The storm had not stopped for three days.
Above the ruined sky-temples of the Divine Peak, lightning carved symbols into the clouds — sigils of judgment, wrath, and… vengeance.
Jiwoon stood at the edge of the cliff, his black cloak flapping like wings made of ash.
Behind him, the Echo Faction gathered — silent, armed, changed.
No longer just survivors. No longer just rebels.
They were believers.
They were his.
"The Heavens bled first," Vera said beside him. Her voice was calm, but her blade dripped with golden ichor.
"So we make them bleed last."
Jiwoon didn't respond. His eyes were fixed on the sky — on the cracks between the realms, where gods once sat watching.
Now… nothing watched but war.
System Notification: Special Event Triggered
Divine Cleansing Protocol: Interrupted
Sin Overlap Detected – Conflict at Celestial Altars Imminent
The Divine Tribunal had sent their elite — not saints, but Executioners, born of sacred code and celestial flame.
They descended in rings of light, blades drawn, wings of memory beating behind them.
"Han Jiwoon," one of them announced, his voice like polished thunder. "You stand accused of deicide, corruption, and heresy."
Jiwoon looked up, calmly.
"You forgot one."
"What?"
"Victory."
Battle Commences – [Heavenfall Rebellion]
With a single step, Jiwoon vanished.
When he reappeared, his hand was through the Executioner's chest — black fire swallowing divine light like it was air.
The skies trembled.
The Echo Faction followed, roaring their sins in unison — a storm of blades and broken prayers.
Vera unleashed her blood-tether blades.
Kaelya called down void meteors with a smile.
And in the chaos, Kravein and Qirin collided with two of the arch-guardians — thunder versus sin-forged steel.
But the heavens had not yet played their final card.
Above all, a new figure emerged — robed in threads of time and echoing light. A Seraph Judge.
Taller than mountains. Eyes like twin suns.
"Sin incarnate cannot defy heaven," it declared.
Jiwoon's reply?
"Then let heaven learn what sin really looks like."