Defiance of the Fall Chapter 1423

Transcendent overseers observed Zac surviving the Extremity Lightning Tribulation, subtly aiding his recovery while debating his worthiness and manipulating events for a second trial in thirty-three days. Zac refined his damaged core pieces with treasures and purified Shards of Creation, integrating them over weeks into a transitional Peak D-grade state amid an unnaturally stable subspace. Consulting Esmeralda and Ogras yielded no answers to the anomaly, leaving him stalled at the final compression step. As ominous portents mounted, his Duplicity Core slammed shut despite his protests.