The Abyss trembled beneath his feet.
Li Sheng stood alone atop the shattered ruins of Mor'Zhul's citadel, breathing in the thick, poisoned air.
The battlefield was still soaked in black blood, the stench of mutilated spirits hanging heavy.
But the Abyss did not let him rest.
It hungered.
It demanded more.
And so did he.
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[System Notification!]
> Abyssal Monarch System [Fused] - Status Update
Name: Li Sheng
Title: Sovereign Executioner | Shadow Monarch
Level: 10 (Silver-Tier Initiate)
Race: Abyss-Tempered Human
HP: 25,600 / 25,600
MP: 14,800 / 14,800
Strength: 530
Agility: 480
Stamina: 510
Perception: 600
Resilience: 490
Magic Affinity: 420
EXP: 6,700 / 12,000 (Next Level: 11)
Skill Points Available: 15
Skills:
Sovereign Cleave (Lv.3)
Fallen Devourer (Lv.2)
Bone Reforging (Lv.3)
Chainbreaker Step (Lv.2)
Art of True Darkness (Lv.2)
Shadow Sovereign Domain (Lv.1)
Spectral Resurrection (Lv.1)
Black Star Body Refinement (Passive)
Iron Devourer Body (Passive)
Abyssal Core Amplification (Passive)
> New Title Acquired:
Minor Sovereign of the Abyss
Breaker of Thrones
> New Passive Ability:
Devourer's Feast: Regain HP/MP for each enemy slain.
> Silver-Tier Reward Chest Available!
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Li Sheng narrowed his bloodshot eyes.
He opened the reward chest.
From within the swirling mist of corrupted souls, two objects materialized:
[Bloodforged Gauntlets of the Abyss] — Heavy, soul-binding armor pieces that amplified unarmed strikes by 500% and stored absorbed vitality.
[Abyssal Map Fragment: Throne of a Thousand Corpses] — A fragment leading to an ancient, forbidden sovereign throne deeper within the Abyss.
His lips split into a grin of savage glee.
"The Abyss feeds me well."
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> [Quest Activated: March of the Thousand Dead]
Objective:
Survive the Abyssal Onslaught.
Slay 10,000 Abyssal Creatures.
Conquer the Throne of a Thousand Corpses.
> Rewards:
EXP
Evolution Material: Abysscore Crystal
Unique Abyssal Skill Upgrade
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[The First Wave: Nightmare Unleashed]
The ground cracked open.
From the chasms below surged an endless tide of horrors.
Mutated wyverns with rotting wings and scorpion tails.
Abyss-hounds stitched from countless corpses.
Crawling ghouls that wept black pus from shattered mouths.
Leviathans formed from the fused torsos of the damned.
Thousands of them.
The sky itself wept blood as the massacre began.
Li Sheng leapt into the swarm, the Abyssal Twin-Halberd gleaming black.
> [Devourer's Feast Activated!]
Every kill replenished his HP and MP —
but there were too many.
The first dozen hounds tore into him, teeth breaking against his Iron Devourer Body, but others swarmed, pulling, dragging him down.
He roared, his Shadow Sovereign Domain erupting —
A black storm of blades and tendrils tore the monsters apart.
Blood splashed his face.
Entrails wrapped his arms.
Bones shattered under his gauntlets.
Each step forward was a massacre.
Sovereign Cleave bisected dozens.
Chainbreaker Step teleported him through walls of flesh.
The abyssal wyverns shrieked from above —
He hurled his halberd like a spear, pinning three together mid-air, before tearing their hearts out barehanded.
Gore rained like a black monsoon.
[The Second Wave: Berserker Beasts]
The ground trembled again.
Beasts three times the size of giants surged from the mist.
Abyssal Juggernauts — walking tanks made of fused iron and flesh.
Nightmare Basilisks — serpents that screamed madness into their victims' minds.
Li Sheng laughed.
A raw, broken sound.
He tore a Juggernaut's spine free and used it as a whip to lash through the crowd.
The basilisks lunged —
but Li Sheng met them with his Art of True Darkness, manifesting chains of void that tore the monsters to ribbons.
Each kill twisted him.
Each feast fed the abyss growing inside him.
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[System Update!]
> [Kills: 7,230 / 10,000]
[New Skill Available for Upgrade: Shadow Sovereign Domain (Lv.2)!]
[EXP Gained: 9,700/12,000]
Li Sheng slammed a fist into his chest, triggering Bone Reforging to repair his mangled ribs mid-battle.
His body twisted grotesquely under the healing —
Bones snapping into place.
Muscle reweaving like cursed flesh.
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[The Final Wave: The Chained King]
At the center of the blood ocean rose a figure:
A colossal chained creature, crowned with iron nails driven into its skull.
The Chained King of the Abyss.
It wielded a giant cleaver made of fused soul fragments and roared —
an earthquake of agony.
Quest Update:
> [Optional Boss Encounter: Chained King - Slay for Bonus Rewards!]
Li Sheng spat blood.
"Good."
He charged.
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The Battle Against the Chained King
The Chained King moved faster than anything so huge had any right to.
One swing of its cleaver collapsed mountains.
Li Sheng danced on the edge of death, each heartbeat a miracle of survival.
Shadow clones of himself exploded from his body, confusing the Chained King —
then Spectral Resurrection turned the corpses of the fallen into a new army fighting by his side.
Still, it wasn't enough.
The Chained King crushed dozens of his clones with a single roar.
Li Sheng was flung like a broken doll, crashing through obsidian pillars.
Blood poured from his eyes, his ears, his torn gut.
His HP plummeted.
But he rose again, trembling, laughing through shattered teeth.
He triggered Devourer's Feast.
As he fought, absorbing fragments of abyssal souls, his power surged back.
He leapt, planting the Bloodforged Gauntlets deep into the Chained King's exposed throat —
and devoured its heart whole.
System Final Update
> [Chained King Slain!]
[Quest Completed: March of the Thousand Dead!]
[Level Up: 11 -> 14!]
[Skill Points Gained: +25]
[New Passive Skill: Abyssal Blood Regeneration!]
[Evolution Material Obtained: Abysscore Crystal!]
[Unique Abyssal Skill: King's Black Crown Acquired!]
Final Status: Li Sheng
Level:14
Realm:Abyssal core Foundation(Silver tier mid rank)
HP:42,300/42300.
MP:23,400/23,400.
Strength:730
Agility:680
Stamina:740
Perception:850
Resilience:710
Dark magic affinity:640
Skill point:40
New Skills:
Abyssal Blood Regeneration: Regenerate 3% HP per second outside of fatal wounds.
King's Black Crown: Enhance all shadow and abyssal abilities by 100% when facing multiple enemies.
Sovereign's Will: Immune to mind attacks and soul corruption.
Soul Forge: Strengthen acquired weapons by feeding them abyssal souls.
Li Sheng looked at his blood-drenched hands.
He stood atop the mountain of corpses he had
created —
his shadow swallowing the entire horizon.
He was no longer human.
He was Sovereign.
And the Abyss would kneel.