The World Hidden Within the Flesh of a God

At the summit of the Central Continent's mountain range, an invisible bell rang.

No one heard it...

But everyone felt it.

In a Celestial Palace

An old man with golden eyes opened them slowly.

He sat atop a sea of clouds.

Behind him, ten thousand disciples cultivated in perfect silence.

But that silence shattered on this day.

"He has been born… the bearer of the pathless mark."

The old man raised a hand.

A star extinguished in the sky.

"He must be crushed before he begins to dream."

In a Forgotten Tomb

Deep within a floating necropolis, a silver-skinned woman smiled.

Around her, dozens of ancient corpses burned slowly as if offered in sacrifice.

"You've returned, Bearer. I can still feel your chains."

She touched an obsidian mirror.

Shen Mu's reflection appeared distorted, fractured.

"But this time… I'll reach you before you become untouchable."

Seven masked figures gathered in a palace without light.

They were members of the Celestial Thread Council

a secret order tasked with regulating abnormal karmic births.

One of them spoke:

"Shen Mu. Minor village. Aura erased. Reversed karma.

Currently located in the Sect of Scorched Shadows.

Do you recommend erasure procedures?"

Silence.

Then a faceless elder murmured:

"Not yet.

Let us watch… until even the Void stirs."

Meanwhile, in the Abyssal Cavern

Shen Mu meditated.

The Seed of the Inner World floated within his dantian,

rotating slowly—emitting a deep, unsettling vibration.

No Qi. No warmth.

Only a sensation that reality itself was being rewritten.

[System: Seed synchronized]

First art unlocked: Silent Hand of the Void

Effect: Erases an enemy's intent to attack for 3 breaths

Cost: 1% karmic stability

Inner World Expansion: 0.007%

Shen Mu opened his eyes.

His gaze passed through stone, through distance through fear.

 "This world is too loud.

It's time… to teach it silence."