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It was still that utterly white world.
Returning once more to this world that could contain other worlds, Noah discovered that the World Shards that had originally been scattered all over the ground had floated back into the air, drifting around him.
The difference was that these worlds, which should originally have been complete, had been shattered by that inexplicable calamity. They had become incomplete feathers, and even their luster had faded considerably.
Compared to those complete feathers, the incomplete ones were undoubtedly far dimmer.
Seeing those dim, incomplete feathers, Noah could not help recalling Between Worlds as it had been before, filled with incomplete feather-worlds scattered across the floor like shattered glass. His emotions stirred somewhat.
Fortunately, these worlds had not truly been destroyed.
According to Gaia and Alaya, if a world were truly destroyed, not even a feather would remain. It would simply vanish.
That usually happened only when a world's own existence had reached its end—when it had met its so-called apocalypse and faded away like a life reaching its natural end.
Destruction brought about by external interference, on the other hand, was merely superficial.
When destroyed under such circumstances, a world would shatter into fragments. Half would remain in Between Worlds, while the other half would drift into other worlds, quietly waiting for the moment they could be restored.
Noah was the one who carried out that process.
Because the destruction was only superficial, those shattered worlds were not considered truly destroyed.
Once Noah found the World Shards and restored the world to completion, those worlds would return to the state they