The World Hidden Within the Flesh of a God

Shen Mu's body lay in a deep sleep.

But his mind... was elsewhere.

Floating in a sea with no depth, no light, no sound.

Then suddenly, he began to fall. Slowly. As if pulled down by something unseen.

A world hidden... within the body

He opened his eyes.

Before him stretched an impossible landscape:

A sky without stars.

An endless, cracked ground laced with glowing violet veins.

And at the center... a black tower, as if built by gods and then forgotten.

Around it, the laws of the world were broken.

Mountains floated upside down. Oceans spun in circles.

And in the air… there was a taste of nothingness.

[Welcome to your Inner World]

Status: Unstable

Expansion: 0.003%

Primordial Energies: Unknown

Void Fragment Detected: 1%

Shen Mu stepped forward.

He could feel everything.

Every beat of this world pulsed with his heart.

Every light, every vibration — it was him.

"This world… is inside me?"

He touched a black pillar, and a wave rippled through the space.

With a deep rumble, an altar rose before him.

On that altar floated a violet key, wrapped in runic chains.

[Inheritance Key Detected: Fragment I – Mortal]

Warning: Your current level is insufficient for full integration.

Partial absorption authorized…

Shen Mu placed his hand on it.

And at once, a flood of unknown memories struck him:

Cultivation techniques never seen before. Names of lost arts. Cosmic figures.

And… a lone silhouette sitting on a throne, eyes closed — as if dead for countless eons.

That silhouette... looked like him.

But before he could understand, everything exploded into light.

Awakening

Shen Mu opened his eyes.

He was in a dark room, lying on a stone slab.

Around him, four experts from different sects stood watching... from a distance.

A heavy silence filled the space.

The masked master of the Sect of Scorched Shadows stepped forward.

"You are… different."

Shen Mu did not reply.

But in his eyes, something had changed.

As if a part of him had awakened — though he didn't yet understand what.

[System: Integration Level – 5%]

[New Function Unlocked: Technique – Karmic Seal of Silence]