Chapter 1206: New Connections His gesture below seemed to open another part of this Memory and Rowan nearly gasped in appreciation at the sight before him. It was a Sun, and it was one of the largest he had ever seen, bigger than a universe, but the power of this sun had been shackled, and the closest example he could give was of the Dyson Sphere from his previous life, a structure made to harness the power of a star. He was not sure this structure surrounding the star was made from harvesting its energy but it could be one of its functions because the power he was sensing from this massive star was alarming. Rowan had a sense that the star was made up of dense Aether, almost Primordial in nature, and if one was to go deeper into the star, then what he was sensing was Aetherium! What he could glimpse of the structure that surrounded the star was that a massive civilization had been built around the sun, and except for specific spots that were opened so it was possible to see the sun below, it was one of the grandest feats of civilization that Rowan had ever seen. Seas made from energy that stretched for millions of light years, towers with unlimited numbers of floors, massive jungles that a god would take endless lifetimes trying to sort through, grand deserts and vast oceans, mountain ranges that went on for eternity, a thriving metropolis that held countless trillions of living beings... This civilization pulsed with power that almost made the realm of Doom Star resemble the playfield of a child. Rowan was looking at the Supreme World of Mages, and apparently, he wanted Andar to deliver this world to him. A loud grinding sound drew his attention and he saw a massive ship that had the shape of a head made from rock, he was a bit taken aback when he noticed that this Magus ship took after his features, and in this Memory, Rowan was also equally as surprised and Andar looked at his creator in surprise. A quick burst of investigation revealed the secrets of this Magus ship and Rowan knew the truth the instant the Rowan in the memory came to the realization of it. When Rowan had activated his Spirit Matrix for the first time and acquired the Lost Flames, he had done this act outside the universe, which was inside the Great Darkness. At this time he was still a child of Chaos, and the Intent of this Primordial filled his blood, entering the Great Darkness for the first time triggered changes in Rowan's bloodline, and his mortal body was elevated to a state that would stagger the imagination of most, at least for him at that time. He had been more than 200,000 miles tall at that moment with massively inflated stats that nearly blew his head off when he had first seen it, of course when compared to the stats his dimensional flesh gave him as a mortal, it was pathetic. During that time he gained his first revelation of the Primordial period and learned what happened to Time, but as a mortal he had to pay a terrifying price and most of his newly acquired power was sacrificed to uncover that revelation, and since he had also realized that the Intent of Chaos in his new form was almost impossible to resist he had cut away the power with no hesitation. This was the trigger event that made Rowan seek to build his forge and rid himself of the bloodline of Chaos forever, and after many twists and turns, he succeeded. However, ridding himself of the power of Chaos left pieces of himself floating in the Great Darkness, and one of the largest pieces of him that was left was his skull which was frozen in stone. It was especially surprising for Rowan that someone had come across his Chaos Skull and made a spaceship out of it. At that time, before he had escaped back into the universe he had felt an incoming surge of danger, and he had rightly guessed it must have been coming from the Magus Supreme World, and the fact that someone here had his Chaos Skull showed to be the case, after all Rowan had been using one of their Supreme Meditation Art. "So I will be delivered to my new home in your skull Rowan," Andar mused, "Why am I not surprised." Rowan shrugged before saying, "Don't dwell long in that ship, it contains the Intent of Chaos that was stripped from my body. Every Intent of Chaos is corrupting and the ones harvested from my bodily essence are irrevocably more potent. Watch out for the owner of this ship, their minds may have become twisted by this power." Andar nodded in acknowledgment, and Rowan continued, "Watch over the one I placed in your care. Her father is quite important to my plans." Andar chuckled, "I believe in the coming days she might be the one that has to watch over me, she is quite terrifying." Rowan's eyes twinkled, "despite all of that, I still place my bet on you." Andar looked at the massive world below and shuddered, and Rowan brought one of his massive hands and placed it on Andar's shoulder, "You have the potential to climb to the highest heights in Magus society, this was one of my hopes in your creation, and now it is your choice to make. Look at it as a challenge, and no matter how big it is, understand that you have been alive for only a fraction of time and see how much you have accomplished, who knows what you would be in a thousand years, in ten thousand... in a million years." He was wrenched out of the Memory, but the last thing he saw was something odd in Rowan's body that had been covered by his long hair. There was a massive wound in his back as if the entirety of his back had been hollowed out. Such a grievous wound was not shocking, however, the fact that it was not healing was concerning. Rowan's mind snapped back together and he paused for a while to allow his consciousness to heal from experiencing a Memory while still keeping a part of himself outside of it, and he noted that his soul had been damaged because of this. The damage was extensive, and as he healed from it, he noted that there was a new connection he could sense inside this vortex. This connection felt extremely distant but it still reminded him of fire. He knew that this connection had always been there and it was because he had touched that Memory that he had now begun to sense it. The vortex rippled and grew larger and that connection he was sensing grew stronger. Was it possible that he was sensing the Supreme World of Magus? Could it be as that voice had said, that this was a doorway that would lead to something coming through? Yet Rowan did not think it was that simple, there was more to this vortex, and without any hesitation, he plunged into it once more.