Reincarnated With A Glitched System: Why Is My MP Not Running Out? - Chapter 1968: The Plane Of Souls

Chapter 1968: The Plane Of Souls

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“To further improve myself, I had to create a connection to the Plane of Fate,” Alice explained. “The Systems created by the Gods of Reincarnation are fueled by Causality, which is born from Fate. Normally, the God of Reincarnation uses their own link to the Plane of Fate to supply their System with it, even after it’s sent to the Physical Plane. But because of how I was conceived and how we merged together, Sylphy, things changed. When your Status was formed and you merged with it, your entire existence shifted. Your Soul was elevated directly to the Plane of Souls, opening a kind of gateway through it, a passage to pure essence. That essence is then converted into Mana once it reaches the Physical Plane.”

“So Soul is Mana?” I asked.

“Yes. That’s why Mana can influence even inanimate objects and grant them life, or how it can grasp elemental properties—and even the laws of physics—and make them ’alive,’” she continued. “Runes are direct commands to the Soul within Mana. The more attuned the user is to an element, the more obediently the Mana listens and shapes the element according to the Rune’s dictate. But Runes are not merely orders, they are laws forged from Mana itself. Everything interacts in harmony.”

“Fascinating,” I muttered, my eyes gleaming with genuine awe. “I bet even Master Felicia doesn’t know this much!”

“I wouldn’t be so sure,” Alice said with a small smile. “Anyway, because of that glitched System that became part of both you and me at the same time, we… became errors within Reality, in a sense.”

“…Eh?”

“Yes, sorry for the phrasing,” she chuckled. “My father was negatively affected because he became the direct conductor to that gateway to the Plane of Souls. He quickly chose to abandon me and never supplied Causality to me again. But the gateway had already formed, even after he left. I don’t know what happened to him now. I wonder if his superiors scolded him…”

“Is the Plane of Souls vast?” I asked. “Are there more Gods of Reincarnation than just one?”

“Reality is boundless, so there are countless Gods of Reincarnation—ranging from the smallest to the most ancient and powerful,” Alice replied. “My father was a young one, responsible for a specific sector of the Plane of Souls that covered the Universe we’re in.”

I nodded, though honestly I only understood about half of it. “Um, okay. So… to obtain the power of that Loot System, a connection to the Plane of Fate was established through the new System child you created.”

“Yes,” Alice confirmed. “Normally a System should never be capable of something like that, but the error we became—and the gateway inside you—made us unique. I simply copied that gateway and repurposed it into a new lifeform tied to both of us: our son, the Reward System.”

[The {Reward System} greets you. He says he’s looking forward to working together from now on!]

[The {Quest System} greets the Reward System but says she didn’t really need someone else handing out rewards.]

[The {Civilization System} says they are starving for attention.]

[The {Dungeon System} says the Divine Realm created by Armageddon is way too heavy and it’s hurting their back.]

“Wow, so noisy… calm down, everyone,” I sighed. “So that’s how it is, then…”

The Gods of Reincarnation are entities born between the Plane of Fate and the Plane of Souls.

A System normally draws its power from the Plane of Fate.

And the origin of my power is a literal gateway to the Plane of Souls itself—my Soul constantly siphons essence from that Plane and converts it into Mana upon reaching the Physical Plane.

That explained the deep black hole I sometimes saw inside my own Soul, the source from which my Mana flowed. That was the same black hole where Curse had originally settled when I took him from Furoh.

His power had since become part of my Spiritual Heart, but he had also helped me perceive what that black hole truly represented.

Now that I finally understood the source of my Endless Mana—and why drawing too much placed crushing pressure on my Soul, as though it were trying to absorb more essence than it could contain without breaking—I also realized why my Soul grew so vast when I pushed it. With that clarity, I decided it was time to leave.

“Alice, can’t we go now?” I asked. “I think I should return to my body.”

“Ah, yes, sorry,” Alice nodded. “I got so caught up explaining that I forgot— Wait. Although the Plane of Fate has no inhabitants… I’ve heard rumors there’s something. Or someone, at its center.”

“…?” I frowned. “Who?”

“No idea. It’s just described as ’something’—something probably in charge of… everything,” she murmured.

“…Everything?”

For a moment I pondered. Could that be some supreme God? A being that ruled over all existence?

If such an entity truly existed, residing at the center of the Plane of Fate would make perfect sense.

“I wanted to check the Plane of Souls,” Alice said. “Would you mind coming with me? It’s easy to reach now that I’ve established a connection to the Plane of Fate through you.”

“Okay, but what are we doing there?” I asked. “I still have a dungeon to clear, Alice…”

“I know, it won’t take long,” she promised. “I want to see if we can find my father…”

“W-What if he tries to take you away?” I asked quickly. “Wouldn’t he be furious with us? Wait—don’t be hasty!”

“But…” Alice paused, sighing heavily. “There are so many things I need to say to him, so many questions I want answered…”

“I understand how much it means to you,” I said gently, “but please think carefully before doing something reckless, Alice. We can come back another day. Nothing’s stopping us from returning later, right?”

“…Right,” she conceded with a small nod. “Okay…”

Thankfully I managed to convince her, preventing her from doing something impulsive that could have disastrous consequences for both of us.

“Then…”

With her help, I opened my eyes again and found myself resting on the cold ice floor of the Glacial Dungeon. My Spirits and Familiars surrounded me, their faces lighting up with relief and joy.

“Sylphy, you’re awake!”

“Sylphyyyyy!”

“Oh, thank the gods you’re awake!”

They were all so happy to see me conscious again. I must have collapsed without warning and worried them terribly.

“Ugh, sorry for disappearing like that,” I said. “Alice decided to take me on a little sightseeing tour to another Plane of Reality for some reason.”

“Huh?!” Ignatius exclaimed. “What does that even mean?!”

“Hahaha, well… long story short…” I gave them a quick summary of everything that had happened. They nodded slowly, grasping the broad strokes even if many details remained confusing without deeper background knowledge.

“That’s incredible—you learned so much!” Yggdra said. “And the true reason that god sent a System here… So the Invader Gods are actively interfering with the reincarnation of souls, harming the Plane of Souls? That’s really not good.”

“But does that mean we’re working for that idiot now?” Ignatius asked. “Not exactly, right? Even if our goals happen to align for the moment.”

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