The pillar connected the Heavens and the Earth. No matter which Plane you stood on, no matter which direction you looked, it could be seen.
It broke the laws of space and time, transcending it all and standing upon a plane all to itself.
The tower of flames spun faster and faster until it began to condense in on itself, rapidly forming into a small ball that concentrated it all into the smallest of dots that could hardly be seen even if you stood right before it.
Himari's expression flickered. She grabbed Elena's shoulder and explosively retreated. Her speed was so fast that she passed through three layers of spatial barriers before an explosion that took place not even a second after she moved made its presence known to the world.
A nebula of white-gold filled the skies.
Slowly, but surely, it began to compress.
The process took several months, and those months eventually became years, which eventually approached centuries.
