"Name it…"
Damien let the silence stretch. His mind flicked through a dozen names—grand, cryptic, ceremonial. None of them felt right.
He wasn't building a temple. He wasn't founding a sect.
This thing wasn't meant to be worshipped.
It was meant to work.
He remembered the first time. The hunger in the monster's aura. The pressure. The way his body responded not with panic, but with symmetry. That moment where the mana around him didn't explode—but folded.
A circle.
A breath.
A center.
His lips moved.
"Resonance Cycle."
The system chimed. A soft tone. Almost reverent.
[Input Confirmed.]
[New Cultivation Technique Registered: Resonance Cycle]
[Classification: Undefined]
[Source: User-Originated]
[Ranking: Not Applicable]
[Note: No reference entries or comparative data available. System support limited.]
Of course it was.
No tutorials. No diagrams. No spectral blueprints to guide him through the next steps.
But that didn't matter.
