I've Already Prepared Myself

Thus, Omniscient Carbuncle Charles gave Charles several more locations where Origin power could be gathered.

Many of these locations contained Origin power, in varying amounts.

Some were on a certain layer of the Abyss, some in a corner of the Celestial Realm, while even more existed only within certain special environments in the void.

Such as the Four Elemental Extremes.

Looking at the amount of Origin power in those places, Charles's heart stirred. If I could swallow all the Origin power in these places...

My true form would probably become immensely powerful.

Charles asked Charles, "With so much Origin, if I absorb it all, you will never be my opponent again."

Omniscient Carbuncle Charles said, "Your Majesty, I have never wanted to become your opponent."

"I only want to remain in this world and quietly observe the river of time."

"I have no interest whatsoever in condensing a true form and leaving this world."

Charles asked, "But didn't you devour the Book of Causal Paths in order to break through and become Origin?"

Omniscient Carbuncle Charles said, "Yes, but also no."

"After devouring it and becoming Origin, I would not need to condense a true form."

"I only need to use Origin to keep this world from falling any further."

"Within this world, I possess strength comparable to one of Your Majesty's incarnations."

"You never need to worry about me, because if I leave this world, I may be killed."

"In the multiverse, I have seen the past and future of far too many powerful beings. They will not leave me a path to survival."

"Only by staying on this plane do I have a chance to live. If I leave this plane, then even if I am Origin, I will still be killed."

"In the end, perhaps not even