After hours of flying through the night sky the sun had begun to peak up from the Eastern Sky.
As David headed Southwest the smell he had originally picked up on grew increasingly stronger.
Below him was a thriving forest stretching for tens of thousands of miles in every direction. It was full of trees as large as the Sequoias of Earth, if not larger still. They were full of vibrant leaves and wildlife ran amok within the forest.
As he continued fly he took note of a clearing a few miles ahead.
The clearing had a radius of about 100 feet, small compared to the forest as a whole. But it was nonetheless noticeable as the trees in the rest of the forest were no more than 20 feet apart.
There was a single tree in the clearing's center. This tree was a least 5 times the size of all the others, and its dragon-like roots ruptured the ground around it.
He soon reached the airspace above it and circled around the tree to get a good look at it.
There was a Realm Gate located on its eastern side, as if to catch the light of the rising sun.
A Realm Gate, similarly to a Portal, could be used to travel great distances. But, more often than not it was created with the purpose of breaking the boundaries between Realms; both the three major ones and their subordinate(sub)-realms, allowing people to reach the other side instantaneously.
There were three categories of dungeons within The Three Realms, as dungeons were not unique to Cornith; Realm, Fortress, and Expansion. They were created by Dungeon cores, a type of Deva, which could exert even greater control over the Profound Laws within space around them than other types of Deva.
All Dungeons could be compared to the leaves of the tree that was the Three Realms, whereas other Deva were seen as the fruits of the tree. Dungeons could never leave the grasp of the Three Realms and had a way lower degree of independence from the realms. But, in return they possessed greater Authority to control Profound Laws and place restrictions over Fundamental Truths in the space around them. They had three routes of development in total.
The 1st allowed them to create a sub-realm which allowed them even greater Authority than other dungeons. The developed this "sub-realm" by absorbing energy from the Three Realms, slowly increasing its size over countless years.
The 2nd was the cultivation of Divinity. Similar to most Deva they chose to cultivate Divinity while increasing the range of their Authority and their understanding of Fundamental Truths and Profound Laws. Then once they believed they had reached a satisfactory level in all standards they released everything they had built up to bring a section of space completely under their control. Bit certain limitations were opposed upon them in consequence. 1st they could expand their region of control no further, 2nd they lost all favor that the Three Realms had given them prior, and 3rd the Three Realms continuously fought them to regain control over the spatial regions robbed from them. The Three Realms also awarded those who destroyed such cores with vast amounts of Origin Qi and increases in talent. The dungeons taking this route only managed to survive based upon the energy they naturally produced and what they absorbed from the bodies of all those who challenged them.
The 3rd option was a fusion of the first two. A Dungeon Core cultivated Divinity and studied the Profound Laws and Fundamental Truths of the Three Realms. They then reached an agreement with the Three Realms where the Dungeon core "borrowed" control over spatial areas. In return when it was their turn to withdraw into the world they did so without resistance. They also helped by promoting the growth of life within their territories, and by raising forces which could be used to fight against True Demons, and Dungeon Cores who established Fortress-type Dungeons.
The Realm Gate before him was the entrance to the first category of dungeon; Realm.
"A Realm-type Dungeon, the third-best option for me to test my Authority as the Primordial Dungeon Core entitled to the entire Human Realm." He spoke as he furled his wings and landed softly on the ground before the gigantic tree.
"From this moment forth I must bare an enormous weight so that The Human Realm may prepare for a New Beginning. Since that is the case, this is merely a small stepping stone on a long and rigorous path into the future." He resolved himself before deciding to walk through the Realm Gate.
He soon entered into what felt like an entirely new world for the second time in 24 hours.
Three Moons of various colors were sitting in the middle of the vault above. The one in the center was yellow in color, the one to the west was green, and the one to the east was silver. Countless stars were hanging above them shining upon a serene forest intermingled with mountains.
Animals could be heard throughout the entirety of the land, that teemed with life.
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But none of that stuck out to David as he immediately sat in a meditative pose and attempted to sense the Fundamental Truths and Profound Laws (Heavenly Will) governing the world around him.
It took him a while for his anima to sense them as the Divine Edicts erected within within the Dugeon greatly supressed them, and the Dungeon was currently operating according to those Divine Edicts instead of the Heavenly Will.
This was for the most part a normal occurrence within Dungeons as most Dungeon Core sought to limit the influence the world would have upon their personal domain. Yet, what was slightly abnormal was the offensive stance the Divine Edicts took towards the Heavenly Will, it was almost to the point of rejection.
If Dungeon Cores were the leaves of the tree, and other Deva its fruits, then Fundamental Truths were its roots and made up the bulk of its trunk, and Profound Laws were the rest of the trunk and the branches extending outwards. The Laws provided stability to the world and helped direct the flow of the various forms of energy throughout the world. Hence they were needed to foster life and create souls.
