The Prime-Sworn Pioneer was the first, but surely not the last.
Who said the system would only help Uriel?
Ayah and Enoch followed immediately after, their own new paths of ascension blooming, born from Uriel's own and invigorated by his achievements.
Ayah herself was the quickest, her enlightenment and class evolution feeding directly into her path, which, using Uriel's Prime Creature Crystals, rapidly took form.
The Apex-Hymn Path of Ascension.
Unlike other ascendants, she wouldn't evolve by absorbing anything, but rather by adapting. Using her class, she'd forcefully confront the creature crystals, then deem them what she called a 'Prey Source'.
The moment she did so, her core would turn into what she referred to as a 'Predator Chain' and evolve independently, using the prey source as a point of reference.
