With a single motion, Verdonia’s jungle, Cindaros’s scorched lands, and Trokota’s battlefield collapsed inward.
The skies cracked, the lands bent, and the rivers flowed together.
In moments, three distinct realms became one, unified under his control.
Neo took a moment to gather his bearings.
The hard part started now.
The new world and everything within it was lifeless.
Nothing had a consciousness.
“I hope this works.”
Neo calmed his breathing and reached into his mind.
There, he could see the sea of Madness made from Intent and Consciousnesses he had devoured.
Slowly, he used Intent to separate the entangled Intents, and took out the Consciousnesses.
He wrapped them with World Energy and sent them inside his Cosmos.
The first Consciousness to appear belonged to a 500-year-old tree.
Neo imbued the Consciousness into the tree’s body he created with Shadow Core Concept.
The tree seemed to absorb the Consciousness.
A moment later, life returned to the tree.
Its leaves began to sway gently, it absorbed the air.
The tree was revived—
No, this wasn’t revival.
It was rebirth.
The tree was reborn in a new universe—the Cosmos inside Neo.
After the first success, Neo churned his Will and began to return multiple Consciousnesses into their ‘new’ bodies that were exactly the same as their previous bodies.
The air began to move.
The rivers were imbued with life.
Mountains seemed to have grown a presence.
With each consciousness that was reborn inside his Cosmos, he felt his Consciousness and Cosmos growing stronger.
It made him realize this was the purpose of Cosmos.
To create a new world. A new universe.
But that was something too grand of a goal for the current him.
Tyrant Firmament looked at the sky
Are… you… alright…?
Only after hearing its words did Neo look at himself.
His body, soul, seed of existence seemed to be undergoing through some kind of change.
He was bleeding from his orifices and each cell in his body was undergoing through unimaginable pain.
But somehow Neo could feel it.
Just a little more.
He had to push a bit more.
And he would break through to the next sub-rank of First-Step Heavenbreaker.
Neo still wasn’t sure if he wouldn’t regret his next steps.
He still didn’t know if he was acting on the influence of his emotions.
But…
He moved.
He did something no man could do.
Something beyond the realms of Gods.
Something only a true creator could achieve.
He recreated the soul, body, and seed of existence of people of Verdonia, Cindaros, and Trokota.
Then, he took their consciousness from his mind, and returned it to their new bodies.
Neo felt something crack.
His body, soul, and seed of existence underwent terrifying changes.
He gained perfect control over each cell of his body, his soul became condensed and stronger, his Seed of Existence became far more robust than before.
“This feels… different.”
Neo looked around.
His senses had grown so powerful he could see the entire Floor 2 with his Intent Vision.
Finally, he took a look inside his soul.
The people were shocked. They looked around, confused.
No one could use their elemental powers, or traits.
They were baffled.
Weren’t they supposed to have died?
Even the Consciousness of the worlds of Verdonia, Cindaros, and Trokota were confused.
Some people moved quickly.
When they realized all of them had become mortals, a few attacked Queen Azariel, the Ruler of Verdonia, while some attacked High General Baryon Flamejaw.
Cindaros was crying when she saw her children again.
Confusion. Chaos. Gratitude.
Some wondered if they had arrived in heavens, and some wondered if they were in hell.
Neo quickly understood he needed to curb the chaos.
He used Intent to deliver his thoughts to Tyrant Firmament, and asked her to calm those people.
Since he had used Voice Intent, Celestra, Velkaria, and other Firmaments heard him too.
All of them were floating above the new world, and watching everything unfold below.
“Let me do it,” Velkaria spoke up. “Tyrant Firmament can’t talk properly yet, so I should handle this.”
Tyrant Firmament nodded towards the sky.
Since it agreed, Neo let Velkaria handle the issue.
Velkaria gathered her energy to increase her volume.
Suddenly, Neo realized he hadn’t told Velkaria what she was supposed to say.
An ominous premonition came over him.
But he was too late to stop Velkaria.
“Listen here you little shits!”
Neo closed his eyes the moment he heard her first sentence.
He had the expression of someone who had already given up.
Unfortunately, it got worse.
“You lot died unjustly, eh? You never lived a good life?
“Don’t worry! The Godfather has seen your struggles! He has decided to give you all another chance!”
Her voice boomed through the new world.
The people looked at the sky – at the giant eye floating above.
“So live! Do over your regrets! Don’t waste your second chance!”
A powerful presence erupted from Velkaria.
“And don’t forget, the Godfather is always watching.”
A beat later, Velkaria shrunk to a small size.
Since all of the people had become mortals, they could not see much farther than normal distance.
To them, Velkaria had disappeared.
People looked at each other. The words of the Eye had been baffling. They couldn’t believe it.
Tension lingered in the air.
A lot of them had grudges against one another. A lot of them had nefarious intentions.
But just when those people were about to make a move, the Consciousness of the three worlds revealed themselves.
Their powerful presence washed over the new world, stopping the people in their tracks, warning them to not act out of the line.
Finally, when things seemed to have calmed down somewhat, the Verdonia, Cindaros, and Trokota met.
“Did you see ‘him’ too before you died?” Verdonia asked. “I somewhat remember us being under control of a powerful entity.
“Time seemed to have lost its meaning while I was a puppet in someone else’s hand. The last thing I remember is a man coming to destroy Azariel, then he devoured me too.”
“I recall the same,” Cindaros said, and Trokota nodded.
Just then, under the orders of Neo, Tyrant Firmament and Death Sword Firmament approached the Consciousness of the worlds.
Their powerful presence made the worlds stop talking.