Illusory Sovereign

[Prepare for appraisal…]

Max found himself in a space between dream and reality. It was an endless black void with a myriad of stars. Between those stars, countless strings of silver light were woven into a beautiful and inconceivably complex net, forming various nexuses and constellations.

Max thought it was breathtaking. He had never seen the stars before he transmigrated because of the pollution that was generated each day.

The atmosphere, was thickened by decades of industrial emissions, smog, and light pollution, it casted a dull haze over urban landscapes, blurring the distinction between day and night.

In that world, the air was laden with particulates, chemical pollutants, and greenhouse gases that scattered light, creating an eternal twilight. The once-bright constellations were nearly invisible, their twinkling reduced to faint glimmers

Max felt that the spell was like a neural network. It was like the spell was alive and omniscient, always peering at everything.

Max didn't care much about the inner workings of the spell. He just wanted to get his boon, so that he could get stronger.

But, the spell was still appraising his performance. So there was still some time to kill.

Just at the moment, Max got his first reward, but it wasn't related to his runes. It was a memory

[You have received a Memory: Titan's Edge ]

Max felt exhilarated. The memory he received was from an Awakened Titan.

He didn't know why he felt the Titan was a Fallen Demon. He would think about that later.

[If you guys forgot about the ranks here you go]

There were seven ranks to everything. For the carriers of The Spell, it was as follows

Dormant, Awakened, Ascended, Transcendent, Supreme, Sacred and Divine

This was the pathway to the divine. The way the humans could ascend to divinity. The human realm currently only had beings at the level of supreme.

For Nightmare Creatures, it was the descent into profanity. Their ranks were

Dormant, Awakened, Fallen, Corrupted, Great, Cursed and Unholy

The descent into corruption and unholiness.

Max wanted to look at his new memory. His memory [Silver Gladius] had broken while he was retreating from The Arachnid.

But he was interrupted before he could check, as The Spell had finished assessing him.

[Aspirant! Your trial is over.]

[A nameless soldier, who was fated to death managed to survive and ascend the Cryonix Heights. Both monsters and comrades fell by his hand. Unbroken in the face of death, he survived against the call of the reaper for an immeasurable amount of time.

He entered the ruined temple of a long-forgotten god and spilled his blood on the sacred altar. The gods were dead, and yet the restrained one listened.]

[You have slain a Dormant Beast, Child Of Arachnid]

[You have slain a Dormant Beast, Child Of Arachnid]

[You have slain a Dormant Beast ...]

[You have slain the Dormant Monster, Child Of Arachnid]

[You have slain the Dormant Monster, Child Of Arachnid]

[You have slain the Dormant Monster .....]

[You have slain The Awakened Titan, The Arachnid]

[You have received the Forbidden God's blessing.]

[You have achieved the impossible!]

[Final appraisal: glorious. Your subsistence truly knows no bounds.]

Max didn't like the last part; it made him feel like a cockroach. But he was still satisfied.

The part about the forgotten god's blessings, made Max feel like he would get a divine aspect.

But he would be satisfied with even a transcendent or sacred aspect.

[Dreamer Max Darkholmes, receive your boon!]

Max grinned mischievously; after all, he was no longer an aspirant.

[You have been bestowed a True Name: The Almighty.]

Max's jaw dropped, the only people he knew who got a True Name in their First Nightmare got divine aspects.

He was astonished, but he didn't want to get his hopes up.

[Your Aspect is ready to evolve. Evolve Aspect?]

Max immediately clicked yes, he was dying to know his aspect rank.

[Dormant Aspect Mind's Veil is evolving…]

[New Aspect acquired.]

[Aspect Rank: Divine.]

Max wanted to scream out in joy; he had struck gold. Max felt the torture he had suffered was worth this.

[Aspect Name: Illusory Sovereign.]

....

"Divine, it's divine. Yes, my ever-loving god. I love you, I'll sing praises upon praises"

Max decided to stop fangirling and decided to summon the runes describing his aspect

Aspect: [Illusory Sovereign]

Aspect Rank: Divine

Aspect Description [ You are the inheritor of the legacy of The Forgotten God. As his inheritor, you possess plenty of forbidden and prohibited powers. Your abilities are only limited by your imagination.]

Innate Ability : [ Essence Domination]

Ability Description: [ You are the inheritor of The Forgotten God's legacy, you can never bow your head down. You can exert your essence over other beings as a show of force, this can scare off creatures lower than you.]

Max was very happy with his status. He felt he had reached Nirvana by looking at these stats.

[The First Seal is broken.]

[Awakening dormant powers…]