In a distant region, far away from Eden and the ruins of Virgo cluster:
"The day has arrived." Thoren Aur Deus held Eshala's soul fragment.
With a snap, hundreds and then thousands of such shards poured out. All belonging to the 'dead' princes and princesses of Jai over the years.
Driven by the power of life and death slivers, they spun around God Emperor, as if they were trying to merge into him.
They weren't enough. He needed more.
He glanced into the distant space, his perception brushing over the Jai empire and the alliance.
All the living beings trembled for a moment.
Then, many amongst them suddenly flew out from whatever they were doing and fell into space cracks that appeared all over.
It wasn't a few hundred or even a few million people. There were hundreds of millions and it was soon crossing a billion. Soon, it went from one billion to ten, ten to a hundred and it kept growing.
