSSSHHHHHH!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The masked man’s body was flung like a ragdoll, hurled across the chamber in jagged, zigzagging arcs as explosions followed each impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas didn’t relent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He soared upward, wings blazing, twisting his body in a radiant spin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Solar Wheel]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire form became a burning star, radiating searing heat and divine pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun itself seemed to descend into the abyssal altar, and with a deafening detonation, a blinding eruption followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground ruptured, a crater swallowing the black stone as white fire consumed everything around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, even in that explosion, Lucas’s assault did not end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Twin Lights]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two radiant blades split from his form, the embodiment of his fury and resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the heart of the crater, amidst molten stone and howling fire, his blades sang again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SWIIISSSHHHH!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLAAAAAASSSHHHHHH!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attack after attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strike after strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His movements blurred into a storm of relentless light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t allow the masked man a moment to breathe, let alone escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuck—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOMMM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hurts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VIIISSSHHHH!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every swing, every slash—each one tore through the air with enough force to rip the altar apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dodged, blocked, twisted—doing everything my body could possibly manage—yet even then I was only barely keeping up with Lucas. If you could even call this keeping up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was relentless. His swordplay didn’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No hesitation, no wasted movement. Just a constant flood of strikes that gave me no time to breathe, no room to adjust, no chance to counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VOOOOOMMMM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I caught his blade on mine, sparks screaming as steel met steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact pushed me back a step, boots grinding deep cracks into the stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My jaw tightened, teeth gnashing behind the mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this rate, I’m nothing but a ragdoll for this battle freak to test his goddamn arsenal on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every attack was harder, sharper, heavier than the last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted him to grow stronger, I planned for it, but maybe I’d done my job too well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, don’t get it twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s strong—but I’m stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ultimate Skill: Divine Will] [Activated]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Temporary Level: ????]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Temporary Status Boost:]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strength: EX]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Agility: EX]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endurance: EX]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Luck: EX]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Power: EX]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The status board burned across my vision, every value maxed, every passive skill screaming in overdrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the exception of ultimate-ranked skills, I had everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strength-enhancements, defense multipliers, speed boosters, regeneration accelerants—stacked on top of each other in perfect synergy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with all that, I couldn’t overwhelm him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of it mattered when Lucas’s blade came down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No defensive skill, no evasion technique, no counter-art could guarantee safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every swing carried the weight of inevitability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only reason I wasn’t already reduced to shreds on the altar floor... was because of my unnatural body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My regeneration worked like a furnace, knitting flesh together the moment it tore apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My bones were dense enough to absorb punishment that should’ve caved me in a hundred times over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even with that, each exchange left cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Small ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hairline fractures that wouldn’t heal if I let this drag on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lucas wasn’t slowing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But being thrashed around wasn’t the part that pissed me off the most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLAAAANGGG!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VOOOOSHHHH!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SWIIISSSHHHH!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No... it was what came after every single one of his strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations! You have gained +10,000 Divinity!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations! You have gained +10,000 Divinity!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations! You have gained +10,000 Divinity!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each clash shoved more and more divine energy into me, flooding my body like poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, I should’ve been celebrating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divinity was a resource most mortals would butcher nations for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entire churches could fight wars just to get a sliver of what I was absorbing right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TINNNGGGGG!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gh—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My knees nearly buckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hurt. It hurt so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With every surge of light pouring into me, it felt like cracks spread deeper into my soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the essence holding me together was being stretched past its breaking point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning: User’s soul essence is approaching critical threshold.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Temporal measurements applied.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning: Limit until user’s mortal body collapses... 2 minutes.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s all I had before this body ruptured like a bursting container.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tightened my grip on Valeria, raising the void-forged blade to retaliate—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then the system cut me off, shackling me with words that burned hotter than chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[User is under the effects of Ultimate Skill: Justice]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[All rights to victory have been stripped.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tch—\" My teeth ground together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Lucas’s ultimate skill was active, the idea of \"winning\" didn’t even exist for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system itself redefined the word, tying it to whatever moral justice Lucas clung to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in his eyes, that justice meant only one thing:my death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"HAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas’s roar split the dungeon apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His holy sword ignited, molten radiance bursting outward in a wave that melted through the floor itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire altar cracked, groaned, then shattered under the divine weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I braced, forcing every ounce of strength I had into my arms, meeting the strike head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact rattled through me, shattering bone and rebuilding it in the same instant as regeneration struggled to keep pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My blade—Valeria, the weapon that should have been indestructible—screeched as it locked against the holy sword’s burning edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Valeria was straining under it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the first time, I had to admit it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against that blade... her indestructibility wasn’t absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to do something...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning! Failure to pick divine title for ascension will lead to personal soul damage!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Failure to pick will be offset by random selection!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system’s voice carved itself into my skull again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I staggered for half a heartbeat, my blade catching Lucas’s holy strike just in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sparks burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My arms shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t even have the time to properly read the damn text burning across my vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Which divine title will the user pursue for divine ascendance?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blessing of Change]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blessing of Death]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blessing of the Fraud]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Titles?