The First Hurdle

What was a collapsed space?

Despite its descriptive name, the true nature of what was called 'the void' had nothing to do with the concepts of spatial essence, unless one found the coincidental absence of space itself sufficient enough of a similarity. What the void was truly made of was the dominion of absolute darkness. But even then it was wildly misunderstood.

While the concept of absorption and obscurity present within collapsed space were also part of dark essence, when found in natural mana, the two were less aggressive and susceptible to manipulation. But when found in collapsed space, their magnitude was on a whole other level. Life, Mana, Consciousness.. even dark essence itself. It didn't matter. Nothing could survive the absolute destruction brought by collapsed space.