And just like that 500 more years quietly passed inside the Soul Space.
Those five centuries were nothing like the previous ones.
Earlier, Ash had only been testing structures and observing how Runic glyphs interacted with each other in controlled conditions, studying how different meanings behaved when they were placed together and whether they could remain stable without collapsing.
Now the center of the entire system was a real soul. Every layer of the formation had to consider the nature of that soul, the way it reacted to external influence, and the fact that it had been sealed inside the Spirit Devouring Crystal for a very long time.
The crystal itself was the first major obstacle.
By its very nature, the Spirit Devouring Crystal suppressed souls.