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ascendance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why my soul felt like it was being split apart with every surge of divinity forced into me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system wasn’t just pouring power into my body—it was demanding the next step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was telling me to ascend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right here. Right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Are you kidding me...?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was I supposed to ascend in the middle of battle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Lucas hadn’t gone through it like this. In the game’s, he’d secluded himself with the Saintess, purified, prepared, then slowly awakened into a[Seraphim.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sacred ritual. A controlled transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ascension wasn’t some small upgrade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was deification itself—the tearing away of mortality, the act of stepping into the higher planes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ascend meant becoming a creature not unlike the gods themselves, bound to a domain, an authority, a truth that rewrote your very being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the system wanted me to do that now? In the middle of Lucas’s blade screaming for my head?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note: User soul essence resonance activating!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning! Failure to pick divine title for ascension will lead to personal soul damage!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Failure to pick will be offset by random selection!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Limit: 5 minutes.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five minutes.?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two of those blessings... [Change] and [Death]...they were direct paths toward the goddesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recognized authorities, proven domains that I already know of...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the third—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fraud.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A title I had never seen before. No records.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing in the archives of the game or the histories I remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My grip on Valeria tightened, sweat burning down my back beneath the mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re asking me to pick between becoming their lapdog... or gambling my soul on a path no one’s ever even heard of?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My vision flickered, Lucas’s blazing wings pressing in closer, his blade screaming down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TINNNGGG!!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain tore through my soul again, sharper than any blade Lucas could swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t my body breaking this time—it was the very core of what I was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsk... fuck it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you’re asking me to choose... then I—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"DIE, BASTARD!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas’s roar shook the chamber, his wings flaring like a miniature sun. His sword lifted high, burning with every color of the spectrum, collapsing into a singular radiance of white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sunstrike!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I choose them all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment I gave my answer, the world... stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOMMMM!!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explosion wasn’t outside. It was inside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My entire being convulsed, like reality itself had tried to reject me and failed. Lucas’s holy light—gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword’s descent—vanished. He was shoved back as if some unseen hand had ripped him away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[!@#!$#@#$$@#%@!!#$!@#%^$!#!!@@@!!!~~~~!!!!!!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[KAWAKAWAKAWAKAWKAWKAKWAK!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system itself began to scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[User soul threshold broken... !!!!!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blessing of Fraud has lied to the world!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[User soul threshold... fixed.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spat blood, my chest heaving. \"What... the hell...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The messages twisted again, symbols warping into half-readable fragments:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Chosen ascension confirmed. User soul resonance hijacked for sequence advancement!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Temporary user debuff immunity applied!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Chosen Ascension paths... SYNTHESIZING!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning! Walking three paths to ascendance guarantees THE END.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Do you wish to proceed?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Will confirmed!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proceeding to ascension...!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ascension progress: 10%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly nausea crashed into me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My knees buckled, slamming against the broken floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My head swam with static, voices layered on top of one another, screaming, whispering, laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t Riley. I wasn’t myself. I was everyone and no one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flickering face appeared in the haze—someone I knew, and didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Familiar yet alien.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A paradox. Their mouth moved, saying words I couldn’t hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their features shifted too fast to catch—mother, stranger, goddess, friend—each identity phasing in and out like broken glass reflecting too many truths at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain surged deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body convulsed again as I felt myself changing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note: It is advised to proceed to transcendence without any interruption...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[All status has been reset!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: 1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strength: E]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Agility: E]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endurance: E]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Luck: E]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Power: E]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My vision fractured, like broken glass in my skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My knees wobbled, my lungs refused to pull in air. I felt my consciousness... slipping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note: [Divine Title and Authority] [Acquired]]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Divine Title: ’Heaven’s Anomaly’]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Authorities Acquired!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Conceptual Oblivion]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect: You become a walking paradox—a sovereign whose presence unravels the very scaffolding of reality.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Previous Blessing effects upgraded!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blessing of Change: Rewrite the fundamental nature of any concept—turn \"immortality\" into \"fragility,\" \"hope\" into \"decay.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blessing of Death: Your aura brings true death—not just physical cessation, but the erasure of existence from memory, history, and meaning.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blessing of the Fraud: You can lie to the universe itself, convincing it that \"fire is cold,\" \"time has stopped,\" or \"you were never born.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Unique Combined Authority Effect: Oblivion Rewrite]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effects:]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lie to the Concept: Convince it that it is something else entirely.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill the Concept: Your presence erases its original form from existence.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Rewrite the Void: Implant a new truth, one that the world now accepts as absolute.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Passive Authority: Unreality Field]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect: Within a certain radius, reality becomes unstable. People forget their names, gravity flickers, and even gods hesitate to speak, fearing their words might be rewritten into lies.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The edges of my vision dissolved, fragments of light bending into impossible angles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even my own shadow twisted, splitting into dozens, none of them aligned with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Name: Riley Hell]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Race: ????]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: ?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strength: ?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Agility: ?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Endurance: ?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Luck: ?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then the final message seared itself into my brain before I lost consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations: [Heaven’s Anomaly] You have unlocked a Truth of the World...]\u003C\u002Fp>",2746,"2026-06-03T14:41:08.409Z",1,"novelbin.me","8aa79f3bb483313eb7443a00c07d3fdbed0b5fe6db48ebd869497e1c441a2042","how-to-survive-in-the-romance-fantasy-game-chapter-555","how-to-survive-in-the-romance-fantasy-game-chapter-553",727,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhow-to-survive-in-the-romance-fantasy-game-cover.jpg"]