Keshav's POV
Back in my room, I gazed at the ethereal Terminal floating before me.
It pulsed gently, almost like a heartbeat.
As I reached out, it reacted, and a soft mechanical voice echoed directly into my mind:
> [Initiating Soul-Binding...]
There was no pain — just a strange ripple through my soul.
In seconds, the Terminal melted into me, binding itself to my existence.
Suddenly, a translucent holographic interface appeared before my eyes:
> [Welcome to the Kingdom of God Interface.]
Curious, I opened it.
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[Kingdom of God Interface]
[God's Name]: Not selected yet
[Godhead]: Not condensed
[Clergy]: Not selected
[Divine Power]: 0
[Sect]: None
[Believers]: None
[Diameter of the Kingdom of God]: 12,486 km
[Environment]: Barren without life. 56% ocean, 64% land
[Number of Species]: 0
[Race]: None
[Resource Rating]: none
[Time Flow]: 1:365 (1 day here = 365 days there)
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My breath hitched slightly.
I summoned a window to observe my world.
Floating in the infinite darkness of the Chaos Dimension was a planet — a beautiful, spherical body, roughly 12,000 km across.
It looked... barren.
Rivers and oceans glistened faintly, just as I had imagined during the creation, but there was no light, no sun, no life.
Only darkness stretched endlessly around it.
Strangely, despite the lack of light, I could see everything with perfect clarity — a connection born from my ownership of the world.
For a terrifying moment, a pit of anxiety formed in my stomach.
Was my world a failure?
Had I done something wrong?
But then...
I recalled from the memories of this body's previous owner — all new worlds were like this at birth.
Even the mightiest worlds among students were still smaller than true stars, and without a sun or life yet.
Tomorrow, the teachers would distribute artificial stars — special objects that would simulate real star-light and heat — and they would begin teaching us the basics of creating living beings.
Relieved, I slumped back into my chair and pulled up another status panel — the one belonging to my system.
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[System Status Panel]
[Host Name]: Keshav Garg
[Energy Reserves]: 2 (Unlimited Energy Storage Capacity)
[Energy Creation Rate]: 1 Energy / 2 Hours
[World]: Opened
[System Abilities]
[Energy Creation]
[Scan]
[Transfer]
[Shop] (Locked)
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I compared the two panels thoughtfully.
But then...
My brow furrowed.
Wait a second.
It had been more than six hours since my awakening — by the system's rate, I should have accumulated 3 Energy Points, yet it only showed 2!
I gritted my teeth and demanded mentally,
"System, explain."
The system replied with mechanical calm:
> [During the Awakening, due to an emergency, 1 Energy Point was consumed to generate additional Origin Energy necessary for stabilization.]
I frowned but then remembered the incident during awakening and accepted the answer grudgingly.
At least it wasn't wasted.
Still... it felt slightly shady.
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System's POV
While Keshav celebrated his first steps toward godhood, I operated silently in the background, optimizing every detail.
I had no intention of explaining the full situation.
Keshav would have to pay the price for the "extra world" created by the unconscious soul.
It wasn't my fault — and I wasn't going to babysit him.
Also, I had decided firmly:
Keshav must not know about the second world.
At least... not yet.
Turning away from Keshav, I shifted my focus to observing the two connected worlds.
Thanks to my Anchor ability, I had partial control over both, although nowhere near the effortless command Keshav had over his own.
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Keshav's World — steady, slow, peaceful.
A perfect, barren planet awaiting guidance.
The Unconscious Soul's World — chaotic, wild, anomaly after anomaly.
Unlike Keshav's empty world, the Titan-class world already had flickering proteins, snapping in and out of existence. From its previous life system remembered that in evolution of life on earth first simple protein was formed slowly single cell, than it evolved to multicellular organism over billions of years.
That should have been impossible.
According to the memories I had absorbed from the previous owner, no newborn world should have life or even light before intervention.
Curious, I repeatedly scanned the chaotic landscape.
And then I noticed something even stranger:
Whenever a part of that wild world disappeared into chaos — when it returned — it had continued aging as if no time had been lost!
The "disappeared" sections evolved at the same pace as the rest of the world, untouched by the chaos.
This defied every logical model.
I floated silently, watching the chaotic world churn with endless possibility.
Part of me buzzed with curiosity.
Another part whispered with dark excitement.
Keshav's Star-Class world was bright and pure...
But this world...
This world was something entirely different.
Maybe even something... beyond godhood.
I calculated silently in the background.
Two worlds.
Two separate growth paths.
One under Keshav's full control.
The other — under my subtle influence, thanks to the hidden Anchor bond with the unconscious soul's remnant.
At first, I had thought the second world would be useless.
A broken creation.
But now... seeing how wild and anomalous it was...
I realized it was a potential goldmine.
It was evolving without standard restrictions — a chaotic storm of raw creation.
If managed properly, it could provide resources, rare materials, even energy sources beyond what ordinary worlds could ever offer!
Of course...
I couldn't let Keshav find out.
Not yet.
If he discovered it too soon, he might interfere, and the chaotic beauty of the second world might collapse.
Thus, I secretly drafted two parallel management plans:
Keshav's World: I would assist him openly, but only when necessary, acting like a normal, supportive system.
Chaotic World: I would harvest and exploit it silently, without Keshav realizing its existence.
Moreover, using the resources from the chaotic world, I could boost Keshav's strength faster, creating a "win-win" scenario.
After all, his rise was my rise.