Treading onto the five Pathways was truly proven to be harder. In any case, as soon as I completed my Mortal Pathway, the next would be an absolute breeze.
This claim, I am completely confident.
Truthfully, with my memories returned, I already understood everything about the five different Pathways and five different Source Energy types. After completing this Mortal Pathway, I would have no problem understanding and assimilating other Pathway properties to my main Pathway.
The only thing impending my way back to Divinity was Source Energy. I needed to absorb continuously. That's why I had the World Assimilation. However, even with that, I only reached 80%.
Well, there's a reason for that.
These past few weeks, I was always redirecting the Energy I was getting from the World Assimilation to my Companions, helping them smoothly reach the completion of their Mortal Pathways.
Now that it's out of the way, it's now my turn to benefit from it. Furthermore, it's also time to close every Portal to the Mortal Worlds connected to the Earth.
Along with that, I would have more World's Will to goad for their inclusion in my World Assimilation.
At this point, apart from Earth, the six Worlds connected to me were already benefiting from my progress. Even if I was using the Energy for my Companions, every World was gaining progress from it.
The World of System that was stagnant at 0% finally raised to 5%.
The World's Incarnation that was existing within my System was too overjoyed upon seeing that. It began jumping around inside my mind and only when I kicked it to the side did it behave itself.
There's no reason for it to reside in my System but being my created World, The World was treating me as its master or father.
As for Worldly, despite gaining a percent of progress, I still couldn't contact him.
However, that guy would've already noticed the connection with me. I just didn't know whether he already informed Illiana about it.
Now that I mentioned Illiana, I remembered that Alwyn left the Dark World. Because of the crystal, it's still possible to contact her. However, it was difficult to prolong our contact because of how she was currently traveling through deep space.
With the Chaotic Energy separating us and her Space Vessels fast movements as it swam through it, I could only contact her when she was stopping by on a World or a Source Energy-less World.
I asked her where she was going but she refused to tell me. She did drop the hint that Illiana asked her to go somewhere and it was for me.
That's why instead of that, I told her to come to Earth once she's done. If we're still here then I could just take her with us. I've already decided to make her my Companion as well. But that was if she's willing.
As for Remilia, that woman was still at the Dimensional Space. But with the two months approaching its end, the battle inside it was becoming intense.
I only managed to talk to her once through the use of her crystal and during that one time, the girl was injured in a battle against another Monarch.
I continued contacting her but she was only receiving my messages but not replying to them. Well, she's still unaware of what changed in me. I thought of surprising her instead when I return to that world and liberate it from the influence holding it by its neck.
That's my own Created World.
It was supposed to be a paradise for us, not a tool to attack us…
Illiana… That girl had been waiting for too long. I better find a way to contact her.
Leaving my mind palace and returning my thoughts to what's in front of me, I stomped my feet and a crack began snaking towards the small hut in the distance.
Right. I was visiting the Earth's World's Will again. It's to rouse him from sleep and give him something that we would be needing.
"What the hell? Didn't you know how to knock?"
While still taking the form of my young self, the World's Will appeared yawning from inside his small hut.
He's wearing a loose shirt this time as if he's a kid who's using his brother's shirt that he found endearing.
"Knock? Do you think you still need it? You're already aware of my presence as I arrive. Don't give me that excuse."
"I'm ignoring your presence, isn't that clear to you? Besides, you're already doing what I should do, what do you think I should do? Praise you?"
"Oh please. You're aware of why I am here. Open it."
There's no way he wouldn't be aware of another presence here in his space. He's the king here. If he wanted me to appear like a criminal tied to a pole, he could do so. But that's just to my consciousness. If I go here using my Physical Body then he wouldn't be able to extend his influence on me.
"Open what?"
"The Waste Disposal Sites. Open it. I have something to retrieve there. The Door of Transcendence can now be called, you now have the ability to activate what's inside those."
Atlantis and the other lost cities. They may be waste disposal sites but they all contained some of the outdated technology that was higher than the current technology now.
If I bring the World of Meta researchers here, they could also study it and advance their technological level.
Nonetheless, those technologies would be used by the would-be Scientists of Earth.
The whole world was currently engulfed by the changes that were happening. Superhumans, Lost Cities, Alien Sightings or the landing of some Space Vessels, the Doors of Transcendence and the Pathways Online.
It could be said that the world was now on track with the changes within the past month.
Overseeing it was now in the hands of the EDA and the old fossils.
"Are you trying to die after retrieving your memories? With your meager strength, you're thinking of diving inside it?"
The World's Will mockingly asked.
He's not wrong. Despite those being the Earth's Waste Disposal Sites. Its interior was filled with dangers.
"It's a great training exercise for my Companions and the Transcendents as well. Wait. Why am I explaining this to you?"
Even if they're already being trained to different worlds, virtual simulations and the Space Vessels that we had been allowing to land, that's still not enough.
It could be said that those instances could be circumvented just by the fact that this was a genuine Sage World.
Inside those waste disposal sites, the dangers lurking in it wouldn't be influenced by the Source Energy of the Earth or by the World's Will's Authority.
Because those were not living beings.
"At least humor me. Aren't you going out to close the holes from the Mortal World? Do it first and… grow quickly. You're making me anxious."
"As if you still have that feeling. Alright. Prepare the Waste Disposal Site where they dumped the World Zone Navigator."
"That broken junk?"
"Why? Do you still have a stashed Deep Space Scanner?"
Those two items. Although their functions were the same, the World Zone navigator was considered junk because of it being an outdated model.
Even with my memories, I still needed reliable technology to plot our course and not get lost in deep space. Everything was constantly moving through those spaces. Even if they're fixed stars or Source Energy-less planets. Those Space Vessels used by the Invasive Worlds contained only maps and navigational technology but they're the basics of the basics that they were considered unreliable.
At least, it was, for me.
"Do you think I need that when I am going to sleep for more than five millenniums?"
"Of course, you don't. That's why open it. That's the best thing we can use for now."
"You really plan to leave, huh?"
"You know why I needed to. If I did my Absorption here, you'll never get back to your peak."
That's right. Restoring the Source Energy didn't mean the Earth was already back to how it was before I destroyed everything. It still needed to accumulate enough Source Energy.
With a monster like who could dry up an entire area with my Energy Control, there would be no future for Earth and it would be stuck in this desolate World Zone.
By leaving, I will be using the Energy of those places we would go to as my supply of Source Energy.
Perhaps by the time we return to Earth after leaving it, it could already move and it was already restored close to its peak.
By then, this world would become our fortress as we returned to the higher World Zones.
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When I returned from talking to the World's Will, I immediately informed the girls of our next steps.
And this time, I also included everyone. Heroes, Transcendents of Mortal Worlds and Soldiers who wanted to experience something new.
By splitting us into groups again, we'll be diving back to the Mortal Worlds and free it from the invasion happening there.
It would be quick and being someone who needed to step in every world, I would be abusing the Portal Skills to travel back and forth and finish this task as quickly as possible.
My Companions could now be considered Elites if they were brought to a Transcendent World with their strength. The Rank 2 Transcendents of the Dark World that they were sending to the Mortal Worlds could now be easily defeated by them.
After getting that World Zone Navigator, whether I completed my Mortal Pathway or not, I already decided to leave and begin the next stages of my plan to stand against the Celestial Garden.
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