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đď¸: The Forgotten Sect
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đ Summary So Far:
Wang Wu has:
Opened the Fourth Gate of the Void Pulse Scripture, gaining access to forsaken truths and alternate paths
Survived the Sea of Screams, emerging with new Qi, soul memory protection, and the ability to borrow powers from alternate versions of himself
Awakened a cosmic rippleâcausing memories erased by Heaven to return to the world
Now, visions and whispers call him toward a ruined place once called Heaven's First Rootâa sect that vanished from all records, yet still breathes beneath the soil
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đ Where the Past Refuses to Die
On the edge of the screaming sea, a cracked monolith jutted from the dunes. It bore no inscriptionâonly handprints, worn smooth by the wind.
Wang Wu touched it.
Instantly, he saw:
> Black towers rising through cloudfire
Disciplines written in blood and starlight
Children learning to speak in forgotten runes
A name: Root Sect of Origin Flame
He fell to his knees.
> "This⌠was the first cultivator sect."
But it had been scrubbed from the world.
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đŻ The Path Hidden Beneath the Sand
Following Qi threads only he could sense, Wang Wu walked inland for two days. His steps were pulled by memory currents, like whispers in the soil.
Thenâhe saw it.
Buried beneath sand dunes: an entire mountain, inverted.
Where the peak should have reached skyward, it instead plunged downward into the ground.
From the hollow apex, black staircases spiraled into the dark.
He stepped inside.
And the gates shut behind him.
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đŻď¸ Inside the Inverted Mountain: The Forgotten Sect
There was no light.
Only faint echoes of Qi.
He walked through:
Hallways made of soulstone
Statues of faceless monks, palms raised in silent prayer
Scrolls still floating in stasis, untouched by time
Here, flame did not burn, and spiritual sense reversedâhe could feel others, but only as memories of what they once were.
Then, a voice spoke from the shadows:
> "Who remembers our name?"
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đ¤ The Echo of the Root Flame Master
A translucent figure stepped forwardâa ghost, yes, but something older. His robes shimmered with incomplete runes, half-erased by history.
> "I was the Twelfth Flame Root of Origin."
"They erased us, not because we failed⌠but because we reached too deep."
Wang Wu bowed deeply.
> "Then teach me. Let your sect rise again through me."
But the ghost only shook his head.
> "To claim our inheritance, you must face what broke us."
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đ§ The Trial of Remembered Fire
Suddenly, the chamber melted away.
Wang Wu was inside a massive stone dome, its walls covered in flames frozen mid-movement.
A massive, broken cauldron sat in the center.
The ghost's voice echoed:
> "We forged the First Flame, which could burn karma."
"But it turned on us. It burned our memories, our futures, our fates."
"You must face the flame and not forget who you are."
The Flame of Erasure ignited.
And attacked his soul.
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đĽ The Fight for Memory
The fire showed him lies and truths twisted together:
A version of himself where he never cultivated, living in poverty and obscurity
A world where Lin Yue died by his hands
A future where he becomes Heaven's Executioner, a puppet of divine law
Each vision tried to overwrite his true self.
But Wang Wu roared:
> "I am not your pawn!"
"I am Wang Wu, the Rootless Flame of Void!"
"I forge myself from what Heaven would bury!"
He activated the Sea Memory Pulse and burned his own bloodâ
Forcing the flame to remember him, not erase him.
The dome shattered.
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đ The Origin Flame Manual
As the trial faded, the ghost bowed low.
> "You have passed. You remembered when all else would forget."
A flame appeared in Wang Wu's handânot fire, but a glowing, shifting script.
> "This is the Origin Flame Scripture."
"One of the Three Forbidden Laws."
It grants:
The ability to burn karma strands, erasing cause-and-effect for enemies
The power to hide acts from Heaven's eye
Techniques to reforge lost fate threads
Wang Wu sealed it into his spiritual sea.
But now, something stirred.
A deep pulse from above.
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đ The Eyes of Heaven Turn
Far above, in the Divine Sky Realmâ
A bell rang.
Not a mortal bell.
Not a sect bell.
But the Heaven's Monitoring Bell, which had not rung in thirty-three thousand years.
> "A forbidden law has been reclaimed," spoke an angelic voice.
> "Initiate the Divine Punishment Protocol."
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đ¨ A New Heaven-Touched Descends
That night, as Wang Wu left the mountain...
A man in golden armor, his eyes like twin suns, appeared from a rift in the sky.
> "You took what should not be touched," he said.
> "You are no longer a deviation. You are now a calamity."
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Next Episode
Wang Wu's Current Gains:
Inherited the Origin Flame Scripture, one of the Three Forbidden Laws
Gained the ability to erase karma and fate
Fully survived the Sea of Screams + Fourth Gate
Became the first person in history to revive the Forgotten Sect
New Status:
Now listed in Heaven's Divine Calamity Scroll
A High-Risk Anomalyâslated for immediate obliteration