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Chapter 12: The Vatican's Secret Sects and the Dreaming Saintess
—Holy Lies, Forbidden Bloodlines, and the Defiling of Prophecy—
While the world worshipped the Vatican as a center of faith, Tian Mo knew better.
Behind the gilded halls and righteous prayers was a hidden sect older than the Papal throne itself—The Order of Lucent Chains, a clandestine spiritual lineage tasked with suppressing "false divinities" and overseeing Saint-bloodline carriers born from Terra's lost cultivation houses.
And at the center of this order… was a girl.
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The Saintess
Seraphina Vale.
Age: 21.
Body: Heaven-grade—Dream Lotus Constitution.
A rare physique that allowed her to enter others' fated paths through dreams… and subtly alter them. Her dreams weren't just visions. They were threads of destiny rewoven.
But she was drugged daily. Kept "asleep" beneath the Vatican's sealed catacombs. Guarded by celibate monks, illusion arrays, and faith-sealed relics forged to suppress her sexual awakening—for once her yin matured, the Dream Lotus would fully bloom.
And she would see the world for what it truly was.
Or what Tian Mo made it become.
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Tian Mo's Plan
"This one cannot be seduced like the others," Yin Hua warned. "She doesn't even know desire yet."
Tian Mo's smile was slow and cold. "Then I'll teach her dreams of chaos… before she even wakes."
He slipped into a spiritual trance, linking with the Mirror Shard using a forbidden dream-path technique derived from the Primordial Chaos Divine Sins Emperor Manual.
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The First Dream Invasion
Inside the Saintess's mindscape, it was pure white.
A lotus pond. A sky with no sun. Seraphina knelt alone, hands clasped, lips trembling in prayer.
And then Tian Mo appeared—naked, his form wrapped in swirling chaos flame.
She gasped, eyes wide, innocence dripping from every motion.
"Who are you?" she whispered.
"The one who will give your dreams meaning," he replied.
He stepped into the pond. With each ripple, her white gown grew thinner… until her skin beneath was bare and trembling.
He touched her forehead—and planted a seed.
A seed of lust. Of longing. Of disobedience.
"You'll dream of me again," he whispered in her ear. "And you'll beg to wake."
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Back in the Real World
Seraphina stirred for the first time in years. The guards panicked.
"Her lips moved," one monk whispered. "She said… a name."
"Tian… Mo."
That night, she dreamed again. And this time, she reached for him.
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Meanwhile…
Anna had begun seducing ambassadors and religious nobility. Her Qi-enhanced charm turned once-pure matrons into giggling sycophants. A growing number of women now wore chaos runes beneath their dresses—unknown to even their husbands.
Lilith began training under Mei Lan, learning flame poisons and sensual cultivation combat.
Yin Hua sent word of Terra's changing tides—a new Heaven's Chosen had descended into Earth's periphery through the Ascension Channel.
Time was running short.
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Status Update – Seraphina Vale:
Realm: Qi Condensation (Sealed)
Physique: Dream Lotus Constitution (Heaven Grade)
Status: Target of Corruption | Dream Seed Planted
Planned Role: Fate-Warping Priestess | Mental Influence Cultivator | Holy Symbol of the Empire
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