The Architect's Legacy: Shadows Between Worlds

The desperate search for answers leads Alice and Ethan to discover shocking truths about humanity's past: humanity was not naturally evolved but designed and "translated" from a dying reality by an ancient being known only as The Original. The legendary Great Sundering, a cataclysm that destroyed previous civilizations, was a deliberate "reset" by The Original's failsafe, triggered to prevent a catastrophic dimensional breach caused by an external entity from "between realities". Now, a mysterious new faction, The Disciples of the New Dawn, led by the enigmatic Aurora and guided by this same entity (The Ancient One/Harbinger), plans a pilgrimage to The Cradle—humanity's secret birthplace and template storage—to initiate a final "ascension" that threatens to repeat the Sundering on a global scale. With Ethan uniquely connected to the rapidly evolving "lattice" of enhanced consciousness and Alice representing conventional humanity, they must find a middle path to guide humanity's evolution responsibly, or face the stark choice between transcendence or annihilation as the Architects' complex and cosmic legacy unfolds