Another twelve-step staircase erged from one of the stairs and expanded into a transparent structure that stretched across the sky. Then, familiar radiant crystalised tree roots began erging from it.
The roots were massive, almost as thick as several buildings, and countless. They spread across the border cities until they covered the entire floating landmass of Paradise. But they didn't stop there. They continued to spread until they covered the dinsion.
A transparent barrier erged, enveloping the entire dinsion.
Then, the light radiating from the tree roots outside the barrier began to warp and stretch strangely, unsettlingly.
Orion wasn't sure what he was witnessing, but he knew another phenonal event would transpire.
"This dinsion is expanding once more," the Will of the Divine Mysteries remarked.
"With the addition of dozens of new divine beings, they will need more resources for their sustenance. So an expansion is required," General Reynold nodded.
'Hopefully, it goes as planned,' he thought.
Their words confird Orion's suspicions.
"If that's the case, then this dinsion is becoming a ho for the gods. Interesting... Paradise would truly be a 'Paradise' if that were so," the Will of the Divine Mysteries mused.
Although they didn't respond aloud, everyone present nodded inwardly in agreent. The new Mysteries had already beco an entity on par with the Divine Mysteries, so its domain becoming equivalent to a divine realm wasn't entirely surprising, though it was still remarkable.
As the won reached the twelve steps, they were bathed in waves of creamy white and black flas.
Suddenly, the stairs transford into beams of light that shot toward the enormous crystallised roots.
"Where are they going?" Grace asked, her tone anxious as she saw her mother and others disappear into the distance.
"Don't worry, we're going after them," General Reynold assured, wrapping everyone in a mysterious divine power, excluding the Will of the Divine Mysteries. "Stay together," he added before flying forward, leading the way as the others followed closely behind.
The Will of the Divine Mysteries snorted but followed them closely.
They quickly passed through the transparent barrier, navigating the enormous crystallised roots until they arrived in a cosmic space.
An imnse crystallised tree trunk stretched out from the roots, its size imasurable as it expanded deep into the cosmic expanse. The space around it also stretched and expanded with it.
They found themselves within the trunk. Light shimred around them like rainbow-coloured streaks swirling through the vast cosmic space.
In an instant, their vision warped, and they arrived at the far edge of the trunk, where wide branches twisted and spread out.
anwhile, the won stood at the edge of the stairs, still bathed in the creamy white and black flas.
"Wow!" Grace's eyes widened, her golden irises glowing within the cosmic space as she asked, "What's happening now?"
Aurora, Aerialia, Ilse, and everyone else present were just as astonished as she was. After all, the scene unfolding before them was nothing short of breathtaking.
"It's the plan we've been developing with the Supre Leader's help. Initially, we intended for the tree to hold several dinsions, like the mirror realm ford by the other Ilse and that despicable woman, and allow it to grow gradually. But it seems we were thinking too small. The new Mysteries already has its consciousness and has decided to expand it into sothing much bigger," General Reynold said.
Oberon nodded in agreent.
Orion observed the scene.
Fruits began erging from each of the branches. In various srising colours, they were countless and dazzling, resembling the fruits that erge during the awakening ceremony, where a fraction of Primordial energy is used to stir gifts and awaken the potential to utilise Vylkr energy.
These fruits must also possess an unbelievable amount of Primordial energy. They varied in size; the smallest seed larger than even the floating landmass of Paradise, possibly rivalling their previous dinsion. The largest couldn't even be described in words—an imnse structure beyond comprehension, yet still dwarfed by the enormous crystallised tree.
The cosmic space around the fruits morphed and twisted, radiating imnse pressure.
Suddenly, one of the most enormous fruits broke off from the tree and fell toward the edge of deep space. As it reached a certain distance from the branches, it exploded, and the ripple from the explosion spread across the surrounding cosmic expanse.
