[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-bloodline-system":3,"chapter-the-bloodline-system-the-bloodline-system-chapter-1679":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Bloodline 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},1077011,1391,"Chapter 1679 1679: Collapsing Taboo","the-bloodline-system-chapter-1679",1679,"\u003Cp>More laughter rang out and for a few moments, the deities felt the first taste of hope in what seemed like an endless nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it lasted only a heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the prison trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not from the Overseer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not from instability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nocturnis' gaze snapped back to the cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What… was that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer frowned. \"What do you mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prison trembled again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A low, thrumming vibration rippled through the bars. A pressure that didn't belong to the prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It belonged to Gustav.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nocturnis' eyes widened. \"Impossible—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWOOM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A burst of power flew outward, expanding from within the cage like a newborn star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer staggered backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deities gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the red sphere, Gustav's aura exploded like a supernova, evolving, twisting, sharpening into something more refined and infinitely more dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Outworldly aura surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It swelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each second, it grew denser.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More potent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More ancient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a primordial force awakening after millennia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beams hitting him began to bend and break as his aura thickened, deflecting them like raindrops hitting the shell of a titan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers curled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his palm flattened against one of the glowing red bars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer flinched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No… no, no, no!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, the prison's concept of gravity was nullified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concept of movement was stripped away so any living being within it would be incapable of moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concept of active power within the cage was also completely suppressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer had removed every law that allowed motion or resistance within the prison, making Gustav a victim of thousands of beams with no means of managing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the full power of the prison...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet Gustav's hand still moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, he pressed against the bar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red bar shook violently, vibrating under the pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How—?\" whispered one deity, trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another stepped backward in terror. \"T-This is… This is not possible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer's voice cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He cannot move! He shouldn't be able to move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav's fingers curled around the bar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bar didn't immediately give way — instead, it groaned with cosmic resistance. The bars of the prison were tied to the Overseer's very essence. To strain one was to tear at the Overseer's own soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer screamed as a chunk of his essence burned away just from Gustav's grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gustav did not stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bars bent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Agonizingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer retaliated immediately, hurling all his power into reinforcing the prison, pouring dozens of layers of temporal stabilizers and cosmic restraints around Gustav.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gustav absorbed every ounce of pressure with his expanding aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the constant galaxy-destroying beams hitting him did nothing to slow him down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"POWER… I… NEED… MORE POWER!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spread his arms, unleashing a horrifying suction force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deities flinched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\" one screamed. \"Not that taboo—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\" the Overseer shrieked. \"ALL OF YOU WILL FEED ME!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A swirling vortex opened before his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nearest deity was sucked in immediately, screaming as their divine body broke apart into particles of pure essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another deity tried to flee—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Overseer's gravitational pull caught him mid-flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was yanked into the Overseer's chest, absorbed in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nocturnis snapped his head toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You FOOL!\" he roared. \"The taboo ability is unstable. You cannot absorb that many deities at once! You will—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer grabbed him by the throat like a toy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nocturnis struggled as his shadows burst out uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"LET ME GO!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he wasn't let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was pulled into the Overseer's chest like water being absorbed by a sponge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No—NO—!\" Nocturnis screamed as he was devoured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice cut off abruptly as the Overseer convulsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body expanded and twisted, growing more monstrous than before. More energy than one body could ever contain poured through him, causing his form to ripple like boiling chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His chest bulged outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of a sudden, grotesque, moaning heads began poking out of his torso.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were faces warped in agony and their eyes glowing with unstable divine light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the deities he had absorbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The taboo had rendered them unable to properly merge. Their consciousnesses were screaming from inside him and their essence fighting to escape even as their power fed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer screamed in pain, clutching his head, trying to maintain control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he kept reinforcing the prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Layer after layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Concept after concept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seal after seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand beam emitters formed within the cage, firing at Gustav simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav continued prying the bars apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two inches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four inches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura pushed outward like a living entity, swallowing the beams, devouring their destructive force, turning it into fuel for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer gasped with red eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"WHY… WON'T… YOU… STAY… TRAPPED?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He poured more and more of his amassed power into the prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the heads sticking out of him groaned and shrieked — crying, howling, their divine essence bleeding from their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer's body spasmed as cracks began forming across his surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prison began to break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red bars bent outward with a final, ear-splitting crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav's fingers tore through the conceptual restraints, ripping apart the manifestation of the Overseer's authority like pulling apart wet cloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prison shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beams ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Gustav stepped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instantly appeared in front of the Overseer with his fist was already drawn back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer froze as his monstrous form trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav whispered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…your prison failed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav's fist met the Overseer's chest with the force of a dying universe desperately clawing at existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer's colossal form was blasted backward like a ragdoll thrown through the remains of reality itself. His massive body tore through nebula remnants and shattered star husks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His screams echoed through layers of torn spacetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav didn't give him a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Overseer could stabilize, Gustav vanished—reappearing right above him, his foot already descending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KRRRRRRAAACK!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heel smashed the Overseer downwards, sending shockwaves rippling across the nearly-dead cosmos. What was left of stars—faint sparks of once-burning suns—were snuffed out instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fragments of collapsed galaxies exploded outward in arcs of cosmic dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer choked and tried to regain composure, but Gustav was already there again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand became a blade of raw Outworldly energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SWOOOSH—SHIIINK!\u003C\u002Fp>",1047,"2026-06-03T10:34:21.839Z",1,"novelbin.me","2d975f9ad66779264cf058e8e7d1ca6dad7908cf56e233d728ff173415e38893","the-bloodline-system-chapter-1680","the-bloodline-system-chapter-1678",1688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-bloodline-system-cover.jpg"]