[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete":3,"chapter-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-34":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting from the Apocalypse, I Alone Severed Eternity",{"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},2312416,4518,"Chapter 34: The History Weaver: The Stone Gate Opens","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-34",34,"\u003Cp>A young dragon is inside?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pade hesitated and said, “My lord, why are you telling me this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And where are your own men?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pade feared the man before him might kill them all after digging through the passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi let out a cold snort: “Why ask so many questions? You only need to know my needs differ from yours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I only want one thing; everything else is trash to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Pade’s heart leapt—my lord doesn’t want it? That means the rest is left for us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether they’d be silenced later, wouldn’t they silence us even if we didn’t work now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better to work honestly and at least have a sliver of hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I warn you, more than just you know about this place. Move quickly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, when others arrive, it won’t be easy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Fang Shi silently walked to the entrance of the hall’s passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, no one dared to block him; everyone stepped aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pade, upon hearing this, was startled—so others were coming too? No wonder this lord didn’t bring his own men, and made us dig—he’s in a hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now this lord stands at the passage entrance, sharpening his nails on his sword—his threat is obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the sake of his own life, Pade finally began directing his men to chip at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the hall’s passage exit, Fang Shi leaned against the wall, standing with his sword in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held the energy core, breathing in and out its primal force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure primal force seeped from the core, entering Fang Shi’s body through every pore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It eased muscle fatigue, repaired bodily damage, and strengthened his physique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Residual flame elemental energy scattered through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around Fang Shi, heat blazed like fire; the air warped, sweat evaporated and hung above his head in mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Add to that the flickering flames—he did not seem human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this strange phenomenon, Pade and the others dared not show disrespect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They now firmly believed in his Initiate-level power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Initiate is also called an Extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is Extraordinary? To surpass humanity is to be Extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether in strength, speed, or physique, he was no longer comparable to a normal human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For many, another key trait was mastery of supernatural power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But humans lacked energy cores, making mastery of supernatural power far harder than for other races.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For most physical practitioners, even after Initiation, mastering supernatural power remained difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Typical examples were warriors, rogues, and other physical practitioners—perhaps they relied solely on basic attacks until Legend rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only some physical practitioners with lineage could master supernatural power after Initiation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, to many, an Initiate physical practitioner might not possess supernatural power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But any physical practitioner who mastered supernatural power was certainly an Initiate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for magic practitioners like sorcerers or mages, they were exceptions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Priests and rangers, backed by deities, didn’t count either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Druids and monks, with long-standing lineages, were also part of the lineage group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi, clearly a swordsman, was surrounded by flame energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, he was an Initiate with lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Pade, Harris, and others, they had only seen such power among nobles of the eight-hundred-li desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wielded wondrous abilities far beyond those of ordinary Initiate without lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Pade and his men became even more obedient, working harder than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was exactly what Fang Shi wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He revealed his breathing technique in this environment\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only to train and recover, but to intimidate these bandits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi knew well: compared to humans in the realm, humans on Blue Star were lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They possessed attribute panels forged from cosmic laws, accelerating their evolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could freely choose any basic career—even prestigious magic careers like druids, sorcerers, or priests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even those meeting certain conditions could select special basic careers such as Daoists or Buddhist cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At advancement, those meeting conditions received prompts for specialized career upgrades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These upgraded careers were what Pade and others called precious lineages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was absurdly fortunate—though it would’ve been better without the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conversely, one could call it compensation for the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi’s Martial Master career was also a special basic career.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after his rebirth, he unhesitatingly chose Martial Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just because he was familiar with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A special career didn’t mean inherently stronger—if poorly developed, it was worse than a common basic career.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Fang Shi didn’t know what the “special conditions” were—he only later realized he was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m curious: with so many humans across the multiverse, why was Blue Star chosen?