The New world ends with him

In the beginning was the world, and the world ended,so there came a new one. In the beginning was a new world.And in the end,there will be him. The cataclysm known as the Merge didn't just shatter reality—it populated it. The world was fused with fragments of countless dimensions, each bringing its own native beings into a terrifying new whole. Now, majestic sky-whales drift over forests of crystal, while shadowstalkers hunt in ruined cities. This is a world of wonders and horrors, where the very definition of "human" has been rewritten. From the chaos of this fusion bled a new power: Essence. Survivors, both human and not, now awaken to abilities drawn from the concepts of lost worlds. A protector might manifest the Essence of Stone, their skin hardening to armor. A berserker could be fueled by the Essence of Blood, a healer guided by the Essence of Song, and a hunter might vanish into the Essence of Mist. But no one remembers the world before. No one but Lucian "Ash" Gray. Ash remembers everything. The chilling hypocrisy of his billionaire family. Their empire built on suffering. Most of all, he remembers his two best friends, the only people who knew his true name. While others bonded with new Essences, Ash manifested one rooted in his past: the Essence of the Unchanged Soul. A living anchor to the lost world, his power is a testament to his refusal to forget. He alone can perceive the fractures of the Merge itself and feel the echoes of what was lost. Driven by hatred for the world that created him and a desperate love for the friends he was torn from, Ash embarks on a mission through this dangerous new reality. He will navigate territories ruled by strange new races, survive threats both alien and human, and seek the power to unravel reality itself. His goal is not to survive, not to build, not to adapt. His goal is to close the Merge. He will find his friends, even if they have changed beyond recognition. And he will end this world, so that his can finally be at peace.