[A/N: I went back and fixed everything, sorry about all that.]
"W-why?" Michael said weakly, his voice barely a whisper, looking at his elder sister, who had a pale and horrified look frozen on her face, as she clearly had suffered a soul-painful death that destroyed her very essence. He looked up at Chu Yin with tears streaming down his face, who had an indifferent and cold look as she casually looked at her nails with complete disinterest.
"How dare you bring this nonsense before me, trying to steal what's mine? Seth, even if he wants to leave me, shall never leave, for he has no free will. He is my belonging," She said with a smug smirk, deeply satisfied and happy with herself, for she had the most valuable treasure in existence… as a dragon, what more could she want?
"You bastard! Seth isn't an item!" Michael roared with fury and desperation, only for his entire being to be sealed away in ice instantly, given to the universe by Chu Yin without hesitation or remorse…
Well, that was how the dream ended each time. Michael didn't know what this recurring dream meant exactly, but he had to be careful and vigilant, for he had a strong feeling, this was either his dreams' warning him of what was destined to happen or his future self desperately communicating with his past self to ensure a future event didn't take place as it had before.
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"Seth… you're not Seth." Chu Yin said coldly, her voice like ice, her eyes sharpening dangerously as she looked at Seth, who was standing before her with an unfamiliar presence.
"That would be true. I'm the universe, and I came to give you a task." The Universe said with a knowing smile, making Chu Yin frown deeply in suspicion, only to freeze completely as she appeared in a different room, where she saw Seth being pinned down forcibly, and forced to watch something that made her eyes widen in genuine shock. But time was frozen solid, allowing the universe to walk up to Seth without interference, who had a lifeless and broken look in his eyes.
"This is why he was broken… Funny how, without this traumatic event, he would have never become the person I granted a UR tier ability." The Universe said thoughtfully, rubbing Seth's face with a gentle and almost tender touch.
"You're showing this to me, why?" Chu Yin asked sharply, looking at the woman in the scene, making absolutely sure to remember her face perfectly.
"That woman was given no choice but to do what she did to save her little brother, want to listen to her thoughts as she went through that?" The universe asked with a playful look dancing in its eyes, and before Chu Yin could reject, for she didn't care about anyone's suffering, time began playing forward, and Seth's ex, who was moaning seemingly in pleasure outwardly, suddenly began crying internally as her true feelings were revealed.
"Please, close your eyes. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, but Michael only has a few more weeks left. I wish there were another way. I should have rejected you from the start; you were the best thing to come into my life, yet I betray you like this? Should I tell you I'm pregnant with your child? I don't know anymore. Why is this taking forever?" Every second felt like hell to endure; there was no pleasure in this act, just a job to save her brother from death.
"Seth has a child?" Chu Yin, although disgusted with everything she was witnessing, locked onto that one specific part immediately.
"Yes, but she had a miscarriage shortly after. Anyway, I want you to kill her brother for me," the universe said casually, waving its hand and erasing the world around them completely. Leaving Chu Yin's eyes narrow as it could tell the universe was hiding something
"Why?" Chu Yin asked, not trusting the being who dared to put on her husband's face like a costume.
"Because he has a talent above even Seth's incredible abilities, something above UR tier in potential, so I want you to kill him before he becomes a problem." The universe said matter-of-factly, making Chu Yin's eyes turn cold and calculating, realizing this entity wanted to use her as a tool.
"In return, I want to change Seth's race. I realize he hates being a human. I want him to be comfortable in his own flesh." The Universe said carefully, causing Chu Yin's cold eyes to disappear instantly, replaced with interest.
"Where are they?" She didn't have free will anymore, for her body and mind had been fully conquered by her husband. She would 100% simp for her man without shame. After all, if he wasn't worth you simping for, was he truly the one? If her man asked her, then it shall be done without question or hesitation, anything to put a smile on his face… and what would make Seth smile brighter than this gift? She could already see him cheering in pure joy as his race changed from the trash human form he despised so much.
"Wait, this isn't some trick where he would get some trash race, how can I even trust your words?" She asked with sharp suspicion, her eyes turning cold and piercing as she scrutinized the being before her.
"For one, I know you're not of this world, yet here I am, allowing you to stay within me." He said calmly and with confidence, making Chu Yin instantly freeze in absolute horror at the shocking revelation of her deepest secret.
"The only reason you stay here and continue to exist is because of your connection with Seth. Out of everything born in this body of mine, every single creation I have brought into existence, he is my absolute favorite, so I'm willing to let a few things slide and overlook certain things… haha, can't wait to see Seth's face when he finally realizes some of those cliche story lines would actually play out in reality." The universe laughed with genuine amusement and anticipation, all while Chu Yin's lips remained shut tightly and firmly… for her biggest and most carefully guarded secret was known, though she didn't know how it had been discovered.
"Shocked as to how I knew? You think I wouldn't notice it after your soul was actively altering your thoughts to try and make you wish for a UR tier talent? You hid well enough and covered your tracks; you almost tricked me completely and fooled me entirely. I was genuinely wondering if I had to grant another UR tier talent to the world, but then I noticed that one crucial flaw, and it all made perfect sense." The universe laughed heartily and with satisfaction, making Chu Yin grit her teeth tightly in frustration and anger.
"I should have struck you down with lightning where you stood. But you were Seth's destined soul mate, I let it slide and allowed you to remain, for how can I bring myself to remove or harm my strongest and most loved UR tier talent holder of his fated person?" The universe asked rhetorically, walking slowly around Chu Yin in a circle with a deeply mocking look plastered on its borrowed face.
"So, where are you from exactly? Clearly from outside my body and beyond my realm, so I'm guessing another universe entirely? Maybe it's like a universe that has existed for trillions upon trillions, if not exponentially more years, unlike me, that's only a mere dozen billion years old and barely formed?" The universe asked with a curious and probing smile.
"You're nothing more than a small universe in the grand scale of this entire existence. I have never seen a universe with a finite space like yours, and not truly infinite in size and scope. Seth is your most loved creation because he is the only genuine hope you have in becoming truly infinite in nature, and finally starting to get dimensions in this dimensionless universe of yours." Chu Yin said coldly and dismissively, causing the universe's confident smile to disappear completely and vanish.
"There is a grading system for the universe that measures worth and power… From low grade all the way to supreme grade at the highest tier… you're somehow less than even low grade in classification. Trash is the best and most generous grade for you… I'm genuinely shocked you haven't fallen upon yourself and collapsed into nothingness. Stay out of my business and affairs, and I will help you evolve and grow. Don't overstep your boundaries," Chu Yin said coldly and with unmistakable authority in her voice.
"My husband belongs to me entirely, and not you or anyone else. He owes you absolutely nothing for what you've given him. Both you and I know not just anyone can receive a UR tier talent, and to get one as incredibly powerful as Seth possesses… how astronomically lucky are you?" Chu Yin said coldly and matter-of-factly, for even amongst talent holders, there were distinct grades and rankings of power… Seth's UR tier talent was ranked Supreme grade at the absolute pinnacle. Even the strongest and most powerful universe would fight desperately over the chance to have Seth merge with their clan through that ritual.