(before the celestial realm)
The sky was silent.
No wind.
No clouds.
No birds.
Aevion stood alone on a forgotten cliff at the edge of a nameless world—one that hadn't seen life for thousands of years.
The sealed sword hung in his right hand. Its surface was darkened, quiet… as if sleeping.
But not today.
Today, he would see what it could do.
With slow steps, he walked to the edge. His eyes, glowing faintly violet, scanned the endless horizon. There was nothing. Only empty sky and the faint shimmer of dimensional walls barely holding together.
He raised the sword.
For a moment, it felt like the world hesitated—like it knew.
Aevion's voice was soft.
> "Let's see what you are."
His Nexis flared—pure white and violet, burning through his body like a celestial flame. His long silver hair lifted in the surge. Even without power in canon, this version of Aevion had no limits.
He took his stance: Nellum's Embrace—but not the controlled version.
This was the unleashed swing. No restraint. No elegance.
He gripped the sword tighter and swung.
The blade cut down in a wide arc.
There was no flash.
No boom.
No dramatic explosion.
Just a single sound: the world tearing.
A thin violet line traced through the sky in front of him. The air shattered like glass. Time cracked. Dimensions peeled away like paper burning at the edges. Behind the cut was nothing—pure, depthless, unfathomable void.
The cliff rumbled. The earth beneath him split apart, and the stars above began to curve unnaturally, bending toward the gash.
Aevion stepped back, eyes wide—not in fear, but in awe.
> "…So even sealed… you can do this?"
The sword pulsed, almost like it responded.
From within the gash in reality, things began to move—shadows that had no shape, echoes that had no source. But Aevion turned away. He had no intention of stepping through.
He simply walked back toward the trees, the gash slowly closing behind him.
This swing would never be recorded. Never be told.
But in the space between worlds,
those who watched whispered one word:
> "He's returned."