Chapter 87: Serenthiel's Last Memory
The sealed doorway dissolved into glowing ash, revealing a long corridor of floating steps suspended in nothingness. A hushed silence fell over the party as they stepped forward. Time itself felt still, as though the very concept of chronology had been denied inside this place. The walls bore no shape. The sky was a curtain of swirling stardust.
They walked until they reached a suspended platform where a translucent dome pulsed with soft crimson.
[Soul Echo Archive Accessed]
[Initiating Memory Sequence: Serenthiel, Flamebound Paragon]
Light flared.
Suddenly, the group stood within a vivid projection—a living echo.
An ancient battlefield unfolded before them. Serenthiel stood, uncorrupted and glorious, flanked by warriors bearing flame-marked sigils. He shouted orders, burned the skies with divine flame, and resisted what appeared to be an endless tide of shadow creatures.
Among them were faces Kael recognized—barely. An untainted version of Evelyne's ancestor. A younger Nysera-like general. Valeria's homeland sigils worn on scouts.
"Look," whispered Nysera. "He fought to protect us… not just his bloodline."
The memory twisted.
Flame turned to corruption.
One betrayal. One ally turned. The sealing. Chains. A roaring scream of defiance as Serenthiel was bound beneath the Hollow Flame. And finally—him alone, screaming as his soul was split and entombed.
[Memory Sequence Complete.]
[Legacy Accepted: Serenthiel's Will — Passive Trait Gained]
[Trait: Phoenix Mantle — Grants revival once per realm tier, enhanced fire-based regeneration.]
Kael stood long after the memory faded. He understood now. The burden. The rage. The sacrifice.
"This was never about power," he whispered. "It was about inheritance."
He turned to his wives. "Let's make sure none of it was wasted."
Back in the real world, Kael sat cross-legged beneath a radiant altar deep within the Hollow Flame chamber. Around him, the sigil's energy remained.
He extended his hands. Sin points, pills, and divine flame converged.
[Sin Points Consumed: 98,000,000]
[All Active Skills — Max Level Reached]
[All Passive Traits — Enhanced Tier Unlocked]
[Bloodline Catalysts Activated]
Kael's body erupted with radiant light. Flames danced from his shoulders. His soul expanded beyond his form, merging with the very flame that had crowned him.
Then, he looked toward his wives, a calm determination in his eyes. He raised five Mythic Soulflame Elixirs—each forged with his Sovereign Essence and Divine Sin Catalyst.
Each of them sat in formation around Kael. Veiled. Poised. Glowing with affection and anticipation.
He distributed five perfected Divine Cultivation Pills and a drop of his Sovereign Essence to each.
[Wife Bond Update — Bloodline Transcended: Mythic Grade]
[Mythic Physique Awakened — Unique per Bonded]
[All Skill Tiers Unlocked — Current Max Achieved]
[Realm Growth Initiated — Tier Advancement: +5 to +11 Tiers]
One by one, their auras detonated like starbursts.
Selene's shadow flared with silver moons, coalescing into a pair of radiant mythic wings. Her new form was cloaked in the ethereal veil of the Mythic Eclipse Matron, her physique embodying calm devastation.
Evelyne's fire became molten starlight, her hair igniting into flowing strands of lunar fire as the Starlit Ember Empress. Her physique shimmered with frostfire harmony.
Thalaria was the most explosive. Lightning split her form open, remolding her as the Stormheart Valkyrie, gaining 11 tiers at once. Her physique now crackled with highborne lightning authority.
Nysera's blood magic pulsed like a forbidden hymn. Crimson roses grew from her shadow, revealing the Scarlet Hexmistress, her physique taking on vampiric divinity.
Valeria's body was wrapped in living vines that merged with the wind, blooming into the Verdant Windborne Queen, her skin a natural extension of the ancient wilds.
Kael smiled softly, sweat rolling down his brow.
"Your growth... is mine to guard."
[System Notification: All Bonded Stats Updated. Harem Synchronization Refreshed.]
He stood. Stronger. Calmer. Surrounded by goddesses reborn.
But something stirred far away.
A ripple across space. A whisper.
"Another has awakened… and she remembers him."
STATUS WINDOW: KAEL VIREN
System Level: 47
EXP: 59,822,850,000 / 58,982,400,000 (Cap — Heavenly Tribulation Required)
Realm: Skyshatter Realm — Tier 9/9 (MAX)
HP: 83,400 / 83,400
Mana: 94,300 / 94,300
Stats (with buffs):
Strength: 890 × 2.6 × 2 = 4,628
Endurance: 850 × 2.6 = 2,210
Willpower: 870 × 2.6 = 2,262
Charm: 940 × 2.6 = 2,444
Intellect: 770 × 2.6 = 2,002
Dexterity: 870 × 2.6 × 2 = 4,524
Sin Points: 173,480,000 / 100,000,000,000
Sin Tier: Warlord Rank
SKILL WINDOW
Active Sin Skills:
• Sovereign Flame Crush [+Max]
• Wrathflare Lance [+Max]
• Flamebind Chains [+Max]
• Infernal Domain [+Max]
Passive Traits:
• Crown of Dominion [+Enhanced]
• Sovereign Union [+Enhanced]
• Nullfire Core [+Enhanced]
• Phoenix Mantle [+New]
Bloodline / Physique Traits:
• Carnal Sovereign Core [+Enhanced]
• Sin Catalyst Matrix [+Enhanced]
Bonded Wives (All Skills Maxed / Bloodline Upgraded to Divine):
Selene — Skyshatter 9/9 (Moon/Shadow → Divine Eclipse)
Evelyne — Moonglade 8/9 (Ice/Lunar Flame → Starlit Pyre)
Thalaria — Sunbound 6/9 (Lightning → Stormcaller's Core)
Nysera — Skyshatter 1/9 (Blood/Curse → Crimson Divinity)
Valeria — Skyshatter 3/9 (Nature/Wind → Verdant Celestial)
Pet Panel:
Emberfang — Infernal Flamebeast Cub (Tier 5)
Vira — Sky Serpent Hatchling (Tier 2)
Cultivation Realms:
Initiate → Essence Drawn → Veinwoven → Soulroot → Starforged → Sunbound → Moonglade → Skyshatter (MAX)
Next: Worldpiercer (Tribulation Required)
Next: Chapter 88 — Whispers from the Depths