The sky split without thunder.

  It did not roar.

  It did not flash.

  It simply opened.

  And from it descended something that should not exist in the mortal realm.

  A city.

  Suspended in absolute geometry. White towers shaped like spears of judgment. Bridges made of light. Walls engraved with laws older than cultivation itself.

  At its center floated a colossal sigil:

  PURE LAW.

  ?? [System Alert: Divine Superstructure Detected]

  Entity: City of Pure Law

  Classification: Heavenly Enforcement Platform

  Purpose: Faith Harvest & Heretic Erasure

  Coverage Radius: Continental

  Effect: Suppression of rebellious resonance

  WARNING: Your Throne of Ashes resonance is being targeted.

  Across the continent, people fell to their knees.

  Some cried.

  Some worshiped.

  Some screamed.

  Because as the city descended, invisible threads of light spread outward — piercing into hearts, scanning souls.

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  Filtering.

  Anyone touched by Li Feng’s resonance felt it burn.

  ?? Shadowvale Crater

  Li Feng stood still as a beam of white light locked onto him from the sky.

  It didn’t attack.

  It measured.

  “Heaven has stopped sending soldiers,” Auron said grimly.

  “Now it sends infrastructure.”

  The beam intensified.

  [Debuff Applied: Law Suppression Field]

  – All Heretic abilities reduced by 35%

  – Domain Creation temporarily sealed

  – Oathbound Spirits unstable

  Li Feng exhaled slowly.

  His veins flickered red — then dimmed.

  For the first time since his rebirth…

  His power was being contained.

  ?? The Faith Harvest

  Inside the floating city, thousands of white-robed acolytes stood in perfect formation.

  They weren’t warriors.

  They were believers.

  Each held a crystal prism in their hands.

  And inside those prisms…

  Burned fragments of doubt.

  The City of Pure Law didn’t just destroy rebels.

  It extracted rebellion itself.

  ?? Global Effect Triggered

  [Faith Harvest Phase I Active]

  – Doubt converted into Divine Energy

  – Betrayal resonance detected and siphoned

  – Heretic-linked individuals weakened

  In the prison beneath Azure Tower, the chained elder coughed blood.

  In the ruined sect, the one-armed girl fell unconscious.

  In the Demon Marsh, the blind swordsman gripped his chest.

  The pulse that had awakened them… was being drained.

  ? Back to Li Feng

  His knees bent slightly.

  Not from fear.

  From pressure.

  White symbols crawled across his skin — attempting to overwrite him.

  “It’s trying to reassign your narrative,” Auron said sharply.

  “It wants to demote you from anomaly… to correction.”

  Li Feng laughed.

  Softly.

  “Correction?”

  He looked up at the descending city.

  “You think you can fix me?”

  ?? System Reaction – Emergency Adaptation

  The Wrath System flickered violently.

  Menus distorted.

  Warnings multiplied.

  Then—

  [Adaptive Response Triggered]

  Threat: Environmental Suppression

  Solution: External Network Required

  Suggestion: Connect to Resonance Holders

  Li Feng understood immediately.

  He could not fight this alone.

  Not anymore.

  If Heaven was harvesting faith—

  He would harvest defiance.

  ?? Scene Shift – The Cave

  Deep in the mountains, the cloaked figure stepped into sunlight.

  His face…

  Was Li Feng’s.

  But colder. Sharper. Scarred differently.

  Alt-Li Feng.

  He looked toward the floating city.

  Then toward Shadowvale.

  And smiled faintly.

  “So this is how your timeline collapses.”

  He drew a blade identical to Heavenpiercer—

  But white.

  Pure.

  Unbroken by wrath.

  “Let’s see which version of us deserves to lead the rebellion.”