"The Gardener is a resentful monster. When you defeat it, it invites you into its Domain and attempts to consume your bare soul. As you can tell, our bodies didn't come with us."
"I see!"
"…Come."
Louis walked through the large crater in the emerald moon where he had emerged, climbing it and reaching the vast surface. He looked across and found it.
Or rather, it was calling them.
A giant tower made of vines, trees, plants, and flowers, with a gigantic red rose blooming at the top—revealing a giant eye eternally gazing at the starry sea.
Louis had died in this place in his previous regression.
But not anymore.
It was time for payback.
He knew the risks and still took them, having prepared ahead by consuming as many Fantasium Cores as possible to recharge his energy and redirecting it into his soul.
At this moment, Louis's Soul Avatar blazed with Nirvana Flames. Everywhere he stepped, the plants burned and died.
Eventually, the Ruler of this Domain gazed upon him and Soma.
