When Kael fell into that core, the world ceased to exist instantly—and yet, everything passed through him at the same time.
There was no pain from the impact.
There was no sound.
There wasn't even the sensation of falling.
There were only… memories.
First came the weight of rebirth.
The raw awareness that he had already died once—in another world, under other laws—and that this second chance had never been a gift. It was a curse disguised as an opportunity. He remembered the exact moment he opened his eyes in that new existence, weak, small, ignorant of what he would become.
Then came the transformation.
The absurd growth.
The impossible speed.
The accumulation of power that should never fit in a single being.
