The scene he woke up to was a hellish one.
The very hands of his solar construct were burning and melting from the terrifying white flames that danced around his body.
His body currently felt as though it were awakening an ancient power he should in no way possess.
And yet all of this paled in comparison to the tumultuous emotions that overwhelmed him at the sight of Rose in pain.
Her hands and thighs were scorched, and the clothes on her chest looked as if they had nearly burned through.
She was of phoenix lineage, and yet the extreme heat he had emanated had actually hurt her.
He called out to her with a voice deep and filled with an unexpected dignity and regal tone, as if he were still living that dream in which tens of thousands of beings chanted his name.
Emperor King! Emperor King! EMPEROR KING!
He shook his head and took hold of himself as the foreign memories and the influence of his bloodline slowly settled. It felt as though he were gradually returning to his old self as he looked toward Rose, and yet instead of drawing closer, he stepped further away.
The heat he radiated was utterly terrifying to the point that even Solareth could not withstand it.
His mind turned cold and decisive as he realized he had to ensure Rose was okay. Without hurting her any further, he needed to get this new power under control and understand it.
So he delved deep within himself, into the churning seas of assimilations. In that moment, they revealed an utterly massive white sea forming.
Within that white sea were boundless waves of silver and gold- representing the sun and moonlight assimilations, which had transformed into Luminous and Non-Luminous Stellar Body Assimilation.
He also observed a vast brilliance of blue within the white sea, as boundless as the light of the sun and moon.
This was the Inorganic Water Assimilation!
Three different assimilations coexisted within the blooming white sea.
All of it seemed to be pulled together beneath the blistering white sea which was astonishingly as vast as an Organic and Inorganic Terrestrial Planetary Body- a sea so terrifying in its assimilation as it was based on the very planet his father once called the Ancient Plane, filled with shocking secrets.
In a hurry, he looked at the flaming seas within him and commanded his lineage to act swiftly to help him understand.
Rapidly, words began to rise before his eyes.
[Luminous and Non-Luminous Stellar Body Echelon III and Inorganic Water Echelon 4 have been absorbed under the distinction of Nirvana of the Sun and Moon.]
[Any assimilation based on qualities relating to sun, moon, fire, water, and other similar attributes will aid in the progression of the assimilation of the Nirvana of the Sun and Moon.]
Nirvana of the Sun and Moon Echelon 3 (0%) gained qualities of Ascendant Solar and Lunar Generation III, Ascendant Nirvanic Teleportation III, Mythical Star Beast Aura III, Ascendant Lunar and Solar Constructs III, Nirvanic Rebirth III, Nirvanic Regeneration III, Water Saint III, Ascendant Size Alteration III, Nirvanic Phoenix's Healing Flames III, and Descent of the Nirvanic Sun Moon Phoenix III.
Brand-new wonders bloomed, but he didn't give himself time to marvel at them. He quickly perused through them, his existence permeating the white sea of the Nirvana of the Sun and Moon as instantly, the terrifying white flames surrounding his body dispersed!
The moment they did, his gaze sharpened, and in an instant his figure vanished from the edges of the Veil that Myxilith had set—only to reappear near Rose with a burst of white brilliance!
It was Ascendant Nirvanic Teleportation III that allowed him not only to teleport to different sources of energy or light, but also to any region his eyes could see. Moreover, he could set predetermined locations, called Nirvanic Waypoints, up to a maximum of nine, to which he could teleport regardless of distance!
He could do all of this freely as he didn't take time to marvel at the new ability; instead, he went to cradle the figure of Rose, who was smiling at him, even though her forehead was beaded with sweat.
He looked at her scorched thighs, hands, and chest. He then proceeded to raise his own hand as a blinding white light radiated from it.
It was Nirvanic Phoenix's Healing Flames III!
The same white flames that had burned her before now spread over her body. They instantly healed all her burns, flowing through her pores and sinking into her Ethereal Physiology- a change beginning to occur in anyone blessed by the healing flames of the Nirvanic Phoenix, who would not simply be healed but also imbued with empowerment and rebirth!
He spoke softly as he saw Rose gaze at her body in astonishment, realizing she no longer felt any pain from the flames.
Previously, she had relied on World Healing from her Organic and Inorganic Terrestrial Planetary Body Limited Assimilation, which hadn't been enough to mend the burns from the terrifying white flames.
But now, the white flames that engulfed her erased everything, and she could feel her own physiology and power surging upward rapidly.
She smiled and jumped onto Achilles, embracing him as she said.
"I know you didn't mean it. So there's no need to apologize or blame yourself. Look, I'm more than okay, right?"
Her tone was cheerful, ensuring he wouldn't blame himself for anything, and he looked at her deeply before nodding and sighing.
Then he looked toward the constructs—Myxilith nearby and Solareth in the distance.
At that moment, as he fully comprehended the flaming white sea and its terrifying identity, the elevated quality of Constructs began to manifest as a brilliant white radiance, enveloping both of the constructs he had in the field as they underwent a metamorphosis.
Changes were abundant all around, and apart from all this, there was something else.
Both Achilles and Rose raised their heads toward the veil that Myxilith had set as it began to lower.
There, the shocked figure of Nyxaria Moonveil Lunaris appeared; she blinked in surprise as she felt the terrifying aura that Achilles now emitted.
It seemed several times more powerful than it had been just moments ago when he defeated the Skyflame Tyrant!