[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-infinite-system":3,"chapter-my-infinite-system-my-infinite-system-chapter-15":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Infinite 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},1584615,2050,"Chapter 15: Trial Of Ascension 4","my-infinite-system-chapter-15",15,"\u003Cp>Hollow Dungeon – Third Floor\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Lucian stepped through the gate, the entire world changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening howl, sharp and alive, tore past his ears. The floor below was gone—replaced by crumbling ruins floating in a dark sky that shimmered with falling stars. Suspended platforms, glowing with ancient glyphs, hovered over a bottomless void. The air pulsed with mana. Every breath buzzed in his lungs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above, clouds circled like a vortex. Lightning flickered deep within them, silver and violet, but never struck. The silence between flashes felt...watchful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian landed on the first platform, his boots sending a small shockwave across the rune-covered stone. He looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three more platforms ahead. And at the very center—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Massive. Cloaked in violet-black robes that moved like smoke. It wore no armor, no crown—just a skeletal mask that hovered an inch from its face, held in place by some invisible force. Long arms hung at its sides, claws trailing trails of etheric flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A name burned into Lucian’s vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Floor Guardian: Warden of Starlight – Tier B-]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian exhaled once. \"B-rank... this early?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cael’s voice echoed calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This is the true gate. Survive, and your body will be reborn into E-rank. Fall, and your system will seal for thirty days.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian cracked his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then let’s dance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dashed forward—leaping across the floating ruins. Mana surged through his legs. His shadow stretched behind him, pulled by the warping space between platforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fold Step: Activated]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blinked forward—platform to platform—wind screaming past his ears. As he neared the third stone, a thin beam of violet light tore across the air in front of him, slicing clean through the ruin’s edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian folded mid-air, reappearing just beside it. The moment he landed, the Warden moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It vanished from the center platform—then reappeared behind Lucian, its claw already swinging down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Chrono Sense – Auto Triggered]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Danger Proximity: Critical]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian dropped low—slid under the strike. A crater of pure starlight exploded behind him as the claw touched stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spun, summoned a sphere of spatial distortion in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Spatial Collapse – Tier 1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hurled it point-blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sphere pulsed—imploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warden staggered back, cloak rippling violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian didn’t pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leapt forward—both hands surging with energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dimensional Claw – Full Activation]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pair of glowing, translucent claws burst from his arms, tracing overlapping arcs through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slashed twice—one upward, one diagonal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first tore into the Warden’s shoulder. The second grazed its mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air around them cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warden screeched—its voice a chorus of dead stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian jumped back. \"Got you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Warden didn’t fall. It lifted both hands—and the world bent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky above shattered like glass, and hundreds of tiny fragments—each glowing with burning runes—rained down toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[New Skill Detected: Starfall Cage – Tier B Spell]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian’s heart pounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He launched into the air with a Fold Step—but one of the shards clipped his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He twisted mid-air, wincing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Damage Taken: Moderate]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Reinforcement Stability: 64%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian hit a platform and rolled—then slammed both palms into the stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Spatial Lock – Zone Cast]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dome of warped reality snapped up around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The falling shards struck the dome—flickered—and vanished before impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Starfall Cage Neutralized – 10% mana drain]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian coughed. \"Cael—status?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Combat Efficiency: 81%. Recommend limiting Fold Steps. Local space is thinning.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warden raised its arms again. Its cloak unfurled—revealing dozens of floating symbols spinning in circles around its core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one pulsed with light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian recognized the flow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s a summon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky opened again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two figures dropped from above—hunched, jagged shadows wielding twin blades of crystallized starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Summons Detected: Voidbind Knights – Tier C+]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian charged one before it hit the ground. His blade met the starlight weapon with a clang that shook the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knight didn’t stagger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian grit his teeth, pushed forward, and triggered [Temporal Slow] on just the knight’s limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ducked under a slash and sent a Spatial Collapse directly into its chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knight cracked—then burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second knight rushed him from the side. Lucian spun—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade caught his ribs—sent him flying into the wall of a hovering ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood ran down his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning: Damage 42% – Internal bruising detected]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian wiped his lip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still not enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forced himself up—vision swimming—then threw his hand out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dimensional Claw – Overdrive]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The claw this time tore through space itself—leaving a hole in the air that dragged the second knight into it. A moment later, it reappeared above him—shredded in half, ejected from the collapsed rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian stood, swaying slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the real threat came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warden floated forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its mask cracked, revealing a single violet eye beneath. The runes spun faster now. A low hum vibrated the dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Final Phase Triggered: Starcore Rebirth]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, come on—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warden plunged a hand into its own chest—ripped out a star-shaped core—and crushed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky, the ruins, the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian was flung off his platform as golden-purple fire roared around him. Chunks of stone fell like meteors. Spatial rifts opened and closed in random patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time jittered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world was breaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slammed into a broken pillar—coughing up blood. One eye nearly swollen shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He whispered through grit teeth, \"Cael... I need something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system pulsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Accessing Skill Core: Dimensional Claw – Mutation Triggered]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[New Skill Unlocked: Dimensional Rift Drive]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian’s aura flared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body surged upward—light erupting from his veins as he launched forward with raw speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warden raised its claw—too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian twisted mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dimensional Rift Drive – Spear Mode]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He launched forward like a bolt through space itself—slamming straight into the Warden’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire mask shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cloak ripped open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warden screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body unraveled. Faded. Light scattered across the broken sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian landed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dropped to one knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweat poured down his face. Blood dripped from his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up—panting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A screen floated into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Trial of Ascension: Floor 3 Cleared – Rank S++]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations. Ascension to Rank E Complete.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[New Title Earned: Riftwalker]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Core Attributes Unlocked for Custom Path Selection]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian didn’t smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just breathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slow. Heavy. Alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—he looked up at the sky as the ruins faded around him, light overtaking the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He whispered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...One floor at a time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1067,"2026-06-06T08:56:30.179Z",1,"novelbin.me","4a8c483f3e477bef5537aa6c2fae6608c37ff4e6baef90bbb55c3faecf5f14d0","my-infinite-system-chapter-16","my-infinite-system-chapter-68",284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-infinite-system-cover.jpg"]