Chapter 2166: Could it be that we... died? Inside a silent, empty yet infinite void, more than a hundred beings with long golden wings and bright golden light around them hovered in silence. From afar, their appearance was in complete contrast with their dark surroundings. In this dark space, they looked like a sea of suns, releasing endless, blinding light. Their halos shimmered, wings of crystal light unfurled behind them, spreading waves of gold and white brilliance across the abyss. Every single one of them had an Aura beyond what most people in the entirety of the Universe would be able to stand against. Yes, they were all Eternals. Beings who had lived for billions of years, fought wars older than most worlds, and... ruled beings until they got tired of it. That was who they were. The Light Borns. However, as these beings—who most people thought of as legends—looked around, frowns appeared on their Divine Faces. Even though they could see that they were in a dimension similar to the Universe they came from, something felt... wrong—oddly unnerving. This place might seem like the Universe they were familiar with, but at the same time... it was... not? All of them looked around, confused. The flow of Laws and Energy felt the same, but... the pulse—the rhythm of existence—it was different. It felt... cold. It felt... detached. As if they were inside something that... only pretended to be real. "Where... are we...?" One of the Light Borns questioned, his eyes still looking around carefully. "Lord Light brought me here..." Another answered. She was investigating a Middle-Level World that seemed to have an oddly close connection with one of the High-Level Worlds that had disappeared in a recent Anomaly’s attack, but as she continued, she suddenly felt her body being forcefully pulled out of one space and teleported to another. A power only Lord Light held over them. "Me too." Another Light Born nodded. Like the woman, he too felt the pull. One by one, everyone began to nod. It was clear that Lord Light was the one who brought them here. "But... if he was the only one who summoned us... Then... where is he?" Another Light Born asked as he continued looking around, searching for Lord Light. "You do not get to question his decision." Suddenly, another Light Born spoke with a solemn look on his face. "If he sent us here, he must have a reason." More Light Borns nodded at those words, but then suddenly— "N-No..." Another Light Born spoke with a stutter, an action that surprised all the others since none of them ever expected one of their kind to... stutter. "Aadayan?" The first Light Born tilted her head, a little confused. "Are you alright?" She asked, and the Light Born named Aadayan shook his head with a solemn look on his face, making the woman frown. "What happened? Why are you acting like that?" At her words, Aadayan massaged his temples. His head felt like it would burst apart any moment now. The rest of the Light Borns didn’t rush him either, giving him all the time he wanted, but Aadayan knew that, unlike how the rest of them thought... They... They did not have time. "I... I saw the Anomaly." Aadayan revealed, and in an instant, the expressions of the other Light Borns changed. "You saw... the Anomaly? What did you do then? Did you fight against him? How did the battle end? How strong was he? Was he a challenge at all? Did he have any interesting abilities? Did—" One of them asked a series of questions, and he wanted to ask more but— "I reported to Lord Light the moment I saw him." Aadayan cut him off. "What did he say...?" Another Light Born questioned. He did not like the heavy, grim tone in Aadayan’s voice. It felt like something was about to happen—something they were not prepared for. "He took over my body to see him himself. I thought he would face the enemy, but instead, he released the control over my body in order to return to the temple, moved all of you next to me, and then took over my body again." He explained, and the others around him—with billions of years of experience in their heads—could instantly understand what Aadayan was trying to say. "So the Lord wanted us to attack him together." One spoke, and Aadayan nodded at those words. "Wait a minute." But another Light Born frowned again. "You said... Lord Light took over your body, then... how come you are yourself? Did he release his control over your body?" "More than release his control... it felt like... he was pushed out of my body, forcefully." Aadayan replied, and in an instant, the Light Borns around him blinked in disbelief. "What are you talking about? Force Lord Light out of your body? You should know better than others that this isn’t possible. The bond Lord Light has with us is far stronger than anything most beings could even imagine. Breaking that connection is absolutely impossible—" Or at least... That was what he thought, but then suddenly— "I... I can no longer connect with Lord Light..." Another Light Born muttered out loud, his voice filled with disbelief. "What...?" The other Light Borns frowned. The next instant, they all tried to connect with Lord Light through the Communication Orb but... They all failed. Their connection... seemed to have disappeared. "...What is happening?" A Light Born muttered. "How can I not sense... Lord Light’s presence...? Did... did something happen to him?" "Have you lost your mind?" His words were instantly discarded. What could possibly happen to Lord Light? The power he held was absolute. If anything were to happen, it wouldn’t be to him but to... The moment he thought about it, the Light Born’s expression changed. "Wait..." He called out, staring at Aadayan. "You said you saw the Anomaly... Where is he?" He asked, and his question instantly made all the other Light Borns silent. And Aadayan... "I... I do not know." He shook his head. "We are not in the place I was. We... It seems like we were teleported again before our connection with Lord Light was snapped." "Just what are you even saying? We were teleported and we didn’t even feel anything?" "I... I saw some dark light surround me before I woke up... could it be that?" Another Light Born suggested until finally— "Could it be... Could it be that we... died?"