With you unlocking the system genesis function. You can pretty much conquer any universe you invade if you are lucky enough to be able to figure out the hidden rules.

ECHO's limits are closely related to the database of life experiences you have accumulated.

You have already become eternal by passing the first and second bottleneck.

You have tempered your will to be able to brand your key on nonexistence. You have destroyed your source castle and have constructed a paradise for yourself.

Your spiritual body had died and resurrected like a phoenix, becoming a proper avatar.

You are no longer a 'eldritch' entity trapped in a human body. You are much more then that.

Your visual simulation limit has surpassed the realm of the ordinary.

Your original body still has remnants of your technique. But you now have a independent consciousness. What does this mean? It means you no longer rely on your brain to generate your consciousness.

When playing in the realm of mortals. You will be restricted by the brain. But when you are in your Paradise. You are akin to a god.

A supreme being might be able to resist your rules in the Paradise if their knowledge and contracts overwhelm you. But the Paradise is like your domain. It is an absolute safe zone.

In this chapter. We will be discussing revival mechanisms.

You already have a proper system to explore the multiverse and possibly even beyond. But you are still relying on your origin universe to house your global existence.

If another hidden existence unravels your universe in passing. You will be entirely screwed.

You already have multiple true existences and maybe have invaded another universe already.

This technique isn't the be all end all for hidden existences. It is meant to be used to defy your fate. No matter what universe you find yourself in. This technique is meant to give you the tools needed to 'go beyond' that universe.

This technique is auxiliary in nature.

This is meant to make it so you have a foundation no matter where you find yourself.

So let us work on that revival mechanism.

There are two types of revival I will be talking about in this chapter.

Physical

Spiritual

The physical revival is based on a phylactery. This is a physical item you have constructed in the universe. It can be something ordinary like a pendent or ring. But it will need to be quite personal.

When you die and lose your physical body. The only thing tying you to the universe will be the phylactery you have constructed.

This item will serve as an additional anchor.

This is perhaps the hardest form of revival there is. Because a lot of universes you may find yourself in will lack supernatural power. So the phylactery won't be able to reconstruct you a real body. But an undead or puppet is within the realm of possibility.

Or 'seizing' the body of a mortal.

A scenario is creating a ring as your phylactery. You wear this item for decades and are even buried with it upon your death. Over the years, you had branded your unique 'key' on it.

Let's say this was a universe you found with great effort. There are multiple versions of 'yourself' out there. So you might think that a Phylactery isn't needed.

But you must think of the future.

You are eternal. But your body is not.

Even if there are an 'infinite' amount of you. They exist all at roughly the same time. So dying from an illness or accident doesn't erase the possibility of you using another version of your body in a different universe.

But what about dying from organ failure due to old age? As time goes on. Some versions of you will meet this fate. There will come an absolute limit in terms of lifespan.

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Those that reach this limit might not even be useful. It is quite pointless to use your body in another universe if it is paralyzed and in poor health.

That is why we are focusing on revival in this step.

So in the scenario above. You use your phylactery as an anchor of that universe. Some universes have rules weaker then others. So you may be able to directly use a true existence to explore the physical world.

But this isn't the case for every universe.

Let's then say, some grave robbers dig up your corpse and steal all the valuables. They take your special ring that has your visualization technique etched invisibly on it.

You are able to create what I call an 'incarnation' of yourself.

The true existence isn't as important as the global existence. But it still is 'you'.

There are a few outcomes to this happening. The ring could be sold and passed around or the person could keep it from themselves.

As they wear the ring. You slowly erode their personality and cultivate them into a proper vessel for yourself. Then, when the time is right. You steal their body.

Through this form of reincarnation. You can then steal their alternate bodies in other universes. This ensures that even though many years will have passed. Because of this, even after your original body has died off in every reality.

You will have a new body to use!

There may be some realities where your original body attained immortality somehow. But that is a rarity and requires winning the lottery among hidden existences.

