Hi, it’s me again, Aether

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I did it. It took longer than expected, but I finally made arrangements for everything. A lot of time was wasted when I notified the high council of my intentions, as they started arguing over whether or not they should allow me to carry on with my project.

Why don’t they understand they have no say in this matter? I was only informing them of a fact, not asking for their opinion. I eventually got tired of their arguing, so I just dispelled my messenger.

This presumably made them realize they had no idea of where my main body was, which meant they had no clue on how to stop me.

Another time-consuming issue was to create the perfect avatar. It had to be small, discrete and have a low maintenance cost while retaining high enough otherworldly exploration capabilities. An avatar is usually an accumulation of spiritual force in a way that emulates a physical body. While this is quite sufficient for passing messages and dealing with weak enemies, it requires a constant source of spiritual force to maintain, which does not correspond to my needs. I therefore had to create something more akin to a secondary body.

To keep the avatar as self-sustaining as possible, I dismissed the idea of a spiritual construct immediately. The avatar had to keep working even if completely cut off from my main body in a land void of supernatural energy, which meant it’s fundamental nature had to be a physical living being rather than a magical robot.

This was actually relatively easy to accomplish. As most primordial demons, I have such a high vitality and regeneration that even if you cut off a part of me, it will keep living separated from my body. This means it is quite simple to clone myself by magically guiding the growth of a separated limb into a complete body.

Once I had grown a suitable body, which was basically a miniaturized version of myself, I just had to possess it and it would be ready to explore the mysteries of the cosmos!

Which brings us to now. With all the preparation finished, it is time we commence operation world hopping by officially moving into this pocket space!

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Are you not excited? We are making history here!

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I will take your silence as agreement. Now, let us get this started!

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My body is currently on a small island in the middle of the ocean. Gathering my thoughts, I focus on the demon flame quietly burning in my body. After a brief moment of hesitation (If something goes wrong it may kill me, so no pressure), I abruptly shove all the energy I have been collecting for thousands of years in the flame, which dithers and threatens to detonate.

The good news is that detonating the flame is part of the plan. The bad news is that since said flame is a link between my body and my consciousness, detonating it would kill me. Unsurprisingly, I have taken steps to prevent that, but I must admit I am still a tiny bit nervous considering the possibility of dying seconds before once again succeeding in making demon kind history.

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I am sure your silence meant something deep and meaningful, but I am afraid I must concentrate on punching a hole through reality.

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The demon fire inside me is at a critical state, but it lacks the final push to explode. Unable to provide more energy, I am forced to use my back up plan and start fueling the flame with matter. First I control the ground below me to burn, then the ocean around me, and finally the air above me. Suddenly, I resemble a black hole, eating the world in an uncontrolled manner. This provides more than enough fuel to the fire, but it also makes it much more difficult to manage.

Before I can do anything to stabilize the situation, I feel the tyrannical pressure of the will of the world, which is understandably enraged (after all, I did create a potentially world ending disaster), crushing me. To add insult to injury, said disaster is fueled by devouring the world’s body. Attracting the attention of the world is a part of my plan, but right now it made me miss the opportunity to reign in this nascent cataclysm.

I have already lost all hope of regaining control, but I have a backup plan for that too. Energy always travels using the path of least resistance, so I just have to create this path. Right now all of spacetime is equally stable, so establishing a very light connection to the other world would be sufficient. All of the incredible power gathered in my demon flame would be expended in traversing the void between worlds instead of wreaking havoc at home. Hopefully.

This may sound very easy (I mean, compared to all the other crazy stuff I just did), but I just expended all my energy creating this uncontrolled force, so I have none left for some minor stuff like using said uncontrolled force.

Unable to rest and recover, I am forced to sacrifice my body to create a stable link. I basically make a dent in reality through which all excess power will gush, creating a rift. The best part is that while creating the rift is harmless, if it abruptly collapsed, both connected worlds would suffer a crippling backlash from the rampaging energies. This will force both worlds to maintain this rift, occupying their attention and leaving me to do whatever I want.

Seconds after I managed to ram my body in the void, my demon fire detonates and successfully transforms my physical form into a stable portal. Soon after, both worlds will gather to support it to avoid any backlash. I would celebrate my stunning victory, but I am a little busy dealing with a backlash of my own. The demon flame being the link between my body and my consciousness, its destruction is usually swiftly followed by its formers death. Fortunately for me, my body has been transformed into a portal protected by the power of multiple worlds, while my consciousness is separated from reality in this mind space. All I have to do is to bear a little pain and then I will be fine.

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Okay, That is a lot of pain. Please make it stop?

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Well, let us never do that again. Better yet, let me wipe out the memory of this moment from my mind.

Moving on, before anything unexpected happens I have to descend to possess my prepared avatar, after which I can finally start my interstellar adventure.