Sector 0 – Temporal Rift
The wind here didn't blow.
It remembered.
Each gust carried echoes of forgotten gods, lost kingdoms, and sins too ancient for even the system to register.
Jiwoon stepped onto the shattered bridge of time — still in his child form, yet with eyes no child should ever carry.
System Update
Warning: Timeflow instability detected
Power Limiters partially disengaged
Sin Memory Integration at 61%
Across the rift, the figure stood.
Tall. Armored in golden bones.
Eyes like dying suns.
"Do you remember me, Sovereign?" it asked.
Jiwoon said nothing.
He simply raised his hand — and the flames of his forgotten past bloomed to life around him.
The Battle Begins
The enemy moved first —
Slicing through space with a blade forged from time shards.
Jiwoon ducked, rolled, and unleashed Ashstep — a flame-powered dash that scorched the very air.
Their weapons clashed.
Flame against Time.
Sin against Origin.
Jiwoon's Thoughts
"This… isn't just a fight."
"It's a test."
"If I win, I get to choose who I become next."
The gold-armored being roared, summoning a meteor of frozen memory from the sky.
Jiwoon clenched his fist, absorbing the incoming energy—
And then grew.
Just for a moment—his adult form flared into existence, divine and burning.
He struck.
[Demon Avatar: Fragment Ignition Mode - 20 Seconds Max]
Jiwoon's sword cleaved through the meteor.
Through the rift.
Through the enemy's armor.
But when the golden figure fell, it whispered:
"You haven't won… not yet."
"They're all waking up… just like you."
Jiwoon collapsed as the power drained.
Returned to his child form. Eyes wide. Body shaking.
System Message
Entity Defeated
Sin Point Resonance Updated
Ancient Entities: 1 of 7 encountered
You are no longer the only Sovereign awake
Jiwoon whispered into the silence:
"Let them come."
"This time, I'm ready."