Michael and Lin, accompanied by warriors from distant planets, traveled aboard the Galaxy Devil, Lin's personal vessel, slicing through the cosmic currents at four hundred times the speed of light. For six months, they had been navigating hyperspace together, the stars stretching into endless streaks of light, the void around them humming with latent energy, as if even space itself acknowledged the arrival of the Beast World.
The urgency was never far from their minds: the teleportation gateway back to Eres would fully open in five years, an event that would consume any unprepared warriors in its wake. Though five years would pass in the Beast World, only a single year would elapse on Eres—a cruel compression that left no margin for error.
Warriors below the Skywalker level could not fly unaided, so most relied on the Starfall Covenant–provided Speed Bombers to traverse the drifting lands, floating mountains, and ever-shifting rivers of energy that dominated the Beast World. When it became time to split into smaller parties, each warrior took their own Speed Bomber B1, gifted individually for this exact purpose.
Michael accelerated his vessel to six hundred and fifty times the speed of light, Momo, his AI companion, scanning the surrounding astral currents for anomalies, her senses linked directly to Maize, filtering every fluctuation of energy, every hint of danger.
After months of hyperspace travel, a faint, pulsing signal reached Michael—a mysterious call that tugged at his very core.
He could not know its origin, nor its form, but instinct screamed that this presence was extraordinary. Without hesitation, he descended into the coordinates the signal provided, entering a narrow cave system.
The cavern air pressed against him like molten lead, the pressure so extreme that he staggered on the steps, nearly falling to his knees. He stored his Speed Bomber within his containment ring and moved forward on foot, each breath a battle against the weight of the surrounding energy.
The sound of movement behind him gradually coalesced into something vast, something breathing, something alive. Then, a low rumble, like the resonance of a dragon awakening in the deep. Michael's heart skipped as the true form of the entity revealed itself: the Bloodhound Leviathan.
The creature shifted its massive weight, scales refracting the Laws of the Universe with terrifying elegance. Darkness and Shadow flowed across its form, the Law of Void rippling from its body like a black hole consuming the horizon.
Michael steadied himself, gripping the Eclipse Rod. Though his mastery over the Law of Light remained unstable, his body moved with the precision of instinct and training, calculating every microsecond of the Leviathan's approach. The beast lunged, claws tearing through the air, kinetic energy warping the cave walls. Sparks flew as Michael deflected the strike with a physics-defying parry, the rod humming in perfect resonance with his unstable Light foundation.
He retaliated, channeling bursts of his shaking energy into strobe-like pulses that temporarily disoriented the Leviathan's senses. Heavy strikes landed against its armored scales, resonating with force, yet the creature's mastery over Darkness and Shadow quickly turned the tide. Every strike that missed or deflected rebounded in energy waves that slammed Michael into the cavern floor, his body trembling under the unrelenting assault.
As the Leviathan prepared to end the confrontation with a crushing strike, Lin arrived, his aura flaring like a living sun. His understanding of the Beast Law, combined with a far deeper mastery of the Law of Light, acted as a protective field, forcing the Leviathan to hesitate. Michael seized the opening, summoning the Double Solar Strike. The Eclipse Rod glowed with gravitational intensity, the energy compressing until it burned like a miniature star, then he slammed it into the beast's core.
The cavern trembled violently, shockwaves registering miles away. The Leviathan, sensing Michael and Lin's combined strength and compatibility, lowered its head in reluctant acknowledgment.
At that moment, the Aurelion Radiant descended, wings radiating photons that cut through the darkness. Its aura, a pure manifestation of Light, intertwined seamlessly with the Laws of Darkness, Shadow, Time, and Void, aligning perfectly with Lin's own essence. The Sanguine Synchronization began: the Leviathan coiled around Michael, the Aurelion enveloped Lin, the caverns resonating with the fusion of flesh, blood, and universal energy. Their bodies liquefied into streams of data and bio-energy, merging with the beasts' essence. Cells dissolved and recombined, reforming into hybrid DNA that granted control over the five universal laws.
When they emerged from the pods, their forms had matured back to human appearance, yet their foundations now radiated a terrifying new authority. The synchronization complete, they could feel the very laws of the universe bending, responding, and aligning to their will.
Only three days remained before the Eres gateway opened. Michael and Lin, aware of the scarcity of time, ventured deeper into the Beast World. They discovered radiant scales along the cavern floors, each pulsing with raw energy and resonating with the Beast Law. Using their mental focus, they discerned that the scales were forming a path, guiding them forward. Each scale absorbed into their consciousness, heightening their understanding of the law, until they arrived at another cavern, bright with an otherworldly light.
There, suspended in air, hovered an enormous egg, radiant with five glowing colors—Light, Darkness, Shadow, Time, and Void. Momo scanned it, revealing that a human was trapped inside, their energy nearly depleted after more than five hundred years. Michael and Lin meditated, pouring their own energy into the egg to stabilize the occupant, but the drain was relentless. Their foundations trembled, muscles screamed, and sweat poured as the egg siphoned their essence.
Desperation mounting, Michael drew the Eclipse Rod, leaping and activating Double Solar Strike. Energy slammed against the egg, cracking its outer shell with jagged fissures, yet the inner core remained intact. Lin realized that without synchronized, overwhelming force, both of their spiritual foundations would collapse—fatal in this realm.
They concentrated, drawing every ounce of remaining Beast Law, every pulse of energy, into a final unified strike. The egg shuddered violently, radiating waves of the five laws: Light, Darkness, Shadow, Time, and Void. These forces collided and intertwined, shaking the cavern as if the universe itself was aware.
Finally, the egg cracked fully. From within emerged a figure, not walking, not stepping, but simply appearing, as though reality itself bent to allow it through. Its outline was tall, wrapped in flowing currents of light and shadow, the five universal laws pulsing from its form in perfect harmony. The aura radiated calm, authority, and ancient power beyond mortal comprehension.
Michael and Lin collapsed, exhausted beyond measure, their vision flickering as the figure's presence stabilized their foundations, restoring the energy drained by the egg. Their consciousness strained, yet they felt the weight of its authority, the depth of its knowledge, and the promise of revelations yet to come. The Beast World pulsed around them—alive, eternal, incomprehensible.
And as their eyes fluttered closed, the last sensation they carried was the assurance that the figure's aura had anchored their essence, preparing them for the challenges that lay ahead, and for the destiny that the Milky Way had long awaited.