Green turned to crimson. Vast stretches of sea adopted that crimson allure of brilliance as the hum of a silent, glowing Wheel stretched out across existence. Everything looked altered- and yet, somehow, not. Inside the Witness, Noah felt it all. He felt the Breaking of the Wheel with his very existence as his mind surged with static and wonder, the scene replaying over his existence again and again as it was both horrific and beautiful at the same time. A failed transformation. But a transformation into what? And if it failed, how many times had this happened before? Because in this moment, there wasn't just a crimson Wheel of Existence… but a white-gold one. So just how many Breakings had there been? How many failures? And where had all the powerful Resplendent Monads and Converged Architects gone? Where had those beneath them in power gone? The Breaking didn't destroy them. But it was as if the strongest beings tied to the Wheel were displaced—flung to unknown realms every time a Breaking occurred. As these questions churned, Noah felt the same desolation and quiet grief the Witness carried. The green blindfold, shaped by the surrounding sources, slowly changed—its verdant hue bleeding into the crimson shade of the sea around them. The Witness was completely blind, relying only on his source. His head turned in the direction of the slowly spinning crimson Wheel as he wondered. As he grieved. As he cried. And from then on, he continued to Witness. HUUUM! Other weavings of existence thrummed in the moments that followed as the surrounding weavings fractured and broke. The record of an age—one far older than comprehension—came to an end. It showed glimpses of beings who had existed before the First Breaking of the Wheel. Beings far more powerful than anything currently within the flow of the Wheel of Existence. And because he had Witnessed this… Noah's weavings of existence began to spark with grand possibilities. As the ancient record shattered, his essence snapped back into the present—and even as it did, he could still feel the changes and wonder from what he'd just experienced. |The True Source of Continuity has been understood under a different definition from the True Source of the Witness.| …! He had lived the First Breaking of the Wheel by merging with the body of the Witness. And the burning True Source of this being was open to him—his to explore—because for that brief span of time, it felt like his own body. He'd understood the very definition of Continuity from someone else's eyes. Noah's continuity stemmed from the very pillars that held up the foundation of the Infiniverse Megalos. Pillars like Entropy, Relativity, Manadynamics, and more. And now, his Pathway toward the True Source of Continuity absorbed a new definition, reshaping itself. But that wasn't all. |You Witnessed the weavings of the Resplendent Monad Romulus and gazed upon his True Source of Entropy.| |A possible definition of Entropy tracing back to the First Breaking of the Wheel has been obtained by your weavings of existence.| HUUM! His essence thrummed with new potential. His gains weren't singular. But still contained. Because in the next moment, his weavings awoke once more—this time in the radiant, white-gold seas of brilliance. Beside him, the Infiniverse Megalos Body released a slight tremble. Her eyes shimmered with returning light—her weavings reigniting with terrifying brilliance. Noah had no clue what truths she'd faced in the vision of the First Breaking. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮 But then… his mind buzzed again as she began to share her knowledge and memory of it. Noah had taken over the Witness to observe—but where had she been? That question lingered until the unthinkable happened. The Witness had layered the weavings of the Infiniverse Megalos Body… onto the First Wheel of Existence. The Verdant Wheel. Unlike Noah—who only observed—she had lived the First Breaking. Her weavings trembled. Noah's expression turned grim as his gaze shifted to the distant Witness. Even with his golden blindfold, the ravines of sadness surrounding him were palpable. His power was immense. He had chosen Noah to descend into his younger body to observe that cataclysmic moment. And somehow, he had also allowed the Infiniverse Megalos Body's weavings to be projected onto the Wheel that broke. And whatever repercussions or catastrophes might result from this were completely unknown. Because in that moment… the Infiniverse Megalos Body stood frozen. As if observing and feeling the Breaking had done something unexplainable to her! Amid it all, the Witness spoke again. "That was the first Breaking of the Wheel. Back then, none of us knew what the change would bring…or what the transformation would birth. All those who were there to witness it vanished—except me. Where they went, I can only theorize. But after watching a brand-new Wheel spin and turn, I believed the failure to evolve… released a surge of unfathomable complexity that wiped the slate clean. Yet the Breaking didn't decimate those tied to the former Wheel. It didn't kill. It sent them—to other signatures of life." …! "I told myself they had been scattered across different weavings. Different Wheels of Existence. I can not say if it is true, but… it comforted me back then. Since that day, I have Witnessed. After the First Breaking, I stayed. I watched the Wheel turn and weave. I witnessed new True Sources bloom under the threads of an Absolute Complex Source." "And during all that time… my greatest fear remained the Infinite Ravines. But when I visited their many Gateway Domus… I found no Living. No Dead. For years…for countless years." …! When the Witness said that, Noah's weavings pulsed violently. He remembered something crucial mentioned in the record of the First Breaking. That there were beings left behind in the Ravines… to defend- and they were even capable of easily switching their position with those inside the Wheel of Existence and going back and forth…since there were many of them to defend. To defend against both the Living and the Dead. Entities tied to Living True Sources… and those bound to Dead ones had all been attacking the Infinite Ravines!