The Heroines Can Hear My and the Protagonist's Inner Voice!?

The Crown Trial chamber contained...

Nothing.

No treasure.

No weapon.

No Spirit Stones.

Only...

A throne.

Shen Tian stopped.

Rose looked around.

"That’s it?"

"Apparently."

The throne was black stone.

Simple.

No jewels.

No gold.

No decoration.

Shen Tian approached.

Then...

The moment he reached it...

An enormous pressure descended.

BOOOOOOM!

Rose dropped to one knee.

Her eyes widened.

Shen Tian remained standing.

Barely.

The floor cracked beneath him.

His green eyes sharpened.

Xu Ning appeared.

[Host.]

"What?"

[This is an authority trial.]

"Meaning?"

[The throne is trying to force you to kneel.]

Shen Tian stared.

Then...

Slowly smiled.

"Oh."

Rose struggled.

Her hands pressed against the floor.

The pressure wasn’t hurting her.

It was commanding.

A demand.

Submit.

Kneel.

Accept inferiority.

Shen Tian’s smile widened.

"Wrong person."

He stepped forward.

BOOM!

Pressure increased.

The chamber shook.

Rose looked up.

"Shen..."

He took another step.

BOOM!

His shoulders lowered slightly.

Then...

Straightened.

Sovereign Suppression activated.

Not against a person.

Against the trial itself.

Golden pressure exploded outward.

The room trembled.

Rose’s eyes widened.

The invisible authority clashed.

Ancient sovereign...

Against Shen Tian.

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

The throne cracked.

Shen Tian walked.

One step.

Another.

Another.

Until...

He stood directly before it.

The pressure became overwhelming.

His clothes whipped violently.

The stone floor cratered around his feet.

Rose could barely breathe.

Then...

Shen Tian reached forward.

Placed one hand on the throne.

And...

Pushed.

CRAAAAACK!

The throne split.

Rose’s mouth opened.

The ancient pressure disappeared instantly.

Silence.

Shen Tian looked at the broken throne.

Then...

"What?"

Rose stared.

"You..."

She pointed.

"You broke the trial."

Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.

"It tried to make me kneel."

"That was probably the test!"

"And?"

Rose opened her mouth.

Then...

Closed it.

He had a point.

In a ridiculous way.

A golden light emerged from the shattered throne.

Xu Ning’s system appeared.

Crown Trial Completed: Unorthodox Method

Result: Sovereign Will Recognized

Reward: Imperial Heart Fragment

Effect: Greatly strengthens willpower, resistance to mental suppression, command presence, and spiritual authority.

Shen Tian smiled.

"Useful."

Rose stared.

"You really get rewards for breaking things?"

"Apparently."

"Your life is ridiculous."

"You have no idea."

The Imperial Heart Fragment entered Shen Tian’s chest.

His entire aura changed.

Not cultivation.

Not Qi.

Presence.

When Shen Tian opened his eyes again...

Rose involuntarily became still.

His green eyes seemed sharper.

Deeper.

His posture hadn’t changed.

But...

The room suddenly felt like it belonged to him.

Not because he demanded it.

Because everything else seemed to naturally become secondary.

Rose’s heartbeat accelerated.

She stared.

Shen Tian noticed.

Again.

"Rose."

She blinked.

"What?"

"You’re staring."

Her face warmed.

"I know."

That answer surprised him.

Rose realized what she’d said.

Then...

She smiled faintly.

"I’m allowed to look."

Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.

"True."

That only made her cheeks warmer.

Damn him.

. . .

Meanwhile...

Inside the skull trial...

Lu Chen was suffering.

Badly.

The path of Death was exactly what Fate intended for him.

And exactly what someone with his history could survive.

But...

Surviving didn’t mean enjoying it.

The chamber forced him through memories.

Every person he’d killed.

Every operation.

Every civilian caught between mercenary factions.

Every subordinate who died following his command.

Every enemy begging.

Every friend bleeding out.

The illusions weren’t simple images.

They felt real.

Smelled real.

Sounded real.

Ghost and Bear had been separated from him.

Lu Chen walked alone.

Blood covered the floor.

Then...

A familiar voice.

"Commander."

He stopped.

One of his former Black Wolf members stood ahead.

Dead three years.

Lu Chen’s expression changed.

"You aren’t real."

The man smiled.

"You told my wife you’d bring me home."

Lu Chen stared.

"You died before extraction."

"You promised."

"I couldn’t."

"You promised."

Lu Chen clenched his fist.

"You’re not real."

The figure disappeared.

Another appeared.

Then another.

Then another.

Every failure.

Every compromise.

Every decision.

The trial forced him forward.

And...

Lu Chen survived.

Because despite his flaws...

His willpower was enormous.

He had lived with those deaths already.

Carried them.

Accepted them.

Some haunted him.

Some didn’t.

But...

He kept moving.

Eventually...

He reached the final room.

A black heart floated above an altar.

Not physical.

Spiritual.

The General’s Heart.

Lu Chen stared.

His breathing became heavy.

Finally.

This was his.

No Shen Tian.

No interruptions.

No one else.

His.

He stepped forward.

Then...

The heart spoke.

"Why do you seek strength?"

Lu Chen froze.

Then answered.

"To protect what belongs to me."

The heart pulsed.

"What belongs to you?"

"My people."

"Black Wolf."

"My family."

"Qingya."

The heart became still.

Then...

"Does she choose you?"

Lu Chen’s expression changed.

"What?"

"The woman."

His jaw tightened.

"She will."

Silence.

"That was not the question."

Lu Chen’s eyes narrowed.

"She doesn’t understand yet."

The heart darkened.

"Then she does not belong to you."

Lu Chen’s expression became ugly.

"I said she will."

The chamber shook.

"You confuse desire with ownership."

Lu Chen clenched his fists.

"You’re a dead man’s inheritance."

Silence.

"Don’t lecture me."

The heart pulsed violently.

Then...

The trial changed.

A vision appeared.

Gu Qingya.

Standing beside Shen Tian.

Laughing.

Lu Chen froze.

His face twisted.

Then Tang Meilin appeared.

Also speaking with Shen Tian.

Rose.

Walking beside Shen Tian.

Smiling.

The image hit harder.

Lu Chen’s breathing became rough.

"What do you feel?"

"Anger."

"Why?"

"Because..."

He stopped.

Because what?

Because Shen Tian took everything?

Because the women were choosing where to stand?

Because Lu Chen hated losing control?

The heart waited.

Lu Chen finally answered.

"Because he’s taking what should be mine."

The entire chamber became silent.

Then...

The General’s Heart dimmed.

"Wrong."

Lu Chen froze.

"What?"

The heart moved away.

"No."

Lu Chen stepped forward.

"Come back."

"You suffered defeat..."

"...but learned nothing."

His eyes widened.

"NO!"

The heart began disappearing.

Lu Chen lunged.

"COME BACK!"

Too late.

The heart vanished.

The trial door opened.

Ghost and Bear stood outside.

They looked exhausted.

Lu Chen stumbled forward.

No treasure.

Nothing.

Bear stared.

"Boss?"

Lu Chen didn’t answer.

His fists shook.

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