"Yea... let’s just continue." Ash said diving back into the discord.

He and Elysia scrolled through the various channels together, the soft glow of the iPhone lighting their faces in the white void.

The server had a surprisingly friendly atmosphere — not just focused on the novel, but a place where people could banter, share memes, talk about other stories, and even discuss real-life things.

It felt like a small, lively community rather than a strictly story-focused space.

Ash noted the most active members: EclipseTeller_767, Err0rx, and I0vs seemed to be online almost constantly, posting theories, jokes, and reactions.

Other users stepped in every now and then, adding to the conversation in bursts.

They then moved to the Reader-Thoughts-and-Ideas channel.

Here, Ash came to a pause, his reddish-purple eyes narrowing slightly as he read a detailed post from a user named F.A.E.S.

The post was a long, well-structured theory about classifying the verse and its cosmology.

It started from the Lower Verse, moved up through layered structures, and introduced the concept of an Infinite Verse — a realm located in what the user called "the Outside," or the Infinite Library. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

According to the theory, beings in this Outside were far beyond the Meta Level, operating on scales that perhaps made even the 6th Wall seem small.

Ash and Elysia both stopped scrolling, reading the post in silence for a moment.

Elysia was the first to speak, her golden eyes thoughtful.

"How does this align with our verse...?" she murmured, her voice soft.

From the way it was described, they could tell this concept had appeared in another novel as well—one Ash had actually read himself, though he never got the chance to finish it.

Still, that didn’t mean there was anything more to the verse he currently found himself in than what he already understood.

No, there was the Prime Expanse, the Primordial Expanse—home to the Father and Mother—and the First Absence.

These were the final stages of existence. Yet, even so, this revelation opened the door for him to consider a possibility he had never thought of before.

"Well, according to F.A.E.S., Pantheos is already on par with Osmont’s verse... an Infinite Verse," he said.

This meant that, technically, it had already reached the highest level according to these theories, though that didn’t account for the ’Outside.’

"Hmm, does this mean... NovelGeek2 is currently outside?" he wondered, since Pantheos was still an Infinite Verse.

The Author had read these Discord messages before this point, of course. And Ash... he wouldn’t put it past the Author to introduce new elements.

"He’s done it before," Elysia said with a chuckle, remembering from deleted Chapters they had read.

Ash agreed with a small nod, his reddish-purple eyes thoughtful.

"Exactly. He’s always been open to changing things up."

Before he closed the phone, he went back to the Webnovel app and changed the Novel’s cover art — replacing the previous image of Mira with one of himself.

"They see enough of my wives in the discord as it is." He muttered.

With that done, he closed the phone, a new idea clearly forming in his mind.

He stood up along with Elysia, and in the next instant, they appeared directly in the Sacred Dimension, floating in the void between his wives’ universes.

The vast, beautiful space stretched out around them — with tens of universes belonging to his wives shimmering like distant stars in the Sacred Dimension, each one a unique realm shaped by their personalities and desires.

Ash sat down cross-legged in the void, pulling Elysia onto his lap as she settled comfortably against him, her golden hair spilling over his shoulder.

She tilted her head slightly, her golden eyes curious as she asked,

"Who do you plan to start with, knowing what you have in mind?"

Ash’s reddish-purple eyes gleamed with quiet excitement as he answered.

"EclipseTeller, i0vs, and Errorx," he said. "These three in particular because they seem like some of the more supportive figures and they are the most active in the Discord. Not only that, but they also actually already talked about this and chosen their layout."

Elysia smiled softly, understanding immediately.

Honestly, Ash felt he owed something to those who had been following his story.

Without their support, the author, NovelGeek2, might never have found the motivation to keep going for so long.

Reflecting on the time he spent chatting on the phone, he realized those first few months had been tough, yet the drop rate never wavered.

He’d seen firsthand that it took over 200 Chapters before the novel began gaining real traction.

Since he couldn’t do anything for them physically, he figured—why not write them into Pantheos itself?

They were passionate novel readers who adored overpowered characters just as much as he did.

So why not make them OP in the story too?

It would make Nullen’s future far more entertaining, adding even more unexpected twists.

With a grin, he said, "Well, let’s immortalize some readers."

Three silhouettes formed in front of them — tall, humanoid shapes shrouded in complete darkness, featureless and blank, like empty canvases waiting to be painted.

They hovered silently in the void, their forms shifting slightly as if they were alive but not yet defined.

Elysia watched with quiet fascination, her golden eyes reflecting the dark outlines.

"These will be the first," Ash said, his voice calm but carrying clear intent.

However, there was something missing before he could truly begin.

It was the appearances.

"Hmm, if these were any other beings, it wouldn’t matter," he muttered, eyes lifting as though trying to see past even the fifth wall.

"Hey, you three..." he spoke as if the readers themselves stood before him.

"Why didn’t you mention the designs of your characters... or did I somehow overlook it?"

[A/N: Just a quick note—any suggestions or ideas you’d like to see will now be "read" directly by Ash, so the more you share, the better this power will become.

In short... comment and interact more ;) Thanks!]