Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse

Chapter 3861: Early Veiled Shore IV

His mind buzzed with wonder and possibilities as a unique methodology appeared!

The Inscription of Early Living Runes that actually took one’s immense complexity and Purity into Early Living Existential Glyph that they branded into their bodies!

It was terrifying to inagine as normal entities that attained Originus Venerant would have to simply continue building their Tower of Origin, making it more complex while budding branching towers alongside it...until the stage of Originus Venerant was completed.

But the Early Creatures did something else entirely!

Noah stared at the shimmering text, his fingers curling slightly.

Power that flows with motion. Power without cost.

No circuits. No channels. No activation required.

Just... being.

He had infinite mana as the cost of energy was never an issue, but this...this was something else!

And if he had the capability...

If his current Lattices and Resistances, if the depth of his Origins allowed it...

Was he not capable of inscribing multiple Existential Glyphs from multiple True Sources on his body?

BZZT!

The thought alone was terrifying.

His gaze slowly lifted, drifting over the calm sea, the fog-draped trees, the golden leaves, and the ever-present mist.

A place that could birth such possibilities...

What would happen if it were brought to maturity?

If the Budding Shore became... a complete Veiled Shore?

Noah didn’t know yet.

But he would find out.

With Ruination.

With the Infiniverse.

And with the terrifying weavings now blooming beneath his skin!

The path forward was clear.

He just had to step into it.

As Noah stood with his palm pressed lightly against the trunk of the Heartwood Suntree, his mind drifted freely toward the deeper knowledge the Early Veiled Shore had revealed.

The concept of Early Living Existential Glyphs seemed fundamental.

And with his current level of complexity and purity, he could form two.!

He knew it.

His instincts whispered it with confidence as his gaze flickered over his own body, his weavings alive with the glow of millions of Lattices and dozens of completed Towers of Origin. He was poised to compress the first Rune, a task that would take 1,000,000 CQ and PQ into a single mark of power. Permanent. Glorious. It was unlike anything he’d ever done before!

But as he proceeded to sit upon the earth, legs crossed and energy quietly gathering, a flickering shimmer interrupted his thoughts.

|The Early Veiled Shore has welcomed another entrant.|

|An Early Living Marine Lifeform has appeared within the Early Sacred Waters.|

|Population of the Early Veiled Shore: 4 / 25.|

HUUM!

He opened his eyes slowly.

Surprise rippled through him as it was not necessarily at the Marine Lifeform’s appearance, but at the revelation that the population of this consecrated domain could rise independently of his will!

Not everything here was under his control.

His jaw set in quiet thought as he stood, dusting off the faint glimmer of sunlight that clung to his robes. His feet carried him across the verdant grass and toward the shore, each step slow and deliberate as Ruination and the Infiniverse Body followed behind.

The Sacred Waters glistened like polished glass, light spilling over its surface in golden ribbons.

And there, he saw it.

Swimming just beneath the surface, its long, sweeping fins dragging luminescent trails behind it like brushstrokes on existence...it was beautiful.

A goldfish.

Massive and elegant. Its body gleamed with golden and cerulean scales, each one alive with movement. It hovered in the water with regal confidence, like it belonged here more than anything else.

Its expression was one of returning to a place that felt light as it breathed the Early Sacred Water freely!

As his gaze fell on it, new prompts bloomed.

|Name: Auriamundus, the Crownscale Glimmer.|

|Type: Early Living Marine Lifeform.|

|Authority Type: Living Water.|

|Early Living Existential Glyph: Water (1 Compressed Rune).|

|Tower of Origin: Living Water Tower of Origin.|

...!

Noah blinked.

The creature, Auriamundus, had condensed a Glyph!

A Goldfish!

The goldfish was stronger than many entities he had come across in the Nullvein Gravewake Folds.

His lips curved into a tight smile.

”No authority to alter the sacred waters themselves...” he muttered, rolling his shoulders slowly, letting the hum of power simmer across his skin. ”So. We go fishing. Like Early Creatures did.”

HUUM!

He stepped forward, the water of the Shore folding against his ankles like syrup.

Then his knees.

Then his waist.

The moment his body entered past his ribs, the resistance was near suffocating. It was like walking through a sea of stone wrapped in honey- dense, unmoving, and pulling at every limb. The Sacred Waters were not meant to be traversed easily!

He called forth 10 Million Existential Dimensional Lattices as the moment they swirled and shone over his skin, the waters became easier to move around in!

As he did so.

The goldfish turned to him.

Its eyes were intelligent. Viciously so. Gold and blue irises narrowed as it caught sight of him. The single shining Glyph upon its head shimmered with warning, like a glowing crest.

Noah moved forward.

His foot sank into the water with slight resistance. His muscles strained against it as he was able to move freerer.

The goldfish didn’t flee.

It charged as the Glyph on its head shone brilliantly!

WU! WU! WU!

The streak of gold and blue was all he saw before it slammed into his abdomen with the force of a collapsing moon.

BOOM!

His body became a comet of light and water, blasted from the shallows and skidding across the grasslands like a discarded relic!

His upper robe of authority was shredded in an instant, fabric turning to light. His skin- surrounded by over 10 million activated Existential Dimensional Lattices- shone without blemish, unmarred by the force as he had no injuries!

But...

But!

”...”

He lay there for a second, blinking at the sky.

Then he sat up slowly.

His fingers dragged through his wet hair, water running down his face.

His gaze shifted toward the shoreline.

The goldfish floated there.

It flipped once.

Snorted.

And blew a stream of water into the air in lazy arrogance as it even taunted him!

Ruination appeared beside him, her expression uncharacteristically blank, but her crimson-gold hair flaring gently.

”Master,” she said slowly, ”shall we crush it together?”

The Infiniverse Body stood on the other side, her radiant form burning with vibrant hues, eyes locked on the creature with a glint that was far from forgiving. She had already computed 1 million different recipes on how a goldfish could be cooked!

Noah stood up, water trailing from his magisterial frame.

His upper body shimmered with bare skin layered in gleaming Lattices, forming ancient geometric patterns across his arms and chest. His form radiated unyielding grace, every motion surrounded by tangible force.

He raised a hand to the two of them and smiled.

”It’s a goldfish.”

They said nothing.

”If I can’t beat a single goldfish in a place made by the steps of Early Creatures...”

He shook his head, chuckling lowly, the sound deep and filled with the thrill of challenge.

”You two analyze it. Focus on the Glyph.”

Ruination nodded as she took several steps back.

Infiniverse raised a hand, threads of light forming translucent Towers of Origin in midair.

And Noah turned once more to the shore.

He was smiling.

His body flared with a burst of golden fire, and this time- this time, 50 million Lattices activated at once. They coiled across his limbs and spine. They whispered through his veins and bones. His movements were smooth, precise, unburdened by the weight of existence.

He stepped into the water.

It resisted him.

And then it gave way.

He slid, flowing through it with the grace of a blade sliding through silk.

The goldfish turned again.

Its Glyph shimmered once more!

And a terrifying war...was back on!