The moment Lord Vex's Realm Core fused with Zephyr's Dominion, something clicked deep in the System's framework.
> [You have triggered a hidden System Threshold]
Requirement Met: First PvP Zone Conquered within 3 Minutes
Unlocking: SYSTEM MALL (GLITCH VARIANT)
> Status: [Hacked Access Granted]
Currency: Loot Points (LP), Glitch Tokens, Sovereign Credits
A massive UI interface unfolded before Zephyr like a cathedral of light and code.
—[SYSTEM MALL: WELCOME, GLITCH USER]—
> Recommended Deals (1/3 glitch-injected):
[Divine-Class Summon Ticket – "Retired War God"] – 999 LP
[Map Patch: Enable Dimensional Overlap Portals] – 1200 LP
[Broken Divinity Core: Still Beats Most] – 888 LP
> Limited-Time Glitch Deal: Get 1 Extra God for Every Purchase Over 1000 LP
Zephyr's eyes twinkled. He had over 7,000 LP from all the loot, PvP bonuses, and Sovereign-class glitches.
"System, buy the war god."
> [Processing… Error Injected… Purchase Successful Anyway.]
Item Summoned: Divine-Class Combatant – "General Xuan Wu, the Retired Tyrant of Ten Heavens"]
A spatial crack opened in front of him, and from it emerged a towering figure armored in fractured starlight, his beard woven with runes, and his weapon—an obsidian halberd—crackling with divine law.
> [Xuan Wu – Divine-Class Ally]
Specialty: Domain Domination
Skill: 'Heaven Suppresses All'
Status: Mildly Bored, Extremely Violent
"You called, little Lord?" the deity said with a sigh, "...or do you need someone erased from existence again?"
Zephyr grinned. "You're just in time for expansion."
He turned back to the map interface. A new region had appeared—Fragmented World Cluster [Zone BETA_Null], only available to Lords who'd unlocked the System Mall (Glitched). According to the description:
> "Each Fragmented World contains at least one Divine-Class enemy, 3x loot rate, and a secret related to the origin of the Glitch itself."
Zephyr selected it without hesitation.
> [Warp Gate Constructed – ETA: 3 hours]
Mission: Clear 1st Fragmented World within 24 hours to unlock "God Merge Protocol Alpha."
"God merge?" Zephyr asked aloud. "We're fusing gods now?"
Xuan Wu shrugged. "Wouldn't be the first time I fused with a river to beat a star dragon."
As the new divine general walked off to train the Mana-Warped Golems in battle formations, Zephyr's System pinged again.
> [New Side Quest: Outfit Your Divine Ally – Reward: Legendary Bonding Protocol]
He tapped the mall interface again. With this much LP, he wasn't just buying gear—he was rewriting destiny.