Chapter 7: Embryonic World, Infinite Potential
"Status."
The word left Ezra's lips, small yet commanding, and the air around him shivered. A translucent window, glowing faintly with golden light, shimmered into existence before his infant eyes. Despite his tiny form, he felt the weight of eternity in that moment—this was no mere game interface. This was the Fate Codex, fully integrated with his consciousness, now displaying itself as a system worthy of the Infinite Hydra bloodline and the embryonic world-core within him.
He blinked, taking in the details, feeling a thrill that mingled with fear and awe. Every line, every statistic, every number pulsed with divine energy, resonating in his mind as if the system itself were alive.
STATUS SYSTEM – FATE CODEX
Name: Ezra Aurelius / John Smith / ???
Bloodline: Infinite Hydra (Aurelius + Lunaris devoured)
Age: 1 day old / ???????
Race: Sun Elf (deception)(Infinite Hydra true form)
Realm: initiate mage/knight (early stage)
Mana Core Status: Fully Awakened
Knight Core Status: Fully Awakened
Divine Sea: Active (1 km sensing radius, expanding with growth)
STATISTICS
Strength: 500 / 10000→ normal initiate knight peak 100
Vitality: 779 / 10000 → normal initiate knight peak is 100
Agility: 455 / 10000 → normal initiate knight peak is 100
Intelligence: 700 / 10000 → reincarnation knowledge + divine sea( useful in spell grafting)
Spirit: 5000/50000 → the bigger the divine sea the bigger this numaber (currently able to sense 1 km )( normal peak Initiate Mages have 100)
Mana Control: 50 / 10000→ embryonic world generates mana continuously
Mana: 100000/ 100000→ excess embryonic world mana is used to reinforce the world to grow it( normal initiate peak is 500
Aura Control: 100 / 10000 → normal initiate knight peak is 100
AFFINITIES
Primordial:
Time: perceives brief future moments in combat
Fate: senses good/bad fortune, probability threads, chance manipulation
Mythical:
Light: radiant power of Nine Suns channeled through embryonic world
Darkness: shadow currents, negation of hostile energies
Elemental:
Fire: heated flows within embryonic terrain
Water: river currents within core respond to will
Metal: crystallized sunstone-like structures form within body/core
Earth: terrain manipulation inside embryonic world
Gravity: microgravity fields generated to manipulate energy flow
TALENTS / SPECIAL ABILITIES
Embryonic World Core: A miniature floating world (~1 km) inside Ezra that generates mana proportional to its completeness. Can grow, form continents, rivers, mountains, and ecosystems; feeds Divine Sea and core energy.
Infinite Hydra – Fate Devourer: Consumes a target's soul, lifespan, bloodline, and destiny, absorbing their power to grow stronger while erasing them from cycle of reincarnation.
Divine Sense : Conscious mana ocean sensing 1 km radius around the body; expands as mastery increases. Can perceive ley currents, mana fluctuations, and spiritual disturbances.
Time Sight: Glimpses of immediate future; milliseconds to seconds during combat.
Fate Perception: Feels the approach of luck, misfortune, or critical events before they occur.
Hydra form: Infinite Hydra bloodline grants regenerative potential and multiple pseudo-limbs (heads/energy projections) usable in combat and triple the attack power both physically and spells.
Aether Form: Fusion of mana and aura allows shifting between physical and energy state at will; can exist partially or fully outside normal physical limits.
Radiant Step: Teleport short distances by dissolving into beams of light; leaves afterimages that burn attackers who touch them.(Sun elf talent)
Sunforged Strike: Imbues physical or aetherial attacks with solar energy, increasing damage exponentially against darkness-affiliated entities.(Sun elf talent)
Eclipse Form: Partial transformation into a shadowy aether state, allowing movement through solid objects or brief immunity to attacks.(moon elf talent)
Shadow Veil: Cloaks the body in living darkness, rendering him undetectable to magic or physical observation.
NOTES
Core Fusion Status: Stable → Knight aura and Mage mana synergized; embryonic world actively generating energy.
Consciousness Expansion: Divinely augmented; mind capable of multi-threaded thought across embryonic world, Divine Sea, and corporeal senses.
Growth Potential: Virtually limitless → embryonic world and Divine Sea expand as training, combat, and cultivation progress or with rare treasures.
