Chapter 517: A Tiny Spark (2/2)

Each time a constellation was born, the void unceasingly trembled. Scared and afraid, slowly but surely, it was forced to retreat over and over again. It tried to push the constellations against each other, hoping that they would destroy one another but the result was the complete opposite.

It didn't take that long until Raven was completely surrounded with constellations. Each of them were etched to his memory, some even directly appeared as law diagrams on his own body. Nevertheless, Raven only watched as an observer and took everything in.

The birth of the constellations continued. Their multiplication hastened and the void retreated even further. At one point in time, the void was completely backed-up in the corner, finding itself surrounded by constellations which shone with brilliance.

Raven had lost count on how many constellation appeared so far. He was motionless and stuck in the depth of his trance that he failed to realize that his body was reflecting the brilliance that each constellation releases. This inadvertently created a link, connecting Raven to all constellations around him.

Eventually, a huge movement occurred. The constellation moved in unison, lead by the First and started consuming what's left of the void.

Not a single constellation missed this event. They all siphoned a part of the void and fused it to themselves and whenever they did, a change occurred to them.

One by one, each constellation released a certain color. Raven surroundings were no longer pitch black, instead he's now surrounded with myriad colors, some of which he saw for the first time.

Each color was also reflected on his eyes, etched in his memories and left a striking impression on him.

At the time that the last speck of the void was devoured by the constellations. A flurry of myriad lights surrounded Raven. They moved erratically and were seemingly wrapping him into a tight cocoon. Despite all of this, Raven remained impassive.

He didn't show any reaction and took everything with an uninterested expression. Raven was mildly aware of what's happening but he didn't stop it.

By the end of it, Raven was completely encased in a small round cocoon. At it's core, Raven could be found naked and in a fetal position. His eyes were tightly shut and his body was constantly breaking down and being reformed.

Each time a piece of him was broken down, a streak of colorful lights will fuse with him and become a part of his body. This happened slowly but methodically. This process wasn't controlled by Raven at all. It was all natural.

Still, even if he's now undergoing the process of his 8th Transformation, Raven's consciousness was still in a deep trance.

Raven's experiencing something incredible but he himself can't explain it nor were aware that it's happening. All he could think about was the series of flashing lights, the constellations and other things which he can't make heads or tails of. However, one thing's for sure. Raven's being enlightened onto something, it's just that he's not aware of it for now.

An unknown amount of time passed and all of sudden, the cocoon released a beautiful arrangement of lights. Well, to be more specific, Raven's body was the one who's releasing this lights.

As these spectrum of lights illuminated his surroundings, they all formed several images, representing a specific constellation which were the same ones that he had seen before.

These constellations were moving as if they were alive. They swam, trotted, flew and so on all around him as if they were on their natural habitat. Each figure seems to contain a certain level of intelligence, some even interacted with the other constellations. They all formed different shapes in sizes but all got along since, in a sense, they came from a single source.

Raven's consciousness travelled far. It was as if he travelled to the past, present and future. He witnessed how it all began and how it all ended with an apathetic expression. It was as if he was nothing but a mere observer and had no concern about whatever's destroyed or created.

Nevertheless, for each thing that he saw created or destroyed, something stayed with him. Something resonated and was absorbed into his body, as for what it is, Raven have no way of knowing just yet.

Inside the cocoon, Raven's body was nearly reformed. He's physical features became even more refined, his core and inner cosmos became even more consolidated and abundant and his soul went one step closer towards full recovery.

All of the colorful lights and new law-diagrams on his body receded. They weren't gone, they were just fused with him. Raven remained in trance and still experiencing a special state of enlightenment when all of a sudden…

*Crack!*