The skies above Sanctum shimmered for three days.
At first, the tremors were subtle—mana fields shifting, spatial ley-lines bending out of their orbital flow. Then came the rifts of golden light, arching across the horizon like divine latticework, slowly weaving a great and terrible design into the heavens.
The Throneworld was being born.
But not in the sky.
It was being layered on top of the world itself.
[System Notice: Founding of Throneworld Protocols In Progress]
Authority Anchor recognized: [Iden]Origin Fragment: [Absorbed – Core of Nullspace Primacy]Converging Domains: [Sanctum] → [First Layer: Crownfield Bastion]Elevation Rank: Mythic Ascendancy Tier I
THRONEWORLD – CROWNFIELD BASTION
A realm layered upon reality, hidden in plain sight.Time runs faster inside (3:1 rate).Environmental control unlocked.Defensive reflection lattice generated from Sanctum's Grid Core.Summoned entities gain permanent passive evolution within its bounds.
From the outside, Sanctum's core territory expanded by less than a kilometer.But from the inside, the new Throneworld unfolded like a multidimensional palace: gardens reinforced with aetherbone glass; towering spires made from condensed starlight crystal; and miles of invisible floating platforms tethered to the main citadel, orbiting like loyal satellites.
Iden stood at the very center—where the control seat manifested.
It wasn't just a throne.
It was a command lattice.
A living node of will.
New Summon Types Unlocked
1. Herald-Class Skeletons - Officers of the Ninefold Legion. Capable of commanding squads autonomously, maintaining battlefield morale, and unleashing wave-based suppression.
2. Core Sentinels - Specialized constructs drawn from Nullspace Essence. Immune to time-lock effects. Act as mana regulators and zone anchors.
3. Thronebound Chimeras - Fusion summons born from spliced evolution templates. Adaptive limbs and modular weapons. Each gains unique behavior based on their first battlefield kill.
4. Astral-Ward Scribes - Support units that channel divine fragments through runic constructs. Can rewrite local laws (e.g., no teleportation, no illusions) temporarily in an area.
Total Summon Capacity: 1,376,256Units under active growth evolution: 84%Intelligence-gaining capacity: Increased.Neural sync range: Full planetary grid (within factional networks).
Allied channels burst with synchronized pings.
Aria of the Verdant Vale called an emergency meeting with her druids—confused how the sky itself seemed to bloom across multiple seasons in a single hour.
High Warden Renner of the Bastion Union ordered surveillance on all mana nodes within 2,000 kilometers.
Even the Abyss-walkers paused their march.
Because the sky had declared something ancient: a sovereign had risen.
"So what does this mean?" Rael asked softly, standing beside Iden on one of the floating control balconies.
He didn't answer right away.
Kael stepped in, his eyes glowing faintly with necrotic flame. "It means… this world's no longer owned by the gods. The System has to obey him now. Within this realm? He decides the rules."
The summit was called the Accord of Fractured Crowns.
It was held within the Throneworld's deepest chamber, where time was slowed for clarity, and delegates from every remaining major faction were invited.
Some arrived in awe.Others came with caution.But all of them witnessed the same thing:
Iden wasn't just a commander anymore.
He was something worse.
Or something better.
A system-born sovereign with the ability to evolve existence itself.
And that scared them.
Not because they feared Iden.
But because they feared what else might rise to challenge him.
[Notice: Core Fragment Residue Analysis Complete.]You may now locate the next Fragment of Origin.
Iden looked at the crystalline map unfurling before his throne.
Another fragment. Another truth.
And maybe—just maybe—a piece of the answer to why the world was designed to end on the 14th day.