[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-infinite-mana-in-the-apocalypse":3,"chapter-infinite-mana-in-the-apocalypse-infinite-mana-in-the-apocalypse-chapter-3808":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse",{"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},58624,81,"Chapter 3808: Inevitabilities and Prisons I","infinite-mana-in-the-apocalypse-chapter-3808",3808,"\u003Cp>Noah stood far from the vast golden tree, its thousand-mile height casting trembling shadows across the sealed domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tale that Sigrid whispered had just ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in his mind buzzed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes never left the writhing, winged mass above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Orange Tier Imitation Mutated Inevitability]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its name burned through reality like a warning etched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah’s brows furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of the words of the Living Concept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That even if Mana coursed through one endlessly... there would still be a cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He whispered inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...what cost am I paying?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nullvein Gravewake Folds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weavings of endless collapse, paradox and silent screams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a small, insignificant corner, something else stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A step echoed across the lightless terrain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thauron the Null Monarch, clad in robes of woven nullity, moved with deliberate slowness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, Bob followed- his pulsing weavings merging with the groans of the shattered folds beneath their feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What can we do, Thauron?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bob’s voice was bitter and filled with a sense of anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To become bigger fish, as you say? To become more?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...there was no answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thauron’s face, usually impassive, bore a strange sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deeper than his titles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bob scowled, muttering beneath his breath as if clinging to some last thread of hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Osmont...is with the Veiled Sunfolds now. Untouchable. Shielded even further.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do we still have a path to obtain what we need from him? Anything at all?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the stillness of regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They reached it then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hollow, caved region of the Folds. Littered with Dead Wheels of Existence, each one cracked open like broken promises. Their spokes splintered. Their cores silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thauron looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He breathed in once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, without warning...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He plunged his hand into his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SQUELCH.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bob flinched as an obsidian heart, still beating, was ripped from Thauron’s torso.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What...are you doing?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Null Monarch’s hand trembled slightly, but his voice was composed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little Bobby...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The jump from a small fish to a big fish can be made in many ways.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today... you will witness one of the abominable ways. A path I never wanted to take.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bob stepped back with disgust, apprehension creeping up his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heart in Thauron’s hand shattered suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An explosion of nullity and sorrow surged outward, causing the Dead Wheels nearby to wail with echoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the rift of silence torn in space...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wriggling black-and-white mass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had wings, but they were torn and regenerating constantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its shape twisted with uncertainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its essence radiated inevitability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its every pulse whispered: you were always meant to see me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thauron looked at it with an expression that bordered on affection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know why I was imprisoned?\" he asked softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bob’s face twisted in disbelief as he shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thauron stared at the wriggling mass and spoke without shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because I bore a smell the Foldless Ones did not like.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I was a Master of Existence... I found something I should not have found. I hid it. But they still found out. They took my realm. My Wheel. My everything. This...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the creature writhing in the tear of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the first time I’ve unveiled it... since I gained freedom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mass trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft, eerie cry echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bob felt sick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How... how can this help us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thauron did not answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward and placed his palm upon the creature- gently, lovingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And whispered...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is the obsession strong enough?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s been nurtured. Sharpened. And it has... entanglements with a Young Living Paradox that has survived a Living Collapse. It should be enough for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wriggling mass pulsed violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bob’s expression fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just what... is that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Thauron turned toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes carried sorrow, and something far more dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This, Little Bobby...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is an Inevitability.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tentacles exploded from the mass and reached out instantly, wrapping around Bob like a cocoon in less than an instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a shocking turn of events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bob screamed, his True Source of Khaos erupting as a Complex Wheel burned behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tentacles wrapped around him, tighter than any authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thauron!! What is this?! WHY?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thauron did not move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood by the Inevitability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking more solemn than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I did not wish to.\" He said such words while his body erupted with hundreds of thousands of Existential Dimensional Lattices of Finality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the weavings of Existence moved too drastically. I had to do this...much earlier. It is simply the musings of Finality occurring in advance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stroked the Inevitability as he continued\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I nurtured obsession in many. But yours... it’s just right. Your desire... your entanglement with Osmont... your yearning to save your dear daughter...you are ready.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bob screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madness and terror in equal measure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. NO!! I HAVE TO SAVE HER! I HAVE TO—!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Inevitability dragged him in, weaving its tendrils into his being, his Wheel, his True Source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roared once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands outstretched toward the glowing image in his Obsidian Wheel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so close. So, so close!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was also already gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His screams echoed once more...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mass pulsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And shrank rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It continued shrinking until it became so small that it could fit in one’s hands!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thauron held it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at it with a sense of finality and sorrow...and placed it within his torn chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where once a heart had been...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, an Inevitability beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Use that obsession,\" Thauron whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Burn brightly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HUUM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you may use mine too as you...can take me high. Return me to the state of an Originus Venerant and beyond.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WAA!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I rejected you then, but I accept you now so..let come what may come.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The folds around him warped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dead Wheels trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Thauron, his eyes glowing with Finality, looked beyond the Gravewake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice rang out like prophecy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will reach the Foldless Ones. Starting with the Unbound Living Paradox Youngling who seeks to become one of them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...!\u003C\u002Fp>",1035,"2026-05-28T18:15:17.063Z","2026-06-01T04:28:34.259Z",1,"novelbin.me","ecb0d84a35084c73513bdcde5d384ccee52e3cbedb3c74a1badaa116b41f30ea","infinite-mana-in-the-apocalypse-chapter-3809","infinite-mana-in-the-apocalypse-chapter-3807",5292,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Finfinite-mana-in-the-apocalypse-cover.jpg"]