LOGINChapter 236The Creator Who Hated HimselfThe laughter continued.It echoed through the collapsing universe.Auren stood beside Eon, staring at the black sky.He knew that voice.He knew its rhythm.Its anger.Even the way it laughed.Because it was his voice.But it wasn't the voice of the man he had become.It belonged to someone who had never learned to forgive.Someone who had never held Selene's hand.Someone who had never called Eon his son.Someone who had never understood that creation could be beautiful even when it ended in pain.Auren raised his head."Show yourself."The laughter stopped.Then a voice answered from beyond the sky."Why?"Auren clenched his fists."Because I'm tired of hiding from things I don't understand."A long silence followed.Then—CRACK.The sky split open.A figure descended through the fracture.He looked exactly like Auren.The same face.The same silver hair.The same golden eyes.The same three-circle symbol glowing on his forehead.But there w
Chapter 235The Witness Who Betrayed CreationThe three circles on the Witness's forehead began rotating.Slowly.Silently.One circle turned white.One turned black.The third turned red.Auren stared at him."Tell me this is a joke."The Witness smiled."I wish it were."Selene immediately moved between the Witness and Eon."Auren, stay back."But Auren didn't move.He couldn't.For countless creations, the Witness had been the one person who seemed to know the truth.The one who answered his questions.The one who helped him understand the things even the gods feared.Now that same person stood before him with black eyes and a symbol that shouldn't have existed.Auren's voice dropped."How long?"The Witness tilted his head."How long what?""How long have you been lying to me?"The Witness considered the question."Since before you were born."Auren felt something break inside him."Before I was born?""Yes."The Witness looked toward the abyss where Auren's father had disappeared
Chapter 234The Father Before Creation"Father?"The word escaped Auren's lips.The universe trembled.The enormous white hands stopped moving.For one impossible moment, everything became still.Then the voice answered."After all this time..."The abyss began to open."...you finally remember me."Auren stood frozen.Selene grabbed his hand."Auren, what is happening?"He couldn't answer.He couldn't even breathe properly.Because somewhere deep inside him, beneath the memories of four universes and the pain of countless losses, something had awakened.A memory.A voice.A man standing beneath a sky that had no stars.A hand resting on Auren's head.And a promise.One day, my son, you will understand why I left.Auren stumbled backward."No..."His mother approached him."Auren, listen to me."He turned toward her."You knew?"She stopped."You knew my father was alive?"Her silence answered him.Auren's expression hardened."Everyone knew something except me."His mother lowered he
Chapter 233The Mother of the ForgottenThe universe behind the black eye was burning.Not with fire.With memories.Auren watched as entire galaxies dissolved into fragments of forgotten moments.A child calling for his father.A woman holding someone's hand for the last time.A king kneeling before a kingdom that no longer existed.Every memory became a star.Every star went dark.Auren couldn't look away."What is that place?"His mother stood beside him.Her face was pale."The universe before the first universe."Auren turned toward her."You said the first creation began with nothing.""I told you what you needed to know.""That's not an answer."His voice shook."You created that thing?"His mother closed her eyes."Yes."Eon moved closer to Auren.Selene remained beside them, holding his hand.Nobody spoke.Then Auren asked the question he had been afraid to ask."Why?"His mother looked toward the burning universe."Because I was lonely."Auren froze.She continued."Before t
Chapter 232The World Before NothingSilence.Not the silence of peace.Not the silence of death.A silence so complete that even existence had forgotten how to make a sound.Auren opened his eyes.He was falling.But there was no sky above him.No ground beneath him.No stars.No light.Nothing.He looked at his hands.They were still there.His fingers trembled as he touched his chest.The three-circle symbol had disappeared.Auren's eyes widened."No..."He tried to summon his power.Nothing happened.He tried again.Nothing.For the first time since becoming a creator, Auren felt something he had almost forgotten.Fear."Selene?"His voice traveled into the darkness.No answer."Eon!"Nothing."Mother!"His final word broke.And the darkness swallowed it.Auren closed his eyes.He remembered his mother's warning.Run.But he had nowhere to run.Suddenly—TAP.Someone touched his shoulder.Auren spun around.A little girl stood behind him.She wore a white dress and held a small bl
Chapter 231The Mother Inside the HeartCRACK.The enormous Heart split.Auren stood frozen.Selene stared at the figure inside.Eon held tightly onto Auren's arm.The woman slowly opened her eyes.They were the same eyes Auren remembered.Soft.Warm.Familiar.Impossible.“Mother…”The word escaped Auren's lips.The woman smiled.“My son.”Auren's entire body trembled.“You died.”She shook her head.“No.”Auren stepped closer.“I watched you die.”“I know.”“You disappeared before the first universe collapsed.”“I know.”“Then how are you here?”The woman looked around.“I never left.”Auren stopped.The First Witness appeared behind them.He lowered his head.“She became the Heart.”Auren turned.“What does that mean?”The Witness pointed toward the enormous Heart.“When the first creation began collapsing, someone had to carry its memory.”Auren looked back at his mother.“She chose to carry it.”His mother nodded.“I knew one day you would return.”Auren's eyes filled with anger.







