Chapter 1: The Day the Sky Cracked
The academy courtyard echoed with laughter—not the joyful kind, but the cruel, mocking kind that only bullies could perfect.
"Still hiding behind that dusty book, Luo Shen?" one of the older students jeered, kicking over the thin boy's small backpack. "Studying won't save you when the real world hits."
Luo Shen didn't respond. He simply bent down, quietly picking up his scattered notes and worn notebook. His body was thin, his frame weak, and his eyes... empty. As if life had already chewed him up and spit him back out.
Another shove sent him sprawling to the ground. Laughter rang louder.
"Is he mute now?"
"No, just spineless."
"Maybe he's praying for a miracle system—hah! As if a trash like him could awaken anything."
Luo Shen lay still for a moment, staring at the sky. It was a beautiful shade of blue—calm, distant, indifferent.
But not for long.
It happened just after noon.
The sky cracked.
Not figuratively. Literally.
A jagged, thunderless tear opened in the clouds, like someone had slashed through the heavens with a blade forged from nightmares. Purple lightning pulsed through the rip, and beyond it—darkness. Moving, breathing darkness.
Then came the sound.
A chorus of roars. Screeches. The shriek of something ancient and hungry. And then... they fell.
Monsters.
Dragons.
Beasts of scale, shadow, and flame.
Abyss Portals, they would be called later. The gates to another dimension. The beginning of Earth's collapse.
Screams erupted. Students fled in every direction. A massive creature—like a spider fused with a bear, its eyes glowing red—landed on the academy's central tower and crushed it effortlessly. Dust exploded outward.
Luo Shen barely managed to pull himself to his feet. He wasn't thinking. He was just moving.
"Shen!"
He turned at the familiar voice.
A small girl, no older than ten, stood frozen near the courtyard gates. Her long black hair whipped in the wind, eyes wide with terror. It was his little sister—Lian Shen.
A beast—winged, serpent-like, and hissing—was diving toward her.
"No…" he whispered. His feet moved on instinct.
He ran.
Time slowed.
In that moment, when death reached out to claim them both—something inside him broke.
Or perhaps, something awoke.
[ SYSTEM BOOTING… ]
[ Welcome, Host: Luo Shen ]
[ Activating: Chaos Infinity God System ]
[ Authority: EXCLUSIVE — ERROR: No equivalent system detected across dimensions ]
[ Status: Bound Permanently ]
[ Initial Gift: Infinity Core (Locked) | Chaos Mind (Activated) | System Space Online ]
[ Shop • Inventory • Beast Codex • Skill Archive • Reality Editor ]
[ Current Level: 0 | Power Access: 0.00001% Unlocked ]
His eyes widened. Not from fear—but clarity.
The air shifted around him. His breath slowed. And when he reached out his hand…
Time bent.
The diving beast stopped midair—like reality itself had hesitated.
A black thread of chaotic energy lashed forward from Luo Shen's palm and struck the monster squarely in its core. It didn't explode. It simply... unraveled. Like its very existence had been denied.
The ashes of its form scattered before they could touch his sister.
"L-Lian," he knelt beside her, brushing her hair back gently. "It's okay. I'm here."
She blinked up at him, trembling.
"...Brother?"
He smiled faintly. "Close your eyes. Don't look."
Behind him, five of the academy's bullies—yes, the same ones who mocked him earlier—stood frozen, their faces pale.
"You… y-you did that?" one stammered.
Luo Shen turned, his eyes glowing faintly silver, veined with shifting patterns of chaos.
"Don't worry," he said softly. "I'm still weak. Remember?"
They tried to run.
He didn't stop them—not physically.
Instead, with a flick of his fingers, gravity reversed for just three seconds beneath their feet. They rose into the air, screaming—and dropped hard, face-first, into the courtyard dirt.
Bruised. Humiliated. But alive.
One even wet himself.
Luo Shen walked past them without another word. In his mind, system notifications continued to hum.
[ New Feature Unlocked: Chaos Inventory ]
[ New Item Added: Beginner System Cloak – Concealment Grade S ]
[ Discount Bonus: All System Shop Prices Reduced by 99.9% (Admin Privilege) ]
He wrapped his sister in his arms, his cloak materializing around them both in a flicker of shifting light.
Above them, the world was ending.
And no one—not even the gods beyond the abyss—knew that their greatest threat had just awakened… and chose to remain hidden.
Chapter 1 (Part 2): Hidden God, Silent Rise
The world burned.
Cities crumbled under claws and fire. Satellites failed. Power grids collapsed. Governments fell into chaos. In less than twenty-four hours, nearly a third of Earth's population vanished.
But in the ruins of a broken academy, Luo Shen stood quietly beneath the blackening sky, watching through the veil of his System Cloak. His sister lay asleep in his arms—he had forced her to rest with a minor temporal pulse from the system.
She didn't need to see this.
She didn't need to know what he truly was. Not yet.
[ Warning: Global Threat Level — Abyssal Class Invasion Detected ]
[ System Update: You are the sole Chaos Infinity Holder across all known worlds. ]
[ Your existence is now a multiversal anomaly. All traces of your presence are hidden by the cloak of Infinity. ]
He could still hear distant cries, still feel the pressure of monsters slamming into concrete and metal.
