_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

The eighth stage's opponent was a dual awakener monster with both its paths being 6/6.

It was a plant as tall as an adult. It was a beautiful blue thing and looked perfectly normal until—

The room was flooded with water and the blue plant wriggled.

The plant morphed into a blue…fish?

Varian only had time to blink before he sidestepped. But it was still too late.

He was hit on the sides and was sent flying.

The next thing he knew, he crashed to a wall and broke a few bones as he coughed out blood.

The fishs's scream came again. But even with Varian's hyper vision, he couldn't see it.

Lightning wings appeared on Varian's back. With a flap, Varian flew into the air.

He spread his space sense and probed the water. It was unnaturally blue, perfectly blending with the fish's own color.

But thankfully, his space sense didn't depend on sight.

The Golden Room [4]: Eighth Stage