His fingers stilled.
“I mean, I inherited seeds just from that showdown with a corrupted god bearing the Elemental and Corruption Concepts. And Malakar’s fought worse if my hunches are right. So why doesn’t he have any?”
Mearie smiled. It wasn’t condescending—it was proud.
“There it is,” she murmured.
Luminara rested her cheek on one hand, eyes glowing softly. “You’re almost right, but not quite,” she said gently. “As we said before, Malakar does have divine seeds. Most of us Primordials have them.”
Quinlan blinked. “… Then?”
She nodded. “He has many, in fact. He’s fought gods, slain corrupted demigods, and stood amidst collapsed domains. Seeds cling to souls like that. And his soul has drawn them in.”
“But they’re dormant,” Mearie added with a troubled expression. “Trapped. Useless.”
Quinlan forruwed his brows. “Why?”
“Because his soul was never meant to nurture them. It lacks the structure… the resonance. You need a certain kind of soul realm to house seeds properly so that you have the ability to nurture them into concepts. Malakar can gather all the seeds he wants, but they’ll just sit there, inert. Echoes of what could have been.”
Mearie set down her glass. “And no matter how strong he becomes, no matter how perfect his understanding of their concept, that will never change.”
“…Why?”
“Because primordials, darling, are limited by design. The High Gods created our kind, flesh and will forged with divine fire, to populate new worlds. To guide early life, to inspire myth. But not to surpass them.”
Luminara’s smile was sadder now, more distant. “So they bound us. We don’t awaken concepts. We’re born with our potential already shaped: mighty enough to instill fear into all but the true rulers of the universe, locked by our Primordial Classes.”
“The moment a primordial is born, their available path to power is already determined. No concepts. No seed awakening. No ascent to godhood.”
Quinlan’s breath caught.
His heart skipped a beat.
His mind reeled.
“…But I…” he murmured, gaze falling to the rim of his untouched glass. “I have two Primordial Classes…”
“Yes,” Luminara said, her voice nearly a whisper.
“And I… can house divine seeds. Which means…”
He looked up slowly, his eyes searching theirs.
“I’m… not bound by the same rules?”
The silence that followed felt quieter than ever.
Then both women nodded in perfect unison.
Mearie smiled wide this time, openly radiant. “That’s right.”
“We honestly got no clue,” Luminara chirped innocently while shrugging her shoulders before brimming with joy as she declared, “You’re our handsome little anomaly. We’ve decided to settle for that explanation.”
“Our miracle,” Mearie whispered in agreement. “The one none of the gods could predict.”
Their voices were soft and proud, yet Quinlan could feel the weight behind the words.
He’d already known it for some time, but the more he learned, the clearer it became: he was something that wasn’t meant to exist. Not like he is right now.
And now… the universe and its inhabitants would have to deal with it. Because he sure as hell won’t be saying no to becoming stronger using any method available to him.
“So… Serika and Feng… ladies…” Luminara sing-songed, dragging out their names with honeyed mischief, her sly grin all but glowing in the ominous illumination present in the vampire palace. “I’m happy to see you enjoying your wine and our company, but… don’t you notice something?”
Both Serika and Feng blinked, momentarily thrown off. They glanced around the luxurious room, puzzled.
“Notice what?” Feng asked cautiously.
“Not out there, girls. In here,” Mearie said as she tapped the side of her head, wearing that same amused smirk as Luminara.
“You’re from the world of cultivation,” she explained smoothly, swirling her wine before taking a happy sip. “And from what I gathered, Quinnie’s newly formed soul realm didn’t have the universal systems implemented properly just yet. No synchronization, no interface. Maybe it’s just a matter of time, but who knows… As Lumi said, we’ve decided to settle for him being our little anomaly; trying to understand everything about Quinnie is just going to give us chronic migraines.”
Luminara nodded along, clearly enjoying the teasing they could dish out on the two girls. “But ever since you arrived here… well, some adjustments should have most certainly occurred. You are in a system-bound realm now, after all. Qi and cultivation aren’t exactly compatible with the world of mana and levels~”
Serika frowned, her brows knitting. Feng looked even more skeptical, the expression on her face landing somewhere between “you’re joking” and “are you insane like your overly arrogant son, Mothers?”
“What are you talking about?” Feng asked flatly, not enjoying the feeling of suspense in the air.
“You’ll see~” Mearie purred.
Quinlan decided to intervene, suppressing a chuckle. His mothers were way too amused at the expense of the two newcomers.
“Look inside with your mind. You should’ve gotten system notifications. Maybe they were muted… or maybe you just ignored them by accident.”
Feng stared at him like he’d grown a second head. “You’re telling me there are ‘notifications’ in my brain?”
“I know it sounds insane,” Quinlan admitted, raising both palms in peace, “but we live in one hell of an insane realm of existence, so just try. Focus inwardly. Think about yourself like you would if you were trying to sense your meridians… except instead of qi flow, search for a system prompt.”
Feng narrowed her eyes, clearly debating whether or not this was some elaborate prank he was playing on him together with his mothers.
But then…
“Ah!” Serika suddenly cried out, eyes wide in shock.
“I… I got a class! And there are so many level-up notifications!”
Feng’s face dropped as she turned inward with urgency, her wine forgotten.
Quinlan leaned back, savoring the moment as a slow grin spread across his face.
He already knew the answer.
Since the moment they stepped into his world.
It was time to see what boons the pair of cultivator ladies would receive upon entry into the vast universe!
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