The silver void trembled slightly.
Avinash sat cross-legged upon a floating lotus formed of condensed starlight, his breathing now deep and rhythmically powerful. The time had come. After weeks of meditation within the timeless dimension, after internalizing the Heavenly Immortal Dao Codex, his qi had finally solidified into a golden vortex beneath his dantian.
A blinding glow emerged from within him.
"Now… Breakthrough!"
The qi surged like a roaring river, smashing against the barrier between Qi Condensation and Foundation Building. His True Yang Bone pulsed—burning with radiant crimson light. Waves of intense heat flowed through his meridians, expanding and reinforcing them.
Crack!
A clear sound echoed through the void. His foundation was formed. Eight golden spirit platforms rose behind his back, forming the base of his cultivation.
[System Notification: Congratulations, Host! You have successfully entered the Foundation Building Realm. All physique traits have strengthened. ]
But Avinash didn't smile.
This was only the beginning.
He stood and looked toward the sealed crystal prism where Abhimanyu's body floated, suspended like a divine offering before a forgotten altar. A mere look at it, and the void itself responded—shivering under the dormant might of the Chaos Qilin bloodline.
With a single thought, he summoned the items from the system.
[Ding! Bloodline Devourer Talisman and Primordial Beast Essence – Chaos Qilin Fragment retrieved.]
In his hand appeared a pitch-black talisman pulsing with eerie crimson runes. In the other—an orb of ancient bestial energy, condensed from the soul of a long-dead Chaos Qilin. Just holding it caused his hand to tremble slightly; it was raw, wild, and untamed power.
He inhaled sharply.
"Let's begin."
First, he activated the Bloodline Devourer Talisman. The black talisman floated toward Abhimanyu's body, burning with ghostly light. Runes danced, forming a complex net of fate-breaking chains that wrapped around the sealed body. The talisman embedded itself in Abhimanyu's chest—and then, it began.
A vortex of crimson-gold light erupted.
From the corpse, tendrils of bloodline essence slowly rose, not liquid but misty—like the spirit of a Qilin roaring defiantly against death. It struggled, tried to retreat, but the talisman forced it forward, ripping it away from the soulless shell.
Avinash's entire body began to resonate, as though something ancient within him was awakening in response.
He didn't hesitate.
Holding the Primordial Beast Essence, he swallowed it whole. The moment it entered his body, he screamed.
It felt as though his insides were burning, his organs being smelted in a divine forge. His meridians twisted, blood boiled, and his heart seemed to stop for a moment. But he gritted his teeth and activated the full might of his True Yang Bone.
Flames of golden yang energy burst from his bones, forming a divine furnace within his body.
"Forge the bloodline… now!"
The Chaos Qilin essence entered his bloodstream, rampaging like a wild beast. The power tried to tear him apart from within, but the divine yang flames wrapped around it, tempering it, subduing it, forcing it into submission.
Inside his sea of consciousness, a phantom Qilin roared, baring its fangs.
But he met it with his gaze—calm, unwavering.
"I am no vessel. I am the master."
Thunder cracked across the timeless void. The Qilin lowered its head.
The next moment, the bloodline surged through his body—every cell, every vein, every drop of blood now infused with primordial chaos. His hair turned silver-black, eyes glowed with red-gold brilliance. A Qilin mark appeared upon his chest, then faded beneath the skin, becoming part of him.
[System Notification: Chaos Qilin Bloodline Fusion – Complete.] [Compatibility: 94% (Perfect sync achieved due to True Yang Bone)] [Bloodline Awakening Stage: Initial.]
Avinash opened his eyes slowly.
The void around him knelt in silence.
He stood taller, more regal—his very presence bending the laws of the dimension.
"I've done it…"
And with this new power, he whispered coldly:
"This is only the beginning."
He turned toward the depths of the void, where timelines blurred and secrets slumbered.
"System," he said calmly. "Show me my status."
Ding! As you command, Host.
[Destiny Stealing Villain System]
[Host]: Avinash
[Age]: 10
[Cultivation]: Peak Foundation Building Realm
[Physique]: Celestial Reincarnation Eyes
[Bloodline]: Chaos Qilin (Initial Awakening Stage)
[Cultivation Technique]: Heavenly Immortal Dao Codex
[Villain Points]: 255,000
[Destiny Points]: 1,500,000
[Destiny Titles]: Youngest Immortal, Monarch, Villain
[Cultivation Talent]: Unparalleled
[Storage]: Empty
Avinash's gaze sharpened.
"It's time I begin searching for her..." he murmured, a strange softness touching his otherwise icy voice.
If he could find her before she awakened her physique… before she became the emotionless being feared across realms… then even if her heart turned cold, even if her emotions faded,then would be a great tool .
She could become perfect.
"She is known as the Ice Empress… or the Empress of Destruction," he whispered, a nostalgic smile flickering at the edge of his lips. "But no one knows her true origin. Not even those so-called regressors…"
Only he did.
In his six lifetimes, he had awakened six different aspects of the Celestial Reincarnation Eyes. Even then, she had stood toe to toe with him—an existence that rivalled his own.
"If it weren't for my Eyes… she would've killed me in that life."
But, what if she falls in love with me before awakening, it would be more interesting.
Then now, let's join the sect near her.