The gateway of emerald radiance pulsed like a living heart, expanding and contracting in gentle rhythm. Beyond it, the universe seemed to shift colors in gold and jade, intertwining, like creation itself, folding inward.
Jacob stepped through, and at once, his surroundings changed. The air thickened with raw vitality, so dense that it hummed with energy, each breath brimming with the essence of life itself.
Beneath his feet, luminous ground formed from condensed verdant energy. Each step left ripples of growing moss and blooming flowers that withered seconds later under the cold radiance of his aura.
The entire space reacted violently to his presence, as if life and death were rejecting one another, colliding in invisible tension.
At that moment, Jacob raised his gaze, and in the endless distance, rivers of luminous sap flowed across the sky, linking floating continents shaped like petals.
