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TRUUUM!
RUMBLE!
A trendous upheaval shook the depths of the center of Kireina's Cosmic Realm.
After her fierce battle against Susanoo and her ascension into a Star-Shattering Heart Path Cultivator, Kireina had unlocked the profound power of Heart Essence Manifestation.
Through the clash and the fusion of her own Martial Arts with this Manifestation, Kireina's System—and even her deep connections to all the creations born from it or the skills she possessed—had lted into a radiant mass of countless lights.
This ethereal mass of light was still taking shape deep within her Soul and Existence, yet it already resembled an ever-shifting Realm filled with countless colors, though predominantly white, gray, yellow, blue, and purple.
In this wondrous Realm born from her Ascension, the System had literally lted and beco one with it, permanently fusing into her very being.
At its center stood a beautiful, gigantic, and ethereal cosmic red rose, eternally blossoming.
This blooming cosmic flower was Defiance, her Reality-Rank Trait that had fully "blossod" when Kireina struck the Star of Misfortune, redefined her limits, and unleashed the power that had been sealed within her.
Thus, within her Cosmic Realm where the System was governed, the Goddesses of the System stared in shock at the transformation unfolding before them.
Before, the System had been a giant glowing crystal of pure white, extending with countless rivers of light.
But now, everything had changed.
The crystal where Origin had been born shattered and vanished, dissolving into countless particles of ethereal essence.
Heart Essence.
Kireina's Manifestation of her Heart Essence had forcefully reshaped the entire System into sothing entirely new.
To the astonishnt of the System Goddesses, it now appeared as a towering pillar of countless colors, reaching toward the skies and piercing through the Cosmic Realm.
It glowed with a mysterious, almost alien light, constantly shifting and evolving.
This was what the System had beco.
But could it truly still be called a System?
Countless souls connected to it ford an endless stream of Consciousness and Souls, powerful enough to distort reality and twist fate itself.
This pillar of light pierced through many Planes—the Chaos Plane, the Dream Plane, and more—until it reached the Star of Misfortune, embedding into its surface and slowly crystallizing its darkness into gleaming white diamonds.
"Just what has happened here?" Androda asked, her voice trembling. "It's so strange. I don't understand any of this anymore...!"
"This pillar... it connects to another Dinsion," Astraea murmured, her silver eyes glowing with chromatic light. "I see now. Kireina-sama has ascended to a Realm beyond our understanding. The System has adapted to her growth. It has beco sothing else entirely."
"You know what it is?" Androda asked in surprise.
Origin and Asteria gazed at the pillar with wide, shimring eyes that radiated cosmic light.
The children felt an irresistible pull toward it, but Androda grew anxious, her screen-like eyes flashing constant danger warnings.
"No! Don't go near it, children! It could be dangerous...!"
"Don't worry. It isn't," Astraea replied with a fascinated smile. "It's calling us..."
"What? Who...? Ah!" Androda's eyes widened. "It is calling us..."
"Let's go et her," Astraea said warmly.
"But..." Androda hesitated. She wished Kireina could explain everything, yet it seed her beloved was far too occupied. "Okay..."
Trusting Astraea, she stepped forward.
She glanced back at a lady made of bright golden light who admired the pillar in silent awe.
"Won't you co with us?" Androda asked.
"I am in awe of what Kireina has created, but no. I belong to Frank, and I will wait for his recovery," replied Frank's System Avatar, who had also rged with Kireina's System. "Go ahead. Return and tell what you saw."
Astraea and Androda nodded, then walked into the blinding pillar of colorful light with their children, instantly absorbed by it.
FLASH!
The mont they crossed through, they beheld the "Dinsion" born from Kireina's Consciousness, embodying her Heart and deeply linked to her Soul.
It was utterly different from the Cosmic Realm. This was a tangible world, yet entirely Conceptual. For lack of better words...
"This is a bridge," Androda whispered.
"A bridge?" Astraea echoed. "Ah, I see it too."
Their eyes glead beneath the eternal radiance of this Dinsion. Each colorful light they perceived was actually part of a different Plane.
Kireina's creation—whose na they still did not know—existed as a perpetual Dinsion between Multiple Planes.
Yet because it was Conceptual, beings from other Planes could neither detect the Pillar nor enter it.
Only those who had forged a deep Connection with Kireina could perceive it, let alone step into this strange Conceptual Dinsion.
As they wandered, the ever-shifting space flowed with colors, images, numbers, letters, and voices all around them.
It was a vast congregation of Consciousnesses spanning all of Reality.
"It's so beautiful..." Astraea breathed. "I understand now. This is what Kireina discovered, a power beyond the System, yet one that can defy her Fated Misfortune."
"Aee!"
"Uwaah!"
Origin and Asteria floated toward sothing at the center of the Dinsion. Their mothers followed, hearts pounding with concern, until they saw it.
At the heart of this Dinsion blood a gigantic red rose, its crystalline vines spreading across the pocket realm, connecting to countless Consciousnesses, Histories, mories, Powers, and Planes.
It resembled a crystalline heart as well, beating steadily. Each pulse sent shockwaves of pure Heart Essence, a condensation of Kireina's elevated Consciousness, refined through the Plane of Soul.
And atop this heart sat soone.
It was her.
"Kireina...?"
Androda and Astraea gasped as Origin and Asteria drifted toward the figure perched upon the crystalline heart.
It was Kireina, yet her body consisted of the sa ethereal energy as the Dinsion, constantly shifting colors, predominantly white and gray, glowing with soft watercolor hues.
Her long hair flowed into an eternal sea of white light laced with shifting tones.
Her eyes shimred with silver and white, like distant galaxies.
Her horns appeared as delicate glass.
"..."
"Um, Kireina?"
Her wives and children called softly, but this Kireina remained in a deep trance.
This was one of her aspects, her ever-shifting consciousness, the truth she guarded within her heart.
"It seems she's in a profound trance..." Astraea said quietly. "How can we wake her?"
"I don't think we need to," Androda replied with a gentle smile. "This might be her way of telling us we no longer have to manage the System alone."
"Yes... I feel it too," Astraea sighed in relief. "I must admit, it has been exhausting."
"Indeed. But I would love to stay longer. There is so much to learn here," Androda said.
"And our children clearly adore it. Why not?" Astraea agreed.
They did not yet realize that each step they took within this Dinsion helped refine it further, giving it clearer form.
Eventually, they understood and began tending to it like devoted gardeners nurturing precious crops.
With tender care and boundless love, sothing extraordinary would soon blossom.
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