Morning sunlight spilled through the clouds over Azure Sky City, a place where cultivation academies stood beside skyscrapers, and students used flying swords to beat traffic.
At the heart of it all stood Heavenly Crest High, the most elite Spirit Academy in the Eastern Federation.
And walking quietly through its gate wearing the most normal uniform possible was Rin Kael, age sixteen.
He looked perfectly ordinary. No aura. No spiritual pressure. No charm that would make girls blush or guys jealous.
Just… a sleepy kid munching on bread.
But the birds flying overhead dropped from the sky as soon as he yawned.
The local spirit energy trembled slightly. The sky shimmered.
The principal, sitting in his office, suddenly felt the entire school barrier shatter like glass.
"What the who just entered the gate!?"
Meanwhile, Rin sneezed softly.
BOOOOOM!
Across the city, a low explosion shook the earth.
A dormant volcano five hundred kilometers away erupted again after two thousand years.
Rin blinked. "Oops."
He quickly took out a talisman from his pocket and scribbled something lazy in glowing ink.
The eruption reversed itself. The lava retracted like a video rewinding, and the volcano fell silent once again.
"That's… better," he muttered.
He sighed.
Another day of pretending to be average.
Inside the classroom, everyone was buzzing about the "new transfer student."
"I heard he came from a hidden sect!"
"No way, his spirit level reads as zero! He's a normal human!"
"Zero? He might not even survive gym class…"
Rin sat at the back, trying to sleep.
The teacher introduced him with a smile.
"Everyone, this is Rin Kael. Please help him adjust to school life."
A girl with silver hair, the class president Luna Veyra, frowned slightly. She was top of the class famous for her "Heavenly Sword Physique." She didn't trust newcomers.
But when Rin accidentally dropped his pen, it rolled under her desk
and the entire classroom's spiritual barrier cracked as he bent down to pick it up.
The air froze. Students felt their souls tremble.
Rin just smiled awkwardly.
"Sorry. I… sneeze hard sometimes."