Rise Ethereal Essence - Chapter 4
The Dark Essence admired the blue world from above. Its blue skies were far and deep.
This blue marble was the first living world it encountered. The Dark Essence came from the outer reaches of the universe where life was less likely to exist.
There were countless worlds within the universe, but not all of them contained life. Of the worlds, the Dark Essence passed all appeared dead or fragmented except for this world.
Although the Dark Essence had never seen the existence of life, it could barely perceive and understand it.
After admiring the first living world with its beautiful skies, it descended towards it.
The outermost part of the sky merged with the dark matter of space creating a peppered appearance. This was the end of the atmosphere.
The Dark Essence entered the atmosphere sensing the change from space. It thoughtfully observed the edge of the sky.
The atmosphere here was sparse. As the dark matter of space merged with the atmosphere, the two seemed to make an exchange. The atmosphere was swallowed up by the dark matter while the dark matter incorporated itself into the air.
As the Dark Essence traveled in the sky, it felt the surroundings with its body. It had a strange interaction with the atmosphere. It was celestial being with a foundation of Dark Essence. As it’s ethereal body roamed the skies, the atmosphere went straight through its body. It was like the Dark Essence was never there.
After hundreds of miles, the sky changed. A thicker layer appeared. This trend continued a few times until the atmosphere finally became rich and thick.
The Dark Essence went through the layer like it was like entering a barrier.
The atmosphere here was pleasant and sublime. With this layer, a new energy enveloped the sky.
The energy was thick and plentiful.
A few thousand meters away, the crown of an enormous tree materialized. The tree extended into the far reaches of the sky.
This tree had huge leaves. They were around a hundred meters long each being a meter thick. They were feather shaped.
The leaves had broad stems connecting to vast branches. All the branches connected and webbed together in exotic ways. It was truly beautiful.
The leaves at the very top of the tree had a cerulean tint. The primary and lateral veins were crystal-like. As the blades of the leaves progressed along the vein, they faded and disappeared merging with the sky.
The leaves constantly absorbed energy.
The sun above blazed azure. That azure light shone upon the leaves collecting and gathering in large quantities. The intensity of the light on the leaves increased transforming them bright blue where it was then absorbed. The energy went through the veins to the stems, branches, and finally the trunk where it was purified and liquefied in the form of sap.
After the purifying process, the crystal veins regurgitated the blue energy. This was the rich and sublime energy that enveloped the sky.
The Dark Essence continued to descend. It observed the crystal branches with energy rushing through them and the repeating process.
The crown of the tree was several thousand meters long and wide. The topmost part of the tree was cerulean, lower down it was blue-green, and at the bottom-most part, it was green.
The branches swayed in the air, giving off a majestic beauty. From above the tree covered most of the world below. Below the crown, hundreds of thousands of trees appeared.
The trees were hundreds of meters tall. The trees were green, blue, and white. Some of them sparkled with light while others didn’t.
The Dark Essence arrived close to the trees, where the land was finally uncovered through the cracks and crevices.
The Dark Essence reached the bottom. There it saw wisps of blue traveling around the air and trees. As they got close to trees, they would transform into humanoid creatures of different shapes and sizes.
It stared at those wisps in wonderment.
As it got close to those creatures, it saw their change. When they entered the trees, it was like they entered a different space. A world of sorts. Some appeared active like they were recharging while others seemed to turn off like they were resting.
The wisps flying through the air absorbed the energy released from the giant tree. The other trees would occasionally release small orbs of light; the wisps would then quickly swallow them.
As they neared each other, it seemed like they were interacting using brief flashes.
“What an interesting creature,” thought the Dark Essence. As it roamed around, it learned new things.
It continued to hover around moving towards the massive trunk of the tree.
A while later a new sight showed up. Greenfields were abundant with few trees around.
The few trees were special all giving off a dim glow. Within the trees and fields were beautiful humanoid creatures. They had thin bodies with pointed ears. Some had fair-pinkish skin and others had blue-grey skin. The fair-pinkish ones had silvery-blue hair. The blue-grey ones had silverish-white hair.
Both of these creatures were beautiful and tall.
The Dark Essence looked at them running around and laughing performing different tasks.
The Dark Essence contemplated the existence of the creatures and things it saw.
What are these creatures? Why do they exist? What is their meaning?
It observed both these creatures for a long time. Day after day, night after night.
Chapter 4? I don’t know…