"Based on my examination," the lead researcher continued, "Yu Weiwei should have awakened as at least an A-Rank."
Caspian's pupils constricted.
Both of Yu Weiwei's fathers had stood at the very peak of the Empire.
One was an SS-Rank General with a telekinesis authority.
The other possessed an SS-Rank omniscient insight authority despite being a businessman.
With such bloodlines...
Yu Weiwei's chances of naturally awakening as an S-Rank were extraordinarily high.
"Investigate!" Caspian's furious roar shook the entire Judgment Hall.
"I want every person involved dragged before me!"
"Whoever dared tamper with a hero's child beneath my watch..."
"I will personally see them punished!"
The audience erupted.
"They murdered his future!"
"They wanted him dead before adulthood!"
"How vicious can they be?!"
"Yu Yuan deserves execution!"
"The entire second branch should be investigated!"
The hall dissolved into chaos.
Then—
Crack.
A sharp sound echoed throughout the chamber.
The arguments abruptly stopped.
Another crack followed.
Everyone instinctively turned toward the Truth Seer.
『Warning』
『Mental Sea Stability: 10%』
『Critical Condition』
Yu Weiwei's body trembled violently.
Fresh blood trickled from the corners of his eyes before flowing from his ears and nose.
"No!"
"The collapse is accelerating!"
"He can't hold on anymore!"
Several researchers rushed forward.
"The Truth Seer is withdrawing!"
"Disconnect him immediately!"
"It's too late!"
The crimson warnings covered the entire crystal.
『Mental Sea Stability: 5%』
『3%』
『1%』
Si Tian's expression changed for the first time.
"Weiwei!"
His voice rang across the hall.
But Yu Weiwei gave no response.
His eyes had long since lost focus.
Then—
『Mental Sea Stability: 0%』
『Mental Sea Collapsed』
BOOM!!
An invisible wave of spiritual energy erupted from the Truth Seer, forcing everyone to stagger backward.
"It..."
"It collapsed..."
A researcher stared blankly at the readings.
"His Mental Sea..."
"...has completely shattered."
Another scientist's face turned pale.
"No one survives a complete Mental Sea collapse."
"His consciousness should already be dissipating."
Silence.
Even the livestream comments stopped.
Inside the projection of his consciousness...
The endless Mental Sea had shattered into countless fragments, drifting silently through the void.
Yu Weiwei stood motionless at its center.
His vision blurred.
His thoughts became hazy.
For one brief moment...
The present and the past overlapped.
His eyes slowly swept across the shattered sea.
A look of dazed confusion crossed his face.
"...Again...?"
His voice was so soft that the silent Judgment Hall heard every syllable.
"...Why...?"
"It already... shattered once..."
His brows furrowed slightly as though he were trying to remember something.
"...Didn't I die...?" Yu Weiwei muttered in a low voice.
Silence.
The entire hall froze.
Even the livestream comments stopped.
Yu Weiwei remained still for another moment before his unfocused gaze gradually cleared.
"...No..."
"...This isn't then."
"This is now."
He slowly gathered the sparse spiritual energy and brought out a dazzling purple flower from his storage space.
Yu Weiwei used the spiritual power to extract the essence of the flower and it flowed into his mental sea.
Click.
The nearest fragment quivered before returning to its original position.
Then another.
And another.
Soon, countless fragments answered his call, returning one after another with astonishing precision.
Outside...
Not a single person spoke.
They had all heard his words.
"It already shattered once..."
No one understood what he meant.
But everyone reached the same horrifying conclusion.
This...
Had happened before.
Si Tian felt his heart clench painfully.
No wonder...
No wonder Yu Weiwei looked so calm.
No wonder every movement was so practiced.
He wasn't improvising.
He already knew exactly how to repair a shattered Mental Sea.
Just how many times...
Had he been forced to rebuild himself alone?
The thought sent an indescribable ache through his chest.
The livestream finally erupted.
[Again...?]
[What did he mean by 'it already shattered once'?]
[Has this happened before?!]
[Is no one going to talk about the flower he just pulled out?!]
[ Wait, if I remember correctly any device would be unusable under the Truth Seer to prevent escaping. Where did he get that storage device?!]
[That's true... Has the empire already created one that can withstand the Truth Seer.]
[That's strange, I have never heard of them developing any device...]
[That's not the main issue here! Yu Weiwei is repairing his mental core!!!]
[!!!]
The final fragment of Yu Weiwei's Mental Sea clicked into place.
Silence.
Utter silence.
The shattered sea that should never have been restored stretched endlessly once more, tranquil as though it had never broken.
"..."
"..."
"..."
No one spoke.
Not because they didn't want to.
But because they couldn't.
An old researcher stumbled backward, his lips trembling uncontrollably.
"...He..."
"...He repaired it."
Another researcher shook his head frantically.
"No..."
"That's impossible."
"A shattered Mental Sea cannot be repaired."
"It has never happened."
