Before now, one of the greatest motivations for the Ouroboros Serpents was hunger which was endless and eternal, they were fierce predators who sought out battle and destruction to sate their endless appetites, and for a long time, this made them extremely dangerous, so much so that Rowan hardly used them in battle, preferring to use the serpents tactically, because he feared that if he allowed them to indulge in their nature, then reining them in after every slaughter would increasingly get more difficult. This new connection with the Origin Land had finally broken their state of endless hunger, but this did not make them less dangerous. A new instinct arose inside these serpents, and it was one of protection; nothing would destroy their source of sustenance. After breaking their Fate of endless hunger, there would be nothing these serpents would not do to protect their father, and the new Essence created by them represented their intense desire to protect Rowan. It was not only the fact that his new bloodlines were now rooted in a more powerful source like his Origin Land or that they were now at the sixth dimension, there were more mysteries behind their powers, and Rowan's consciousness vibrated with the sheer potential he could feel from this new Essence, but his last two pillars, not made from Essence did not lose to these six in any way. The seventh pillar of power was greenish white and came from Serathis, and the last was purple and came from Chronomancer Prime. A shadow of these two Avatars dwelled in the center of their pillars of power, and Rowan could see Serathis dancing inside her pillar of power as she was visibly growing from a child into a teenager, Rowan knew that when she reached the height of her youth, she would stop aging and only her strength would keep increasing. In the background was a tiny sapling, a tree slowly growing alongside Serathis. Rowan's consciousness shook when he noticed that this sapling was similar to his Tree of Desire. It was not the same, but it could be seen as a descendant of that tree. Serathis had done the impossible and brought back a piece of Rowan's heart. Chronomancer Prime sat cross-legged inside his pillar of power in the shadow of a massive hourglass. His eyes were closed in meditation, and countless arcane runes emerged from around the young boy who was rapidly growing to be a man, even faster than Serathis. It would seem this Avatar did not want to remain a child for long. These runes being weaved by the Avatar were spells, profound and powerful, and Rowan could not fully decipher their usage at a glance. Still, he knew they were all being made for him, and in the time of need during battle, he would not need to spend any time casting spells when there were a bunch of ready-made spells available for him to summon. Chronomancer Prime may be silent, but this does not make him any less deadly than Serathis or the serpents. He was just content to work in the background, and Rowan acknowledged his hard work and perseverance. Unlike his Essence, his new Aether was almost ephemeral. If not for the massive quantities of it being pumped out of the earth, it would be invisible. However, when Rowan's consciousness came in contact with this new Aether, he was shocked to discover that its state of existence was extremely different from Aether. It was almost the opposite, as if what Rowan was touching with his consciousness was anti-energy yet still possessed all the traits of energy. Fire that freezes and burns at the same time, a blade that heals as it cuts. His Aether had followed the path of his Class as an Eclipsed Creator, a being of both creation and destruction, and only an energy source like this could power Rowan's new Origin Spells; his previous Aether was not fit for his new Class. Using soul energy, Rowan recreated a drop of his previous Aether before he drew out a drop of his new Aether and slowly brought them together. At first, a repulsive force stopped each drop from touching, but as Rowan's consciousness pressed down on the two, the repulsive force was shattered, and the two Aethers merged. Their merger only lasted a moment before a harsh scream emerged from the center of the newly merged Aether. Rowan watched in fascination as his new Aether devoured his previous Aether and grew bigger, a sense of satisfaction radiating from it. The cry of his previous Aether was piercing; it was as if the destruction it faced when fused with his new Aether unraveled something fundamental about it that caused this energy to cry out in pain. If this could happen to his powerful Primordial Aether, what would happen to any ordinary Aether? It was a good thing that Rowan could recreate all forms of energy using his soul essence. He did not have to wonder what effect his new Aether would have. A mere thought summoned millions of variant Aether randomly from millions of Paths of Power that he knew of, and he set them against this enlarged drop of Aether. The result was satisfactory and terrifying simultaneously, as his new Aether consumed every form of Aether it was up against. He noticed that if he used the greenish-white Aether from Serathis, none of the Aether was consumed, even though they knew of its presence before they were consumed. Still, using the Aether of Chronomancer Prime, they were all destroyed before they could even come near his Aether. This energy was similar to Aether, but it was not, and Rowan decided to call it Ether. Inside his Origin Land, this was the power that dominated it. Any other form of power would be shattered or consumed. Satisfied with what he had witnessed, Rowan's consciousness shook as the final step of the merger began. The pillar of Aether began to collapse. Due to the sheer size of each pillar, it was difficult to notice this change. Still, they were moving so quickly that observing them for long would be enough to see as each pillar began to curve towards the city of Sheol as if the city were a gigantic magnet dragging them towards it. Rowan watched in sheer fascination as the six pillars of Essence slammed into the hollow mountains and began filling them up, and the two pillars of Ether entered the first of the nine chasms and started filling them up. A surge of power erupted from the earth, and Rowan's consciousness froze as boundless energy began to fill his body. He could not help but cry out in astonishment, and in the distance, the city of Sheol began coming to life.