The air tasted like static and premonition, thick with the weight of futures that hadn't decided whether to exist yet.
Before them loomed the Void Throne—a jagged monument of paradoxes, its backrest carved from frozen screams and armrests polished with forgotten prayers.
Luo Feng's fingers hovered inches from its surface.
[System Alert: Divine Check-In Available]
[Warning: This Memory May Contain:
87% Existential Dread
12% Forbidden Knowledge
1% Hope (Expired)]
The Death Queen's nails dug into his shoulder. "Darling, if you die, I'm keeping your corpse fashionable."
Li Qing's frost formed a kill-zone around them. "Don't."
The Nine-Tails Goddess licked her lips. "Do."
THE VISION
When skin met obsidian:
The throne room inverted.
Suddenly Luo Feng sat upon the throne—
—except it wasn't him.
The corpse wearing his face stared back through milky eyes, its:
Hands grafted with too many Void Energies (cracked like overfilled vessels)
Chest split open to reveal an Eclipse Core gone supernova
Head lolling under the weight of a crown made of broken system alerts
The vision spoke in the System's voice—but wrong:
"Welcome to Version 2.0."
Then—
Perspective flipped again.
Now he stood before the throne as:
The Death Queen knelt with his heart skewered on her dagger
Li Qing froze his last breath into a memorial sculpture
The Nine-Tails Goddess swallowed his fading scream
[Check-In Complete: Fate Confirmed]
[Reward: 1x Premonition Token]
[Penalty: Now Owe the Universe One Tragic Ending]
AFTERMATH
Luo Feng wrenched back with a gasp.
The throne sat innocently untouched, as if it hadn't just shown him:
His own mutilated divinity
His women as executioners
His fate as a closed loop
The Death Queen tilted her head. "You look like you've seen a ghost, darling."
Li Qing's ice subtly checked his pulse.
The Nine-Tails Goddess stole the vision from his pupils before he could blink—then spat it out. "Bitter."
[System Notification: DO NOT TRUST THE THRONE]
[New Mission: "BREAK THE CYCLE"]
[Clarification: Or Don't. History Repeats Anyway.]
The plush demons started building a time paradox bunker.
END OF CHAPTER 59