Location: The Fractured Chamber, beneath Portal City.
A low hum filled the ancient underground chamber, vibrating through the bones. In the center stood a black obelisk—etched with thousands of glowing runes. Beside it, Sage Omrith chanted slowly, stabilizing the energy.
Rishabh floated mid-air, the [System Fragment] in his hand beginning to melt into golden liquid.
✅ System Integration in Progress…
⚠️ WARNING: Evolution Path Unstable. Mutation Risk Detected.
🧬 Do you wish to proceed with forced integration?
Rishabh narrowed his eyes. "Do it."
Confirmed. Initiating Mutation Protocol...
A storm erupted inside his spirit sea. The [SSSS+ AFK Cultivation System] began rewriting itself, fusing with the ancient code.
🔁 Combining Paths: [Passive Qi Engine] + [Immortal Origin Kernel]🔓 New System Branch Created: [Godroot Mutation: 1%]✅ AFK Qi Rate Increased: +3000/sec✅ EP Rate Increased: +2000/sec✅ New Passive Unlocked: [Reality Sync Cultivation] – Cultivates even across realms or timelines
But then—
❌ Alert: Interdimensional Entity Detected.⚠️ System Devourer Signature Nearby: [Class: Lesser Mindworm]
The shadows shifted. A wormhole tore open in the air. From it slithered a being unlike any monster seen before—a floating, eyeless serpent of living glitch-code, pulsing with raw anti-spiritual energy.
"SYS… TEM… ENERGY… HUNGRY…"
The creature opened a fractal mouth. Runes collapsed around it.
Rishabh's Awakening
With a single gesture, Rishabh flared his Qi.
✅ New Technique Unlocked: [Divine Law – Reverse Devour]🔁 Auto-Combat Engaged
Instead of fleeing, Rishabh stepped into the wormhole. He fought the creature in its own pocket realm—an empty void built from system fragments, floating orbs of broken HUDs, and data-mangled memories.
There, he realized something terrifying:
❓ "Why does this devourer… remember me from Earth?"
"Because," the Mindworm whispered in his mind, "you are being watched. Again."
He summoned Void Palm, Soulfire Chains, and his new mutation—a spear made of crystallized AFK energy.
The battle lasted seconds. Rishabh devoured the devourer instead.
✅ System Devourer Absorbed✅ New Trait Acquired: [Devourer Immunity – No longer targetable by Lower Devourers]🔓 Unlock Progress: 15% toward Godroot Path
The Rival Revealed – A Dark Past Returns
Back in Portal City, another figure stepped through the ashes of a battlefield—bodies of hunters, monsters, and systems alike littered the ground. At the center stood a calm man in a jet-black robe, his hair long, face youthful.
His name: Arthis.
He stared at the screen before him.
"Target: Rishabh / Bodhidharma – Reincarnated Host Confirmed."
"So… you survived after all, Master."
This was his former disciple, once saved and taught by Bodhidharma—but now fully corrupted by Blood Karma Cultivation, a path that uses murder and betrayal to grow in power.
✅ Dark AFK System – "Crimson Heaven Protocol"🔁 AFK XP Gained from Nearby Death: +10,000/min⚠️ Current Kill Count: 3,284
In his twisted system, the more people die around him, the faster he levels up.
"We were both betrayed… but only I embraced the truth," Arthis whispered. "This time, I will finish what those cowards started. I will become the True Immortal, not you."
Behind him, the air bent. A portal opened—leading directly into the inner districts of Portal City.
"I'm coming for you… Master."
Rishabh Returns – And Something Has Changed
Back in the hidden chamber, Sage Omrith bowed deeply.
"You've broken a wall no cultivator has touched in eons. Your system… is becoming something beyond the classification charts."
✅ New Title Acquired: [Worldbreaker Seed]✅ World Alert Triggered: All S-Rank and higher Systems have detected anomaly.❗ Rival Reincarnator Match: [Arthis – Crimson Heaven Protocol]
Rishabh stood in silence. He remembered Arthis. He remembered the betrayal. He remembered mercy.
Now? There would be none.
"If he wants to climb over my corpse," he said, voice like steel, "then he'll find I am not dead… I'm only just beginning."
The chamber exploded with golden light as his Godroot Core completed its first mutation. Runes of ancient cultivation swirled around his body—no longer just part of the system, but now one with it.
He had become the system itself.