š Chapter 10: The Omnivault Architect
š Space Between Realms ā The Memory Abyss
A rift tore through the sky above Douluo, though no mortal could see it. Within that rift, time did not flow. Memory, fate, and narrative all bled into one another like tangled string.
A single throne floated at the center, built from the corpses of timelines and the broken dreams of protagonists who failed their System quests.
Upon it sat a man cloaked in white and black codeāhis face a shifting blur of every protagonist archetype.
[Codename: The Omnivault Architect]
⤠Tier: āā° (Beyond Divine)
⤠Authority: Origin Code ā Prime Editor of All System Interfaces
⤠Passive Skill: [Retcon Sovereignty] ā Retells pasts to change the present.
⤠Weapon: The Pen of Reversal ā Each stroke overwrites a destiny.
System Broadcast ā Global Override Initiated
"Designated 'Echoblade Pact' deemed a threat to the Absolute Narrative Loop. Commencing Worldstream Compression Protocol."
šļø Spirit Hall ā Skyforge Arena
Qian Tian and Qian Renxue stood in the inner sanctum, forging the [Divine Pact Seal] with the help of Yuehua's Moonblade soul resonance.
Suddenly, the sky fractured. Not crackedārewritten.
Qian Tian's status bar glitched.
System Error: Unauthorized Override Detected. Primary System Access Temporarily Disabled.
Qian Renxue gasped as a ghostly image formed in the airāherself, older, bloodstained, and kneeling beside a broken world tree.
"ā¦That's not my future," she whispered.
Qian Tian clenched his fist.
"It's not ours."
A glowing quill the size of a mountain floated above the continent. With each stroke it made across the sky, people forgot their names, destinies warped, and system bearers began turning feralālike corrupted NPCs breaking script.
š Star Dou Great Forest ā The Divine Beast Awakens
Far beneath the ancient roots, something stirred. Something old.
Entity Awakening: Azure Sky Devourer ā Former Guardian of the Omnistream.
⤠Title: Worldline Dragon
⤠Status: Sealed for violating the System Architect Treaty
⤠Attunement: Neutral Chaos
Its voice echoed in every beast's mind.
"Balance has been shattered. The Editor has come. Yet one sparkāone variableāstill holds the power to challenge the Source."
The dragon turned its gaze toward Qian Tian.
"Break your fate... or burn within it."
š„ Tang San's Camp ā Temporal Bastion
The Chrono Lotus glowed wildly. Tang San gripped a memory thread, watching as the Architect's rewrite attempts failed around him.
Chrono Shelter Activated ā Local Timeline Frozen
⤠Immunity to Rewrites: 24 hours
He looked toward Dai Mubai, who'd now begun glowing with a second mutationāhis White Tiger had evolved into a [Celestial Tiger Emperor], infused by Qian Tian's lingering divine aura.
Tang San spoke calmly, "If we're fighting the Architect⦠we don't need just power."
He summoned a fragment of ancient jadeāone imbued with Old Douluo God Scripts.
"We need originality. Stories that even the Architect cannot predict."
āļø The First Clash ā Timeline Graveyard
Qian Tian, Yuehua, Renxue, and two newly joined spirit masters (a Time-Smith and a Forgotten Sect Shadow Monk) stood before a crumbling realmāa place made of failed system timelines.
There, they faced an Editor-Wraith, an avatar of the Omnivault Architect, wielding a sword that could delete souls from memory.
The fight was chaos incarnateāeach cut of the Wraith's blade erased a technique from history, while Qian Tian's halberd now shone with Frostfire Absolute Rejection, a passive that denied edits to any space it touched.
Yuehua activated her Lunar Reversal Danceārewinding a single moment in combat, creating a deadly counter-loop.
Renxue's Solar Crown Phoenix howledārevealing a new ability:
š„ Eclipse Rebirth Flame ā Cancels all cooldowns for 10 seconds and resurrects any fallen ally at half-power, once per day.
Together, they shattered the Wraith. But the cost was clear.
System Alert:
⤠Omnivault Architect: Now aware of Host's resistance threshold.
⤠Releasing 10% Primary Avatar into Host World. Estimated Arrival: 7 Days.
š Post-Battle ā Edge of the Rewritten Sky
As the world trembled, Qian Tian sat alone, staring at a piece of script falling from the heavens.
It bore his name. His original one. From Earth.
He read the fragment aloud.
"The boy who read novels at midnight, who wished for power⦠now stands at the edge of authorship. Not a pawn. Not a player.
But the Pen."
A new quest emerged.
Main Questline Evolved: [Forge the Pen of Reclamation]
⤠Requires: Ink of Originality (found only in unaltered worlds)
⤠Objective: Challenge the Architect in the Library of Endings
⤠Reward: Rewrite Rights over your own existence.
Qian Tian stood up, golden light blazing behind his eyes.
"If you want to edit me, Architect⦠then bring your pen."
š End of Chapter 10
Next Time in Chapter 11: The Library of Endings
The Pact seeks out the Ink of Originality across forbidden realms.
Renxue begins recalling memories from the future Architect-written timeline.
Tang San crafts a blade from a paradox.
And Qian Tian finally opens the forbidden vault of Earth's memoriesāhis origin, his weakness⦠and a god-tier truth.