Chapter 1228: New Status
Chapter 1228: New Status
[Status]
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Name : Billion Ironhart
Race : Human
Class : Primordial Executor – Transcendent (Mythic)
Realm : Low Demi-God
Divine Core :
- Stage 1 : Pale Golden — 100%
Origin Resonance :
- Space : 10%
- Time : 5%
- Fire : 5%
- Water : 5%
- Earth : 5%
- Wind : 5%
- Blood : 5%
- Resonance : 5%
- Polarity : 5%
Authority :
- Absolute — Initiated
- Foundations :
Isolate — Space
Anchor — Time
Decay — Time
Insight — Resonance
Equalize — Polarity
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The familiar panel appeared before me, but it was no longer the same status I had seen for years. Several sections that had once been filled with Laws, abilities, skills and Rights had disappeared completely, replaced by something much simpler.
I looked at it carefully.
My Level was gone.
That made sense. Levels had always been a way of measuring progression within the different realm, where strength could still be represented through accumulated power and increasingly refined Laws. But after becoming a Demi-God, that method of measurement no longer had much meaning. My existence had crossed into a completely different stage, and the System had adjusted accordingly.
The next thing that caught my attention was the Divine Core.
Its current state was listed simply as Stage One, Pale Golden, at one hundred percent.
I understood what that meant.
The Pale Golden Soul Force had completely transformed, and the Dawn Core had undergone its own qualitative evolution. It was no longer merely a world inside my body that stored energy and processed resources. It had become a Divine Core, an embryonic world that would continue evolving alongside my existence.
My attention then shifted to the Origin Resonance section.
Nine Origins were listed there.
Space had reached ten percent resonance, while Time, Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Blood, Resonance and Polarity had each reached five percent.
These numbers were not percentages of my understanding. They represented how strongly my existence currently resonated with each Origin. Space was naturally the highest because I had spent the most time comprehending it and had even touched its Origin directly, while the others had only begun to develop within me.
I then looked at the final section.
Authority.
There was only one name.
Absolute — Initiated.
I stared at those words for several seconds. This was perhaps the biggest change of all.
My Rights were gone from the status panel, but they had not disappeared.
They had changed.
The System no longer recognized them as independent powers. Instead, they had become the foundations of my developing Authority.
Isolate was connected to Space.
Anchor and Decay were connected to Time.
Insight was connected to Resonance.
Equalize was connected to Polarity.
I had already begun to understand why.
The Right to Isolate was my incomplete understanding of Space’s ability to separate one existence from another. The Right to Anchor was connected to Time because anchoring something meant preventing its state from changing. Decay was another expression of Time, forcing an existence toward deterioration. Insight allowed me to perceive the hidden relationships and structures within existence through Resonance, while Equalize manipulated the differences between opposing states through Polarity.
For years, I had thought of these Rights as mysterious abilities that existed separately from my Laws.
Now I understood that they were something else entirely. They were fragments of principles I had been using without truly understanding them.
And now those fragments had become the foundations of my Authority.
I slowly closed the status panel.
A faint smile appeared on my face.
So this was what it meant to become a Demi-God.
I was no longer simply accumulating Laws and increasing their levels. I was beginning to understand the Origins beneath those Laws, integrating those principles into my existence and using them as the foundation for something greater.
My Authority.
I wanted to know what it actually felt like.
I slowly raised my hand and released it.
A ripple passed through the surrounding Space.
It was subtle at first, spreading outward from my body like a wave passing through still water. But the moment the ripple reached a certain distance, the entire space around me began to tremble.
Behind my body, a vast projection slowly emerged.
The first thing that appeared was a gigantic black hole.
It floated silently within the projection, its darkness so deep that even the surrounding Space seemed to disappear into it. Opposite it was a magnificent celestial body, radiating a pale and ancient light. It resembled a distant star, yet its presence carried a strange weight that made the entire Origin Expanse feel quieter.
Between the two, a vast black river began to flow.
Countless stars shone within its dark waters.
The Soul River.
It passed through the space between the black hole and the celestial body, connecting the two as though they were part of a single cosmic cycle.
I watched the projection silently.
But then something else appeared.
Above the black hole, the celestial body and the flowing Soul River, a figure slowly manifested.
It was a man.
At least, it had the shape of one.
His features were impossible to see, blurred as though not yet fully manifested. I could not determine his face, his expression or even the exact details of his body.
Yet the moment that figure appeared, an immense pressure descended upon the entire Origin Expanse.
My expression slowly changed.
This wasn’t simply a projection of my Divine Core.
It was a manifestation of my Authority.
The black hole, the celestial body and the Soul River represented the foundation I had created within the Dawn Core. But the figure standing above them represented something else.
Me.
Or rather, the beginning of what I would eventually become.
I could feel the five foundations of my Authority resonating within the projection. Space, Time, Resonance and Polarity intertwined with my will, while the principles behind my Rights began expressing themselves naturally through the manifestation.
The pressure continued spreading outward.
I looked at the blurry figure standing above the cosmic scene and felt a strange sensation in my chest.
My Authority was still only at the Initiated stage. I had barely begun. Yet even this incomplete manifestation already carried such terrifying pressure.
I couldn’t help but wonder what this figure would become once I truly understood Absolute.
For now, I had no answer.
But I knew one thing for certain. Even though I had only just completed my breakthrough, I was already far stronger than an ordinary newly ascended Demi-God. My resonance with so many Origins gave me an advantage that most newly ascended Demi-Gods could not possibly possess.
"Almost four months have passed. I still have time," I murmured as I considered my next step. "The question is, should I continue increasing my resonance with Space, or should I bring the other Origins closer to it?"
I remained there for a while, weighing the two choices in my mind. In the end, I decided to focus on Time first. I would raise its resonance to ten percent and then work on increasing both Space and Time together, gradually pushing them toward fifteen percent.
With my decision made, I took a deep breath and settled down once again.
Then I closed my eyes and began to meditate.
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