"The only way to become a true god was to kill one of them and take their authority."
Kael's eyes narrowed slightly.
"And that was nearly impossible."
Asana continued quietly.
"So we searched for another way."
Nina nodded and added, "And we found something that allowed us to reach that level without becoming gods."
Kael frowned slightly as realization appeared in his eyes.
"Spirit Realm," he said.
Nina and Asana nodded at the same time.
"Yes," Nina replied softly.
"The Spirit Realm."
The Spirit Realm was not a place that could be described with ordinary words. It did not exist within the normal layers of the world. It existed beside reality, overlapping it like a shadow that followed every movement of nature.
Where flames burned in the mortal world, rivers of fire flowed in the Spirit Realm. Where glaciers formed, endless continents of ice existed there. Every element that existed in the physical world had its pure and ancient reflection within that realm.