But none of them were close. Not anymore.
He had already moved them—teleported both himself and his sister several kilometers away from the main campus. A forest clearing near the mountains, marked as one of the "Safe Zones" in the [ System World Map ].
[ Safe Zone: Temporarily shielded from high-tier dimensional interference. ]
[ Suggestion: Begin resource gathering. Unlock starter skills. Survey awakened humans nearby. ]
Luo Shen ignored the system voice for now.
Instead, he opened his System Space for the first time.
[ System Space – Chaos Infinity Core ]
The void inside was vast—starless, quiet, endless. But it wasn't empty.
Structures began forming the moment he focused.
A [ Shop Terminal ] floated into view, shining gold and black. A [ Training Domain ] pulsed in the distance like a giant stone temple suspended in space. A shimmering [ Library Sphere ] filled with locked skills and knowledge rotated slowly near a blank pedestal labeled: "Reality Editor – Access Denied."
Then, thousands—no, millions—of item icons lit up around him.
Weapons. Potions. Armor. Battle scrolls. Spirit Beast Eggs. Dungeon keys. Bloodlines. Race evolutions.
And all of them had prices slashed by 99.9%.
A legendary blade that normally cost 10,000,000 system points? Now just 10,000.
A high-tier Divine-Class cultivation method? Just 2,000.
He could buy enough power to destroy a city for the cost of a cup of tea.
[ You now have 500 starter points. ]
[ Shop discount active: Chaos Administrator Bonus Tier ]
[ Recommended Purchases Available. ]
He selected five:
Silent Steps (Movement Skill – Epic Tier): Lets him move without sound or presence.
Beginner Combat Module (Passive): Instantly uploads basic martial arts and weapons knowledge.
Void Storage Expansion: Adds 10,000 item slots.
Shadow Needle (Concealed Attack Skill): Releases a trace of chaotic energy to paralyze targets.
Beast Codex Key: Unlocks the bestiary and taming interface.
[ Purchases complete. Remaining Points: 75 ]
He smirked faintly.
"Overpowered isn't even the right word."
Still, he didn't feel invincible. Not yet. This power wasn't something to flaunt. Not in front of the world. Not while she still needed him to just be her brother.
Hours passed. Night fell. The stars didn't shine the same.
All over the world, humans began to awaken.
Systems.
Skills.
Some gained fire. Others summoned blades. Some tamed elemental beasts or bonded with weapons from the Abyss Portals.
Survivors turned into hunters.
The world began to fight back—but most people barely understood what was happening. Civilization hadn't collapsed yet, but it had cracked.
And out of the chaos... new legends would rise.
Back in the forest clearing, Lian Shen stirred.
The little girl opened her eyes slowly, blinking up at her brother. She rubbed her eyes, confused.
"Brother...? Where… where are we?"
"Away," he said softly, brushing her hair back. "We're safe."
She looked around, clutching his cloak. "...I had a dream. The sky broke open. Monsters came."
"It wasn't a dream," he said gently. "But I'm here. You don't have to be afraid."
Her expression shifted, fear turning into something else. Resolve.
"But I want to protect you too."
Before he could respond, something strange happened.
[ Host: Lian Shen ]
[ System Awakening Detected — Compatibility: ??? ]
[ Soul Trait Identified: Purity + Unyielding Spirit ]
[ Synchronizing… ]
[ SYSTEM ACQUIRED: Seraphic Ascension ]
[ Rank: Unclassified | Grade: ??? | Evolution Potential: Unlimited ]
[ Starting Class: Celestial Shepherd ]
[ Starting Companion: Unknown Egg (??? Rank) — Bonded Permanently ]
Luo Shen's eyes widened.
He hadn't touched her system. This was her own awakening—naturally triggered by survival instincts, spirit strength, or fate. But the system itself…
It was unlike anything he'd seen before.
Golden light wrapped around her body. Her palm glowed with a radiant glyph—angelic wings encircling a spear. A soft hum of holy energy filled the air.
And at her side… a faint glowing egg materialized. White and silver, with cracks of blue lightning pulsing across its shell.
She gasped and touched it.
"It's warm…"
[ Beast Egg Acquired: Origin-Class – Name Unknown ]
[ Estimated Hatch Time: 24 Hours ]
[ Species: ??? | Potential: Beyond Mythic ]
[ Warning: Bond cannot be broken. Growth linked to emotional state. ]
Luo Shen said nothing.
Inside, his system scanned everything—already evaluating her system, comparing values, estimating growth curves.
She had awakened something ancient. Something long-lost.
Maybe… she was meant to rise too.
He stood up slowly, gazing into the trees.
He could sense movement nearby. Other survivors. Some would awaken weak skills. Some might form alliances. Others might hunt out of fear.
Soon, governments would reestablish order.
Cities would rebuild into fortress zones.
The age of modern Earth was ending.
A new world had already begun.
But in that world… only monsters, gods, or fools revealed their true power too early.
Luo Shen, bearer of the Chaos Infinity System, smiled quietly as he stepped forward into the shadows.
Let them all rise.
Let heroes be born.
Let tyrants make names for themselves.
He would remain hidden.
Watching.
Preparing.
Because when the true end arrived… they would all learn:
The one who hid in silence was already stronger than every god.