When Time Bled
Time didn't just pause
It bled
The sky leaked fragments of past events
Memories that didn't belong to anyone rained down like ash
A child crying for a mother he never had
A sword that broke before it was forged
A battle that hadn't happened yet
Kael stood at the center of it all
Unmoving
Eyes half-lidded
Blood dripping from his nose
The Sovereign Breathing Technique wasn't free
Especially not Form 3
His body was unraveling slowly
Not just physically
But causally
His presence began to flicker
First he was nineteen
Then seventeen
Then twenty-five
The disciples watching didn't understand what they were seeing
But they all felt it
Kael wasn't bound to a single moment anymore
Then someone stepped forward
Not from the sky
Not from the temple
From within the light
A silhouette
Wrapped in gold and void
No aura
No breath
But every law bent toward him
He spoke calmly
Like a father scolding a son
"Child You have walked too far into the axis You will not return as yourself"
Kael looked up
"Then maybe I'll return as something better"
The figure moved
Not fast
Just final
One hand raised
Reality peeled open like paper
And he reached for Kael's heart
But Kael was already gone
Behind the man
Breathing slow
Whispering
"Your hand was late"
His elbow cracked into the man's back
And that divine figure
That impossible being
Coughed blood
A God-tier existence
Bleeding from a mortal
Kael stumbled after the hit
Vision blurring
But he didn't fall
He exhaled again
A short sharp breath
A time fracture sliced the figure's leg
The system screen glitched
[Unknown Interference Detected]
[Authority Override: Breath-Class Anomaly]
Kael smiled through blood
"When time bleeds I breathe deeper"