Chapter 564
Before his current, more subtle machinations, Ikenga harbored an even more audacious plan. During his time in Zarvok Library, a repository of forbidden and obscure knowledge, he stumbled upon a fascinating grimoire. This ancient tome detailed a concept known as "space pocketing": the creation of self-contained spatial constructs through specific spells or a profound understanding of spatial mechanics.
The book described space as a "self-healing cake." Imagine cutting a large chunk from this cosmic confection. With the aid of certain rare materials, this excised piece of space could then be "stuffed" into the material itself, forming a miniature, isolated dimension.
Ikenga, ever the unconventional thinker, conceived of a far stranger, grander application. He realized that his own divine body, as an Origin God, was the ultimate material. His idea was to sever a massive chunk of space tha could fit the moon and stuff it into his other empty eye socket. This would transform his very being into a living, portable pocket dimension, a cosmic terrarium for his power.
His plan further evolved that once he began to establish the moon’s new, alien nature. Once complete, he intended to shrink the entire moon its new ecosystem, its elemental energies, and all the curses he was weaving into its core and put it into his eye alongside the captured space. He envisioned carrying an entire, fully functioning celestial body within his own being, a weapon and a sanctuary literally at his blink.
However, the sheer scale of such an act would generate an unfathomable magical disturbance, an anomaly so profound it would undoubtedly alert the mages even with his current curse meant to hide his presence.
His current plan involved a planetary sized curse, a grand, intricate working designed to bend the very fabric of space to his will. Ikenga began to pour the entirety of his focused divine essence into the lunar core. He wove a complex matrix of all his cursed knowledge into the moon’s nascent ley lines, linking its new, alien nature with his own profound cursed divinity.
He dubbed this ultimate working "The Tether of the Origin’s Reach."
His goal was that this curse would transcend conventional spatial limitations. It wouldn’t just be a teleportation point; it would be a permanent, self-sustaining conduit directly to his essence. Once activated, any location within this system would become directly accessible and vice-versa. It would bypass the mages’ attempts to isolate him in the void, creating an invisible, unbreakable bridge between his newly forged domain and any battleground where he finds himself.
The curse was designed to be insidious and persistent. It would subtly warp the local spacetime around the moon, creating a constant, low-level resonance that only an Origin God could exploit. For the mages, it would merely appear as a strange, unreadable energy signature, if they even detected it at all. They would perceive the moon as just another celestial body, unaware that it was now a colossal, dormant spell waiting to be triggered.
As the last tendrils of his concentrated will infused the moon, the ethereal glow within its core pulsed once, then settled into a steady, almost imperceptible hum. The entire celestial body felt different, not just alive, but imbued with a latent, potent power. Ikenga had transformed a barren rock into his ultimate weapon and his personal gateway, ensuring that when the last clash came, the mages’ attempts to corner him would be futile. The moon, now his ultimate curse, awaited his call.
Ikenga’s physical form slowly rematerialized from the glowing moon, now a world transformed. He stepped onto a landscape vibrant with beautiful, luminescent plants and breathable, fresh air – a testament to his monumental act of creation. He felt utterly weary and drained, the deep exhaustion of channeling his essence into an entire celestial body weighing heavily on him. Yet, beneath the fatigue, he could already feel the gentle hum of his divine power revitalizing within him, the moon’s newly formed nature serving as a potent wellspring.