Another scenario is. You have the ring be a family heirloom. You pass the item down to your descendants and steal their bodies in a cycle when needed, skipping the generations.

Objects will decay with time just like most of everything else. But some materials can last many lifetimes before they fall apart, if they do fall apart.

But you won't be idle for thousands of years. Hopefully, you will have grown up as a hidden existence.

Let's talk about other methods of physical revival.

You can construct a mechanical puppet, and have its core be your phylactery. You can then control its body upon death.

You could also treat your dead body as the puppet and control it as so, becoming essentially a lich.

If you master some form of flesh magic. You can perhaps even restore yourself later.

There is a huge secret behind creating a phylactery at all. That is energy! Your brain requires a lot of energy to generate your consciousness.

Just because you have an independent consciousness. Do you think that means you no longer require energy?

If you are to focus on the aspect of physical revival. You will need to find some form of catalyst that can generate a semi-consciousness.

But there is a trick to this.

Your visualization technique is constantly running. Think of it like mining virtual currency. By performing the rotation. You are building a mental resource. You are converting energy in reality into a spiritual resource.

Remember how we used mental resources to build the source castle in the first place? Well, this entire time, you haven't really been spending this resource.

It has been building up.

With each rotation. You are generating a lot of special energy. The technique goes through 2,500 different states.

This energy isn't able to interact with reality directly. But it is mystical in nature. Through this energy, you can imbue items with your imprint.

You can imbue almost any structure with this energy and the item from the perspective of your global existence will serve as a beacon.

It has more uses then just mere revival.

It is able to help you return to what would otherwise be an abandoned universe upon death.

Now, let us talk about the other form of revival.

Spiritual

Much like how you had to create a phylactery to revive in the physical world. You will need to create an item of a spiritual nature.

You will create what I call your 'symbol'.

This is far more important then physical revival. As this touches upon your very foundation. That paradise you constructed... that avatar you have become. It is all spiritual in nature.

So in your paradise, you must use your accumulated energy to construct a structure that represents everything you are.

Then...

When your avatar is killed.

You revive using this structure.

Think of it visually looking like a magic circle.

You can even create a fusion.

How so?

Think about it this way. Let's say you have a 'magic circle' designed in a certain way that reflects your global existences visualization technique.

You store the bulk of this information in your Paradise.

You leave your paradise for whatever reason and encounter a malicious entity that kills you.

You can then use this 'symbol' that represents your core, to reconstruct your avatar in your paradise.

Great! It is working as intended. But you can do so much more.

What would happen, say, you draw out this complicated formation in reality. You folded it and inscribed on a microscopic level your symbol on an item.

You now are creating a powerful phylactery that can serve both functions of physical and spiritual revival.

In this step.

You don't need to worry about creating a phylactery. As you likely have plenty of time left to live in your current body.

Instead... you are to design your 'symbol'.

Spiritual revival is essential.

It is also important to store the foundation of this structure somewhere safe. Like in your paradise.

You will need to also give this 'symbol' a name.

Never tell this name to other hidden existences as it is like giving out your address. You then must design your mantra/chant as well to go with this.

Seeing as I am already cursed across reality. I will give you mine as a reference. Do not use it, or you will attract my hidden existence into your reality.

The ritual to summon me goes something like this:

You find a room with four walls. You stand in the center.

You face the north wall and say:

'Esteemed Inspiration. Explorer of Worlds. Father of the One, the Two, and the Three. King of the Ten thousand things. I pray to you!'

You rotate clockwise.

You face the east and say:

'Now I am become Time, the destroyer of worlds.'

You face the south and say:

'Now I am become Knowledge, the creator of worlds.'

You face the west and say:

'Now I am become Inspiration, the explorer of worlds.'

You rotate once more clockwise and face the north again.

You then draw out my symbol.

This is the ritual for my revival.

Now you must design yours...