The descent beneath Fangxu was like plunging into the throat of a dying god.
The air thickened with decay and rage.
The stones bled ichor.
Ancient chains clattered in the distance, as if something vast had begun to stir after millennia of slumber.
Li Sheng treaded carefully, his blackened wings folding tight to his back, his blade humming with resonance.
Every step sent echoes through the darkness — and the darkness answered.
Waiting for him.
In a vast, shattered throne hall deep underground, he found General Kurai, Warden of the Sovereigns.Kurai was a titan of mutilated flesh and rusted armor, wielding a monstrous twin-bladed halberd longer than a siege tower.
His face was stitched with chains.
His heartbeat alone shook the walls.
A fallen Sovereign General.When Kurai spoke, it was a sound of grinding bones and screaming winds."You dare challenge the Abyssal Throne, little mortal?You are but dust... waiting to be obliterated."Li Sheng raised his sword, a cold smile on his cracked lips."I will be your annihilation."Kurai moved with impossible speed, swinging his halberd with hurricane force.
The first strike sent shockwaves through the entire Necropolis, shattering bone pillars and ripping gouges into the abyssal earth.Li Sheng barely dodged, but the halberd clipped his side — flesh and blood exploded, sending him crashing through walls of black iron.Blood gushed from the wound.Ribs jutted from his side like broken spears.But Li Sheng rose, snarling.Dark mist bled from his wounds, condensing into Resonant Armor around him.He roared and charged, blade flashing in arcs of abyssal light.They clashed.Steel screamed against steel.Halberd met soul-forged blade.Each collision shattered the world around them.Kurai fought like an ancient, wrathful god.Li Sheng fought like a beast broken and reborn in endless pain.Hours seemed to pass in moments.Li Sheng was battered, mutilated — one wing torn, ribs shattered, his left eye blinded temporarily from a vicious strike.Yet every time Kurai knocked him down, Li Sheng rose again — fueled by rage, by will, by the insatiable hunger of the Abyss.Then Kurai made a fatal mistake.Arrogance.He charged with a killing blow — a full commitment, a declaration of finality.Li Sheng welcomed it.At the last moment, he ducked under the halberd, letting it slice across his shoulder, splitting bone and tendon — but he planted his blade deep into Kurai's exposed gut.
Black ichor sprayed.
Li Sheng tore the blade upwards, ripping the General's body open from pelvis to sternum in a shower of blood and steaming viscera.Kurai bellowed in agony, trying to crush Li Sheng with a bare-handed strike.Li Sheng let it hit — his chest caving slightly — but in that instant, he drove his free hand into Kurai's ruptured chest cavity, seizing the Sovereign Core beating within.With a roar that split mountains, he ripped the core out — heart, soul, and all.Kurai fell to his knees, blood pouring from his ruined frame.Li Sheng did not grant mercy.He hacked Kurai's head off with three brutal strikes, sending the titan's skull crashing across the throne room.
> [Sovereign General Kurai: Slain.]
[Looting Essence… Assimilating Sovereign Bloodline.]
[New System Detected: Level Ascension System.]
[New Ability Gained: Fallen Devourer.]
And then—
> **[System Fusion Initiated.]
[Merging Systems:]
[Resonant Dominator System]
[Level Ascension System]
[Fusion Complete:] **
[New System: Abyssal Monarch System.]
The world twisted.Li Sheng screamed as torrents of knowledge, energy, and power invaded his body.His wounds mended with black lightning.
New organs formed.
Old scars vanished, replaced with searing Abyssal Marks.
[Ding]
System Evolution Completed!
> [Abyssal Monarch System - Features:]
[Level Ascension Path: Kill enemies to gain EXP and level up.]
[Abyssal Cultivation: Absorb dead foes' essence to cultivate.]
[Fallen Devourer: Permanently steal skills and techniques from slain enemies.]
[Sovereign's Inheritance: Wield ancient forbidden weapons and arts].
> [Current Level: 5]
[Cultivation Leap: Abyssal Foundation Realm (Bronze Tier)]
[Title Unlocked: Sovereign Executioner]
[Weapon Acquired: Kurai's Abyssal Twin-Halberd]
[Skill Acquired: Sovereign Cleave - A devastating slash that warps reality.]
[Skill Acquired: Bone Reforging - Self-healing through absorption of death energy.]
[Skill Acquired: Chainbreaker Step - Instantaneous movement by breaking space restraints.]
[New Passive Ability: Iron Devourer Body - Physical attacks heal minor wounds instantly.]
Li Sheng's body pulsed with transcendent might.
The Abyssal Monarch's Crest burned on his back — a sigil of death and domination.
The Necropolis itself seemed to kneel before his new presence.
The Level Ascension System was originally created by a forgotten Supreme God of War, sealed deep within the Abyss. It was designed to empower warlords through endless slaughter, forcing cultivators to grow by conquering stronger enemies. However, the System fell dormant when its creator was devoured by Sovereign Kurai.
Now, it belonged to Li Sheng — fused with his Resonant Dominator System — creating a singular, unstoppable path.
The Abyssal Monarch System.
A System of infinite growth through battle, slaughter, and dominion
Reward:
Cultivation Leap: Entered Abyssal Foundation Realm.
Level Increase: Jumped from Level 1 to Level 5.
Weapon Loot: Kurai's Abyssal Twin-Halberd.
Skill Acquisition: Gained 4 Sovereign-grade techniques.
Healing Ability: Minor injuries auto-heal with passive absorption.
Bronze Tier Reward Chest: To be opened next chapter — unknown treasures await.
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Li Sheng stood over the broken corpse of General Kurai, blood dripping from his fingers, darkness wreathing his form.
He could feel it:
His body evolving beyond mortal limits.
His soul hardening into an indestructible spear.
His future path painted in blood and conquest.
And somewhere deeper in the Abyss —
The true Sovereigns stirred.
Watching.
Waiting.
And fearing.
Because they knew now...
Li Sheng was no longer just a cursed cultivator.
He was becoming the Abyssal Monarch.
And his reign of terror had only just begun.