"Mm, it was time to go. I'd pick up the other Source Qualities while I was at it, then advance to Sequence Six."
Unlike the patterns of others' advancements, Adam's advancement depended entirely on his ability to digest and how quickly he could emerge from his psychological shadow.
Sequence Seven did not take long to digest, yet Adam had not continued advancing even now. Clearly, the shock brought by the Desire Mother-Tree was a major reason for that.
As for the remaining small part of the reason, it was probably because playing with Klein and Amon had been so much fun that he could not spare the time.
"I've figured it out now. Better a short pain than a long one. Since I need to ease it anyway, why not just watch the most stimulating one all at once?"
Though he said that, Adam's pose of looking up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle clearly conveyed a few hints of utter despair.
"Anyway... I'm leaving first."
Dijia shrugged.
"Take care. Not seeing you off."
The Mother Nest, the Source Quality corresponding to the pillar of the material world, had likewise been split into two when the Primordial Creator awakened. One part had fallen to Earth, giving rise to the Mother and Moon pathways.
The remaining part corresponded to the Chaos Sea Womb pathway and the World pathway. Its original owner, the Fallen Mother Goddess, had carried it all the way to Earth's doorstep while chasing the other half of the Source Quality that had sprouted legs and run away.
Blocked by the barrier left behind by the Primordial Creator, the Fallen Mother Goddess settled on the moon. The extremely rare astronomical phenomenon known as the Red Moon was the moon under her influence.
Through her influence over the moon,