I Was Reborn in Another World, But I Awoke Inside a Corpse

Chapter 190: The Seal Shatters

The chamber trembled.

A soundless quake rolled through the stone, as if the world beneath Lilyshade took a breath for the first time in millennia. The great circular gate before Isaac and Asmodeus pulsed with crimson light, its lines of warding flickering, sputtering—failing.

Cracks widened across its obsidian core.

Then, with a sharp, resonant crack…

It broke.

Not with an explosion, but with a release—a sudden collapse of tension, like a drawn bowstring let go. A wave of heat, like breath from an ancient furnace, swept out from the darkness within.

Isaac narrowed his eyes as flame and shadow coiled together.

A figure emerged.

Not monstrous.

Not misshapen.

But regal.

Tall and lean, dressed in elegant robes forged from molten metal and ash-threaded silk. His skin was a smooth charcoal gray, his eyes glowing violet from beneath a silver diadem etched with ancient script.

He looked… refined.

But the power behind him roared like a storm held in a cage.

"Who wakes me?" the demon asked, voice calm yet boundless. "Who dares walk this ground, watered by my dominion?"

Asmodeus stepped forward, eyes narrowed, her voice steady.

"Your dominion is dead. You were sealed. You will remain so."

He looked at her—and smiled, lips parting over obsidian teeth.

"The child queen returns… grown, adorned, adored. And she has brought a mate."

His gaze slid to Isaac.

And stopped.

"…You."

Isaac didn't respond at first.

Then: "Yeah, I get that a lot."

The demon's presence pulsed outward, but Isaac didn't flinch.

Instead, he activated his system.

[Soulpiercer Sight – Rank A] ActivatedAnalyzing target…

Name: ???Title: Sovereign of CravingRace: ??? (Bound Abyssal Lord)Level: 280HP: 872,000 / 872,000MP: 389,400 / 389,400Strength: 11,440Agility: 9,332Endurance: 11,210Intelligence: 10,075Willpower: 8,440Charisma: 6,902Luck: ???

Primary Skills:

[Chains of Will – Rank EX]

[Obedience Spiral – Rank EX]

[Voice of the Sovereign – Rank S+]

[Abyss Mantle – Rank S+]

[Command Seed – Rank A+]

[Soul Engorge – Rank S]

Isaac tilted his head.

"…Those are some serious stats."

He stepped forward, slowly, hands relaxed at his sides.

"Honestly," he added, "if I'd met you before I fought Beelzebub, this might've been a real problem."

The Sovereign's smile faded.

Isaac's voice was calm—but with an edge like drawn steel.

"Now? You're still strong. But not strong enough."

The demon's aura surged in reply—shadows coalescing, heat intensifying.

But Isaac simply lifted one hand—and a ring of spectral blades shimmered into being behind him.

[Phantom Legion – Rank EX] spun into formation.

Asmodeus watched from the side, her arms folded, her gaze burning bright.

"He's not bluffing," she said coolly. "You slept too long."

The Sovereign's eyes narrowed.

"…Then I shall remind you both of the hunger that built this place."

The floor fractured beneath him as flame and compulsion twisted the air.

Isaac exhaled once.

Then stepped forward—

Ready.