His internal cosmology had become vastly larger, more sophisticated, more stable, and more alive than ever before. What was once a relatively modest universe had transformed into something approaching the cosmic structures found within the 10th Plane of Existence.
Then something unexpected began happening.
Grey frowned as he sensed unusual activity within his universe.
The beings living inside his cosmos were changing.
Numerous inhabitants who had previously reached around the 7th Rank were suddenly ascending. Their evolutionary bases expanded, and their power increased without any apparent effort on their part.
Grey watched in genuine confusion as civilization after civilization experienced simultaneous breakthroughs.
8th Rank.
9th Rank.
By the time his universe completed its transformation, countless beings had reached 9th rank. There was not a single being in his universe that was not at the 9th rank.
Grey stared at his internal universe with a baffled expression.
