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His followers sought him in temples across a thousand galaxies , never knowing that the god they worshipped walked alone through the misty streets of a city that dreamed.

He awaited the call from the final dimension —

that place where I might die again.

Chapter IV — The Eight Spheres of Chaos

The Last Dimension and the Price of Eternity

In a time beyond time, Tsuki realized that the four relics she had acquired were not the end, but the beginning of a new cycle.

The Dragon's echoes reverberated like thunder within his mind:

"Chaos still breathes in the Eight Spheres."

"Bring back the balance before the gods awaken."

Those words threw him out of the City of Echoes.

The doors of reality have opened once more.

And the Immortal departed—now not merely as a traveler, but as the Guardian of Silence.

1\. The First Sphere — Thaal , the Planet of the Whispering Statues

Thaal was a petrified world.

Thousands of human statues covered the ground, each with an expression of eternal astonishment.

There, time had stopped at the instant of an ancient spell.

Tsuki walked between them.

When the wind blew, the mouths of the statues murmured his name.

In the basalt temple, he found the Diadem of Shadows, an artifact that allows him to converse with the dead without losing his sanity.

But the price was high — every word exchanged erased a vivid memory.

Tsuki took him, knowing that oblivion awaited him like a second death.

2\. The Second Sphere — Veros, the Planet of the Heart of Flame

Veros was a hell of lava and molten glass.

In the center of the sacred crater floated the Heart of Flame, a pulsating crystal that beat as if it were alive.

Creatures of fire guarded it: Children of the Sun, warriors made of pure energy.

Tsuki faced them without a sword, using the power of her own pain, the inner flame of the Dragon.

He won and conquered the artifact, but his skin was scarred with fire that would never heal.

"Now you burn inside," whispered the Dragon.

"Every immortal needs wounds that remind them of who they once were."

3\. The Third Sphere — Myrha , the Garden of Sleeping Voices

Myrha was a planet covered in singing flowers.

The breeze carried melodies that lulled the body and soul to sleep.

In the center of the garden, a transparent tree guarded the Living Mirror, a relic that revealed the true face of the soul.

Looking at him, Tsuki saw all of her possible lives —

An ordinary man, a hero, a tyrant, a god.

The mirror showed that he could have been anyone.

but he chose the lonelier path.

He broke it.

From the fragments, he kept one piece — enough to remember that he still had a choice.

4\. The Fourth Sphere — Ulnath , the World of the Depths

A black ocean, so dense that light was lost before it reached the bottom.

Tsuki descended in a vehicle made of glass and iron.

accompanied by sea spirits, ancient priests who called him "Son of the Last Eclipse".

Deep down, he found the Chalice of Tides, capable of containing liquid memories —

the tears of time.

But as he drank it, he saw the faces of everyone he had tried to save and failed.

The screams echoed in his mind, and the Dragon had to erase part of his consciousness so that he wouldn't go insane.

5\. The Fifth Sphere — Anarion , the Planet Without a Sky

Anarion was a prison without walls.

A world floating between realities, where the souls of traitorous mages were imprisoned in echoes.

There, Tsuki was hunted by the Angels of Order, guardians of balance.

The artifact he sought — the Vacuum Ring — allowed him to traverse realities undetected.

But when he touched it, he felt himself dissolve.

For a moment, it ceased to exist.

And in the absolute void, he heard something that disturbed him more than the silence:

"Tsuki... the Dragon lies."

6\. The Sixth Sphere — Ka'Rha , the World of the Sleeping Gods

The mountains had faces.

The seas were breathing.

With each step, the ground pulsed like living flesh.

Tsuki understood that the entire planet was a dormant entity—an ancient, forgotten god.

The artifact was the Dream Seal, trapped in the heart of the living mountain.

To win him over, he had to make a pact, in which he would have to awaken the god in the future, when the stars died.

He accepted, knowing that the price would come in millennia.

7\. The Seventh Sphere — Enraal , the Market of Souls

A labyrinthine planet where secrets, memories, and ethereal bodies were sold.

Tsuki disguised himself among the merchants.

He discovered that fragments of worlds were being traded there —

Entire planets bottled up, for sale to collectors of realities.

The artifact was the Neon Clock, which measured the time of souls.

With it, Tsuki could foresee the death and rebirth of civilizations, and even upon activating it, he saw his own destiny: he would die and be reborn countless times, a prisoner of the Dragon's cycle.