63 Chapter 62 The End, and a New Beginning

With Sakuya's soft form resting agaisnt me as she fell asleep I was in deep thought after some post-nut clarity.

I had damn near infinite power already due to my own influence spreading through humanity and the other supernatural races. With my range of control reaching Japan beyond just Gensokyo I had come to a realization.

Beyond things directly out of my zone of control. I had literally no equal besides my mother Tiamat, everything and living soul was beneath my mountain's power. 

So as I lay there in bed, with the soft and affectionate form of my maid-turned-lover in Sakura. I came to a realization. 

'I have reached a sort of plateau in the passive worship I get. To say nothing of how my range of control has a max growth speed due to my control reaching the air, and deeper into the ground... It's time for me to move beyond my mountain.'

I pulled the majority of my divine consciousness from my false body leaving its arms to wrap around Sakuya and going into a fugue state as my main mental form as the Youkai Mountain awoke as I congealed my power deeply. 'I have rewritten the laws of the Underworld, I have formed and refined dimensional passageways for souls to pass through to Orario, and I have damn near infinite power.'

My mountainous form shuddered and I felt Mother's gaze upon myself. Then I could feel her chuckle before her own mental voice reached my own mind. "Ah, you are finally trying to explore out of the nest my dear."

I sent a feeling of determined affirmation and then she made a noise of agreement before her voice came to me softly. "Then my son, if you wish to take the next step... You ascended first as a human, as in death you became a god with the enlightenment of death, now you must descend from a god to human, and without such forced enlightenment walk the path to become a god in your truest self."

Realizing what she meant I nodded as I understood the path that lay before me. As Tiamat, had probably faced a similiar scenario. She was originally bound to her first single world, not the uncountable worlds she had birthed herself, merely watched over and among others. 

So in essence my form as a Mountain God was a shackle to my truest form. A form that would elevate from merely being a mountain, to an entire world. And once I became an entire world, I would be free of all shackles with my power being within myself as the world would be my oyster and I would be free to walk between worlds.

But first I needed to elevate a shard of myself from my main soul to become a god in its own right. But not a Mountain God, it needed to be a figure of great power that would act as the vessel that would absorb my mountain form like a piece of the puzzle just fitting in.

My consciousness heaved and Tiamat gently helped me by slowly pulling a wisp of my of immortal soul and she said into my ears gently. "Now... I shall reincarnate this soul shard into a new life. Any particular requests my child?" 

Feeling a deep exhaustion I had never felt before in the period of time I had been a mountain god I sighed weakly before I said softly to my mother. "Make sure the body I would take, either died or something. And... I will reuse my name from before my ascension into Moria."

I looked at the soul shard and couldn't help but make a grunt of amusement as I whispered to it. "We are one, but whereas I am the Mountain God Moria, you will be my human-half, reborn as Jake Bariss... Also, don't get locked down by one woman and fulfill my dream of having a harem in this new life free of this mountain!" I damn near shouted as Tiamat gave me a dirty look as she huffed and pulled the soul shard away.

"I don't understand the obsession you people who reincarnate have with having a harem? And more than that Moria, you can't even marry a woman that isn't you equal, to say nothing of their lifespan not reaching a single iota of your own." Tiamat's scolding voice was mirrored by the disappointed look Sakuya would have for me as I had promised to love and respect her beyond merely being a servant.

So for the long eternity of Moria, I would love my Sakuya and remain faithful to her.

I felt my mother's presence fade away with my soul shard, her presence leaving my sense of self as her core consciousness left the planet itself and entered other dimensions as she obviously planned to reincarnate that shard of myself. And as for myself? I returned to my vigil, watching the world, and more entertainingly.

I watched the would-be protagonists of the world taking down one of the big bads with the power of gratuitous violence and Issei's beyond-mortal comprehension desire for his harem to finally come to Earth... So he could show his mother how he wasn't a loser and that he had a whole harem to breed to give his traumatized parents all the grandchildren they could want.

And in the end. As my exhausted soul re-intergrated with my divine puppet so I could fully embrace Sakuya in my arms. I heard her gently whisper into my ears. "I love you, Moria." 

In turn, I whispered back to her softly and with all the affection I had for the silver-haired beauty laying nude in my arms. "I love you too Sakuya."

So while my new soul shard gained power and my true soul would slowly grow over the years to take over Earth, I shut down my consciousness with one thought running through my mind as one hand slipped over and cupped Sakuya's beautiful ample breast. 'Being a Mountain God, although it has its issues. It is well worth it!'