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title: "Chapter 260: Miracle"
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slug: "ch-260"
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novel: "Dimensional Keeper: All My Skills Are at Level 100"
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number: 260
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likes: 0
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wordCount: 1267
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createdAt: "2026-04-13"
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---
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Max's eyes gleamed with interest. "What opportunity?"
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The spirit chuckled, but there was a knowing edge to its amusement. "Sadly… I 'can't' tell you."
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Max's expression darkened slightly. "Why not?"
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The spirit's grin widened. "Because your strength is too weak to even 'participate' in that opportunity."
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Max clenched his jaw slightly, but before he could speak, the spirit continued.
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"When you reach the peak of Seeker Rank, return to the seventh floor," it said. "Only then will I reveal what awaits you. Until that day… strive to become stronger."
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Max exhaled slowly.
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Something even beyond an inheritance. Something so significant that the spirit itself wouldn't even disclose it to him at his current level.
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It only reaffirmed what he already knew—
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'Strength is everything. I guess I have no choice but to wait…' he thought, though the idea of being kept in the dark bothered him.
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Shaking those thoughts away, he turned back to the spirit. "So, about the first opportunity—the one where I receive the inheritance of my bloodline. I can get that now, right?"
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The spirit nodded. "You can," it confirmed, raising a spectral hand to point at the pillar in the center of the hall. "Just place your hand on it."
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Max turned to look at the pillar.
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It was simple, unassuming—just a stone construct with a faint glow surrounding it. But on its surface, right at the center, was a handprint mark.
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Without hesitation, Max stepped forward.
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His fingers hovered over the mark for a brief second before he pressed his palm against it.
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The moment he did—
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His bloodline activated automatically.
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A surge of power coursed through him, but before he could even process what was happening, his vision shattered like glass.
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The world around him was ripped away, consumed by absolute darkness.
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And then—
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He wasn't alone anymore.
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Standing in the middle of the void was a dragon.
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A massive, overwhelming existence that made everything else insignificant.
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Its body stretched into the darkness, its form almost impossible to fully comprehend. But its eyes…
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Cold. Empty. Eternal.
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Staring into them felt like looking directly into the abyss itself.
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Max felt small.
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No—he felt like an ant before this creature. A speck of dust in the presence of something primordial.
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And then—𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
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ROAAARRR!
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A deafening roar shook the void, making Max's entire existence tremble.
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Before he could react, before he could even think, the dragon lunged forward—
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And swallowed him whole.
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Gasps!
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Max's chest heaved as he took deep, staggering breaths, his mind reeling from what had just happened.
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He was back inside the Inheritance Tower, his hand still pressed against the stone pillar. But something was wrong.
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His body—
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It was overflowing with black flames.
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Dark, searing fire surged from his skin, coiling around him like a living entity. The sheer heat made the air around him distort, yet he felt no pain. Instead, he felt… power.
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Then—
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The flames reached their apex.
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And in that very instant—
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The entire Inheritance Tower began to glow.
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But it wasn't black flames that consumed it.
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It was a gentle white glow—a radiant light that spread from the tower outward, covering the entire City of Dark Heaven.
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Outside the Tower…
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Every single member of the Black Lotus Guild—those who possessed the Black Dragon Chaotic Bloodline, a bloodline inherited through the Inheritance Tower—felt it.
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One after another, their bodies began to glow, enveloped in the same soft white radiance.
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At first, they were confused.
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Then—
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Shock.
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Fear.
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Excitement.
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"What's happening?!"
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"What's going on?! My bloodline—it's going crazy!"
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"Yeah! Mine too! This has never happened before!"
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And then—
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A sudden realization spread through them all at once.
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"Wait… my bloodline— 'it's getting stronger!'"
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"Mine too!"
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"How is this possible?! How could our bloodline suddenly start evolving?!"
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Those with black flames felt their abilities enhancing.
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Those with bloodline-based physical enhancements felt their strength and speed skyrocket.
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Those with Black Lotus techniques suddenly found their techniques refining themselves, becoming more potent than ever before.
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This wasn't just a power-up.
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This was a full-scale bloodline evolution.
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Something that had never happened before in the entire history of the Black Lotus Guild.
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And the most terrifying part?
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It wasn't just them.
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The Old Saintess and Klaus were no exception.
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Their bodies, too, were bathed in the same gentle white glow, a sensation unlike anything they had ever felt before.
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Klaus, normally composed, trembled as he felt the changes within him. His Black Dragon Chaotic Bloodline—the same bloodline he had cultivated for centuries—was undergoing a fundamental transformation.
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"This… this is impossible…" he muttered, his voice unsteady. His hands shook, his entire being overwhelmed by what was happening inside him. "'My bloodline… it's evolving… to the rank of a Saintess…?'"
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His breath came in shallow bursts.
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He had lived for so many years, and yet—never had he felt this level of pure, unfiltered shock.
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Bloodline evolution had always been considered a myth—a fairy tale whispered among the old scholars, an impossibility in the rigid structure of Acaris's natural laws. Yet, right now—it was happening.
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And not just to him.
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The Old Saintess closed her eyes briefly, immersing herself in the sensation of change coursing through her veins. But the moment she fully grasped what was happening—
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Her eyes snapped open, widening in sheer disbelief.
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"'My bloodline… it's transforming into that of a Progenitor…?'" she muttered.
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She took a step back, stunned. Even with her ten thousand years of experience, her knowledge of history, her understanding of bloodlines—
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She had never, not once—heard of a phenomenon like this.
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An evolution of all bloodlines within an entire guild?
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Not just one or two individuals, but every single member experiencing an instantaneous jump to the next level of their bloodline's potential?
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It defied everything she had known. Everything she had ever believed possible.
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For the first time in thousands of years, the Old Saintess laughed wryly, shaking her head.
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"Originally, we wanted Max to gain the inheritance, so that his power could strengthen the existing bloodline of our guild members."
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She paused, looking around, seeing the countless glowing figures, the rising energy, the sheer magnitude of what was happening.
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"But who would have thought…" she murmured, her voice filled with awe.
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"'That Max's bloodline is so strong—so unbelievable—that it wouldn't just strengthen our bloodline…'"
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Her lips curled into an incredulous smile.
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"'It would evolve every single one of us to the next stage.'"
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She let out a breathless laugh.
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"If this isn't a miracle…"
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She glanced at the tower, still glowing, radiating a power unseen in the history of the Black Lotus Guild.
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"Then tell me—what is?"
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As all of this unfolded outside, Max felt something shifting deep within him.
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A strange, unexplainable sensation surged through his core, something constructing itself inside him.
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He instinctively closed his eyes, focusing inward.
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And then—
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He saw it.
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A dragon.
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A black dragon, its body immense and coiling, moving slowly around his golden core—not as a beast, but as a guardian.
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The sight sent a wave of understanding through Max's mind. It wasn't just some illusion or manifestation—this dragon was part of him.
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And then—
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A flood of information poured into his mind.
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His bloodline had granted him something new—an Inheritance Ability tied directly to his Black Dragon Bloodline.
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The name appeared in his thoughts as though it had always been there—
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[Dragon Scales Transformation]
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The knowledge of its effects was immediate.
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—An ability to coat his body in dragon scales, enhancing his defense and strength to an unimaginable degree.
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Max's eyes snapped open.
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The black flames around him were still raging, but now, his body felt different.
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Stronger. |