One would think that this would be the full total of what one needed to do in order to bind a realm to oneself but that was incorrect. There was in fact a final step that was both harder and more dangerous than the first two , true emergence. To simplify this final step was to combine oneself with the realm entirely by devouring the sort of nascent world soul that realms had that they used to fight back against binders like Nick. With it devoured it needed to be fused into ones own essence and then put back in the realm.-
A good way to see it would be that you basically removed the soul of the realm and replaced it with your own which was obviously a very risky thing. For true daedra this wasn't a huge issue as even if it killed them they would eventually regenerate from the waters of oblivion. Nick however was not a true daedra and thus if this process failed he would die permanently. Of course none of that was something Nick needed to worry about quite yet as he was still on the first part of the process.-
Taking a seat Nicks soul and body continued to release wisps of energy that dispersed into the surroundings like a drop of ink in a cup of water. This wasn't visible with mere eyes but if it was that would be sort of what it would look like. This was also not a quick process either as Nick had to straddle the fine line between putting out too much essence energy and not exceeding how fast he regenerates it. While he did this Nick also could not do anything productive like study or research as it required nearly his entire focus to do.-
An entire month and a half Nick sat still in the realm with his only movements being to eat to keep himself alive and awake. He was VERY glad that elves don't really need much sleep and can easily go a week or two without any issue and with the help of energizing potions he managed to stay awake this entire time. This wasn't to say that he was perfectly fine however as he did still need sleep. The lack of it was starting to have negative effects on him but thankfully he could get some rest after corrupting the realm fully with his essence energy.-
Nick wasted no time at all passing out once he completed this first step and slept for a total of a day and a half. During this time a little bit of his corruption had been removed by the realm but Nick easily fixed this in a few hours after he woke up. The whole realm shook violently and even the very space and air vibrated as Nick started the second step of converting the realm into a true extension of himself. Nick himself developed cracks on his skin as blood dripped out of his body and seemed to evaporate into a red mist that spread out around him.-
This was also normally as it was Nicks vital energies leaving his body and fusing with the realm around him and converting it into a part of himself that in turn restored the energy he lost plus some. To ones magical senses it was almost like a heart beating as the energy left his body got enriched by the realm that got converted before it goes back into his body in a loop of power and weakness. This step took half a month to complete and Nick rested once again before he paused the process to complete the laws for the realm.-
The various items he had collected for the purpose were broken down and assimilated into the realm causing clouds , water , leylines , magma and other things found in a true world to start slowly appearing. It was a slow appearance granted but an appearance none the less. "Huuu!" Nick took a deep breath before the entire realm was suddenly covered in a powerful glow as he blasted his spiritual energy throughout the whole thing to find the realm soul.-
'Gotcha!' he thought as he found the nearly imperceptible spot in the realm that wasn't under his control and converged his power on it. "HURK! SPLAT!" Nick threw up blood as the realm soul began to fight back as he started trying to devour it with his own being. Nick was taking serious damage from the struggles of the realm soul but grit his teeth and pressed forward as it was far too late to back out. He coughed up more blood and his body paled while his hair turned white from the damage his soul and essence was taking that was making him appear to age at a rapid pace.