Although Isaac's body wasn't undergoing any changes while he was unconscious, his mind and soul were going through massive changes.
Inside a realm of darkness floated Isaac's soul. This was his sea of consciousness. Normally, the only thing that resided inside a person's sea of consciousness was a person's soul and nothing else, but Isaac's had something else inside of it. It was a small wooden box that emitted very strange fluctuations.
After a few moments, Isaac's soul's eyelids started to flutter, and they slowly opened. Looking around, his eyes slowly focus in on that very box. He feels a very strange urge while looking at the box, it almost feels as if he's seen it somewhere before. Rising to his feet, Isaac slowly approaches the box. "Wait a minute, what if this box is not something good?", he then asks himself out loud. The next moment however, he hears a voice filled with a sense of pride and majesty so paramount, Isaac almost falls to his knees in worship. "Human, do you desire power!?" The voice was so powerful that it shook the very fabric of Isaac's sea of consciousness, making Isaac tremble in the process. Frantically scanning his surroundings, Isaac searches for the owner of that God-like voice. "Human, I am right in front of you!", the voice shouts in a stern manner. Isaac looks in front of him at the slowly rotating box, unable to make sense of what is happening to him right now.
"Are you inside this box?" Isaac asks hesitantly. "No. I am the box!" The voice spoke with confidence, stunning Isaac in the process. "This has to be some type of dream, but it's so god damn realistic." Isaac says to himself. "Human, this is no dream!" The voice echoes like crackling thunder. "You have been presented with an opportunity that others can only dream of!" The voice continues. "Now I ask you again, and this shall be the final time I ask! DO YOU DESIRE POWER?!" The voice bellows with might that seems to cast shadows over even the darkness of Isaac's sea of consciousness. Isaac, still reeling from the impact of that shout, starts to scan through his memories. Memories of his tragic life surface in his mind, and he remembers what that mysterious voice said to him when he tried to commit suicide. "Only by reaching the apex shall you be qualified to know the truth to your questions." The voice reverberates through his mind.
Steeling his resolve, Isaac firmly shouts, "I DESIRE POWER!" After a few seconds of silence, Isaac hears a hearty laugh that makes his sea of consciousness quiver in subservience, followed by these powerful words "Good! I admire that look in your eyes! Only those whose determination is absolute are qualified to receive my acknowledgment! Open my lock and you shall know power! That power comes at a price though! If it's revealed that you're harboring me, you shall be chased to the ends of the world and people will stop at nothing to turn you into dust, just to obtain me! Only when you have the power to crush all those who would dare to harm you, can you bring me into the light of this world! Do you understand?!"
Isaac stares thoughtfully at the box and says with a cold light in his eyes, "I've always been powerless to stop the terrible tragedies that happened in my life, but not now. If someone tries to stop me from reaching my goals, I will annihilate them. Whether human or destiny itself. I shall break my shackles and make everything right!" After finishing, he notices that there is now a golden key in his palm. Without hesitation, he thrusts the key into the key hole, and opens the lock.
"That's the spirit human! Crushing even destiny itself, that's the mentality of a king! I suppose I should tell you my name, as we will be working together from here on. I have many names, but I prefer to be called Kaiser! I'm the guardian spirit of the Box of Primal Beginnings, but I was formerly known as the Supreme God of Divine Strength!" The voice says unmatched power and charisma.
"Wait, so you're a god?" Isaac says in astonishment and awe. "I was a god! That was many epochs ago though." Kaiser said with a hint of melancholy in his tone. "Human, what is your name?" Kaiser says in a demanding tone.
"My name is Isaac Star" Isaac replies. "What kind of wimpy name is that?! That isn't the name befitting a king! Let me think for a moment." Kaiser says with disgust.
"Hey! I like my name!" Isaac says in a firm tone.
"I don't care if you like your name! I will not have my owner walk around with such a sad and uninspiring name! With my help, you will become an unmatched ruler. You need a good name that strikes fear in your enemies and inspires your people!"
"I don't care about becoming a unmatched ruler! All I care about is getting back my family, and I will stop at nothing to do so, destroying anything in my path that wishes to stop me!" Isaac said in fury
"That's it! I found a superb name for you!" Kaiser laughs with vigor.
"What is it?" Isaac says with annoyance.
"Ekosus! This was the name of one of the greatest beings that ever lived! He was a king amongst kings, a man who faced hundreds of supreme beings with strength equal to his own, yet slaughtered his way through them all. At the end, bloodied and battered, he swore that even the heavens would not stop him on his quest to the apex! I know not what happened to him afterwards, but what I do know is that one day, his laughter could be heard throughout the universe before every record of his existence vanished. I'm probably the only person who knows his name because I'm one of the few eternal existences in the universe! You remind me of him in many ways, whether it be goals or conviction." Kaiser explained.
"Ekosus?" Isaac says with a hint of confusion. As soon as Isaac heard this name, his fury towards Kaiser for replacing his name dissipates. Strangely enough, Isaac feels a hint of affection for that name, even though he's never heard it before.
"So, what do you think? It's an awesome name right!?" Kaiser exclaims with pride.
