Black String of Fate

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"Welcome back, admin. How was my chosen?"

"Haha, I have no words. I see why you have chosen him, even at such a great cost."

"You see? I told you that it was the right choice, but those old fools thought that I went crazy again…

But, I have to ask this…

How dare you mess with his destiny?"

In an empty realm with the ground made out of a chessboard pattern, a classy wooden table with tea arranged for two people, the admin and a child who looked to be around six sat while sipping tea.

None of them emitted any aura, they looked like the most ordinary beings one could find. But, they were far from ordinary.

They were gods, full-fledged gods with their own divinity and power of miracles.

The admin, who was the avatar of a particular god, set down his cup as he spoke.

"Azaleth. Are you threatening me?"

"...Are you taking this as one?"

"..."

The silence was loud. Despite the harmonious atmosphere they had created with the tea set, an unbearable pressure was enveloping the whole realm.

Eventually, the admin sighed and retracted his pressure.

"You know, this is why other gods don't like you."

"Still, they can do nothing about it. They fear me."

The admin could not deny this statement. Everyone, except him, feared Azaleth, the God of Chaos. He was an exception because he was just an avatar of another being, one that no god could even come close to.

"Anyway, to answer your question, it's partly your fault. You are the one who turned his first fate string black. You should know that messing with the flow of time could have serious consequences."

"Hmph, you say that, but all the other gods did it too. Weren't you guys the ones to use our collective power of casualty to regress a transmigrator?"

"Don't blame me. It was the World God's sole initiative. I was even surprised after seeing that girl in the Akashic Trials."

"Whatever, I don't care. I can't believe something this big slipped under the nose of someone nigh-omniscient like you. If they can use our common stash without consulting me, I can use my personal casualty to do whatever I want."

As he looked towards the pouty child, he was internally impressed. Azaleth used his own power to match what took all the other gods combined to achieve.

As a result, now two fateless beings walked their world.

"Well, enough with the dramatics. I know you are secretly very happy with this development, you chaos-loving brat."

"...Is the jig up?"

*Sigh*

The admin held his head in frustration. Out of all the gods, he was the most difficult to deal with.

'Now that I think about it, Xavier is also somewhat like this…'

He sighed again, hoping that their world does not fall to shambles once again.

"Look, I don't care much what you do, but we can't afford another transmigrator or regressor. Both are very heavy in terms of casualty.

This is the last chance we have against the cultivation world. If this fails, we'd have to say goodbye to both our dignity and divinity."

"Don't worry, I trust that both of them will be able to achieve something. In our previous attempts, we had half-assed fateless beings, but now, we have two capable people completely fateless.

These two are completely capable of changing fate."

Azaleth said all this with complete faith and belief, making the admin trust him a bit. While Azaleth was a Chaos God, he was also one of the most knowledgeable in terms of fate, as it is closely related to his main concept.

"I have given them their tools, now it's up to them. I'll take my leave."

The admin got up and faded into nothingness. Azaleth looked on and smiled,

"I'll see you later, @&£&£)#"

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"...ugh. The main body now feels unfamiliar. What a shitty feeling…"

Xavier woke up with numbness throughout his whole body, lying on the same teleportation circle that transported him into the trials. He looked around and saw that the symbols he had drawn had disappeared.

'How much time has passed?'

He got up with a bit of difficulty and touched a piece of soot lying around. He noticed that it was still warm.

'It must've been no more than a few minutes, maybe it's the exact moment I went inside.

At this point, time dilation doesn't even surprise me…'

Xavier took a deep breath as he recalled his decade long struggle in the trials. Even though he was already old mentally, this trial aged him even more.

'Am I around 90 now? Damn, I'm an old fossil in a child-like body.'

Xavier sat down and contemplated the trials he just went through.

'The maze, the trial of the mind.

The levels, the trial of strength.

The fateless, the trial of destiny.

Never have I ever gone through such thorough trials. They have given me much more than its rewards, they gave me a satisfying end to my previous life.

I never thought that one day I'd be able to complete the Supreme Demonic Arts and reach the Weapon Manifestation stage. Even though I have destroyed my current mastery, the insights of being in that realm are there, and enough for me to grow.

The rewards are just a bonus.'

Xavier, remembering Seraphina's words to check out the status Screen, called upon his mind to summon that screen. Surprisingly to him, he instinctively knew how to do that.

'Status.'

Suddenly, a blue screen of familiar format appeared before him.

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[Name]: Xavier

[Rank]: Uninitiated

[Physical Age]: 8

[Mental Age]: 94

[Innate Gift]:-

Primordial Devourer Physique:-

Modeled after the great primordial, the Void Eater, this physique grants immense prowess, rapid regeneration, and the power to absorb and harness traits from any consumed magical source.

Limitations: Desensitizes the physique holder to all sorts of mana and energy not obtained through consumption.

Celestial Mind:-

A mutation of the human brain, the possessor of the Celestial Mind will hold an extreme affinity to all forms of energy, a remarkable sensitivity to the world and environment and an inexhaustible, tireless mind.

Limitation: Weakens the rest of the physical body of the possessor and makes all the forms of energy poison to them except for their mana veins.

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