"When the world outside slumbers, another one awakens within."

  The night in Velmira was deep and whisper-quiet, the kind that felt stretched thin, as if time had slowed to listen. Owls blinked from darkened perches, and the wind tangled gently through the trees, stirring old leaves like forgotten memories.

  Aether stood still in the middle of his room, barefoot on creaking wooden boards, eyes half-lidded beneath the silver gaze of moonlight. The light filtered through the forest canopy, casting latticed shadows on his skin like inked sigils. He wasn’t breathing heavily, yet every breath he took felt full, purposeful—like he was drawing in more than air.

  It had started at dawn. Not an ache. Not a tug. But a resonance—an ancient vibration humming in his core. It didn’t belong to his mana circuits or his blood. It was older. Deeper. Beyond the weave of spells and elements.

  Like something was waiting for him to notice.

  And now… he did.

  Aether closed his eyes.

  "Awaken."

  A single word. A whisper wrapped in intent. And the world responded.

  The room around him faded—not in darkness, but in priority. And suddenly, he was elsewhere.

  He stood in an infinite blank space.

  No light. No sound. No gravity.

  But it wasn't cold. It wasn't lifeless. It was pregnant. A canvas that had never known brush or color. His presence alone painted a ripple into it. The silence bowed to his heartbeat.

  Then came the text:

  [Status Update: Domain Creation Complete.]

  [New Skill Unlocked: Realm Architect]

  [Daily Loot Box: Acquired]

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  Floating glyphs hovered in front of him, forming and dissolving like ideas given shape. But this wasn't illusion magic, nor projection. This was something beyond spell formulas—this was a system he didn’t invent, but somehow… was part of him.

  [Would you like to name your Domain?]

  He paused. Names held power. They always had. They weren’t just labels; they were destinies.

  “…Eidheria,” he whispered.

  And like a spell of divine origin, the name carved itself into reality. The void shimmered. Then ruptured.

  Earth exploded beneath him—rich, dark, and pulsing with newborn life. A sky formed overhead, dusky lavender bleeding into starlit indigo. The first tree spiraled from nothing, its roots forming mid-air before diving into the new ground. Its leaves shimmered like fragments of dusk and dawn woven together.

  Aether also gets mixed with the essence of the world, his entire body was recreated from scratch, and becomes one with the unknown power. Now alone with his domain, he will also grow infinitely.

  He opened his eyes, stunned. This was no mere terrain. This was creation.

  Outside, in the quiet woods of Velmira, birds startled from their nests, sensing something wrong. Or right. Mana spiraled unnaturally in the air, wild and reactive, causing flowers to bloom prematurely and insects to flee. A nearby mana beast howled once—then went silent.

  [New achievement: Realm Creation]

  [New function unlocked: “Natural Growth without Intervention”]

  [New Species seed Unlocked: Duskleaf Fern, Glimmer Moss]

  [Auto-Evolution Function Activated: Mana Saturation Level 1]

  [Contents: Lesser Water Elemental Core, Blueprint – Fishing Pond, Herb Seed – Aquablume]

  [+2 Domain Points]

  Aether’s body, seated in meditation stillness, seemed untouched. But around him, reality was shifting.

  Inside Eidheria, he walked forward.

  The ground responded to him. Mana whispered through the grass. The wind curved around his form, as if recognizing him not as a visitor—but as a god. The world was still small, only a few hundred meters wide. But it was his. Every root, every breeze, every spark of light—it obeyed him because he had birthed it.

  Aether raised his hand. A panel emerged from the sky.

  [World Shop]

  – Extension of domain [1x1 km] (25 Domain Point)

  – Structure: Wooden Hut (1 Domain Point)

  – Mob: Lesser Sylph ( 2 Domain Points)

  – Mob: Goblin ( 2 Domain Points)

  [Available Points: 50]

  [Bonus: First Creation : +5 Points]

  He hesitated only for a breath. Then began.

  His domain expanded, new terrains, grassland, hills curved outwards.

  A river, winding and lazy, glittered with mana-rich waters.

  Flora followed—clusters of blue-glow mushrooms with bioluminescent stems.

  Then came life—two Lesser Sylphs, translucent and windborne, blinking into being with giggles like chimes. A small pack of goblins emerged and went inside the jungle.

  [Achievement Unlocked: First Mob Created]

  [Reward: +10 Daily Domain Point Bonus]

  [Loot Box Unlocked]

  Aether opened it with a single thought.

  Inside were two items. Simple on the surface. Dangerous in implication.

  – Seed of Unknown Origin

  – Blueprint: Elemental Shrine (Fire)

  – New ore unlocked: Iron ( Found underground)

  He blinked.

  A seed that didn’t belong to any natural species he recognized. And a shrine meant to house or perhaps summon elemental fire.

  This wasn’t just world-building. This was evolution.

  He was being handed the tools of a civilization. One that had never existed—and would never follow the laws of his current world.

  He smiled faintly. “So I can grow this world. Shape it. Give it rules.”

  Aether kneeled at the riverbank. Dug a small hole. Planted the seed.

  The soil shifted.

  Something alive stirred beneath it.

  He looked up to the starlit sky of Eidheria, then beyond—to the world he’d be returning to soon. A world where the kings and archmages thought they ruled through ancient bloodlines and dusty tomes.

  They didn’t know what had just been born.

  And even if they did—they wouldn’t understand.

  In the waking world, Aether opened his eyes.

  Birdsong had returned. His room looked the same. The forest breeze still nudged the curtains.

  But his heart now beat to two rhythms.

  One of this world.

  And one of the one he created.

  Eidheria had awakened.

  And it would never sleep again.