Chapter 51: Breakthrough and the Living World Tree
The crumbling volcanic bridge of black rock slowly stabilized as the last embers of the exploded demonic fleet drifted down into the boiling magma abyss. Inside the vast, newly unlocked sub-space layout of the Void-Sovereign Imperial Haven, the freshly harvested Overlord Siege Core floated quietly above the central forge anvil, casting a dense, shifting grid of deep-purple and golden code across the room.
Min-jae stood perfectly stationary before the pedestal, his hands casually stuffed inside the pocket segments of his True Vajra-Sovereign Sub-Divine God-Armor.
His eyes focused on his shifting system interface, where a massive pool of hoarded free attribute points had been stacking up completely untouched since his rapid level-ups across the divine sectors.
"Ye-rin, lock the external tracking lines for a temporary attribute dump," Min-jae ordered smoothly, his voice a low, seductive baritone that sent an immediate shiver of anticipation through the lounge. "The Fourth Sky’s tectonic rifts are expanding. It’s time to force the baseline attribute parameters into the final breakthrough threshold."
"Isolating the internal core logic now, Monarch," Major General Shin Ye-rin executed instantly, her steel-gray eyes flashing with intense tactical focus as she slammed her hand flat against the master command terminal.
Min-jae didn’t hesitate. With a single, sharp mental command, his golden cosmic cheat system forcefully overrode the standard progression caps of the universe, dumping every single hoarded point directly into his primary hidden metrics.
[System Alert: Allocating all Hoarded Free Attribute Points into Vitality and Core Spirit!]
[Vitality: 500 → 750 (Breakthrough Cap Reached!)]
[Core Spirit: 400 → 650 (Breakthrough Cap Reached!)]
[Cosmic Cheat System Active! Forcing Attribute Mutation Parameter... 100% Success!]
[You have unlocked the Hidden SSS-Rank Active Combat Trait: ’Solar Zenith Domain’!]
[Description: When activated, your dark god-armor forcefully projects a five-hundred-meter absolute field of white-hot primordial solar fire. Every basic step or weapon swing within this domain inflicts 300% amplified physical damage and permanently melts the target’s underlying elemental resistances upon contact.]
Crack -thoom!
A catastrophic, white-hot shockwave of pure celestial solar energy violently exploded outward from Min-jae’s skin, turning the entire pristine white marble floorboards of the lounge into a blinding, vibrating grid of liquid golden True Damage lines. The sheer environmental heat wave instantly cleared the residual sulfur fog, leaving his armor radiating an imposing, god-like density that made the surrounding atmosphere completely hum.
He turned his deadpan black eyes toward Liu Xiao, who was standing beside his left flank. The beautiful, silver-green haired deity was watching his breakthrough with a look of pure, un-adulterated religious reverence, the green and white layers of her luxury silk rustling softly in the thermal draft.
"Xiao, step into the crucible," Min-jae commanded flatly, pointing his gauntlet toward the pulsing Overlord Siege Core hovering over the anvil. "We are pulling the remaining five percent of your nature core out of its cage right now."
"Yes... Min-jae," Liu Xiao voiced, her seductive melody carrying a deep, breathless devotion as her full, heavy chest heaved with an intense wave of excitement.
She gracefully stepped up to the forge pedestal, her thin waist cinched tightly against her soft purple-and-gold belt. Min-jae closed his hand, utilizing his Solar Zenith Domain metrics to forcefully liquefy the level 46 siege core, driving the raw, high-density elemental plasma straight into her chest cavity.
[Citadel Forge Protocol Active! Initiating Secondary Subordinate Core Synchronization...]
[Fusing Overlord Siege Core Catalyst... Execution Success!]
[Subordinate Core Recovery Accelerated! Unlocking an additional 5% of the Nature Core’s true parameters!]
[Current Capacity: 25% Total Primordial Power Fully Unsealed!]
Voom!
A colossal, breathtaking column of emerald-green starlight and vibrant golden life-force violently erupted from her chest, shooting straight through the open-air nebula sky ceiling into the clouds above. The sheer structural displacement wave caused thousands of luminescent white lotus flowers to instantly bloom across the marble pillars.
Her unsealed 25% capacity didn’t just expand her mana lines; it completely materialized her master’s ancient, legendary weapon—The Yggdrasil World-Staff—straight into her delicate hand. The long, jade-carved staff hummed with a low-frequency cosmic frequency that completely nullified the remaining tectonic gravity of the Fourth Sky.
[Subordinate Sss-rank Talent Active: ’Sovereign Flora Genesis’ (Upgraded to 25% Capacity)!]
[New Active Field Skill Unlocked: ’Living World Tree Sanctuary’!b]
[Effect: Liu Xiao can now forcefully project a massive, thousand-meter absolute domain of ancient protective roots. Any enemy within this domain receives a permanent 50% reduction to movement velocity, while all active team members receive a continuous 20% health and shield regeneration every single second, backed by an absolute immunity to all mind, soul, and spiritual status curses!]
"The fractures are completely gone, Min-jae," Liu Xiao whispered, her pouty crimson lips curving into a stunning, genuine smile that held a quiet promise of eternal loyalty. Her exotic emerald-green eyes were now shining with a brilliant, un-fractured light as she held the glowing world-staff tightly against her soft curves. "My master’s ultimate sanctuary domain is fully under my control. No demon or corrupted deity can ever bypass our frontline parameters again."
"This combination is completely broken, boss," Yoo Ji-a purred, her long, midnight-black ponytail swaying violently as her Void-Valkyrie’s Crescent Fang spear crackled with a mixture of twilight lightning and fresh emerald starlight. Her violet eyes flashed with an addictive, bloodthirsty battle-hunger. "With your solar domain melting their defenses and Liu Xiao’s world tree freezing their legs, the next execution run is just going to be a casual walk in the park."
"The radar has already locked the next signature, Monarch," Major General Shin Ye-rin reported, her fingers execution-tapping the terminal as the Celestial Compass Grid projected a sharp blue line toward the deeper tectonic rifts. "Primary Coordinate Locked: The Frozen Abyss. It’s a sealed sub-space pocket dimension hidden beneath the Fourth Sky’s glacial coordinates. The radar is registering a high concentration of shadow legions surrounding the Goddess of Ice."
Min-jae casually sheathed the space-cutting claymore back onto his shoulder, his hands sliding naturally back into his armor’s pocket segments, a dark, ruthless grin touching his handsome face as his seven stunning queens lined up perfectly behind his flank, their weapons humming with absolute execution parameters.
"Hold onto my shoulders," Min-jae commanded flatly, his voice a low thunderclap that echoed through the majestic marble corridors.
Ji-a and Han Seo-yoon stepped tightly to his right, their voluptuous curves lightly brushing against his side, while Elena Vance and Lady Crimson flanked his left. Cynthia and Ye-rin stood firmly directly behind him, while Liu Xiao stepped closely into his chest flank, her emerald eyes locked onto his face with a fanatical, absolute devotion that completely bonded her soul to his presence.
"Spatial Void Phase," Min-jae murmured.
Voom!
Space across the entire sss-rank Imperial Haven completely fractured like brittle glass. In a fraction of a millisecond, the air imploned with a massive vacuum pop, and Min-jae along with his seven flawless queens vanished from the tectonic rifts, launching a direct, unannounced rescue run straight into the frozen abyssal rifts to hunt down the remaining executioners of the cosmos.