Deva were created naturally by the world, favored by it. They were connected to its source able to draw energy from it and given the Authority to alter its function.
Humans were the inherent rulers of the world and could place it under their Dominion. Like a farmer in his orchard, they could determine the way the tree (or in our case the world) developed to a certain degree.
But sadly, after the original sin of Adam and Eve, it became difficult for Humans to display this inborn right. They first had to tend to the tree first helping it thrive. And even after the gained its recognition they were required to exert greater amounts of effort in order to alter its development.
Both races could use their inherit abilities to give birth to phenomena, through techniques know respectively as Divine Edicts or Spells.
After David's transformation he had become the one and only Primordial Dungeon Core. He was the result of the perfect fusion between Deva and Human. This was in part due to the power of Eden, the woman he had encountered within his Mental World. She was one of the first Deva to 'Emerge' from the world. She belonged to the race know as Celestial Fae, the worlds favored children. They all possessed Bloolines of atleast the 8th Rank and virtually all other Deva could trace their family trees back to one of them. The land she 'Emerged' from was the homeland of Humans, Eden. Thus she was named after it and became its gaurdian Diety for a time before choosing to follow after God.
He was now able to better sense the world around himself and alter its function. The natrual 'Authority' of Deva and the Human ability to place the world under one's 'Dominion' had fused into something new.
After sensing the current suppression of the Heavenly Will around him he switched gears internally and began to absorb vast amounts of ambient Mana.
He was technically a Deavum, a being resulting from the fusion of multiple Bloodlines belonging to the Four Races; Angel, Deva, True Demon, and Humana.
Their talents and Bloodline potential were unpreditable. This led to them often having to create a new path of cultivation for themselves if they wished to grow stronger.
David was placed into a similar situation by his transformation, or atleast he should have been. But, his future was more certain than his predecessors because, as The Primordial Dungeon Core he was an integral part of the world.
As such, a path had been outlined for him and he simply had to let nature take his course and allow the world to direct him.
His body currently teemed with Origin Qi that flowed out from his cells in endless waves, and his soul had fused completely with his fleshy body.
He used his soul to refine the Mana as it entered his body and fused it with the Origin Qi flowing freely throughout his body.
Divinity was created as a result of this fusion. It was unique to Deva and the Devaum who were their descendants. It powered their Divine Edicts which allowed them to manipulate the world in conjunction with their 'Authority'.
There were 6 Divine Edicts which had been infused into his genetic makeup upon his transformation. He had instictively understood their profundities and how to activate them the moment his transformation as a Primordial Dungeon Core was complete.
One of these inherent Divine Edicts was quite aptly named; 'World Sovereign'.
After activating it he would become the representative of the world, replacing the Heavenly Will as a whole, able to subject the world around him to his whims. He would be able to manipulate and sense the world around him as if it were an extension of himself.
The only thing he had been lacking in order to initiate its activation was Divinity.
As soon as his body produced its first silk-like strand of Divinity his perception of the world was completely altered.
The world within a radius of a few feet of him seemed to quake internally as his blood began to boil, and he seemed to become one with the world. As a result the operation of the Divine Edicts grew sluggish and their suppression of the Heavenly Will slipped ever so slightly.
He opened his eyes and observed the world around him. He could feel the world around him on a truly profound level, privy to all its details, capable of altering the flow of the air in his vicinity and shifting the ground beneath him.
He waved his hand forward and the air condensed into the shape of a blade. He waved his hand a second time and the blade flew forwards at the speed of sound.
Right before it reached the 3 feet limit an image formed in his mind, and the blade made a sharp u-turn. It thenflee back to him before taking on the shape of a palm sized bird and spiraling into the air above his head.
In that moment three things stuck out to him as he continued to experimente with altering the air's form; 1st the world showed no resistance to his will, 2nd it didn't seem like his actions went contrary to the natrual flow of the world, and 3rd he didn't need to expend any of his own Mana Origin Qi, or Divinity reserves in order to alter the world like othere.
He had truly reached the mythical state of; 'A Single Thought To Alter The World'.
As he was about to ponder all of this on a deeper level the world trembled, as time seemed to slow around him.
A Loud boom sounded from the depths of the forest and explosive roars were released one after another.
Massive tides of Origin Qi, Mana, and Divinity shining in various colors could be seen rising from the depths of the dungeon and the ground quaked.
"As I said before, this is but the first step on a path to bring about A New Beginning. No matter how difficult that path may get, I shall press on in order to play my role in achieving this grand plan." He spoke with resolution filling both his voice and gaze.