What followed was surprising—structures resembling cosmic bodies and galaxies began to take shape within the confines of the explosion's aftermath. Another fruit, just as large as the first, fell in a different direction, and a similar scene transpired.
After it exploded, innurable structures began to form within its space.
A smaller fruit fell from another branch in a different direction, and a similar scene unfolded on a smaller scale. As though a trigger had been pulled, all the fruits began to fall into deep space, so transforming into cosmic structures like before, others forming singular cosmic bodies, strange constructs such as mysterious artefacts, and other mysteries of the cosmos.
In re monts, the dark, deep space, once illuminated only by the tree, was filled with galaxies, celestial bodies, and other comic structures, each connected to the branch from which it had fallen and interlinked to the imnse tree.
"The birth of a new realm," Orion muttered, his eyes capturing everything that had transpired, recording the event with his Divine dallion of Sovereign Accord to rewatch and share with others. What he had just witnessed was beyond words—beautiful and indescribable.
"Amazing!" Grace exclaid, nearly jumping from Orion's arms to get a closer look before he pulled her back.
Sylvalis, now resting her chin on her folded arms atop his head, eyes wide in awe, nodded in agreent.
General Reynold and Oberon, who had ascended to divinity when the cosmos had been ransacked and left in ruins, also found such a scene breathtaking.
"I never thought I would witness such a beautiful sight again," Ilse said, sighing softly.
Aerialia nodded in agreent. Both of them had witnessed similar scenes before they descended from into the cosmos and through countless other lifetis. They learnt their lessons and would do whatever they could to preserve and protect this new realm.
"The tree is upside down," the Will of the Divine Mysteries suddenly remarked, gazing at the enormous crystalized tree.
It was connected to the nurous cosmoses slowly taking shape through the branches and stretching upward, with its roots tightly gripping the dinsion they had just erged from.
"You're right, and it's by design. Each cosmos that has been born is connected to the tree, which stretches back down to the main dinsion, now known as the Domain of the gods. This way, it will be easier to monitor and keep track of all the expanding cosmoses and act as a bridge to travel to them if necessary."
"Also, it serves as a gate that will restrain or block any unauthorised divine being. Accessing the tree from outside the cosmos will be impossible, as they are all protected within their branches," General Reynold explained, his gaze fixed on the protective barrier surrounding each cosmos, which grew stronger before being enveloped by the ever-expanding branches, adding another layer of protection.
He glanced at the Will of the Divine Mysteries and the others before continuing, "…and attempting to breach it would an they are prepared to face the combined might of the new Mysteries and us."
Oberon nodded in agreent, his focus shifting to Aerialia, Ilse, and the Will of the Mysteries. Although he was on good terms with them if they were unwilling to set aside their pride and obey the rules, he would have no choice but to stand against them.
"You don't have to worry. I will follow the rules and do everything in my power to ensure that this place doesn't fall into chaos and beco like the outside realm," Aerialia said, her voice filled with conviction and her expression serious.
" too. I've had my fun in the past, and I'm willing to take an indefinite break to ensure the survival of this realm," Ilse added, her tone and expression equally serious.
"Then we will take you at your word," General Reynold replied, his expression softening.
However, a mischievous voice suddenly cut through the solemn atmosphere.
"Does that an I can roam as freely as I want? Seeing what you all have done with the place, I wouldn't mind coming back here occasionally to look around. It's far safer and more comfortable than the outside, you know," the Will of the Divine Mysteries said, grinning. "I've invested a lot in this and wouldn't mind reaping so profits."
General Reynold and the others frowned at once.
Orion's mind raced, wondering what was so dangerous about the outside realm that even the Will of the Divine Mysteries considered their realm much safer.
Was it because of Naka and the Vylkr spawns or the Divine Corps and those mysterious, powerful figures backing them?
Or was it because of so other formidable entity that even the Will of the Divine Mysteries found threatening? Orion wasn't entirely sure what it was, but he knew that as they continued on their path, he would uncover more secrets, just as he had now.
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