Ezra's infant heart raced. He stared at the window, every digitized detail translating into sensations far beyond ordinary comprehension. The embryonic world within him pulsed, spinning continents, flowing rivers, miniature mountains forming and reshaping themselves as though alive. The Divine Sea responded instantly, ripples of awareness stretching across its kilometer radius, carrying the faint stir of life and mana, touching invisible threads that connected all things in Sunhaven.
"I… I can see it," he breathed, mind reeling. "Not just numbers… not just abilities… but the flow of reality itself. Every current, every thread, every probability… I can feel it, understand it, even anticipate it."
He stretched his awareness further. The embryonic world responded, sending forth invisible pulses into the Divine Sea. Tiny, concentrated bursts of power—mountains forming in microseconds, rivers spinning, the wind rising inside the tiny realm—all fed his mana, his aura, his very essence. He realized for the first time the staggering scale of what he possessed.
"So this… this is the integration of Knight and Mage… Aether… an embryonic world… Divine Sea… all converging," he whispered internally, awe flooding his consciousness. "I am wi infinite, and yet… just beginning."
A shiver of excitement ran through him. He flexed his awareness, imagining the streams of light from the Nine Suns as threads to manipulate. Even a flicker of thought could pull energy from the environment. He had become an observer and creator simultaneously, capable of perceiving both micro and macro scales. The faintest pulse of a creature, the tiniest fluctuation in the ley currents, the flutter of fate itself—all fell within his perception.
Then he felt it—the codex. The eternal, omnipresent thread that had guided him through death, reincarnation, and the shaping of his cores. It was now a silent presence within his mind, but it was no longer distant. Every calculation, every outcome, every probability he perceived rippled through it. It was a partner now, waiting, patient, biding its time until the exact moment to speak or act.
A shiver running down his spine. "It is patient, just as I must be… but one day, it will answer."
Ezra's gaze drifted around the chamber. The golden sunstone walls glimmered, the Nine Suns casting multi-colored reflections across every surface. Suspended crystals caught the light, refracting it into spectral patterns that danced on his silver-gilded skin. Even in his infant body, he felt the majesty of House Aurelius, the pride of Sunhaven's nobility, but amplified a thousandfold by the Aether streaming through him.
He closed his eyes briefly, feeling his cores pulse. The embryonic world within him rotated gently, continents shifting, rivers flowing, mountains breathing. Streams of mana pulsed through it, feeding his Divine Sea, his aura, his consciousness. He had become a miniature god, a newborn with power that would dwarf even the most seasoned cultivators in Sunhaven—or even the Magus World.
"I am… not just Ezra," he thought, determination blazing in his mind. "I am the Infinite Hydra. I am Aether itself. And I will survive, I will surpass, I will uncover every secret hidden, even from gods themselves."
His senses stretched outward, brushing against the invisible currents of fate. Probability threads shimmered like strands of golden silk, branching, intertwining, twisting. He could feel decisions forming in the minds of people kilometers away, fleeting glimpses of outcomes before they manifested. Each one was a spark he could trace, a current he could manipulate if he chose to act.
"Time… Fate… Light… Darkness… Fire, Water, Earth, Metal, Gravity… all of it… flowing into me, through me… responding to me," he whispered in wonder. His tiny lips barely moved, yet the weight of comprehension was astronomical. He was no longer just a child; he was a nexus of creation, perception, and inevitability.
The Fate Codex pulsed gently, a heartbeat within the golden window, confirming the integration of the embryonic world, Divine Sea, and Infinite Hydra bloodline. It was a living system now, a partner that recorded every nuance of existence, every shift in probability, every thread of reality. It had rewritten itself to fit him, to serve him, to prepare him for the coming challenges he could barely imagine.
Ezra floated in the middle of his crib, suspended in the golden light, his Aether form flickering subtly between physical and energy states. He could shift at will, flowing through his embryonic world, diving into his Divine Sea, emerging to touch the walls of the room or the currents of the Nine Suns outside. The feeling was intoxicating, dizzying, and terrifying.
"So… this is the beginning," he murmured. "The Infinite Hydra… the embryonic world… the Fate Codex… all aligned. The threads of destiny will no longer bind me. I will shape them. I will master them. And when the time comes, I will uncover… everything."
The golden window shimmered, reflecting the Nine Suns, the intricate carvings, the suspended crystals, and then Ezra reached out, not physically, but mentally, touching the light, feeling their weight, their flow, their possibilities.
"Yes… this is only the start," he whispered. "And I… will not fail."