The air thinned as Axir ascended.
The Garden of Ages fell away beneath him, continents of scorched land shrinking into insignificance as the World Tree dominated his vision.
It was not merely tall.
It was absolute.
Its trunk stretched upward for one hundred kilometers, bark layered with rings of time so dense they bent light. Each ring represented an era, each pulse a civilization long erased. Roots thicker than mountain ranges spiraled upward and downward simultaneously, piercing space and history alike.
At its crown, something waited.
The Garden went silent.
Not even pressure screamed anymore.
And then, the announcement rang.
[ World Tree Core Guardian — Awakening. ]
The sky fractured.
A massive figure descended from within the crown, its form assembling from interwoven roots, radiant sap, and condensed laws.
Three cores burned within its chest, rotating in a slow, deliberate cycle.
Axir hovered before it, Blazing Blood stacks ticking.
Blazing Blood Stacks: 99
