Chapter 19, The First of Aspect
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"Resonance." Lokreum said, naming the very first barrier of unifying all Characteristics.
"Kreuvian Essence." The second realm, in which after accessing Law essence, the existence goes on to learning the process of lacing kreus with Law essence to create Kreuvian essence.
"Kreuvian Sea." The realm in which you condense Kreuvian essence into corporeal seas within the origin.
"Mental Aspect." The fourth realm, where a being must succeed in coating their Kreuvian essence, with Mental power, increasing the potency of their abilities.
"Solar Kreus." The realm which requires the condensation of Kreuvian Seas into stars within the origin, in which the existence gains the durability, strength, and longevity of a star amongst other benefits.
"Law Assimilation." The realm where an existence has successfully assimilated a Law, and imprinted the law onto at least one star within their Origin, gaining minuscule Authority over the Law's portion of reality.
"Galactic Kreuvian." With the increase in star formation speed due to the Authority of a Law, this realm is where beings condense at least 100 billion stars, and bind them together with their Law Authority to form a galaxy.
"Universal Core." Was the realm where an existence succeeding in collapsing a galaxy within their Origin, accumulating all of its energies into a core that could act as the foundation of a universe within their origin.
"Universal Aspect." The realm where 10 billion galaxies have been condensed, then linked together through a universal core and a Taboo, or even Natural Law Authority.
In this realm, the aspects of an existence reach the strength of a universe. Becoming a creature that passively grows in strength as time moves on.
This is the ream where beings gain the durability, and longevity of a universe, alongside being capable of dishing out punches of pure physical strength equivalent to an exploding universe. Upon reaching this realm, the existence is gifted with a special Authority, set in stone by the cerulean crown that floats above their head.
These were only the first 9 Realms of Power, as Lokreum new he would soon forge more when beings started creeping upon the peak.
"Now… When I release this evolution of reality, and the Natural Law of Aspect, it will mark the beginning of the First Coming of Apocalypse." Lokreum smiled reading fate and watching the futures that lied ahead.
He blinked an item into existence, pushing himself out of the seat on his platform.
In his hand was a Law Gem.
"The Natural Law Gem of Aspect." He voiced, stepping forward and appearing in a completely different space.
He hovered before the massive celestial body known as the Primordial Heart, his eyes gazing upwards as space fluctuated before him.
"Greetings, All-Father." A feminine voice spoke, the voice belonging to a beautiful, white skinned women wearing a white dress, with short platinum hair that covered her eyes.
She looked like a crystal empress, with a three pronged cerulean halo levitating around her head.
It was a crown of Universal Aspect.
The solidified Authority of an existence capable of destroying universes with a punch!
Having the crown meant the being had been gifted with a natural resonance with the Natural Laws of Reality, alongside a brighter fate!
Now, Natural laws could not damage her, yet she could still use them to her benefit!
There were nearly an infinite amount of changes that came with reaching this stage.
And the being that had this crown on their head…
Was the Primordial Sage!
"I have just created Aspect and its Natural Law, and you have already took it upon yourself to reach the peak of power…" Lokreum said, a smile forming on his face.
"It's the least I could do to honor your genius, All-Father." The women nodded, floating just beside Lokreum as the two moved towards the Primordial Heart.
"It was nothing much." He responded, waving off her words.
"You have glimpsed fate too I presume? You have seen the series of events that play out after I implement the Law gem, correct?" Lokreum asked her, twiddling with the cerulean crystal in his hand.
"I have, I realize I will need to gift an existence within the Astral, incredible power... Tyr will not be enough to combat the Eldrids on his own."
"Thankfully, I have already decided who." Sage responded, conjuring an image before Lokreum's eyes.
"Julius Randell." The screen displayed a young man, no older than 20 years old.
"He is a human from a slightly advanced civilization, though his soul is much stronger than the average existence." Sage explained, gaining Lokreum's undivided attention.
"Believe it or not, this soul is the progenitor of the human race within the entire Apocryphal Domain, and he has lived thousands of times, each time his soul getting stronger." She finished, nodding as she swiped the screen away.
"If he sticks to his fate, he will battle the True Apocryphal Gods in 25 years time, and seal them within an artifact powered by his very own Kreuvian Essence, circumventing the destruction of the Apocryphal domain for this very first cycle of apocalypse." Sage added, turning towards Lokreum, who had finished playing with the gem in his hand.
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"Well, I'll stick with you and watch this first cycle with you then." He said, thrusting the gem into the Primordial Heart.
*BOOM*
The shockwave covered the entire reality in an instant, crumbling the Essences within all living thing's Origins, implementing the Law of Aspect, and rewriting many being's existences.
At the same time, the implement of such a powerful law outside the reach of the Primordial Heart, caused rifts in space to form all over the void, and even inside of Asterisk.
Monstrosities unbound by the Primordial Rules, as Sage called them, and Eldratic beings of pure destruction entered the Astral through these rifts in space.