"I don't hate it.." Isaac says, confused at why he's not still angry.
"Then it's settled! You shall now be named Ekosus, after the greatest man that ever lived. May you follow his path and eventually cast a shadow on the heavens themselves!" Kaiser says with expectation.
"Now, Ekosus, raise my lid and begin our journey!" Kaiser says with undisguised excitement.
Ekosus looks down at the small wooden box that is shaking with fervor, and slowly opens it.
The moment it opens fully, Ekosus is blinded by a light so bright that it could outshine a star.
After an unknown amount of time, Ekosus finally regains vision, and is stunned by what he is seeing.
He's surrounded by a garden so beautiful that even calling it Eden couldn't do it justice. While Ekosus is trying to marvel at his surroundings, he hears a subtle cough come from behind him. Spooked, he spins around immediately and is greeted by the sight of a handsome middle-aged man staring at him.
"Who the hell are you?" Ekosus asks in confusion.
"Who the hell do you think I am?!" The man says with hint dignity and anger.
"Is that you Kaiser?"Ekosus says, recognizing his voice.
"Who else could it be you dumbass?!" Kaiser says with ridicule in his voice.
"I'm sorry, you just don't look how I imagined you to look." Ekosus said apologetically.
"What were you expecting?!" Kaiser said indignantly.
"I don't know. You said you once were a god so I was expecting you to look more like a god." Ekosus said with a slight amount of ridicule.
"I didn't want to make you piss your pants from seeing me, so I figured that this form would be more appropriate, but since my kindness isn't appreciated, oh well then!" Kaiser said with anger
In the next moment, Kaiser's body starts to grow at an alarming rate, and his appearance starts to change. From 6 feet, to 10 feet, to 30 feet, to 100 feet, all the way till he dwarfs the largest of skyscrapers from Earth. His trimmed golden hair grows at an alarming rate, till it reaches his shoulders. His robe disappears, revealing tanned, toned muscles that pulse with power. His face goes from a handsome middle-aged man's to a beautiful, youthful young man's. Atop his head forms a golden crown that seems to shine with the brightness of entire stars.
"Is this what you imagined!?!" Kaiser roars with power, his voice filled with a sense of unstoppable arrogance and pride. His voice causes the weather around them to shift, as all the clouds in sight dissipate, as they can't handle the force of his godly voice.
Staring up at Kaiser's gargantuan body, it takes all of Ekosus' strength to keep from being blown away by the power of Kaiser's voice.
"Alright!! You've proved your point you bastard!!" Ekosus roars at Kaiser.
"You're not forced to prostrate yourself at the sight of my true form?!" Kaiser says in astonishment.
"Why the hell would I prostrate myself to you just because you're a huge musclehead?" Ekosus roars back at Kaiser.
Kaiser then bursts into laughter as his body slowly starts to shrink and he soon returns to the appearance of the handsome middle-aged man.
"I knew there was something extraordinary about you! Any normal, mortal being would have immediately prostrated themselves in worship if they saw my true form, much less have enough strength to resist being blown away by my voice!" Kaiser said with amusement.
"Well I'm not just any normal mortal being!" Ekosus exclaims towards Kaiser
"This is true. How could any normal, mortal being obtain the recognition of I, Supreme God Kaiser!" Kaiser laughs out loud.
"Are you going to just sit there and be a narcissist, or are you going to grant me the power you offered me?!" Ekosus exclaims in annoyance
"An impatient little brat you are." Kaiser says with annoyance as well. After he finishes speaking, Kaiser's face goes serious as he says, "The power I'm going to grant you is a technique called the Immortal Codex. It's one of, if not the most powerful cultivation manuals in the entire universe. It is the reason why you will die if you are to expose me too early. You might not have to worry about those supreme beings who've already found their path towards immortality and can't change anymore, but to those below them, this is the most enticing item they could ever want. It's so powerful that lifelong brother's wouldn't hesitate to annihilate each other to obtain it. Are you sure you wish to cultivate the Immortal Codex?!"
Without hesitation, Ekosus replies with firm determination, "If it can help me reach the apex, then I don't care what it takes, I will succeed. If anyone tries to stop me, they will know wrath like never before!"
"Good! You're not even at the Meridian Opening stage yet, so you have a long way to go, but I have faith that eventually, you shall stand at a height far beyond what you could even dream of." Kaiser says with expectation in his voice.
"Now here comes the not fun part, I'm going to have to brand your soul with the information about the Immortal Codex and how to use it, which will cause you unimaginable pain. Are you ready?" Kaiser says with a solemn expression.
"If this is what it takes to obtain my goals, then I don't care how painful it will be!" Ekosus says with conviction.
"Alright then! Prepare yourself because this will be pain like nothing you've ever thought of!" Kaiser says in a grave tone. He then slowly places his palm on Ekosus forehead, and closes his eyes.
After a few moments of silence, Ekosus is confused because he feels nothing, but as soon as he's about to speak to Kaiser about the lack of the so called unimaginable pain, it was like the world crashes down around him as it feels like his soul body is being torn apart by a pain that couldn't even be described in words. He immediately lets out a miserable wail and after a few seconds of wailing, he finally blacks out from the pain.