As Noah and Tor flew across The Infinite Unfurling, the landscape shifted dramatically around them.
They entered into a unique region where massive crystalline mountains rose like titans frozen in time, each one surrounded by rotating clusters of nascent Folds that spun in orbital patterns. The Folds themselves looked incomplete, as if reality was still deciding what they should become.
The landscape was filled with storms of pure existence that defied conventional understanding. When Noah looked toward certain regions with careful observation, he saw terrifying natural phenomena that made his mind recoil. Torrents of raw authority that could shred across his 63 Septillions in Complexity and Purity as easily as wind through paper. π³ππ²ππ¨ππ―πππ§ππΉ.π°πΌπ
Lightning that wasnβt electricity but the concept of sudden change made manifest, striking in patterns that erased causality itself. Whirlwinds of collapsed probability that would unmake anything caught within them by retroactively preventing their existence.
This entire region was also filled with extremely dense layers of mist that obscured vision beyond a few hundred meters. One was not able to see too much of the surrounding environment, which made the danger feel even more oppressive and immediate.
But across these distant regions, cutting through the mist and the howling winds, Noah shockingly heard roars.
ROOOOAAAAAR!
The sound waves alone caused his existence to buzz with resonance, making his cells vibrate at frequencies that bordered on painful. These were not the sounds of mere beasts but the declarations of beings claiming their right to exist through sheer force of will.
This was the moment when Tor slowed his flight and tilted his head as if he was listening carefully for where the sound of those roars originated. His dark eyes gleamed with interest.
He then smiled with anticipation and said, "Oh, this ongoing battle may be ideal for you to understand what Iβve been explaining. Letβs go see."
...!
They moved through the dangerous regions with Tor navigating expertly. After traversing what Noah estimated to be a few Gigaparsecs, passing through layers of folded space and compressed distance, they entered a clearing filled with tumultuous waves of power.
The region they arrived in was a vast expanse that looked like an ancestral battlefield carved from the bones of reality itself.
The ground was composed of compressed existence that had been hammered flat by countless impacts over what must have been eons of conflict. Plateaus of crystalline material jutted upward at irregular intervals, each one scarred with claw marks and burn patterns that glowed with residual authority.
Massive weathered pillars rose like the ribs of some dead existential beast, creating natural archways and obstacles throughout the terrain. The sky above swirled with auroras of impossible colors that bled into each other, painting the entire scene in shifting hues of violet, crimson, and glacial blue.
The entire region was filled with terrifying swirling shattered Folds that moved through the space like debris in a Primordial storm. These fragments could eradicate a creature of 1 Septillion Complexity on impact, simply erasing them from existence through contact.
And yet, at the center of such a dangerous place, Noah observed two monstrous entities locked in combat.
The first creature was a titanic wyvern-like being whose body stretched for what looked like light-years. Its sleek form was covered in obsidian scales that crackled with constant electrical discharge. A magnificent crest of horn-like protrusions jutted from its head, each one serving as a conductor for the purple lightning that wreathed its entire existence.
Its wings were vast membranes of crystallized energy that sparked and flashed with every movement, creating afterimages of light that burned into the retina. Its tail was segmented and whip-like, trailing arcs of electricity that carved through the surrounding space.
The creature was surrounded by endless purple obsidian seas of lightning that formed a domain around it, making the very air ionize and glow.
The second creature was ape-like in its basic structure but magnified to apocalyptic proportions. Its body was covered in white fur that looked like compressed glacial ice, each strand sharp enough to cut through reality. Massive curved horns grew from its head like the tusks of some primordial mammoth, glowing with frozen light.
Its arms were disproportionately long and muscular, ending in fists that looked capable of shattering continents. Its eyes burned with blue fire that held the cold fury of absolute zero.
This beast was surrounded by glacial waves of storms and ice that manifested as swirling blizzards of frozen authority, creating a domain of perpetual winter that fought against the electrical storm of its opponent.
Noahβs vision pulsed as information flooded his perception.
|Name: Voltaic Sovereign Incarnate - Raijax|
|Classification: Pre-THE Existence attempting Lightning Sovereignty|
|Complexity: 485 Decillion|
|Purity: 515 Decillion|
|Grand Principles: Thunder Genesis, Lightning Propagation, Voltage Manifestation, Electric Dominion, Storm Convergence, Plasma Authority, Conductivity Mastery, Arc Supremacy|
|Status: Engaged in existential combat|
|Name: Glacial Sovereign Incarnate - Hyorath|
|Classification: Pre-THE Existence attempting Glacial Sovereignty|
|Complexity: 555 Decillion|
|Purity: 555 Decillion|
|Grand Principles: Frost Genesis, Ice Propagation, Absolute Zero Manifestation, Glacial Dominion, Winter Convergence, Crystalline Authority, Thermal Negation Mastery, Permafrost Supremacy|
|Status: Engaged in existential combat|
"These two here are good examples of existences trying to reach THE," he said calmly, gesturing toward the battling titans. "Their existence is ripe for it as they have not concentrated so much on their numerical Complexity and Purity, though those numbers are still a little large."
"But they have leaned towards a specific aspect of existence and are actively seeking to claim Sovereignty towards it. One is seeking Lightning Sovereignty while the other is seeking Glacial Sovereignty. One is walking the Way of Lightning and the other is walking the Way of Glacial."
"They are grand ideals, worthy pursuits. But these existences would never truly have the chance to reach THE at the end of their paths. You see, the aspects of existence they are trying to lay claim over... well, even both of these could be superseded by the authority that is currently burning you. Elemental."
"Lightning falls under Elemental. Glacial falls under Elemental. Both of their Ways are subcategories of a broader Sovereignty that has already been claimed. So while it could theoretically be possible for them to eventually attain THE through these paths, it would be immensely hard, perhaps impossible without completely redefining their chosen domains."
BOOM!
CRAAAACK!
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