The moment Kael's began refining the heart, the grotesque mass convulsed violently. Tentacles flailed, and shrill, indescribable screams pierced directly into his mind.
The supreme laws reacted, surging toward the heart like ravenous beasts.
Kael's watched this scene coldly, then said in a firm tone:
"Silence."
In an instant, everything stopped—the heart, the laws, the world even the river's time itself stopped.
This was the manifestation of the authority of a creator.
Though Kael's not created this world entirely through his power, the fusion of the Seed of the World Tree with the projection of the heart of the world granted him dominion over this world, even if it was less than over his original one.
Without hesitation, Kael's continued the refining of the heart of the world.
Then the Time passed —whether it was a hundred years, a million years, or an entire era, no one could tell.
But , one day, a sensation of joy—an emotion that should not exist in this world—manifested itself in this very world and begin to spread in all the plane of the worldeven the void beyond .
This was the world expressing its joy and happiness for the awakening of its creator,
Kael's opened his eyes slowly, feeling the subtle pulse of the world beneath his fingertips.
In his eyes, it was no longer merely a chaotic collection of planes and laws—it had become a true work of art. In Kael's eyes this sight was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.
And so, Kael's entered a strange state. Within this state, he felt as though he could see everything and understand everything, omnipotent, omniscient as if he were transcending all limits.
In this condition, he witnessed the creation and destruction of countless worlds, rising and falling before him like fleeting dreams.
Within that transcendent state, time lost all meaning. Past, present, and future overlapped, flowing like a single endless river before Kael's perception. Laws that once appeared rigid and absolute now unfolded like threads, interweaving, separating, and recombining in infinite patterns.
He witnessed the beginning and the end of countless worlds. He saw chaos nurturing order, and order inevitably giving birth to chaos once more.
And at that moment, Kael's grasped a fundamental truth—one that had long puzzled him, even back in his old world.
Were existence and non-existence truly opposites, or merely two faces of the same puzzle?
Today, he had finally found the answer.
. Just like chaos and order, creation and destruction, existence and non-existence, though they appeared different and opposed, were in truth two sides of the same coin. One could not exist without the other.
As this realization took root, Kael's consciousness expanded even further. The boundary between "being" and "nothingness" grew thin, almost transparent. Existence no longer appeared as a fixed state, nor did non-existence seem like true emptiness. Instead, both revealed themselves as phases of an eternal cycle—one giving meaning to the other.
Kael's perceived how existence emerged from non-existence, not as a sudden creation, but as a gentle differentiation, a ripple within the void.
Likewise, non-existence was not annihilation, but a return—a silent convergence where all forms, laws, and identities dissolved back into potential.
In that moment, Kael's no longer observed these truths as an outsider. He stood at their intersection. He was both the observer and the phenomenon, the question and the answer.
The supreme laws within his world responded to this shift. The Law of Void grew calmer yet deeper, while the Law of Chaos became less erratic and more profound. Even the Law of Destruction carried a faint trace of creation within it, and the Law of Devouring began to resemble transformation rather than mere consumption.
it does not say that they have lost they power or characteristics but that they have become more mysterious, more profound and transcendent.
And When the transcendent state began to fade, Kael's awareness slowly returned to the heart of the world.
Yet the truth he had grasped did not vanish with it. Even though he was no longer in that state, he still felt that his understanding of the concept of existence and non-existence continued to advance.
Kael's then took a slow, deliberate breath and said,
"It's truly sudden… Who would have thought I'd experience an epiphany while staring into the chaos? I always believed that was something reserved for protagonists. Perhaps… am I the protagonist? Hm.
But in any case, whether I am the protagonist or not doesn't matter.
What truly matters is strength. No matter how much luck or how many opportunities a protagonist receives, if they are not strong enough to control them, they will eventually be destroyed.
And, honestly, I would not want to be the protagonist. Most protagonists are merely pawns on the chessboard of some far more powerful being."
Kael's let the words fade into the stillness of the void, then shifted his gaze back to his world.
It must be said—his world had undergone a drastic transformation. Not only had it become more stable, yet simultaneously more chaotic and bizarre, but its size had also increased.
It was now almost the same scale as a mid-level small world—some forty billion light-years across.
Even Kael's was astonished by this transformation.
And this… was just the world itself not Kael's.
It should be noted that Kael's was the greatest beneficiary of this state. The transformation of the world was merely a side effect.
Kael's then retracted his vision and took the time to observe himself.
It must be said—this state had truly benefited him. It had not only allowed him to almost comprehend the Law of Existence and Non-Existence with just a small step behind , but it had also enhanced his understanding of the other three thousand principal concepts, leaving only a small step remaining to grasp they corresponding ultimate principle to attain the level of concept.
Is like Kael's has completely mastered these concepts at the great dao level leleaving only a small step remaining to comprehended the source of these great dao which is the concept
One could even say that, without even realizing it, Kael had gathered the necessary criteria to reach the realm of a Lower God.
The only thing still missing were the ten thousand Divinity Points, for he had not yet created a race to worship him .
Kael's curved and gave a faint smile his lips as he let this thought linger.
Then he said, "Everything is ready for the second step… and the final part of my plan."