Edward the President of the Human Council looked at Mark, then at Athena, then back at Mark. His expression was one of confusion. He had known Mark for a very long time or at least, he had known of him. Mark was a legend, a being whose power transcended the God realm. But he had never mentioned a sister.“If Mark has a sister,” Edward thought, “then she must be incredibly powerful. But why have I never heard of her? Why did he never speak of her?”He thought about David's parents, Matilda and Arthur. They must have known. They must have been the ones who arranged for Athena to be with David. Otherwise, how could Mark have brought his sister to this world to teach and protect the boy?Edward did not ask. He simply nodded and filed the information away.But Matilda's clone, the woman who sat in the chair near the center of the room, looked at Mark with confusion. Such an instruction had never been given to her by her original body. She had no memory of Athena being assigned to David. Sh

Matilda nodded slowly. "You're right. You weren't born during the period you start to grow. But the original body was brought both of you fifteen thousand years ago where you both were wrapped in different cocoons."David's confusion deepened. "What are you talking about? That's impossible. How can that be? I am sure when I left the Blackwood family I was just 13 years old and Carla was born when I was ten."" You are right for a certain part," Matilda agreed. "But what I am saying to you is you were born earlier but all you were just in a phase where you were just an infant for more than ten thousand years and you were just nourished inside the cocoon when she brought she explained both of you will come out of it in ten thousand years."She paused, searching for the right words." The original body might have the purpose of putting you in a cocoon but I don't know what it is. She doesn’t say anything about why she did it. She just gave me instructions. Carla came out of the cocoon te

David absorbed this. He thought about his journey from the broken boy in the forbidden realm to the Universe Lord standing here now. He had come so far. He had grown so much. But it seemed that every time he thought he was approaching the peak, a new mountain appeared before him.“When I was abandoned,” he thought, "I thought that reaching the Universe Lord realm would finally give me answers. I thought that once I was strong enough, everything would make sense. But now... now I realize I was just a fish in a pond who suddenly jumped into the sea. I don't even know how deep the water goes.”"Don't forget," Albert said, his voice quiet but firm, "how you reached where you are now. When you arrived in the forbidden realm, you were broken. You had nowhere to go. No one to help you. And yet, you still reached here. You still became what you are."David looked at the old spirit."Don't be discouraged before your enemy could even find out about you. You will rise again. You have the inherit

The room was small and private, a study tucked away in a corner of the holy land in a palace that no one else had claimed. The walls were lined with books that no one had read in centuries, and the furniture was simple, functional, and utterly without personality. It was the kind of room that existed in every grand building, a space forgotten by its owners, used only by servants or unexpected guests who needed a moment of privacy.Mark had chosen it deliberately.He stood near the window, his silver hair catching the dim light from the corridor beyond. His presence filled the small room in a way that seemed impossible not because of his size, for he was slender and unremarkable in build, but because of the weight of his existence. He was a being who had lived for eons, who had seen civilizations rise and fall, who had walked among gods and demons alike. And now he was standing in a forgotten study, waiting for his sister.Athena entered a moment later, closing the door behind her wi

The Council chamber was filled to capacity.David stood beside Matilda at the entrance, his massive frame drawing every eye in the room. The Universe Lords were seated in their designated thrones, their expressions ranging from curiosity to cautious approval. The Universe Venerables filled the lower seats, their whispers creating a constant hum of speculation. Even the Immortal Kings who served as aides and advisors had been permitted to attend, their presence a sign of the gravity of the moment.David could feel the weight of their gazes. He could feel the unspoken questions hanging in the air. He could feel the tension that came from being the center of attention in a room full of beings who could shatter planets with a thought.“They're all watching me,” he thought. “ Wondering what I'll do. Whether I joined the human race or not.”He had grown accustomed to such scrutiny over the years. But this was different. This was not the battlefield, where enemies watched him with killing i