[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wizard-unlimited-profession-slots":3,"chapter-wizard-unlimited-profession-slots-wizard-unlimited-profession-slots-chapter-406":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Wizard: Unlimited Profession Slots",{"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},226469,494,"Chapter 406 - 228: Sinner Containment","wizard-unlimited-profession-slots-chapter-406",406,"\u003Cp>\"Boom—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the deafening explosion, the red crystal shattered completely, countless shards flying in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A nearly tangible surge of abyssal energy gushed out from the broken crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a demon imprisoned for millennia finally breaking its chains, it spread with endless resentment and frenzy in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Holy Disc staggered back a few steps under the impact of this energy, feeling a moment of dizziness even with the protection of the Apostle’s Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, he adjusted himself, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perfect... the power of the abyss has finally been released...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space was torn apart, reality distorted, and the boundary between the abyss and the Surface World became unclear at that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The first step of the mission is complete.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Holy Disc turned to look at the fallen Soron on the ground, a cruel smile curling at the corner of his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Goodbye, Morning Star Level Wizard. May you find eternal peace in the embrace of the abyss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he spread those malformed wing membranes and rushed towards the altar’s exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to leave here quickly to find his next target—the newly appointed Official Wizard, Ron Ralph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Bloodline Altar, abyssal energy was still surging wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previously orderly space began to collapse, twelve crystal pillars falling one after another, sending the entire area into unprecedented chaos...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.........\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soron lay on the cold ground, his consciousness drifting in darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain in his chest had become numb, blood continuing to flow from the massive wound, soaking the ground beneath him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A body without a heart should theoretically die immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as a Morning Star Level Wizard who had completed his transformation, Soron’s life energy far surpassed ordinary life forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with such a fatal injury, he managed to maintain a faint thread of consciousness with the residual magic power within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Failed...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts were intermittent, like a shattered mirror, reflecting only fragments of reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abyssal contamination was spreading through his blood, invading every cell, eroding his spiritual world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an unprecedented fall and corruption, as if countless ants were gnawing at his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hayek... Yuni... I’m sorry...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soron knew he could no longer send warnings to the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first attack of abyssal contamination was to sever a wizard’s magic power connection, making any form of remote communication impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his final moments of life, memories surged like tides:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a boy, standing under the glorious arch of the Crystal Tower, his eyes filled with a thirst for knowledge and power;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his youth, sweating through countless experiments, striving to stand out among his peers;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his later years, finally receiving a private invitation from a School master, being told that he had \"potential\" and was \"worth nurturing\"...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Contract... damn soul contract...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soron gritted his teeth, recalling the turning point of fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Crystal Tower’s master personally offered him an assignment, how proud he was, believing he was finally noticed by the higher-ups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, he gladly signed his name on the contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the crystal imprint marked his soul did he understand the truth—it wasn’t a simple assignment, but a form of \"exile.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those talented but not extraordinary Morning Star Level Wizards were perfect pawns for the Crystal Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sent to various branch schools as masters, seemingly granted great responsibility, but in reality treated as tools to be sacrificed at will by those more powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The contents of the contract were clear:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No betraying the school’s interests, no leaking of the Crystal Tower’s secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, at all costs, protect the core facilities of the school they are in, including but not limited to the Bloodline Altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, even in death, their souls would be reclaimed by the Crystal Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cast into the Sinners’ Repository, eternally burned by hellfire, ultimately refined into various alchemy tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had personally witnessed the making of those Gargoyle Flying Machines—the once proud wizards’ souls, refined into eternal servitude as energy cores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their consciousness persistently half-awake, feeling endless pain yet unable to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time he saw the painful glints in the eyes of those gargoyles Valen rode, Soron would involuntarily shiver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I can’t give up yet...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soron struggled, not out of some noble sense of mission or loyalty to the School, but raw fear of the contract’s punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than absolute death, the fate of eternal torment frightened him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as his consciousness was about to completely fade, a warm and pure energy was triggered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That energy was pure as clear spring water, cleansing the contamination with each flow, gently healing the scars on his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps... there’s still hope for me.\" Soron’s awareness sharpened a bit:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The favor Ron reported a few days ago, luckily it’s been preserved...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This force gave him his last glimmer of hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seizing the brief lucidity of his mind, he painfully reached for the storage bag at his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pulling out a bright red crystal from it—the \"Tear of the Heart,\" a precious alchemy item capable of temporarily replacing heart functions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shakily inserted the crystal into the gaping hole on his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the cold crystal gradually warming, merging with the surrounding flesh, forming a temporary \"replacement heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s actually... working...\" Soron felt a faint hint of vitality flowing through him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a bizarre sensation—living without his own heart.\u003C\u002Fp>",893,"2026-05-29T14:43:43.888Z","2026-06-01T04:29:33.427Z",1,"novelbin.me","7525005f5e7bbc989d1145c5d26fc8ac3787425cc4d6584bd19a9ae21e059cd2","wizard-unlimited-profession-slots-chapter-407","wizard-unlimited-profession-slots-chapter-405",911,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwizard-unlimited-profession-slots-cover.jpg"]