Chapter 4308: The Birth of a Civilization! II
Chapter 4308: The Birth of a Civilization! II
He looked at his new, unadorned hands, and he smiled. A true, calm, and utterly terrifying smile!
This was his Way.
The first step on The Way of Mana had been taken.
And now, he would reforge himself to fit this system!
|You have taken the first, irreversible step in defining your Way of Existence. Your entire being is now realigning to the [Way of the Mana Architect].|
|All previous systems and authorities are being retroactively integrated and optimized under this new, singular framework.|
|Edict 0: [The Uninitiated] - You are the source. This Edict does not apply.|
|Edict 1: [The Spark] - Your [Infinite Mana] is recognized as the Primordial Spark of this Way. Your [Mana Locus] is... boundless.|
|Edict 2: [The Reservoir] - Your [Mana Reservoir] is... infinite. This stage is quintessentially complete.|
|Edict 3: [The Weave] - Your mastery of [Existential Artifice] is now classified as the supreme expression of this Edict. You do not just Weave; you are the Architect of Weaves.|
|You are, by your very nature, already standing at the precipice of Edict 4. Let the forging begin.|
HUUM!
Noah’s eyes blazed with a brilliant, azure light. He did not need to cast a Fireball ten thousand times.
That was the path for his followers, for those who had to earn their Glyphs through repetition and effort.
He was the Architect. He did not follow the rules; he made them.
His boundless Mana, a limitless ocean of pure potential, surged at his command. He reached into it, his will a conceptual forge, and he pulled forth the very idea of his beginning.
Fireball!
|Your [Infinite Mana] and [Principle of the Cheating Architect] are bypassing the standard progression of Edict 4.|
|You are not learning a Glyph. You are forging one from pure, conceptual authority.|
|This is a monumental effort. [The Principle of Perpetual Harvest] recognizes this act of creation. The harvest will be amplified.|
BOOM!
A pinprick of crimson-blue light appeared before him. It was not fire, but the idea of fire, the quintessential concept of [Fireball] given form.
His Mana poured into it, sculpting it, refining it, elevating it from a simple spell into a fundamental law of his new existence.
The light solidified, coalesced, and then shot into his forehead, settling beside his other Glyphs. A new Glyph blazed to life, a beautiful, intricate rune of a spiraling, blue flame!
|[Mana Glyph of the Primordial Fireball] has been forged.|
|Classification: Edict 4 Mana Glyph (Unique, Unranked)|
|Effect: As the first Glyph forged by the Architect of Mana, its power is not fixed. It will scale infinitely with your own Complexity and Purity. It is a mirror of your own potential.|
|Current Base Damage: .5 Quintillion (Complexity and Purity).|
|Synergy: As it is forged from your [Infinite Mana], this Glyph has no cost and no cooldown. It can be Weaved as rapidly as your thoughts can form.|
...!
Oh, fuck.
Oh!!!
Noah felt the new, hot brand of power on his existence, a nostalgic warmth that was a testament to his origins. But then, he looked at the vast, endless ocean of his Mana, and a slow, tyrannical smile spread across his face.
Why stop at one?
He could have hundreds of Glyphs. He could have thousands!
With infinite mana, what the fuck were limits?!
"Forge them all. Forge even more!" he commanded, his voice a low, resonant hum that was for him alone.
HUUM!
If his old Glyphs had been carved, then this was a flood. His Mana was the water, and his will was the tide.
He reached into the memories of his own existence, into the True Sources that had once defined him, and he began to forge.
Tyranny. Quintessence. Infinity. Singed. Entropy. Cheats. Protagonist. Relativity. Veritarch. Loot. Apocalypse. Necromancy. Death. Kuklos. Megalos. Existence...
One by one, he forged them.
Not as Principles, but as fundamental [Mana Glyphs], the bedrock of his new Way!
He did not need to cast them ten thousand times; he simply willed them into being, his Infinite Mana paying the staggering cost without even registering it as an expenditure.
The air around him became a storm of blue light, a blizzard of forming, conceptual runes.
|Forging [Mana Glyph of the Tyrant’s Decree]... Complete.|
|Forging [Mana Glyph of Quintessential Purity]... Complete.|
|Forging [Mana Glyph of Infinite Expansion]... Complete.|
|Forging [Mana Glyph of the Cheating Hand]... Complete.|
|...|
|...|
|A total of 159 [Mana Glyphs] have been forged so far, one for each of your Vital Lighthouses. Your existence is now a living library of your own power.|
...!
He felt the Glyphs settle into his being, not as external marks, but as integrated, fundamental parts of his very architecture.
And...
|Another Mana Glyph of the Primordial Fireball is being formed.|
|Another Mana Glyph of the Primordial Fireball is being formed...|
More and more Glyphs began to appear as he did not have to sacrifice any Complexity ot Purity for it!
And even more...
|You ignore the requirements of progression of Edit 5 even as you are forging more Mana Glyphs. The [Mana Locus] is now prepared for its next evolution.|
|Your [Heart of Tyranny] is being reformatted...|
|The bloody purple flames of your old Haki are being consumed, purified, and reforged by your boundless [Infinite Mana].|
|Your Heart is no longer just a vessel of Tyranny. It is now the ultimate engine of your Way.|
|Your [Heart of Tyranny] has evolved into the [Mana Heart of the Tyrant-Architect].|
THUMP!
His heart beat, and the sound was not just a physical pulse, but a wave of pure, azure authority that washed over the entire region First Fold he was in!
Noah felt it.
Oh, he fel it!
"Beat loudly, Heart!"
BOOM!
His voice reverberated out.
"Beat Tyrannically!"
BOOM!
"Beat...Quintessentially!"
BOOOOM!
...!
His heart blazed!
The bloody purple flames that had defined his Haki were gone, replaced by a silent, invisible, and infinitely more potent aura of pure, unadulterated Mana.
|[Mana Haki] has been generated.|
|This Haki is not an external aura; it is the passive, constant radiation of your [Infinite Mana] refined through the engine of your [Mana Heart].|
|Passive Effect: [The Tyrant’s Presence] - All beings in your vicinity with a lesser Mana Reservoir will feel a constant, suffocating pressure, as if they are drowning in an ocean of your will.|
|Active Effect: [Architect’s Dominion] - You can now actively exert your [Mana Haki] to suppress, enhance, or rewrite the Mana-based systems of others. The cost is... irrelevant.|
He was now standing at Edict 6. He smiled, a cold, tyrannical expression!