By IMERPUS RELUR
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The next morning, the sect elders came for him again.
This time, with celestial chains.
"No more trials. Just judgment."
Kai closed his eyes.
Then he whispered a word—just one.
> "Before."
The chains vanished before they reached him.
The elders blinked, confused.
A bird sang where no bird existed seconds before.
Kai walked past them.
He was no longer interested in surviving.
He was now rewriting the entire order of cause and effect.
And behind him, unseen by all, NUNAVA smiled.
> "One more word left, beloved. Choose wisely."