Re: Timeless Apocalypse-Chapter 157: Primordial Dance(II): Singularity, Timeless and Godless
[The Void {?}]
Uriel danced without any worry.
And at the same time, in the depths of his mind, the primordial dance unfolded again and again, endlessly.
He saw the desert form in real time.
He witnessed the birth of a dimensional space.
’I...see.’
It seemed he’d massively underestimated his Uniqueness.
What he knew about it was that, passively, it boosted the speed and clarity of his mind to a ridiculous degree—so much so that he became able to easily keep up with experts like the Emperor even before awakening his Pioneer Scale.
Actively, though, not only did it enhance his mind, it also slowed his perception of time, turning a mere second into dozens of hours if he so desired.
In truth, he didn’t know if his perception of time was slowed internally or externally; he didn’t know if it was his mind becoming so fast that time slowed, or if his relationship to time as a whole was altered by his Uniqueness.
He hadn’t cared to get into the weeds and details of it, partially because he’d assumed time would inevitably tell him all he needed to know, but primarily because he simply didn’t have the time.
But what had happened was...shocking.
His perception hadn’t simply been slowed. Somehow, his Uniqueness had pulled his consciousness all the way back to the primordial inception of...the desert.
His mind was in the past and his body was in the future—or rather, the present; his very existence was stretched across time, maintained whole by his Uniqueness.
It was mind-numbingly shocking.
Though that was the case, Uriel didn’t seem to care, nor did he seem to realize the sheer madness of it all.
No, what he did was dance, following the cadence of the wind and the void’s singing, all while the primordial dance etched itself deeply into his memory.
Alongside both dances—the one he performed and the one replaying in his mind—aether he didn’t know existed began to stir and move alongside him, becoming his partner, one he direly needed.
It was of an imperceptible hue, invisible yet very much real, swirling across Uriel’s frame, entirely obedient and in harmony with him, sinking into and exiting his flame body as if they were one.
The aether condensed, becoming a spectral figure of dark flames that wrapped around him; a beautiful feminine figure, their fingers interlocked and hips pressed together as they rocked back and forth.
The energy shifted, turning utterly chaotic at times, causing their steps to become wild and untamed, leaving the dark void Uriel danced across shaking.
At other times it turned impossibly orderly, their momentum slowing to a crawl and their swings becoming deathly slow, stabilizing the void itself before collapsing into chaos once again.
And in between the flows of chaos and order, between their dance, at times a faint state of balance seemed to be reached, where the energy was neither chaotic nor stable.
A state of endless simplicity, so simple it became impossibly complex.
A state of ’truth,’ without bias or definition, as paradoxical as the ’void’ and hollow as ’nothing.’ Yet at the same time as colorful as the world, as chaotic as its birth and peaceful as its death.
Uriel didn’t understand what he was comprehending, what he was seeing, and he even seemed to have forgotten that he was on the verge of death. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
He simply danced, tightly holding onto his partner.
[You have achieved a Singularity Feat!]
[You have achieved a Timeless Feat!]
[You have achieved a Godless Feat!]
The notifications echoed one after another in rapid succession, each one coming more like a divine proclamation than a simple system message.
And then suddenly, just as the third message echoed, a loud gong rang across the void.
[You have achieved a Singularity Feat!]
[You have achieved a Timeless Feat!]
[You have achieved a Godless Feat!]
The system messages echoed once more, but this time...different.
The gong rang again.
[You have achieved a Singularity Feat!]
[You have achieved a Timeless Feat!]
[You have achieved a Godless Feat!]
It echoed again. And a third gong rang.
Had Uriel not been so entranced in his dance, perhaps he’d have noticed the subtle difference in each system announcement, as if his achievements were being sung by entirely different systems, each individually acknowledging him.
[The {?} Fields acknowledge you!]
[The {?} Weaves acknowledge you!]
[The {?} Thrones acknowledge you!]
Uriel’s body suddenly froze, his dance forcefully brought to an end by forces greater than he could possibly hope to comprehend.
[Jade Source Rewards Granted!]
[Jade Source Rewards Granted!]
[Jade Source Rewards Granted!]
His mind snapped back to attention, pulled from his trance, and all that had happened suddenly replayed in his mind.
He was surprisingly calm.
’...’
[You have become a Candidate.]
Those were the last words he heard before his mind was seemingly pulled across time and right back into his exploding body.
He didn’t have time to react.
...
The desert shook as if it were about to shatter, the rain intensifying to biblical proportions, as if the gods had torn the skies open to let their tears flood the world a second time over.
Lightning tore across the air, loud thunder echoing as the earth shattered. Large blocks of ice rose and fell as harsh winds formed an opaque storm as cold as it was deadly.
Powerful shockwaves swept across the chaotic landscape in rapid succession, followed by blinding flashes of light and soul-shaking echoes—the very fabric of ambient aether was rupturing, and with it endless explosions arose.
It was chaos, true chaos.
At the center of it all, Uriel could be seen levitating dozens of feet off the ground, his glass-like body covered in cracks through which crimson light flooded out, his orifices bleeding with golden radiance.
Alongside the cracks, veins of dark purple covered his frame, consuming his entire body and originating from his solar plexus, where his core had once been.
’...’
It wouldn’t be long until his body fully shattered and inevitably turned to ash, swept away by the storm consuming his surroundings.
Suddenly, the storm...paused.
KAH
A sharp sound, akin to the stringent crack of a whip, echoed, and in a blink, Uriel’s mind returned, his consciousness pulled from the past and into the future, or rather, the present.
And with his mind returning, so did his enlightenment.
[You have comprehended part of the Void!]
[You have comprehended part of Nothing!]
His mind shook. And then more notifications came.
[You have comprehended part of Dissonance!]
[You have comprehended part of Resonance!]
[You have comprehended part of Harmony!]
The mysterious space within his solar plexus was empty.
Where his gigantic True Core had once been, there was now nothing—the shards of his core having dissipated into nothingness.
WHOOOOSH!
Suddenly, within the empty space, three radiant points of light appeared.
[Your True Core has shattered!]
But then...
