Soul Of Negary

Shengnai stood on top of the dark earth where he could look up to see a distorted sky.

This was an even grander occasion compared to the Mana Banquet, as the true forms of the Seven Gods themselves had descended.

「 Negary, it seems that you’re going to betray our alliance 」the feelers that reached out from the flesh sphere, Eternal Heat, vibrated and produced an illusory voice that caused Shengnai’s mind to feel like it was burning up.

Shengnai noticed that his sense of perception had gone haywire, or rather, this entire area had become distorted during this battle by the numerous Pathways that manifested here, causing the sky to appear as if it had been dyed in numerous colors.

Gold, red, black, and even indescribable colors drifted and circled around this entire area. Every single cell in Shengnai’s body was telling him to leave this place, but the Principles and Ideals that had become intertwined here caused him to feel immersed and unable to leave.

Distortion and chaos had entered his mind itself, changing it and the soul of every other creature here following the changes to Reality, causing a natural but inexplicable madness.

Shengnai attempted to suppress all of his discomforts and opened his eyes, greatly magnifying his sensory organs to perceive the rapidly changing golden shade. His skin was rapidly cracking, his body’s structure was either rapidly dying or undergoing mutation.

During this period of time, he had tried to mature as best he could, but it was still far from enough to be able to participate in this battle. If nothing unexpected occurred, his only use would be to act as the proof of their cooperation, then die off and return to Negary’s body as an insignificant part of it.

〖 I’m not willing to return to the original’s body in this manner 〗Shengnai’s body was rapidly changing.

The large sphere on his shoulder gave off a large number of noises as it rapidly became distorted. This spirit that had been derived from Shengnai was desperately using its own ability, [Lord of Evolution], to rapidly evolve in an attempt to adjust to the current environment.

Numerous tentacles reached out to form a pair of golden wings, its original sphere-like appearance rapidly became elongated, almost like a longsword with two intertwined spiraling blades. The pair of wings that had now formed the shape of a sword continued to twist and grow following the changes in the environment.

However, as a light of extreme heat abruptly bloomed, the tentacle wings were swiftly burned into ash. [Lord of Evolution] was unable to stimulate evolution fast enough for it to adjust to this absolutely fatal environment.

What remained of the golden wings drifted towards Shengnai, attempting to enter his collapsing body. In the very last moments of its life, regardless of whether or not it could succeed, it wanted to take over Shengnai’s body. This was the meaning of its existence, as well as its only remaining path to survival.

Shengnai’s body was also rapidly melting from this wave of extreme heat. A portion of his body was blasted away as burnt ash, causing vitality mana to erupt from them, but even the vitality mana was burnt away by this heatwave.

〖 To return to Negary’s body, that isn’t my goal 〗while Shengnai burned away, a new body appeared from within, which was the newly-born second Divine Embryo.

Shengnai was a living being that was created from Negary’s will manifesting on an individual. This individual just happened to have an [Origin] of the same source as Life Bearer. In other words, if he had awakened his [Origin], he would be a so-called Awakened Saint Soul.

It was for that reason that he was able to become the proof of Negary and Life Bearer’s cooperation, and why when he obtained the book [The Origin of Life], as Shengnai began to study the Principles and Ideals within, he was so easily able to inherit Life Bearer’s powers.

He could be considered Negary’s clone because his will originated from Negary, but he could also be considered Life Bearer’s clone, as his body inherited her powers.

In the instant that his second Divine Embryo was born, his [Origin] became fully released, granting him the Seed of Truth. Furthermore, due to Shengnai’s own will, he gained the ability [Life Recrudescence], allowing him to move through his life link towards the entity with whom he had a connection that couldn’t be severed – Life Bearer.

Countless Principles and Ideals relating to the concept of Life rushed into Shengnai’s consciousness, distorting his soul in an instant. Within the Sea of Life, Shengnai almost felt like he saw Kunier who was once again being incubated, as well as many other lifeforms.

The injuries that the second Divine Embryo suffered in the brief moment it appeared in the world, caused by the clash of several Pathways, were rapidly being healed within this Sea of Life. More life structures poured into Shengnai’s body, quickly altering and changing it, gradually perfecting it.

Shengnai’s consciousness also gradually sunk into this Sea of Life.

…

With the sound of tidal waves, a certain lifeform opened its eyes to see a large grain of sand and the receding tide not too far away.

[Washed ashore by the tides]

Such a thought flashed through its mind. The newborn lifeform seemed to understand all of this as soon as it was born, even deeper levels of information were gradually flowing into its incomplete soul.

Its consciousness connected to its body, its neurological connections caused the newborn life form to reach out with a tiny, immature grey tentacle, even the suction cups on it appeared incredibly cute.

With the change in light, this newborn lifeform sensed that another lifeform had approached. The other party had carefully used something to turn its body around, as the first thing it saw seemed to be a humanoid lifeform. According to its knowledge of life structures, this lifeform seemed to still be young.

The human had blocked out the sun above the newborn lifeform, leaving a few rays of scorching sunlight radiating from their back. right at this moment, this human seemed like the incarnation of the Sun.

And then the blue sky above.

However, all the other colors seemed to pale in comparison to this moment, to the human that appeared to be the incarnation of the Sun.

“How cute”

It heard that human say that before throwing the branch in their hand away and slowly reaching their hand forward. Their pair of double irises that were slightly dilated met with the newborn lifeform’s eyes that didn’t have any irises.

This newborn lifeform controlled its immature tentacle to drape over the young human’s small hand. Its tiny suction cup slightly opened up to reveal an even tinier thorn that pierced the young human’s hand.

Like a jolt had travelled through them, two lifeforms – two souls, had become intertwined and overlapped. It went even further, as the deepest place of the two lifeforms came into contact.

Perhaps it was the results of a certain experiment, or perhaps it was a coincidence within this vast universe, or it was simply destined to be, the [Origins] of these two lifeforms also began to fuse.

After an unknown amount of time, the young human opened their eyes again. Their pair of double irises had disappeared, leaving only a pair of irises remaining. The nature of their lifeform was rapidly improving, the memories of the two entities had become overlapped, they could now even be considered the same lifeform.

Perhaps what they had just seen was too deeply-ingrained, the young human looked up at the sky above.

“You also need a name as well. What do you think about Mequik – incubator of life? As a representation of our rebirth” the young human kept his eyes looking up, staring at the Sun above. His remaining irises almost seemed like they had become golden under the rays of the sun.

…

Within the clash of Principles and Ideals, Eternal Heat’s gigantic body writhed again, opening the eyes at the base of his tentacles. From the golden irises, boundless light and heat shot out from within.