A proper ascension to Aeonhood requires the recognition of the Tree of Existence, through which one gains power. However, the Tree of Existence possesses only instinct, devoid of self-awareness. Winning its recognition is undoubtedly a tremendously difficult task.
Yet now, they had the Root.
Securing the recognition of the Tree of Existence might be exceedingly difficult, but obtaining the recognition of the Root was incomparably simple. To put it in terms closer to fantasy: if the Tree of Existence could be compared to the Great Dao, then the Root was the Heavenly Dao. And these Aeons could be understood as saints of the Great Dao.
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