_Transcendent

A recurring dream from a fateful night haunts Varian. 

With a past he couldn't forgive himself for and a future he abandoned, his life in the present is in tatters.

But when you're alive, there's hope. 

The hope comes one day in an unexpected form. 

The painful past, the meaningless dream and the unexpected way forward force him to make a choice.

Stay broken and remain in the sorrow of the past he couldn't change. 

Or. 

Pick himself back together and try for one last time, to find the truth about his own dream and its connection to his unforgivable past, all in the hopes of forgiveness of himself, by himself. 

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Divine Path System

Varian tried to calm his racing heart and assess the situation.

There was a small but important detail that caught his eye.

'The marking!' Varian glanced at the corpses of the clones.

All of them had three strange tattoos on their forehead—the sign of a Level 9. Plus, there was a star symbol as well. It was the unique mark of an Abyss Ruler — the equivalent of a Sovereign.

He turned his gaze back to the Abyssal that stepped into the spaceship and observed its surroundings.

Varian's eyes narrowed as he observed the Abyssal's forehead.

There was no Abyssal without a marking. Till date, not a single such Abyssal was found.

Even baby abyssals that were yet to reach level 1 would have a faint mark on their chin.

"Hey ghost, what's his original strength?" Varian asked in his mind.

The ghost's voice was incredibly low as it answered "L.. level 7 peak."

An Unbeatable Foe