"Never stop trying to be better version of yourself. It's a perpetual evolution.''- Nero Adams
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Nero's consciousness sank inward as he inspected his inner world.
The familiar scene unfolded: the nine stars gleaming above like distant suns, the ever-churning vortex of prana spinning at the center, a bottomless maelstrom of energy. But what caught his attention was the dimly lit golden star. One of its chains had snapped cleanly, the second hung half-broken, trembling on the verge of collapse.
A small, satisfied smirk curved his lips.
"Not bad," he muttered.
Progress. Painstaking, incremental—but real.
