Chapter 1283 - 90%

Three years had passed since I entered the Origin Expanse of the Primordial Beast Universe.

During that time, I had barely moved from the place where I first sat down. The endless black expanse that had initially welcomed me with an overwhelming abundance of Origin Essence had gradually changed, and the once-dense currents of primordial energy had become thinner with every passing month.

I had spent almost every waking moment comprehending Origins, absorbing their Essence, and refining the changes within my Divine Core. Whenever I needed to understand the situation outside, I would contact my summons through our connection and request an update. As long as nothing required my immediate attention, I would return to my meditation without hesitation.

The first few months had been filled with discoveries, and the following year had been even more productive. During the second year, however, I noticed that the rate at which I gained new comprehension began to slow down. That was when I started exploring the deeper layers of the Expanse instead of remaining in one location, searching for Origins that had not yet entered my Divine Core.

By the end of the third year, I had explored almost every region I could reach, and the amount of Essence remaining in this dimension had become a fraction of what it had once been.

I opened my eyes and looked at the darkness stretching before me.

It was difficult to believe that this place had once been filled with enough Origin Essence to overwhelm even a High Demi-God. Now, enormous stretches of the Expanse had become barren, and the faint traces of energy drifting through the void were barely enough to sustain their original fluctuations. The primordial manifestations that had attacked me during my first days here had become increasingly rare, and even those that appeared were weaker than before.

I had consumed almost everything.

A faint smile appeared on my face as I examined the changes within my Divine Core, and I finally summoned my status panel.

[Status]

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Name : Billion Ironhart

Race : Human

Class : Primordial Executor – Transcendent (Mythic)

Realm : High Demi-God

Divine Core : Stage 3 : Pure Golden — 9%

Origin Resonance :

Space : 90% Time : 90% Fire : 90% Water : 90% Earth : 90% Wind : 90% Blood : 90% Resonance : 90% Polarity : 90% Ice : 90% Darkness : 90% Metal : 90% Dream : 90% Lightning : 90% Destruction : 90% Life : 90% Death : 90% Force : 90% Light : 90% Shadow : 90% Gravity : 90% Sound : 90% Illusion : 90% Chaos : 90% Order : 90% ... and 23 more Origins at 90%

Total Origins : 49

Authority :

Absolute — Manifested Foundations : Isolate — Space and Time Anchor — Space and Time Decay — Time Insight — Resonance Equalize — Polarity

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I studied the panel for a while, although I already knew every number displayed on it. Seeing the results of three years of effort together still gave me a certain satisfaction. When I first entered this universe, I had possessed a handful of Origins with resonance levels that varied considerably.

Space and Time had been my strongest, while several others had barely crossed the threshold required for meaningful use. Now, every one of my forty-nine Origins had reached ninety percent resonance.

The original ten had advanced alongside the new Origins I had discovered throughout the Expanse. Metal had given me a deeper understanding of structure and durability, while Dream had opened my perception to layers of existence that could not be reached through ordinary senses.

Gravity allowed me to manipulate attraction and pressure with far greater precision, and Sound had revealed how fluctuations could travel through structures that appeared completely still. Life, Death, Shadow, Light, Chaos, Order, and many others had joined them, each contributing a different aspect of comprehension to my Divine Core.

I had not simply collected forty-nine different powers. I had spent three years learning how they connected.

The possibilities were almost endless. Yet the most important change was not visible on the status panel.

I raised my right hand and slowly turned my palm upward.

The black expanse trembled.

At first, the fluctuation was so subtle that it might have been mistaken for a natural change in the dimension, but within moments, the trembling spread across the surrounding darkness. Countless spatial layers began shifting around me, and the faint currents of Origin Essence scattered in every direction. Far beyond my immediate surroundings, the structure of the Expanse rippled as though an invisible force had pressed against its boundaries.

I had not released my Soul Force. I had not activated Absolute Authority.

I had merely moved my hand.

I slowly closed my fingers, and the surrounding Space compressed toward my palm. Time, Gravity, and Metal responded almost instinctively, their Origin fluctuations intertwining with Space until an enormous region of the Expanse folded inward.

The resulting pressure was so immense that the remaining primordial Essence gathered into visible streams, rushing toward my hand before disappearing into my Divine Core.

I released my fingers.

The compressed region expanded again, sending a wave through the black expanse that continued traveling long after I had stopped moving.

I watched it fade with a thoughtful expression.

My control had reached a level where I no longer needed to deliberately coordinate every Origin for simple tasks. Their relationships had become so familiar that my will could guide them together, allowing their effects to complement one another without the hesitation I had once experienced.

Even without invoking the full power of my Absolute Authority, I could produce results that would have required considerably more effort before entering this place.

Unfortunately, my progress had also created a new problem.

The Origin Expanse was struggling to contain me.

Every Origin I had comprehended carried its own fluctuations, and with forty-nine Origins resonating at ninety percent, the combined pressure inside my Divine Core had become enormous.

My Divine Core had expanded repeatedly during these three years, incorporating new Origin patterns into its structure, but the amount of power accumulating within it had continued to grow faster than the dimension around me could comfortably withstand.

The black expanse trembled whenever my aura escaped even slightly.

In some regions, the surrounding Space had begun developing cracks, while distant layers of the dimension folded and unfolded without any external influence. The remaining Origin Essence was being pulled toward me almost automatically, drawn by the resonance of the forty-nine Origins within my body.

I could feel the Expanse responding to my existence as though I had become a second center of gravity, one that threatened to disturb the very structure of the dimension.

I withdrew my hand and suppressed my aura.

The trembling gradually subsided, although the surrounding darkness remained unstable.

Three years ago, I had entered this place hoping to increase my Origin Resonance as quickly as possible. I had expected to grow stronger, perhaps even discover a new way to approach Godhood, but I had never imagined that I would consume almost the entire Origin Expanse in the process.

Still, despite everything I had achieved, one obstacle remained.

Ninety percent.