Yan dropped the biggest bombshell of all right at the start, without any hesitation. His legacy consisted of all his techniques and abilities; Matheus would receive everything that a man who had lived through two universes was capable of comprehending.
"Thank you, Father. I won’t disappoint you." Yan gave a sad smile; this was one of the hardest goodbyes he had ever faced in his life.
"Jasmine, you were able to reject a perfect path in favor of one you chose for yourself. This is one of the greatest proofs of courage I’ve ever witnessed in my life. I will leave you the Crown of Illusions."
The Crown of Illusions was a legendary item once thought lost. It was an immensely powerful defensive artifact, capable of shielding even a mere mortal from the mental attacks of a god. It was utterly beyond reason, bordering on the impossible.
Jasmine couldn’t even manage to thank him as she wept. This was an incredibly difficult moment for her and all the other children. It wasn’t natural to say goodbye to parents while they were still alive.
"Lucas and Luis," Yan turned to the other two sons. "You have dedicated all the years of your lives to creating a technique never seen before. You are the weakest mages of your generation, yet you have persisted regardless."
These two were the Mages of Light and Darkness, identical twins on opposite paths. They had grown from being merely resource-driven to the point of sacrificing millions of years of their lives to achieve a level above everyone else. Even Kayden had to admit he was entirely wrong in his judgment of these two. They had risen from mediocrity to become geniuses with incredible success.
"I will leave you the possession of the Star of Laws." This was an insane gift. The star was actually an enormous rune that controlled opposing laws, such as fire and water, light and darkness. Combining such laws was nearly impossible, yet this rune made it happen. This gift was on the same level as Jasmine’s.
"Thank you, Father," the two said, their gratitude exceeding what words could express. It was far beyond what they had hoped for.
"Athena, I don’t know what to offer you. You are far beyond anything I possess. Therefore, I will give you the one thing you might never have been able to achieve on your own—I will grant you the memories of when I manipulated space-time on a global scale." Yan threw a purple crystal radiating an utterly insane aura toward Athena.
This was indeed a gift she could never have acquired herself. It represented something she had long struggled to achieve, even at her divine level. It wasn’t simple; it was one of the greatest feats ever accomplished by a god in the history of magic. The woman merely thanked him and stored the crystal for later.
"Helena, I will leave you control over the Elite Mages’ Plane. You will have the same influence and control over the main rune as I did." The Elite Mages’ Plane was the very place where Kayden had battled other mages millions of years ago.
It was a tremendous gift, equal to the others, as this plane had only three owners. It produced most of the resources and high-level mages across the universe. Helena had already reached her limit as a mage, unable to advance further. Thus, she had retired and was simply living a comfortable life.
"And finally, to Kayden—you have helped me greatly, in every sense. You helped elevate my wife to a divine being and raised my children’s levels to utterly insane heights. I will leave you one of this universe’s mana gems." Kayden was surprised to receive something as well, though he didn’t fully understand what this mana gem was.
Yan threw a rounded, jagged stone. It was completely blue and seemed to possess a truly insane density. Kayden almost dropped it when he caught it in his hands. It easily weighed several billion kilograms. The mana within this gem surpassed all the billions of kilometers surrounding Kayden, leaving him completely unable to respond.
This gift was on the same level as Matheus’s. None of the others fully grasped what Kayden had received—except Athena, who recognized it and understood just how insane this gift was. The truth was that Yan’s gratitude for being able to take his wife with him exceeded even his love for his children. It was madness, but that was the level of a soulmate.
"Thank you, God Yan," Kayden said, bowing respectfully.
"Atlas, I will leave you knowledge that will make you want to keep growing—one of the universe’s greatest secrets. It will reach you in a few days." Yan had decided to tell Atlas about Thoth and others—the truth known to only a select few across the universe.
"Thank you, Father."
After this session of gifts, they began eating and chatting casually. It was the family’s last moment together. After a few hours, Yan and Amanda said goodbye simultaneously and disappeared.
No one spoke for the next few minutes. It was all so sudden. None of them were ready for something like this. There was no real farewell, just a simple goodbye, and suddenly they were in a universe without gods—only mortals fighting for supremacy without any divine oversight.
"The end of an era and the beginning of another," Matheus murmured.
"What exactly is this mana gem?" Kayden and Athena had returned to their planet through several spatial portals. Without Yan to send them directly, the journey had taken a few hours.
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"It’s a law of mana condensed into an intensely minuscule space by nature. After billions of years, the law condenses into physical form and becomes a mana reactor capable of generating unlimited mana. The only problem is that this mana is toxic to mages, ultimately killing them after a few millennia."
Obviously, it would be toxic mana, as it came directly from a law. No mortal was meant to manipulate laws directly, especially laws they had no understanding of.