"It shouldn't be possible."
The chief researcher stared at the readings with bloodshot eyes.
"The records..."
"They've all changed..."
"The fractures are gone..."
"It has been completely restored."
"Not partially."
"Completely."
The Judgment Hall fell into chaos.
"How did he do it?!"
"Did anyone see what happened?"
"Is it some ancient secret technique?"
"What was that flower?"
"Where did it come from?!"
"No..."
"There isn't a single technique capable of accomplishing this!"
Even Emperor Caspian remained standing.
For the first time in years...
The Emperor was speechless.
The miracle unfolding before him had surpassed the Empire's understanding.
Si Tian's gaze never left Yu Weiwei.
His heart pounded violently.
He had witnessed Yu Weiwei calmly rebuild something that every awakened individual considered impossible.
No one...
No one should have been capable of doing that.
Then—
The restored Mental Sea trembled.
A soft ripple spread across its endless surface.
The researchers froze.
"W-What's happening now?"
"It isn't destabilizing..."
"It's..."
"...Growing."
The ripple became a wave.
The wave became a tide.
The tide became a storm.
An overwhelming pressure erupted from Yu Weiwei's body.
BOOM!!
A pillar of dazzling white light burst into the sky, piercing through the ceiling of the Judgment Hall and illuminating the heavens above the Imperial Capital.
The ancient runes covering the Truth Seer blazed one after another.
For the first time in thousands of years...
Every rune was activated.
The crystal vibrated violently.
Its ancient voice echoed throughout the Empire.
『Subject's Mental Sea has surpassed its previous limits.』
『Recalculating Rank...』
The pressure continued rising.
A-Rank.
S-Rank.
SS-Rank.
It didn't stop.
The crystal emitted a deafening hum.
Suddenly—
Yu Weiwei's raven-black hair began changing.
The color slowly drained away.
One strand.
Then another.
Until every lock had become as white as freshly fallen snow.
A faint silver radiance danced around him.
The surrounding space distorted.
Tiny cracks silently appeared in the air before disappearing an instant later.
The researchers' pupils shrank.
"Space distortion?"
"No..."
One elderly professor abruptly stood.
His voice trembled with disbelief.
"Not Space..."
"...Dimension."
The hall fell silent once more.
"Dimension Authority..."
One of the legendary Authorities recorded only in ancient archives.
An Authority capable of tearing through dimensions themselves.
Before anyone could recover...
Yu Weiwei slowly opened his eyes.
The black in his irises disappeared.
In its place bloomed a vibrant emerald green, filled with boundless vitality.
The moment those eyes opened—
The ornamental flowers decorating the Judgment Hall and the tiny seeds hidden between the gaps grew widely.
Vines spread across cracked marble.
Withered trees outside the palace regained their leaves.
The air itself became fresh.
Several wounded guards stared in disbelief as the cuts on their hands quietly closed.
"...Healing..."
"...Nature Authority!"
"He awakened two Authorities!"
A Dual Authority Awakener!
The hall erupted.
"Dimension Authority!"
"And Nature Authority!"
"Impossible!"
"No one has ever awakened such a combination!"
No one noticed...
Deep within the emerald of Yu Weiwei's eyes...
A faint bronze ring flickered for a brief moment.
It appeared then vanished without leaving a trace.
The Truth Seer's ancient voice rang out once more.
『Dimension Authority... Confirmed.』
『Nature Authority... Confirmed.』
The comments section exploded.
[HE HAS TWO ATTRIBUTES?!]
[NO WAY!!]
[Dimension AND Nature?! WHO DESIGNED THIS MAN?!]
[He's literally a walking disaster and hospital at the same time.]
[The Empire and other races are going to fight over recruiting him.]
[Recruit him? The Emperor is standing RIGHT THERE.]
Then—
Every rune on the Truth Seer shone with blinding brilliance.
『Final Rank Assessment...』
The crystal trembled.
Even the heavens seemed to fall silent.
Finally—
『SSS-Rank.』
BOOM!!
An invisible pressure swept across the entire Imperial Capital.
Countless awakened individuals instinctively looked toward the Judgment Hall.
Some even fell to one knee under the overwhelming aura.
Inside the hall...
No one moved.
No one spoke.
One researcher slowly collapsed to the floor.
"...SSS..."
"It..."
"It really exists..."
For three whole seconds...
The livestream froze.
Not because of the network.
Because no one typed.
Then—
It exploded.
[SSS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!]
[THE MACHINE BROKE!!]
[THE TRUTH SEER DOESN'T MAKE MISTAKES!!]
[WE JUST WITNESSED HISTORY!!]
[THE SECOND SSS-RANK!!!]
[General Yu Chen... President Lin Ze... can you see this...? Your son did it.]
[The people who ruined his life... I hope they're watching.]
[Yu Yuan... are you still breathing?]
[ Someone check on Yu Yuan.]
[I don't care anymore... I'm just crying.]