Swish——
A glimmer of light suddenly appeared where the red mist surged.
Time and space overlapped, and the distinction between inside and outside lost meaning. As with the previous few times, through some sort of time-space transformation incomprehensible to mortals, the power of the outer world appeared at the center of the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Realm.
The illusory mist continuously emanated, and within its deepest confines, the shimmering radiance moved at a speed that seemed slow yet was actually fast.
Following a path already decreed, it surged straight towards a yellowish-brown speck of light.
In the depths of the cosmos, the presence of the two entities seemed as if they were naturally one and the same, so harmoniously and seamlessly integrated. The speck of light flickered like a breath, yearning for the arrival of the 'Earth's' Source Power.
However, at this moment, within the utterly controlled stream of light, a wave of consciousness violently expanded outward.