Soon, with the assistance of the other Supreme Laws providing energy, the Virtual Trial stabilized.
Maximus's process of conceiving a vessel of will had also gone more smoothly.
With the mountain-like manifestation of Will providing timely insight for the river of knowledge to process, the condensation of the vessel of Will was greatly shortened.
Seventy years later, after spending trillions of strands of causality and exhausting various rare tier 12 materials he had in store, Maximus looked at the piece of embryo in his hands.
"It's a pity..."
Instead of feeling joy, Maximus could only feel regret.
Due to a lack of strands of causality and insufficiently strong materials, he had only been able to create a prototype.
Just as Maximus was about to test the vessel's power, the Supreme Law of Will appeared beside him.
"What did you do?" it asked with curiosity.
Looking at the vessel embryo Maximus held, the embodiment of will felt a strong, instinctive pull—as if it were a light in the darkness, a shield against destruction, like a vessel that could shelter the will of every being.
"This is the vessel of will, A carrier that could contain and nourish the will of everyone..."
The creation of such a vessel was an idea inspired by the amalgamation of will and the subsequent divine will.
This vessel could not only contain will, but could also harness the power to manipulate the very rules of the world.
If all beings willed it, it would happen. If they all desired something, it would manifest. If they sensed danger, it would protect them.
Like an all-powerful wishing device, as long as enough willpower converges, any desire can be fulfilled.
Unfortunately, this was only a prototype. The will it could carry, and the wishes it could grant were limited.
If this vessel could become more perfected, it might even form a plane of will of its own.
As for its full potential, Maximus couldn't predict it.
Meanwhile, as he studied the vessel of will, the Supreme Law of Will couldn't help but feel amazed.
He sensed that if this vessel were a little stronger, perhaps it alone could save the Aeon Plane from the Dark Disaster.
As long as the will of every living being converged, nothing would be impossible.
"It's a pity..." the Supreme Law of Will sighed as well.
If only this thing were stronger, if only...
Suddenly, it looked at Maximus with a glimmer of hope.
If he could create this vessel, why couldn't he create a more powerful one?
"Tsk." Maximus clicked his tongue at the unscrupulous embodiment of law.
Fortunately, he had already refined the vessel of will with his 'origin.'
Unless he permitted it, only he could fully control the vessel.
"The next trial..."
...
[Generating the final trial: The Supreme Law of Origin.]
"The Supreme Law of Origin..."
The source of all laws and the catalyst for the creation of the Aeon Plane.
Watching the indistinct form of light approaching him, Maximus braced himself for the coming trial.
"You have finally reached the peak..." the Supreme Law of Origin intoned in praise.
Witnessing Maximus's passage through the trial of will, it couldn't help but feel admiration.
"However, this trial will not be as simple."
"To embody the essence of origin, you must
know
,
experience
, and
become
everyone and everything."
"From the living to the inanimate, from plants and trees, from seas and mountains, from fire and stone, from the most sentient creature to the most archaic one."
"You must become everything and everyone while preserving your origin and self, remaining uninfluenced, unaffected, and, above all, unwavering..."
Listening intently, Maximus grew solemn.
To become everyone and everything without being lost.
To keep his self and origin intact, uninfluenced, unaffected, and unwavering.
"This—"