Chapter 266 - Chaos (1/2)
1 second.
That's how long his soul's exposure to the Chaos lasted, just a minuscule second that would barely ever make a difference in a normal person's life, yet for him, it felt like a hundred lifetimes.
The first thing he saw was emptiness. A space so vast that he knew by instinct that even with a trillion years to explore he would never be able to reach its boundry, if it even had one.
The only things populating this place were mysterious atoms which he was unable to identify. An incalculable number of atoms, all moving faster than the speed of light, in completely random directions but never coming into contact with one another, never colliding.
It was a system of perfect harmony, of order. It was....beautiful!
Time did not exist here, or rather, it never existed nor would it ever in the future. Time was a construct created by the feeble minded to bring meaning to their limited lifespans.
1 second could be equal to a million years, and a million years shorter than the smallest measurable unit of time.
His eyes were attracted to a single atom out of all the others. This one in specific, it was different.
In this unimaginable expanse of space, a small ripple appeared around the atom, sending out wave after of energy.
As he gazed at the atom, his vision blurred and the distance between him and the atom shortened. One second he was looking at it from god know's how far, the next second he was next to it. His body continuously shrinking.
When he stopped shrinking, the atom looked like a sun. So vast and majestic that he couldn't even see it completely.
He reached out his hand and passed through its black surface, appearing in yet another space. In this space was a single spark, flickering in the dark, about to be put out any second.
Compared to the space outside, this was just as big with no boundary in sight. The only inhabitant of this space was the flickering ball of flame.
He looked at the flame and once again found himself standing in front of it. But only after standing next to it did he realize the stupendous amount of energy it was giving off.
It was a small ball of fire, dirt and white light, all swirling around in a circle, always chasing one another but never being able to catch up.
It stayed like this for eons. But when there was no time, how could eons have passed? Might as well have been a second.
But then something changed.
Hao Xuan felt movement next to him but could see nothing there, yet he could feel it, a presence. Something he wasn't supposed to see.
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*Crack*
The cocoon covering his body shook once, letting out an invisible wave. This wave passed through the dozens of formations placed around the room, didn't even alert Jin Wang who was sitting not too far from him.
They spread out faster and faster, passing the kingdom of Mei, the Jia, the Empire overlooking them, the continent of Tertium, and then the entire beast world.
They passed through everything, nothing could halt their advance for even an instant.
The view zoomed out, Seven Planets orbiting one another, dozens of suns and moons between them. Each of these planets bigger than the last, with three of them watching over the other four from the outskirts.
One by one the invisible waves reached each of these planets, and then passed through them like they were never there.
But a few seconds after they had passed, several hundred pairs of eyes opened up from the three planets at the periphery of this boundless solar system.
They peered inward, staring at the four planets but not being to tell where the wave originated from.
”Another has awakened...the primordial spark has been seen once again.”
One pair of vertical black eyes looked at the others, with intrigue, curiosity, and perhaps even amusement.
”It is still far too early to assume so. Far...far too early,” another golden pair of bestial eyes replied before disappearing.
”This generation has quite a few worthy ones...”
”Haha...it will be fun. This one won't be the last either.”
”We need more warriors, the next war will soon begin.”
”There is still time, we can still make it.....hopefully....”
”The inner sanctum must be protected. I can feel the dark one's power growing.”
*Sigh*
”It cannot be helped. We are broken beings.”
”No, we are flawless! They are the 'imperfect ones'.”
”If only it was so...”
It seemed like the beings that those eyes belonged to hadn't talked to one another in a long time. They continued their bickering through space and time like it was the most normal thing in the world.
A pair of brown eyes that looked the most like a human's looked at another similar pair.
”Did you hear about the attacks?”