The gate itself… shook. The world trembled.
The surrounding streams of qi twisted and shattered as time slowed to a crawl. Two roars, overlapping in perfect harmony, merged into a deafening symphony of primal dominance, shaking the very foundation of the surrounding space itself.
The egg's shell fractured and shattered into countless fragments, its pieces dissolving into radiant motes of energy before surging into Caine's body. A blinding light engulfed the space, a pure and incandescent brilliance that pulsed with boundless power—before suddenly splitting into two.
On one side, the light condensed, thickening into tangible matter, coalescing into the form of a grand beast. Its body stretched through the air like an endless river of fate itself, covered in shimmering golden scales that reflected entire rune-bound worlds within their pristine luster.
