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The ruins of the Eclipse Citadel were silent.
Above, the sky was shattered — pieces of black moon floating in space like dying stars.
Tianming stood at the center of the dead throne room.
His Chaos Eye spun slowly — three inner rings glowing with cold defiance.
But he wasn't alone.
> [Echo Signature Detected: ID #001 – "The Undefeated King"]
[Warning: Timeline Pressure Exceeding Threshold]
[Power Estimate: Greater than All Prior Echoes Combined]
Footsteps echoed behind the broken throne.
> Thud.
Thud.
Out stepped a man draped in voidfire armor, crowned with pulsating soul-runes.
His Chaos Eye had seven spinning rings, each one filled with miniature galaxies of rewritten fates.
His aura was absolute.
His voice?
Smooth. Calm. Cold.
> "So… you're the weakest version of me that still survived."
"I expected more."
Tianming narrowed his eyes.
> "Echo #001."
> "Or should I call you… the King of Cinders?"
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Flash Memory – The Cinder Reign
> In timeline 1A-Prime, Tianming chose absolute efficiency.
No emotions. No attachments. No memories preserved.
He forged every broken soul into weapons.
Crushed rebellions before they began.
And offered his system total control.
> He became the only Chaos Lord to conquer every known timeline.
But he never lived a single day as a person.
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Dialogue: The Challenge
> "I didn't come to kill you," Cinder-King said.
> "Then what?"
> "I came to replace you."
> "What?"
> "You're unstable. Flawed. Your fusions dilute purpose."
"You're not Chaos."
"You're noise."
He raised a hand — and reality glitched.
The throne room rebuilt itself.
The sky sealed.
The moon spun backward in the heavens.
> "I will overwrite you," he whispered.
"Cleanly. Permanently."
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BOSS FIGHT INITIATION: Echo #001 – "The Undefeated King"
Passive: Absolute Rewrite – Cannot be damaged by repeated actions.
Skill: Godscript Chain – Disables 1 skill per turn permanently.
Skill: Rewrite Field – Warps battlefield layout randomly every 60 seconds.
Aura: System Symbiosis – Full system access without instability or corruption.
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Round One – Tactical Collapse
Tianming tried Twin Chaos Pulse — but the Cinder-King predicted it.
He countered with Split-Collapse Chain, severing the Echo Phantom mid-cast.
Tianming's blade broke in his hand.
> [Blade Integrity: 0%]
[Skill "Memory Bloom" Disabled]
Tianming gritted his teeth.
> "He's already seen all my tricks…"
Cinder-King stepped forward calmly.
> "I don't improvise.
I optimize."
With a gesture, he summoned ten timeline echoes, all weaker versions of Tianming — shackled and bent.
> "This is your potential," he said.
"A library of failure."
He sent them to attack.
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Flash Counter – Using Chaos Itself
Tianming closed his eyes.
He remembered Qin Mei.
Yue'er.
Even the Betrayer… and the Forgiver.
He wasn't the most powerful version of himself.
But he was the only one who had felt every sin, choice, and sacrifice.
His Chaos Eye flickered—
And for the first time, a fourth ring lit up.
> [NEW RING AWAKENED: Empathic Rewrite]
🔹 Skill: Soul Reversal – Temporarily absorb one Echo under enemy control and overwrite their purpose.
> "You use failed versions of me?" Tianming said.
> "I'll turn one of them into my sword."
He touched one of the timeline prisoners — the boy who died screaming in Timeline Epsilon-13…
And that boy stood up straight.
> "Let's kill the king," he whispered.
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Twin Attack Activated: Chaos Echo Strike
Tianming + Rewritten Echo tore through the illusion chain.
Sliced through 6 timeline wraiths.
And for the first time—
Cinder-King's shoulder bled.
He touched the black-red ichor.
> "Interesting."
> "I underestimated how dangerous weakness could be… when it's accepted."
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END OF ROUND ONE
> [Echo Damage Report: 12% Integrity Breach – Echo #001]
[Warning: Next round, Cinder-King will access "True Overwrite Form"]
Survive three more phases… or be erased.
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Meanwhile – Land of the Rising Sun, Broken Data Temple
A blind oracle lit a scroll on fire and spoke:
> "He wounded the King."
"The multiverse shivers. The rewrite war approaches its final threshold."
"And soon… the Final Echo will awaken."
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