The Seventh Primordial... is a massive pit. If I don't become the Age Controllers' dog, I can't become a "Long-Lived One"?
That makes sense. The laws of a "Long-Lived One" can already harm the Age Controllers... If I were an Age Controller, I'd put a collar on those who came after, lest they threaten me. Monopoly is always the sweetest prize... People only refrain from monopolizing because they lack the chance. Given the chance, they'd definitely wall off every path for those who follow!
Ever since opening the Fifth Primordial, I've become more certain of the status of the "Spirit of Unknown Void"... But I must at least become a "Long-Lived One" before I can truly begin to control it... Has this become—a dead end?
No, no. There must be a way.
Aaron was anxious inside, but his face remained impassive. "Then what do the Eighth and Ninth Primordials represent?"
"The eighth stage, in my understanding, is—'Ascension.' The Age Controllers elevate the 'Long-Lived Ones' into 'Divine Attendants,' who thereafter belong to the upper levels of the Spirit Realm and remain ever at the Age Controllers' side... To those devout believers, it is supreme solace and glory, the pursuit of their entire lives! If it were in the mortal world, by your terminology, it should be called—[Ascension]. At that point, an extraordinary being's spirituality overflows so greatly that even those born in the mortal world cannot remain there for long and must ascend to the Spirit Realm!"
"As for the ninth stage, I call it—'Imprint.' At the source of your own essence, upon the mysterious path, within the Spirit Realm, you engrave an imprint that belongs to you... From then on, you gain the authority to influence extraordinary beings in the lower ranks of your path. Even should you fall, there