The Etherna race do not manipulate the source of power. They are the source of power. Asargan. Borgan. And many others.
Azief had understood it when he researched more and more about the Etherna. In The Three Thousand Worlds, they are called Dao. In some other worlds, they are called Mana.
In some other worlds, they are called the laws of the world.
What they are now in Azief present timeline...they are the path, they are the road, they are everything and nothing.
But in this memory, in this current timeline that is being shown to him, they are beings
Heavenly Beings. And maybe there is wisdom in their destruction. For a Heaven that has emotion…..is a terrible Heaven.
Some have debated on this. Should the Heaven be ruthless and treats everything equally? Or should it have compassion and cast luck to those below it?
This kind of debate have created wars in many magical civilizations.