They found themselves floating adrift, arriving in already inhabited worlds, and even landing inside of desolate realms.
Though before any more intruders could enter the Astral, the Primordial Heart temporarily sealed off the holes in space, denying entry from all the destructive existences that weren't even strong enough to alter reality at the lowest level.
Though there were few entities that weren't effected too much by the erasure of their Law essences, like Jack The Apocryphal God, and most of them coincidentally happened to be nowhere near any of the sealed ruptures.
If they were…
It would have been chaos.
"Now that Aspect has been introduced, I can seamlessly indoctrinate every existence into the system, and bind them to me." Sage said flatly, her hand twirling with the Authority of the Law of Data.
Simultaneously, as lands rumbled across the Apocryphal domain, a series of prompts appeared before every lifeform.
For those within the Astral, the screen read;
{Apocalypse is coming and the [Primordial Sage] has decided to assist the existences of the Astral.}
{With her gift of the Infinite System, rise to power and combat the monstrosities of the void, and the Apocryphal ones of Asterisk!}
And for those not native to the Astral;
{Gateways to the Astral have been brought into existence ! Rise to power, open them and unleash havoc!}
{You have been gifted with a small portion of the Authority of the Law of Assimilation. It can be used to devour souls and assimilate their power into your Aspect after having reached the realm of [Resonance].}
{A technique to reach Resonance has been implanted into your mind.}
Despite not getting access to the System like the natives of the Astral did, the non-natives received the natural ability to devour souls and steal their power seamlessly.
Both sides received benefits from the event that would come to be known as the Rupturing.
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Within an expansive forest on a planet larger than some stars…
An existence radiating a cerulean light sat in mid air, his legs crossed while dozens of animals watched him.
{You have successfully reached [Resonance]! Congratulations on being the first existence to successfully enter this realm, the Title, [First of Aspect] has been unlocked.}
"Mmm~" The ethereal, translucent being hummed, feeling the culmination of power inside of his Origin.
"Aspect?" He questioned, opening his eyes and manifesting the blue energy.
"It is… the perfect fusion of the Characteristics of Life?" He smiled. "The All-Father is truly of genius intelligence!" He exclaimed, his eyes closing as he returned to meditation.
He focused on his Origin, feeling the aspect swirling within it.
'I can feel the path I need to take.' He spoke in his mind, turning his attention to a laws he had previously comprehended.
'I simply need to refresh my mind.' The Natural Law of Fate presented itself to him.
His mind re-explored all areas of the previously fully comprehended Law, watching as his quantified comprehension rose on a screen within his head.
[Comprehension of Fate: 9.99%]
The screen read, and as soon as it crossed the threshold of 10%…
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It said, telling the existence something he already knew how to do.
'What a strange artifact…' He muttered to himself.
Previously, after breaking the first threshold, the Runic Ecriture of a Law would instantly appear within the Origin, spawning the passive collection of essence.
But now, he had to manually form it using the newfound Aspect.
Though he didn't complain.
He simply followed what the artifact told him, materializing the Runic Ecriture of Fate within his Origin, which was simply a collection of lines to form a nearly incomprehensible letter.
And after doing so…
{You have successfully formed the Runic Ecriture of Fate! You have opened the Skill-Tree, [Fate Lord].}
Upon reading these words, the existence could feel a branching of small Runic Symbols originating from the Runic Ecriture.
Being slightly confused, he focused on these branches, trying to understand them.
|Glimpse of Destiny|
[Fate Skill]
- Proficiency: 0.0%
-[Information]: Utilize Fate to peer into the writings of fate and get a glimpse of the most probable Fateline. To determine precise time frames, or peek at specific existences, more energy is required.
|Fate's Foresight|
[Fate Skill]
- Proficiency: 0.0%
-[Information]: Release Fate essence into the immediate surroundings to read the fabric of reality and know how reality plays out 10 seconds beforehand.
Reading the screens, the existence understood what the branches were.
'A blueprint, for a use of Fate essence!' He thought, exiting his meditation for the second time, his eyes opening as he was brought back to reality.
"[Fate's Foresight]." He mumbled, his perception of time seeming to change as everything around him moved slowly.
Phantoms of reality started moving normal in a normal speed.
He could see an ethereal leaf falling from a tree, landing on the phantom of a gigantic Elk, which stepped through the forest, biting at a small puddle of water below it.
The movements of reality slowly followed behind, the predestined leaf falling onto the snout of the Elk, and being blown away in the wind as the creature bent down to drink.
"The movement, and materialization of essence… It's so smooth!" He exclaimed, his ethereal skin started to burn before he cancelled the 'Skill'.
"Though Law essence is still as volatile as ever… Especially with my body-...or Aspects weakened to such an extent. I'm barely capable of utilizing Law Essence." He frowned, thinking of a way to overcome this difficulty.
"Maybe kreus received an update to other areas too?…" Tyr said, tilting his head.
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