After the skies had quieted, the land whispered again.
The battle was over, but victory was only the beginning.
I stood in the Hollow Court of the Sky Citadel, the wind rustling my cloak like a reminder: You are no longer just a prince.
The system pulsed gently beneath my skin.
[DIMENSIONAL CORE SYNC IN PROGRESS...]
Status: 12%
Time to Completion: 5 days
Territory: 73% Integrated
Terraforming Seed Access: GRANTED
I gazed down at the projection of Nova Terra spinning mid-air. The system now allowed me to reshape it—not just rule.
Every valley. Every ruined bastion. Every ancient wasteland was mine to revive.
"System," I said aloud, voice firm. "Begin environmental uplift protocols. Prioritize agriculture, water restoration, and anti-magic contamination zones."
Command Confirmed. Deploying Terraforming Drones.
Thousands of sleek, crystal-forged drones—remnants of a pre-collapse civilization buried deep within the planet's crust—lifted into the sky like a storm of silver fireflies.
Barren deserts bloomed.
Ruined cities healed.
Mana rivers reflowed, no longer twisted by entropy.
[NEW SYSTEM FUNCTION UNLOCKED]
CIVIC REFORMATION GRID
Establish laws, economic systems, and scientific mandates.
Customize planetary institutions.
Integrate off-world knowledge via Chrono-Memory Sync (Earth Database).
I activated the Earth Database instantly.
Blueprints, blueprints, blueprints.
Quantum fusion reactors.
Orbital elevators.
Deep-sea habitat cities.
Interdimensional communication protocols.
I could feel them all flow into me—memory becoming blueprint, idea becoming command.
The Infinite Prince was no longer just a monarch.
He was now a worldmaker.
Alis entered the throne room with Kaeli and General Darnan at her side. Behind them, my little sister, Reina, peeked in quietly, holding her Voidcore doll like it still scared her.
Alis knelt. Kaeli saluted. Reina waved.
"Everything's ready," Alis said. "But the Council is... uneasy. The old nobles are demanding a place in your vision. They're worried you're replacing the past entirely."
"I am," I said simply, stepping down from the throne dais. "But I'm not erasing them. If they want a future in my world, they'll help me build it."
Kaeli smiled faintly.
"That's going to make enemies."
"So will breathing," I shrugged. "At least I choose why."
As I walked to the balcony overlooking the reborn capital of Lumeris, I saw the first signs of the new age:
Floating gardens. Solar towers imbued with mana runes. Arcane forges running off antimatter loops.
And ships.
Dozens of them, just scaffolding for now—but they would become the first fleet of the Infinite Armada.
Starships. Cityships. Seedships.
Reina pulled at my cloak.
"Big brother, can we make a ship shaped like a dragon?"
I knelt, kissed her forehead, and grinned.
"We'll make one shaped like your dragon."
She smiled, clutching her doll tighter.
[NEW OBJECTIVE UNLOCKED]
Project: Genesis Fleet
Goal: Construct 7 Interstellar Vessels
Current Resources: 31%
Estimated Completion: 3 months
Special Modules Unlocked:
– Reality Piercer (Dimensional Jump Drive)
– Starforge Bay (Replicates Matter)
– Crown Sigil AI (Linked to Host: Jaden)
The system chimed again.
You have become the Origin Point of the New Era.
Watch closely, Jaden. Not all realms will kneel. Some remember a different past.
And one of them... is watching now.
Far beyond the Fold, a red eye blinked awake.