Deep within the Evil Swamp Time-Space, the gray-green ocean of rules, dormant for thousands of years, stirred once more.
The first to sense something amiss was the Evil Spirit King, who had been stealing evil swamp authority in several newly developed regions.
The strands of will he had left at various rule nodes sent warnings almost simultaneously.
Some of the evil swamp origin that had been slowly shifting toward the Evil Spirit King's rules domain also came to a halt within moments.
A vast will began spreading outward from the deepest reaches of the Evil Swamp Time-Space.
The Evil Spirit King did not hesitate. He immediately stopped further encroachment on the surrounding rule nodes and withdrew his power into the regions already firmly under his control.
The Sky Net Sub-unit that the Mechanical Civilization had stationed in the Evil Swamp Time-Space reduced its operating frequency at the same time.
Countless Mechanical Probes shut down their active scanning functions, retaining only the most basic recording of rule fluctuations.
The Lord of Evil Swamp had awakened.
This time, however, the usual chaotic, violent law tides did not immediately sweep through the Evil Swamp Time-Space.
Though the fluctuations of will emanating from its deepest reaches remained immense and oppressive, they possessed a rare clarity and stability.
At the center of the gray-green ocean of rules, a pair of eyes slowly opened.
The Lord of Evil Swamp did not immediately manifest his terrifyingly vast rule true body.
The overwhelming majority of his power remained settled in the deepest reaches of the Evil Swamp Time-Space.
A relatively small, bright yellow rule fragment floated near the core of his will. This was precisely the rule fragment the Lord of Evil Swamp had forcibly seized from the Source-Devouring Progenitor!
Thousands of years had passed, and gray-green veins