Just like Henry had guessed, this so-called Celestial Stairway was actually an insanely complex ritual circle.
And the ritual circle's core—the runic disk—was embedded right on the 99th step.
The complexity of it was on a completely different level from the ritual circle they'd seen on that altar before. This one was far more intricate—denser, deeper, and way harder to parse.
Set into the runic disk were nine strange stones.
Every single one of them radiated terrifying energy—more power than any crystal core Ethan had ever seen, not even close.
Under True Sight, Ethan could see something even crazier:
Those stones could absorb mysterious energy on their own.
The absorption rate was extremely slow, though. If Ethan hadn't stared for a long time with True Sight, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.
Nobody knew how long this space had existed, but after who-knew-how-many years of accumulation, those stones were already full to the brim.
