The first night in the Neutral Lands was unlike any other. The sky here was not blue or black, but a swirling violet haze where stars seemed to flicker out of existence. Yun, Shara, and Meilin found shelter in a cave formed by "Void-Touched" crystals.
As soon as Yun sat down to meditate, the purple whirlpool in his heart began to spin with a violent, rhythmic thrum. The energy he had devoured from General Kaelen's "Order" and the Spirit Stone was finally being digested, but it was causing a resonance he couldn't control.
"Yun, your skin!" Shara gasped.
Yun's translucent body was now pulsing like a dying star. Suddenly, his consciousness was yanked away from the cave.
The Vision:
He saw a world before time. A vast expanse of nothingness where a single grain of Purple Dust floated. It wasn't a weapon or a curse; it was a "Seed of Revision." He saw a titan with bones made of pure light being shattered by the Heavens, and his remains becoming the Purple Dust to ensure that one day, someone could rewrite the laws of the universe.
Back in the cave, the aura Yun emitted began to attract the local wildlife—Void-Stalkers, creatures made of shadow and teeth that fed on instability.
"We have to hold them off!" Meilin shouted, her flames turning a protective white. "If they touch him while he's in this state, his resonance will collapse!"
Shara stood at the mouth of the cave, her jade sword creating a barrier of thorns. "He is evolving, Meilin. This is the first time his bones are recognizing their own origin. We don't just protect a man tonight; we protect the architect of the new world."
For hours, the two women fought side by side. Meilin's fire incinerated the shadows, while Shara's wood-elemental Qi healed the tears in the space around them. They were exhausted, but every time they looked back at Yun, whose body was slowly manifesting a faint, violet armor of bone, their resolve hardened.
When the sun (a pale, distant orb) finally rose, the monsters vanished. Yun opened his eyes. He looked older, his gaze carrying the weight of eons.
"I saw the Forge," Yun whispered. "And I saw the price of my existence. I am not here to cultivate... I am here to replace the Heavens."