Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse

Chapter 4520: History is Written II

She was adorned in archaic clothing and accessories that appeared primitive at first glance but were actually supremely sophisticated.

What she wore was seemingly made from the skin and fur of other powerful lifeforms, and these materials still pulsed with silent radiance of Ways of Existence that had been elevated to THE.

Her vest was crafted from scaled hide that shimmered with suppressed lightning authority. Her bracers were made from bone that still resonated with earth sovereignty. Her belt incorporated fur that held traces of wind dominion!

This meant that this entity had actually decimated or injured other existences at THE Surface Depth of Absolute Sovereignty or even higher, and had used their bodies to forge her clothing and accessories as trophies!

This was THE Purple River, THE Time Surfer, and her reputation was one of calculated brutality mixed with unexpected mercy.

She looked at the entities assembled around her with sharp intelligence and spoke with commanding clarity.

”You all are powerful in your own right,” she said with acknowledgment. ”But if you can understand your weavings of existence in relation to time, you will be able to advance truly far beyond your current limitations.”

Her eyes shone with a sharp light of ingenuity as she turned toward one of the Pre-THE Existences, a being wreathed in radiant white light.

”You follow The Way of Light,” she said with teaching precision. ”Photons traveling through space, illumination piercing darkness, energy manifesting as visible spectrum. It seems straightforward, does it not?”

She paused for effect.

”But light has an intimate relationship with time that you have not fully grasped. Light travels at a fixed speed through space, which means it is bound by temporal constraints. When you observe distant stars, you are seeing light from the past because time was required for that light to reach you.”

Her hands gestured as if manipulating invisible threads.

”If you can understand how your Way of Light intersects with time, you can manipulate not just illumination but causality itself. You can make light arrive before it departs. You can create illumination that exists in the past, present, and future simultaneously.”

She leaned forward with intensity.

”Do you understand?”

Shockingly, the Pre-THE Existence she was addressing nodded with visible reluctance. Their eyes showed a light of fear mixed with unwillingness, but they could only follow these teachings because the alternative was collapse.

THE Time Surfer was effectively trying to incorporate and extract tremendous gains from their Ways of existence by connecting them with her own Way of Time. Any advancements they made while following her guidance would increase her Civilizational Authority through their connection.

And yet, none of them would be remaining true to their original Ways of existence if they incorporated the aspect of time into their own unique Sovereignties. They would become derivative, subordinate to her Time Sovereignty!

But they were not as powerful as this being, and under the threat of complete collapse or potential elevation, they followed her without question. They progressed their Sovereignties while weaving connections with time along the way, hoping the benefits would outweigh the cost.

An instant later, THE Time Surfer turned toward another direction as she looked at an entity shining with calm white gold light that seemed to contain all possibilities.

”You are a unique one,” she said with genuine interest. ”You call yourself The Living Origin, correct? Well, whether living or dead won’t matter much in the end, because if you are walking the Way of Beginnings, you absolutely cannot be distant from time.”

The Living Origin!

THE Time Surfer was actually holding The Living Origin among the dozen Pre-THE Existences gathered here!

”Origin implies the starting point of all things,” THE Time Surfer continued with philosophical depth. ”But what is a beginning without the context of time? A beginning only has meaning because time flows forward from that point. Your Way encompasses the moment of genesis, but that moment exists within the temporal framework.”

She smiled with calculating precision.

”If you can understand how Origin and Time interweave, you can manipulate not just what begins but when it begins. You can create multiple simultaneous origins, or delay the genesis of something until the perfect moment. You can make endings become beginnings and beginnings become endings through temporal manipulation.”

Her voice carried certainty.

”Your Way of Origin gives you power over initiation and genesis. My Way of Time gives context and control over when and how those initiations occur. Together, we could reshape the very concept of causality itself.”

Opposite her sat a woman in a white-gold dress who nodded with acknowledgment, though her eyes did not hide their regal light of defiance even as she complied. The Living Origin was submitting to these teachings but not surrendering her pride or her ultimate ambitions.

THE Time Surfer looked at her calmly and laughed with genuine amusement at such defiance.

She was about to continue her lessons when something unexpected occurred.

She blinked and turned her head sharply toward a certain direction, her rabbit ears twitching with sudden alertness.

”What is this...?” she murmured with confusion bleeding into her tone.

Her Way of existence buzzed with sudden intensity as someone of her caliber possessed unfathomably powerful sensory perception when it came to anything dealing with their Way. She could sense temporal fluctuations across vast distances, detecting even the smallest discrepancies.

And at this moment, she sensed unique musings of the Way of Time that should not exist here. More specifically, a type of temporal authority that was foreign and did not belong to The Infinite Unfurling at all.

Her expression shifted to something dangerous as a smile spread across her features.

”Who the hell has come here from a different time?” she said with deadly curiosity. ”This should be an impossibility. Nothing should be able to appear in The Infinite Unfurling unless it had always existed here from the beginning!”

Her eyes shone with sharpness and brutal calculation as she rose up from her seated position. The purple sea beneath her rippled with her movement.

She beckoned to the entities assembled around her with commanding authority.

”Come on, you little things,” she said with a mix of condescension and purpose. ”There seems to be a discrepancy in time that should not exist here, and I need to understand how it is even possible in the first place.”

She paused with a predatory smile.

The dozen Pre-THE Existences rose as one, following their temporary master toward the source of the temporal anomaly.

And...

History was about to be written by whoever survived the coming encounter!