Chapter 779 – Primordial Sin

The shadow’s presence intensified.

The chamber walls trembled slightly.

Even Asmo remained silent now.

Lux spoke. "If... if I said because I want to survive..." He glanced up at the swirling darkness. "...are you going to believe me?"

The shadow stilled. "Survive."

Lux nodded once. "Yes."

The chamber pulsed. "Explain."

Lux shifted slightly on his knee.

Negotiation posture.

Controlled.

"The King."

The chamber quieted.

Even the ancestral voices paused.

Lux continued. "I am Greed. I built Hell’s economy."

The shadow moved slightly closer.

"I stabilized infernal trade networks. I kept the Houses from collapsing each other."

The chamber listened.

Lux’s voice lowered slightly. "And for that..." He exhaled. "I became valuable."

The shadow waited.

Lux continued. "I used Greed. Strategy. Logic. Contracts. Influence. That was my strength." He paused. Then his voice hardened. "But the King..."

The chamber darkened.

"...does not value stability. He values dominance."

The Primordial Sin’s voice deepened. "You starved Lust. Why?"

"Control." Lux’s fingers tightened slightly against the stone floor. "If Lust ruled me... I would become predictable."

The chamber murmured.

"Predictable."

Lux nodded. "Lust can be manipulated. Lust can be baited. Lust can be turned against itself."

The shadow’s presence flickered with curiosity.

Lux looked up slightly. "I refused to give anyone that leverage."

Silence filled the chamber again.

Then...

Lux spoke one more sentence.

Quietly.

"But I got betrayed."

The shadow stopped circling.

The chamber waited.

Lux didn’t elaborate.

Just let the statement exist.

Betrayed.

The Primordial Sin studied him again.

Longer this time.

Deeper.

Feeling through his aura.

The scars in his restraint.

The centuries of suppression.

The explosive awakening.

The balance now forming between Greed and Lust.

"I need power."

The chamber vibrated again. "Power."

Lux nodded. "For survival. For negotiation. For war." He inhaled slowly. "The King plays with domination. I play with value. But value alone does not win every battle."

The shadow studied him. "So you accept Lust."

Lux nodded once. "Yes. Not as a weakness or indulgence. But as power."

The chamber went silent.

Then...

The Primordial Sin spoke again.

"Greed seeks..."

"Lust consumes..."

"Together."

The shadow’s form shifted.

"They are dangerous."

The Primordial Sin watched him silently for a long moment.

Then...

It reached forward.

Not physically.

But the shadow touched Lux’s chest.

Right where the Lust sigils glowed.

Lux’s body seized.

The system erupted with alerts.

[Primordial Contact Detected.]

[Original Sin Signature Confirmed.]

[Authority Layer: Primordial]

The shadow spoke one final time.

"You are neither Greed."

Lux’s sigils flared.

"Nor Lust." 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

The chamber shook.

"You are both."

Lux clenched his jaw.

The pressure intensified again.

Then....

The shadow pressed deeper.

A spark of ancient power ignited inside Lux’s aura.

The system flashed violently.

[Primordial Blessing Initiated.]

Lux gasped.

At first it felt like heat.

A small spark igniting in the center of his chest, right where the Lust sigils rested beside the older Greed markings.

Then the spark exploded.

Green and pink energy erupted outward in a spiral.

Not gently.

Not gracefully.

It tore through him.

Lux’s back arched violently as the power surged into his body like molten metal forced into a living vessel.

His breath broke into a sharp, ragged cry.

"—Agh!"

The sound echoed through the chamber as the ancestral domain reacted. Ancient voices rose around him in layered whispers that became a roar.

"Accepted."

"Recognized."

"Awakened."

Lux barely heard them.

The power pouring into him wasn’t just energy.

It was Sin.

Pure.

Primordial.

Unfiltered Lust.

His demonic core, normally a stable green infernal construct of Greed, began to tremble violently.

Lux clutched his chest.

"F*ck—!"

Pain ripped through him as the new energy forced its way into the core structure.

Greed resisted.

Instinctively.

For two centuries his core had been refined into a perfectly balanced engine of logic, contracts, numbers, and controlled ambition.

Lust was the opposite.

Wild.

Burning.

Instinct-driven.

The two forces collided inside him.

Lux screamed.

The sound was raw, uncontrolled, nothing like the polished composure he carried in boardrooms or war councils.

His fingers dug into the sigils on his chest as if he could physically hold his heart together.

Asmo moved instantly.

"Lux!"

He stepped forward... and stopped.

Not by choice.

Something unseen slammed into him like a wall.

The Primordial authority still lingered in the chamber.

Even the current Lord of Lust wasn’t permitted to interfere.

Asmo’s hand hit the invisible barrier with a dull pulse of energy.

"Damn it—!"

Inside the domain circle, Lux convulsed.

The system began firing warnings rapidly across his vision.

[WARNING: Demonic Core Instability Detected]

[Dual-Sin Resonance Overload]

[Structural Conflict: Greed vs Lust]

Lux’s vision blurred.

His core felt like it was cracking open from the inside.

For a terrifying moment...

He thought it might actually split.

His body collapsed to both knees.

Another scream tore out of him as the power dug deeper.

The Lust sigils on his chest ignited brighter, their pink glow spreading across his torso like burning script. At the same time the older Greed markings flared emerald green, resisting the intrusion.

The clash wasn’t gentle.

It was violent.

A war between instincts.

Between restraint and hunger.

Between calculation and desire.

The system continued flashing warnings.

[Emergency Stabilization Attempt]

[Integrating Primordial Sin Signature]

[Core Reconstruction in Progress]

Lux’s hands trembled as he clutched his chest harder.

His heartbeat thundered.

Once.

Twice.

Then something inside the core shifted.

Instead of fighting...

The energies began to twist around each other.

Greed didn’t disappear.

Lust didn’t dominate.

They entangled.

Like two spiraling forces forming a new axis.

Lux’s scream cut off abruptly.

His breath came out in ragged gasps.

The pain was still there, but it was changing.

Less like something tearing him apart.

More like something forging him into a new shape.

The chamber’s pressure eased slightly.

Asmo watched from the other side of the invisible barrier, his expression no longer amused.

Now it was sharp.

Concerned.

And impressed.

Lux’s aura erupted outward again.

Green and pink spiraling together in a violent halo.

The system finalized the process.

[Primordial Blessing Complete]