【 THODS TO REPAIR A REALM’S PROVENANCE 】
Decay and collapse always have their reasons.
In the case of Ouros, although his reckless exploitation of the demi-realm’s life force was the most imdiate cause, it was rely the trigger.
This demi-realm wasn’t naturally ford, nor was it created by a god through conventional ans. Instead, it was forcefully transford by a demigod who sacrificed their own soul to transform a unique spatial space into what exists now.
But such a transformation ca with imnse, inherent risks.
At its core, the demi-realm had once been an incomplete divine kingdom, a gift bestowed upon Oros by the forr World Tree.
Although it had the potential to evolve into a fully mature realm, having such a potential alone wasn’t enough and transforming it into reality required a long and arduous process.
The key to this transformation lay in allowing the demi-realm’s Provenance to fully develop.
Only through its full maturation could the demi-realm stabilize and flourish.
Yet, achieving this was by no ans a simple task.
Without the direct guidance of a deity, the Provenance’s developnt would take eons—tens of millions of years of slow, organic evolution.
However, even with divine intervention, completing this process could still require centuries.
For even the most powerful of gods, creating a fully mature demi-realm from scratch would demand decades of ticulous effort.
Oros, however, discovered a shortcut to hasten the entire process.
The price was a flawed Provenance, which left the demi-realm with a drastically shortened lifespan.
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Even so, this expedited result was only possible because the original demi-realm, in its prior state as a divine kingdom, already had well-established foundational laws.
Alas, this thod was nearly impossible to replicate and also carried a steep cost.
When Evé took over the demi-realm, she imdiately understood its predicant. Without external intervention, this realm would collapse entirely within ten years.
The cracks spidering across its skies, resembling fractures in delicate glass, were unmistakable warnings of its impending demise.
Though the demi-realm seed stable for now, this stability was nothing more than a fragile illusion.
Its collapse would not co gradually, like the slow boiling of a frog in water. Instead, it would be abrupt and catastrophic, akin to a bursting of a dam, unleashing devastation upon its wake.
At first, nothing would seem amiss, but once the threshold was reached, this demi-realm would implode within a short period.
“Ten years… If I can’t repair this demi-realm within ten years, then I’ll have no choice but to abandon it,”
“Because it was forcefully transford, this demi-realm has now beco permanently fixed in its current state. Until its Provenance is restored, it’s practically impossible to revert it back into a divine kingdom. It seems I can’t integrate it into my own divine kingdom either…”
“Nonetheless, I definitely cannot give up on these new believers. They hold significant potential and are crucial to my future plans…”
“Ultimately, if this demi-realm can’t be repaired, relocating them to Seigües will be my only option. However, it will be a monuntal task. Not to ntion, most of them aren’t my believers, which would make their transfer and resettlent even more troubleso.”
“But if it cos to that… would it be like picking up sesa seeds while losing a waterlon?” ¹
At this thought, Evé felt a tinge of helplessness.
Repairing the demi-realm was an imnsely challenging task, yet its allure was undeniable.
As its new master, Evé could now perceive every detail about the demi-realm.
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It spanned over three million square kiloters, boasting arable lands, abundant resources, and vast stretches of forest and plains with a remarkable diversity of animals and ecosystem.
Aside from the relatively low strength of its inhabitants and a scarcity of magical plants and creatures, it was close to perfection.
Moreover, the demi-realm’s fundantal laws were exceptionally well-structured.
Though its mana levels were on the lower side, its elental balance rivaled that of a proper material realm.
A demi-realm like this, capable of supporting all forms of life, was highly prized even amongst the gods.
Such a realm could serve as an ideal sanctuary for nurturing one’s believers—a veritable garden of faith, so to speak.
For the Gods of Faith whose entirely reliant on faith, it could even act as a contingency for their resurrection should they sohow fall.
This also includes Evé.
From the perspective of faith, if a situation ca about wherein she have to abandon her physical form and her identity as the World Tree, then she could potentially resurrect in this demi-realm as a god of faith by drawing upon the power of faith of its inhabitants.
From the World Tree’s standpoint, Evé could also choose to pay a trendous price to transfer her True Body, uprooting herself from Seigües and taking root in this demi-realm instead. By transforming it into an isolated realm, she could use this demi-realm as a refuge to escape the pursuit of the other gods.
Of course, both of these plans rely on the demi-realm’s Provenance remaining intact.
To fundantally prevent the collapse of this demi-realm, its Provenance must be repaired and restored first to its original state.
Thus, everything ultimately hinges on fixing it.
However, repairing sothing is often far more challenging than creating it from scratch.
True, gods do possess the ability to create demi-realms, but they do so not by creating them outright with their own power.
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Instead, they harness the natural laws of the universe that govern the formation of demi-realms, accelerating the process with their divine energy to achieve results in a shorter tifra.
In essence, gods act more like catalysts.
Therefore, when it cos to repairing a demi-realm, even mythical beings like her often find themselves at a loss. This is why, when the Provenance of Seigües was damaged, the other gods could do nothing but leave it as it is to recover on its own.
That being said, not all true gods are alike.
As the World Tree, Evé operates under chanisms similar to those of a realm. She has the unique ability to repair the source of a realm by drawing upon void energy.
However, because she is deeply rooted in Seigües and tightly intertwined with its Provenance, it is practically impossible for her to silently uproot herself and transfer her focus to repairing another demi-realm.
Still, this isn’t an absolute limitation.
In Evé’s vast knowledge regarding realms, there are two thods she knows of that could repair the Provenance of this demi-realm:
The first thod is to use a Divine Artifact that has a correlation to the realm’s Provenance.
Coincidentally, Eve’s inheritance includes such an artifact:
The Elental Source.
The Elental Source was one of the three divine artifacts of the previous World Tree, created during the Twilight Era to repair the damage done to Seigües’ Provenance at that ti.
This artifact was specifically designed to assist in the creation and repair of realms.
Unfortunately, this artifact was taken by Etriōu, the Eternal Lord and leader of the Gods of Mankind, during the heavenly war.
Etriōu wields overwhelming divine power, and Evé, in her current state, still cannot afford to provoke him…
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For now, she can only note her grievance for the future.
So…this first thod is difficult to implent at the mont.
Which leaves her to the second thod.
That is, to seize the Provenance of another realm that is closely similar to it and rge both to repair the damaged Provenance.
Unfortunately, Evé didn’t know where to find another realm that’s closely similar to this demi-realm.
The realm of Seigües could theoretically qualify, but Evé wouldn’t dare to tamper with Seigües’ Provenance, especially under the watchful eyes of the Pantheon.
Her own divine kingdom also fits the criteria, but ddling with the Provenance of her divine kingdom would tantamount to suicidal endeavor.
This line of thought, however, sparked another idea for Evé.
Given that this demi-realm was originally a failed divine kingdom created by the previous World Tree, what if she could sohow find the remnants of her predecessor’s primary divine kingdom, which was destroyed during the heavenly war?
Would it be possible to use these remnants to repair the Provenance of this demi-realm?
Technically speaking, remnants of a broken divine kingdom would still carry within them so traces of their Provenance.
Furthermore, the World Tree’s divine kingdom was always closely aligned with the Material world.
This idea of hers wasn’t just re speculation either.
As the new master of this demi-realm, Evé now had a key piece that could allow her to search for the previous World Tree’s destroyed divine kingdom:
That is, these vast numbers of believers who still believe in her predecessor.
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¹ Pick up a sesa seed only to lose a waterlon – A chinese proverb which basically ans to concentrate on small matters at the expense of more important ones.
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