Cain inhaled deeply, calming the surge of greed and desire rising in his heart.
The temptation before him was immense.
This place—this chamber hidden beneath the Everlife Continent—was ancient beyond reckoning. Formed long before the rise of most ArchDeities' Heavens, the waters flowing through the Well of Endless Stars had been steeped in cosmic power across countless millennia. Every droplet contained echoes of laws—of gravity, of time, of space—condensed into a stream capable of elevating even ArchDeities in their cultivation.
If it had been possible to move the well, Divine Sea would have taken it to her domain long ago, protecting it if it were her greatest treasure, because in a way, it was. But the well was bound to the earth, tied into the very spiritual lattice of the continent. Any attempt to excavate it would collapse the surrounding ley lines and awaken dormant catastrophes better left undisturbed.
Secrecy had been her safeguard.
