"Huh!?" He looked at Destiny a little oddly. "Alright.. you talk as if we are your kids. Which cannot be right at all." Both he and Rexford had different Nationalities, the same as most in his friends' group. "Wait.. no no no no!"
"Oh, you figured it out before any of the others." Destiny smiled causing his soul to tremble. "Each of you are a child of mine. Whether me as a male or female merging with the soul of a parent during copulation. Rexford is the only one whose other parent was a "Deity" as well."
"Ughh!" He couldn't focus after hearing that. No matter how he tried to use his cultivation to resist the information, it did not help. "Are you mom or my dad? No! No! No! Do not tell me!" The implications were bad enough. "Wait.. that means.. Kate is married to her.."
"Hahaha, spiritual sibling. Not physical or by human genetics. Well, no more than the long list as cousins kind of. But that is for most humans from the "primordial" muck Evolutionary Path." Destiny's laugh was so pure and honest, it would have been enjoyable if not for the cringing sight of the creature. What was worse, it changed genders again mid-laugh. "We are deities, well.. you are just an ascended one at this point. Very weak one. There there, it will get better. About your odd soul..."
He was not doing good at all. Even walked away. Despite it being his Internal Space, he could leave to the outside. Just a minute to recuperate was all that was needed. But Destiny just floated by without a care.
"Continue mother/father..." He shook in revulsion muttering the words. It was just maddening at this point. "..what about my "odd" soul? Just rude now to say it."
"Awakening the Flame Vortex Core.. was interesting to see. The African Pantheon covets it greatly. To many of your family members, forebearers are descended from them." Destiny's eyes flashed a little in power. One of the people who was changed in the Dimension by Shen Yue had made a powerful decision. "The Flame Vortex Core turned into a Martial Art style that belongs to you there. Formed by the "Connection" to Shango and you as a person gave it Fire & Lightning more than.. Death. Which should have been the natural thing for you."
Remembering the man-god Shango said it was bad for his development, held a little merit. But then again, he would have become a Death Spiritual God at a fast rate instead. Could have wrestled the control from the current one in the Nether Realm.
Then again, refining it would give him way more in understanding and power overall. The same as if he would have done that to Yu Yan.
The moment he calmed down enough, Destiny continued. Still smiling but having changed forms to a middle-aged man.
He made sure not to look directly at it.
"It represents the power of your soul made manifest. So if you were born in a new body in any Dimension, this will always appear in some shape or form to fit with the world. Can only change if your soul is majorly damaged or goes through a major growth. Which has happened recently." Destiny thought about the one in the group in the Dimension of Magic The Gathering. "Its a pity you didn't go to your correct Dimension first."
"Right... the different decisions I made and letting go certain feelings of the previous Dimension." He rubbed his temple remembering. The view of the Plateau was the most calming thing he rembered. Enough that it brought a measure of peace for the soul temporarily. "Hmmm, need to do more to protect that place."
Destiny was in agreeance with that. The Scenery that stirred the soul was defintely something in all its children. No matter how much they grew to love or hate it.
"Your soul ability, its job, is mostly that of Supplementation. This is done by helping refine the various resources and boosting the mind if you jump into your Internal Space and use it for cultivation. Any Cultivation Manual circulated with the Flame Vortex Core will receive the benefits for this. Breaking down the material of all kinds. Any "Spiritual Force" or resource into information."
Out of the abilities awoken in the soul by them, Rexford and Leroy had ones that complimented each other the most. With Rexford able to create the better physical of what was thrown into it and Leroy able to create a stronger soul or repair a soul from what was thrown into it.
"Information or in other words, the remnants of a "soul" stays behind for absorption for you if you like. You can absorb it and gain a little knowledge from it. However, until you are refined by the Flame Vortex Core by jumping in the center and circulating a cultivation manual, it is only a little that is learned. The Lighting inside helps with healing a little if their is an overload. But.. that won't happen currently for you. You really let your Soul Realm expand greatly. Using it on others is easy for you, since again it is Supplementation. The Lightning requires permanently consumed energy of the soul and can damage the cultivation base if used frequently."
"What does the power of Souls fall into? Aspect wise anyway?" Metaphysically, he thought it was Fire & Lightning.
"Medicine & Death." Destiny said simply. "Understanding of health practices and the way it affects the soul and body as a whole helped create this situation."
"Come again?" He stopped moving to rub the bridge of his nose,
"Because you view Medicine as a means to preserve Life. Life to you is the presence of a Soul. Your Aspect of Death is more of one of Life. And if Medicine fails, Life fails, bringing Death. You are a very disturbed individual when left alone. It will be surprising if you actually form it fully. Might make some bets on it..." Destiny was very.. human right now. Which freaked him out a good bit. "Conversation for another time."
*Shine!* Golden light that he couldn't see entered into Destiny. The residual "Fate" remains of those taken by the Flame Vortex Core. Something he couldn't use.
"That and spreading medical knowledge. Which is constantly giving you energy from those who practice medicine taught by you or introduced to it by you. Those formed with a Connection provide the most to any Aspect no matter what Dimension you go to. That blasted Heart Method is corrupting you more and more, however."
"Eh?"
"It conflicts with your aspect of Medicine. Since it is close to the Laws here in a way. You will figure it out soon. Hopefully anyway." Destiny waved off any question he may have regarding it. Supringsly, the hand looked young for a moment. "Since you have become a Deity without a Pantheon, you can make your own. Or.. ally with another."
"Will the Aspect of Death interfere with me becoming the Death Spiritual God?"
"No. Fire is mostly the issue. If Yu Yan dies.. then you could do it. It is complicated on why the others act up." Destiny only mentions it because of the complexity of Yu Yan's "Fire of Life" and her birth.
"Hmm? I made my own practice before all this." He waved around his Soul Realm. Stopping on the Flame Vortex Core. "But my own Pantheon.. I do not have enough powerful individuals to do that. Guess an Alliance is the best I can do. Has anyone risen to Deity level in my group?"
"Nope. But Rexford has a strong Alliance with a champion of another Pantheon. So, if you do the same, it would have a good bearing of deterrence." Destiny was thinking of adding him to its own Pantheon, but to much trouble right now if done. But Gaia or Hera may enjoy the additional Champion helping. It was agreed upon with a simple nod. "Good. I will arrange it."
Two women in togas appeared. Seeing the young Champion, Gaia smiled. Hera felt a strange sensation run through her. A very bad feeling about what would be discussed.
In the presence of the three together, various Laws started to increase in potency.