[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-bloodline-system":3,"chapter-the-bloodline-system-the-bloodline-system-chapter-1680":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},1077012,1391,"Chapter 1680 1680: I Always Come Back","the-bloodline-system-chapter-1680",1680,"\u003Cp>Gustav's hand became a blade of raw Outworldly energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SWOOOSH—SHIIINK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slashed across the Overseer's torso, carving through fifty layers of divinized flesh, essence, and conceptual shielding. The wound burst, spilling out roiling black miasma that bled like poisoned fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer howled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice tore through what remained of reality, causing surrounding fragments of space to fold inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You insolent—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav slammed his elbow downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BAAAAAAAAAAAM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer spiraled away again, crashing into a drifting superstructure of broken dark matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as the Overseer reeled, he tried to retaliate. His hands extended outward, gathering the chaotic, unstable remnants of the powers he had stolen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"DIVINITY—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish, Gustav's foot crushed into his jaw, snapping his head sideways and interrupting the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer's stolen divinities sputtered and imploded around him like bursting sacs of molten essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"—ghhk—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're too unstable to even form a thought,\" Gustav's voice vibrated with oppressive power as he spoke coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer roared and swung wildly with fist enlarged by dozens of merged deity traits, laced with concept-fracturing force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The massive punch struck nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav appeared behind him and drove both fists into the Overseer's spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KA-THOOOOOOOOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer's entire back detonated outward causing pieces of deity flesh to scatter into space like debris from a ruptured starship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried again—launching projectiles made of crystallized divine laws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They dissolved the moment they neared Gustav.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shot forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav's palm slammed into the Overseer's abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHOOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shockwave expanded causing a ripple of conceptual distortion. The Overseer's essence convulsed violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His monstrous form destabilized, shrinked, expanded, flickered and glitched like corrupted data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You…\" the Overseer gasped, staggering backward, \"…cannot… kill me…!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill you?\" Gustav tilted his head. \"You're not even whole enough to understand death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer's expression twisted into terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav's hand glowed pinkish red emitting a radiant domineering burst of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thrust it forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blast that erupted swallowed everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It tore through laws, concepts, and metaphysics. It devoured remaining planets, shredded the cosmic background, and made the last intact constellations wink out forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer's body ruptured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KAAAAAAA-BOOOOOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exploded open like an overfilled vessel of volatile divinity. His entire chest cavity erupted, cracking like porcelain under stress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And out of him poured hundreds of corrupted deities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oozing with dark miasma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Writhing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their forms were malformed, unstable and dripping a sludge of corrupted essence that dissolved space around it. They scattered like terrified insects freed from a collapsing hive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some tried to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others howled in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others began to tear into existence itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav raised a single hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every corrupted deity halted mid-air, suspended completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some mid-lunge, some mid-flight, some mid-scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav's eyes glowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura expanded outward in a sweeping wave of overwhelming Outworldly brilliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWOOM—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body expelled a radiant pulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It washed across the void like a cleansing fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corrupted deities disintegrated instantly, turning into streams of pure luminescent energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beams of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All converging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All funneling into him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav absorbed every single essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every deity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every corrupted echo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every last shred, including—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nocturnis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His shadowy form broke into dark-blue and purple luminescence before unraveling like mist and flowing into Gustav's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one deity remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He floated there half-blown apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive hole gaped in his torso, glowing with leaking divine essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every breath he took came out as a hoarse rasp, like his very existence was coughing itself apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at Gustav with a mixture of horror and defiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even… if you win…\" he wheezed, \"…look around you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothingness...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The universe was nearly gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Planets destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stars erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reality fractured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dimensions collapsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Existence hanging by threads thinner than spider silk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is nothing left,\" the Overseer spat weakly. \"You cannot rule over ashes… Outworldly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav floated forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the first time, a small smirk curved his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You forget,\" Gustav said calmly, \"I am the Outworldly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer's eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No—wait—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav placed two fingers on his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer convulsed as every layer of defense he attempted to conjure crumbled instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav's aura swept out with unmatched intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spiraling vortex of pinkish-red engulfed the Overseer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His form screamed as Gustav absorbed him utterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the Overseer's taboo ability, this one was clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Final.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Overseer didn't melt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't fracture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His divinity, essence, and conceptual existence were absorbed and erased in one act of pure Outworldly consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the light died, nothing remained of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even a particle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even a memory in the laws of reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence fell after the destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no celestial winds.... no cosmic vibrations... no divine echoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just Gustav floating in the void of a dying universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where entire galaxies once shone, now only faint, drifting specks of cosmic dust lingered. The beauty of creation was gone, replaced by endless dark emptiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only nine lights glowed softly within a protective cocoon nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav extended his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a snap—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PWAH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moon formed beneath his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was perfectly spherical with granular details etched into its surface, craters forming, layers of stone, metal, and cosmic sediment intertwining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He commanded oxygen into existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft breeze that rippled across its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cocoon descended onto the moon gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside it:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>E.E\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aildris\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falco\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elevora\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sersi\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ria\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xanatus\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endric\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those he refused to let die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dissolved the cocoon into harmless particles and sank slowly, touching the moon's cool surface with his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood alone for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"GUSTAV!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>E.E's voice cracked with raw relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They shot forward as one, colliding into him in a tight, desperate embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aildris gripped his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sersi clung to his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falco practically tackled his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elevora buried her face against his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ria trembled as he hugged him from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xanatus wiped his nose aggressively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Endric gripped his brother like he'd never let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure of their embrace could have crushed a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really are back…\" E.E voiced with an emotional tone. \"And saved all our asses again…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gustav finally exhaled, displaying a rare smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you,\" he murmured while holding them all close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I always come back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1048,"2026-06-03T10:34:21.839Z",1,"novelbin.me","dcd02416b52a09ae344d9a82f3edd51c1c736848dc611be24fd470508a96468b","the-bloodline-system-chapter-1681","the-bloodline-system-chapter-1679",1688,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-bloodline-system-cover.jpg"]