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What secret lies behind it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This question had puzzled Fang Shi for a long time—and all Blue Star humans before their rebirth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, this realm also had humans—why weren’t they chosen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Realm” is merely a name on the key; in truth, it is another world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The realm’s world is vast—some are far larger than Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the realm exist civilizations, nations, various races, even deities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The realm key merely transports the user to a location within this world matching their own ability, for exploration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then allows the explorer to gain benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not like a game dungeon, creating a confined space\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Filled with levels and bosses, where explorers can only move within a limited area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once in the realm, explorers can go anywhere—left, right, forward, backward, even up to the heavens or down to the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It makes no difference; exploration rate might be slightly lower, that’s all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there’s something even more astonishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how explorers act, they will never encounter events exceeding the key’s level limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, a Level 5 explorer enters the realm and hears of a legendary evil being slaughtering a city nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Level 5 explorer, enraged, rushes to stop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether he can win is another matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet no matter what he does, he will never face that legendary being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He won’t even encounter the legendary’s powerful subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’ll only meet Level 5-level soldiers—all within the key’s level limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some call this phenomenon fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its master they call the History Weaver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was He who plunged Blue Star into apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was He who granted Blue Star humans infinite evolutionary potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, cults worshipping Him emerged on Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, many believed in this cult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even those who didn’t believed became superstitious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi didn’t know if it was true, but he preferred calling it nihilism—so his struggles would feel more meaningful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the pale-white palace door, on the central platform, the gray-stone spherical object trembled again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who? Who disturbed my sleep!” The childish voice brimmed with fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like someone woken from deep sleep, rage boiled with no outlet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spherical object activated its ability, sensing the earth’s pulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scene instantly formed in its mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of figures took turns swinging tools, hammering relentlessly at the palace door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clanging and pounding was the noise that had disturbed its sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon discovering the culprits, the sphere grew furious—its stone spines all stood erect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How dare you disturb the sleep of the Great King of Earth and Mountain? I will make you pay.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A string of draconic words emerged from the spherical object, and the entire hall began to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ding, ding, ding.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a bandit from the Giant Scorpion Gang hacked off several stone blocks, another immediately took his place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be fair, this method was quite efficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Giant Scorpion Gang had about thirty men; each took turns slashing at the door with all their strength, and thus a passable passage gradually formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they had proper tools, their efficiency could be even faster—at least doubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pade wasn’t idle during this time either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continuously boosted the gang’s morale, promising all sorts of rewards after completing this task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, Pade feared some young, reckless brothers might cause him trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overall, Pade still held great authority, aided by the elders’ counsel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The incident where Pade severed one of his own men’s arms was now past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gang gradually settled down, for no one wanted to be killed pointlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the man who lost his arm, Pade had promised him a sum of money to retire in an oasis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether the crippled man could actually keep that money was another matter entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some understood clearly but chose to watch silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man knew the consequences, yet he had no power to resist—only to accept in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Harris, have you ever seen a dragon?” Pade asked the man beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Never. Why, boss?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harris, a Level 5 Rogue, was the top man in the gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pade wanted to talk with him, to help him integrate into the gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’ve never seen one, how do you know how to kill a dragon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harris rubbed his head: “I figured, no matter what, dragons are still creatures with heads and hearts—cut them once, they die.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, how strong can a young dragon be? I heard bards say the white dragons of the North can’t even beat a wild boar.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, same as I thought—no wonder I value you.” Pade clapped Harris on the shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha,” Harris laughed along, then lowered his voice. “Boss, do you think that lord will keep his word?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pade paused, then said seriously: “The lord is nobility—he’ll keep his word.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harris snorted: “Come on, nobles are the ones who break promises the most.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pade sighed, remembering Harris had only recently joined the gang and had little stake in the matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said: “You have to trust the lord first, before you can think about the future, and then…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish, an odd sound interrupted their conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pale-white hall door, unchanged for so long, suddenly trembled violently, as if the entire underground palace shuddered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This left everyone startled and uncertain, before they could even discuss what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hall door slowly swung outward.\u003C\u002Fp>",1639,"2026-06-20T12:43:33.559Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0728a242a136683b90cd5070f7a6ae6ce8df6391e0ada7dc1452879ce594674a","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-35","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-33",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-cover.jpg"]