Rowan had no way to transmit detailed instructions to his children, and this was not a problem that he had anticipated happening. Before crossing through four layers of the void, he had no idea what he was going to be discovering or where the journey might take him, and so it was nearly impossible to create any fail-safe in the event that he found trouble.
Not knowing what to expect, the only thing that Rowan could do before entering the deeper layers of the void was to make sure he was ready for any eventualities that might occur along the way, yet, how was he ever supposed to be prepared for everything?
Rowan was used to pain, but he was not a masochistic person. Challenges were fine, but he did not think he could solve everything... at least not yet.
With his limitless ability for growth, it was inevitable that one day, if he did not perish, he would become truly omnipotent, but for now, he could not challenge everything, so instead, Rowan took a different route.
He could not prepare for everything, but he did not need to; instead, he had to know about everything, and when he was faced with a challenge, even if he was not aware of the solution, he would still be able to recognize that problem.
For him, this was a valuable skill because it enabled him to use his talents of enhanced learning, adaptation, and extreme evolution to their greatest limits.
He did not need to know the answer to every problem; he just needed to know that a problem like this could exist. If he were to ever face these unique challenges, because he had anticipated something like this happening, he would have a way to ultimately resolve them or at least make an attempt.
Rowan had anticipated that there would be a time when he might need the power of his bloodlines, but he would not be able to get to them. If he needed to give out precise instructions, he was unable to do so.
It was a good thing that his bloodlines were sentient, and he was able to teach them about certain affairs that might be related to his well-being. Now he had more tools at his disposal after crossing the second layer of the void, the Azure Empyrean, and obtaining all the trillions of Hollow Titans inside it, which now lived inside his dimensional flesh.
The truth was that his success had not been guaranteed, but Serathis, Prime, and the Serpents had done a perfect job.
He had been able to give only brief emotions of coldness, forgetfulness, and loss. Only with these three emotions did he need to influence his bloodlines in the direction they needed to take.
Rowan could not just barge into the Oblivion Gate with his serpents to access the Oblivion Gate. Well, he could, but doing that would be a waste of opportunity, when he could take the chance to destroy the Great Desert along the way.
He already knew of the coalition of immortals set up to destroy the Great Desert, many of whom were unaware they had his voice in their hearts.
There was a price for power, and any immortal who looked deep into his Origin Land to find inspiration was inviting his presence into their heart as well.
On some level, there was a tradeoff that these immortals were aware of, with all of them intrinsically agreeing to it. Without the Origin Land, it would be nearly impossible to utilize the power of Eosah’s essence properly.
Rowan had attacked the Great Desert, and he had plundered its resources. He knew that Primordial Chaos would never allow him to escape with such benefits, but only if Rowan was to show him something better than the Great Desert would he choose to let his Ouroboros Serpent be free.
And he was right. Primordial Chaos had watched his serpents devour the desert and Divus without any interruption, and it was clear that he wanted the serpents for himself. Still, Serathis and Prime understood that Rowan had allowed the serpents to attack as only the first step in his plan.
Prime had stolen the breath of life from them so they could die without being resurrected, and he had teleported them across Reality until he reached the Gates of Oblivion.
Then he deliberately disturbed the chains that bind Primordial Chaos for a moment before entering Oblivion. Inside Oblivion, the task of Serathis was to locate Rowan using nothing but the power of luck.
Serathis was powerful, but she also had limits, and several factors enabled her to locate Rowan. These factors included their connection with him, the presence of the Ouroboros skeleton beside him, and access to a virtually unlimited ocean of power that Serathis could pull upon to activate her bloodline powers to the absolute limits.
If any of these three factors had been missing, then there was a great possibility that his bloodlines might have never located him.
Still, everything went well; he had luck by his side after all, and it was difficult to properly analyze how much that counted for until situations like this, when the impossible was made to happen.
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