The next step is looking for volunteers.
But that was also the hardest one.
Virel and Aniel had been fortunate. Their souls had resonated with his origin small world.
Lucien could not assume that would happen again.
So he did not rush.
The next plan was simple in wording and terrifying in execution.
He needed to find people compatible with hidden small worlds.
That meant he needed more than names.
He needed soul resonance, fate weight, and most importantly, the willingness and stability to endure an incarnation without turning the process into soul mutilation dressed as exploration.
Lucien sat inside the Origin Core Shrine again.
The Reincarnation Disc rested beside him.
The thin gold incarnation filament hovered above his palm for a moment, then dissolved back into a protected pattern within his authority.
Today was not the day to send it.
Today was the day to build the tool that would help him know where it should go.
