The Sword of Spirit Awakening

In a world where reality and fantasy intertwine, those with special bloodlines can awaken their “spiritual sense” and summon a personal soul weapon, a weapon given form by their very spirit. Some awaken as handguns, precisely protecting the order. Others awaken as sturdy shields, turning aside the world's sharpest blows. But Ziyang Shuo, a quiet, introverted homebody living in an old rental, awakens during a strange bout of fever to the highest rating, the mark of an absolute outlier: U-rank (Ultra). The world suddenly slows before his eyes, and countless threads of fate appear, tugging at all living beings and secretly manipulating cause and effect. Growing from his palm is a sword of destiny, its entire length frosted white, its blade gleaming with a ghostly light. Its sole purpose is to “sever.” Three mysterious foreign enemies lurk in the shadows, while turmoil sweeps through the four academies. The memories of loved ones forcibly erased, friends ensnared by the machinations of cause and effect, and a mysterious being manipulating the course of fate all push the boy, step by step, toward a deadly trap he cannot escape. As the strings of fate tighten once more, the boy slowly opens his pale blue eyes, calm as the deep sea, and the killing intent buried within them erupts. If fate cannot be defied, then I will cut it down with a single stroke!