**Night – Cloud Vein Sect**
Zeravon stared at the glowing petal in his hand. Its soft pulse echoed like a heartbeat that didn't belong to this world.
Suddenly, a faint *hum* filled the air — not from outside, but **from within him**.
His chest glowed — not with Qi, not with light — but with **language**.
Symbols appeared across his skin — ancient, curved, fluid — **alive**.
And then… they **spoke**.
> *"I… am the Seal you carved into yourself."*
> *"But I am not alone."*
Zeravon froze. He wasn't afraid. But something in that voice felt **older than his soul**.
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**Meanwhile – Yueyin's Chamber**
Yueyin's eyes opened.
But her pupils were gone — replaced with spirals of mirrored light.
She sat up slowly.
Her voice was calm… but **alien**.
> *"Eka vel'en torai…"*
> *"Zeravon… tha'rein kazar."*
The room around her trembled. Furniture cracked. Light bent.
Two elder maids collapsed nearby from pressure. But Yueyin didn't even notice.
Her mind wasn't fully here anymore.
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**Dawn – Inner Sect Pavilion**
Instructor Wei stood before the Grand Pavilion — an arched hall where only elders and legacy disciples were allowed.
He turned to Zeravon.
> "I don't know why they've summoned you," he muttered. "But whatever happens… speak little."
Zeravon nodded.
He walked into the hall — calm, emotionless.
Inside, the Grand Elders sat in a half-circle — behind them floated a **massive stone tablet**, covered in unknown symbols.
As Zeravon entered… the tablet **glowed**.
And cracked.
One elder gasped. Another stepped back.
> "The Tablet of Silence… it moved."
Zeravon blinked.
> *"I've never seen that before."*
The oldest elder — **Grandmaster Yin Gu** — stood.
> "Then perhaps… it has seen *you* before."
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**Tablet of Silence – Reaction**
The symbols began shifting.
From top to bottom, the stone cracked open like a blooming flower.
Golden light spilled through. Inside was a **spiral-shaped core** — pulsing with the same glow that had appeared on Zeravon's chest the night before.
Zeravon approached.
The core vibrated.
> *"Zeravon… remember."*
Suddenly, **everything stopped**.
Time paused.
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**Vision Realm – Beyond Silence**
Zeravon floated in a gray void.
Ahead of him stood a giant mirror — not of glass, but **of memory**.
In it, he saw… himself.
But **older**. Regal. Dressed in robes woven from galaxies. Crowned not by metal, but by *concepts*.
This Zeravon looked down at him.
> "You must not remember yet," the reflection said.
> "But the first anchor is failing."
> "And the second… is no longer secure."
Zeravon stepped back.
> "Why are you showing me this?"
> "Who… are you?"
The reflection spoke gently.
> "I am your echo… when you become the Seal."
And the mirror shattered.
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**Reality Restores – Grand Pavilion**
Zeravon collapsed to one knee.
Elders rushed forward — but the Grandmaster stopped them.
> "Don't touch him."
Zeravon looked up, breathing heavy.
His chest had stopped glowing. But the seal had changed — now a **rune of infinity** circled by a spiral.
The Grandmaster whispered:
> "He doesn't need to pass our trials."
> "He is a trial."
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**Meanwhile – Yueyin's Isolation Chamber**
Yueyin stood before a wall inscribed with heavenly runes.
She touched one rune.
And every rune **burned away**.
> "The path is unlocking… The Heir of Unwritten Realms has moved."
Her voice trembled — not with fear, but with **awakened fate**.
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**Night – Zeravon's Quarters**
Zeravon stared at his reflection.
He looked the same.
And yet… the world **bent differently around him** now.
Instructor Wei appeared at the door.
> "You're being moved."
Zeravon raised an eyebrow.
> "To where?"
Wei's face was unreadable.
> "To the Silent Vault."
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