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It's been stated time and time again that Death can cleanse Corruption. But from what we've seen, Sunny has the least amount of protection against Corruption compared to the other Divine Aspect holders.

Nephis's case is already self explanatory. Her ascended ability [Longing] grants her immunity to Corruption. And from the recent chapters, she has learnt everything about the void beings in the tunnel leading to Oblivion's grave. So now she can just scream the true names of the void beings and defile anyone.

Mordret has already experienced corruption in Twilight and tore off the pieces of his Soul that was corrupted. And from understanding Mordret and Soul stealer, it's easy to guess that as long as the Corruption process isn't instantaneous, Mordret can survive encountering it. And we don't even know if Mordret can make himself immune by reflecting Nephis via his Seven Reflections and copy [Longing].

From what is happening in the heart of the shadow realm, it seems that even Death itself is slowly succumbing to corruption. So far, Sunny's aspect which is tied to Death/Shadow seems to fall behind compared to Nephis and Mordret.

Even the Mad Prince only retained parts of himself through the Sin of solace. So why is Sunny so weak in that department? Will he soon gain the power to survive encountering Corruption?

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If we were to exclude Asterion's intent to eat everyone he enthralled, it can be seen that his Domain provides a lot of boons to humanity, maybe even more than Nephis's Domain.

The first point is that everyone in the Hunger Domain can literally be assisted by Asterion 24/7. Having a literally Sovereign hover around you at all times is more safer and more reassuring. This makes networking and communication so much easier as everyone's mind has one person that can direct/relay a message to anyone instantly no matter the distance.

The second point is the power. Asterion's domain provides immunity to other mind hexes, as well as Asterion personally attacking any human/Nightmare creatures on your behalf whilst you deal other damage. So everyone has a sovereign providing direct assistance to every member of the Hunger Domain. And Asterion can do this 24/7.

And it's not like his mental attacks are weak either. Asterion is a sovereign who is amped by four divine lineges. His mind hexes was strong enough for him to survive on the moon with a unholy being. So, it's safe to assume that Asterion alone can pulverise most Great Nightmare creatures with no difficulties, while you stay back and provide minimum support.

The third is the fact that every member of the Hunger Domain can channel Asterion's "Will". This was the key through which Asterion managed to push back Mordret. So, by having a sovereign's "will" flow through your body, your entire body will be augmented to extreme heights, on the same level of augmentation provided by Nephis's Flames.

The fourth is the Knowledge. Asterion is arguably the one of the most knowledgeable person in the War realm. From the Sacreds of the Sun realm to the Unholy being on the moon, he knows more thing than most as that's how his aspect works. So Asterion can provide his subjects up to date info on any matter regarding the dream realm regions, geography and history.

The fifth is Natural Ascension. We've seen that Asterion helped Rain ascend quickly by aiding her during the Ascension process. If that's the case, then what's stopping him from helping his subjects naturally ascend as well? Yes, Rain was already aware of her source element and the all the necessary process, but Asterion is also knowledgeable enough to know which source element matches with which member of the Hunger Domain, and the pace of the process at which it is suitable for each subjects.

Many will still argue that being healed and augmented is still superior, and that is true to an extent. However, Nephis can't individually support all her subjects during fights all the time, or provide a fast communication system (cassie doesn't count as she's a subject of the Longing Domain, not a direct part of Nephis's Aspect). She also isn't as knowledgeable enough to provide the info necessary to help her subjects.

Asterion's Domain offers an alternative where one can grow stronger without the Spell by naturally ascending, Nephis can't. she can't magically uplift the ranks of her subjects (Crown of Dawn doesn't give the ability of the upper rank)

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This might feel far fetched but the more you think about it, the more it makes sense. The Divine Realms are bodies of the Gods. If that's the case, then Mortal Realms are the bodies of whom?

I think that at the start when the Forgotten God tore off pieces of himself [Daemons] and threw them inside existence, he in the moment also tore off pieces of his tangible body as well as he was in a hurry, which gave birth to Mortal Realms which were small and weren't governed by the Gods.

The Mortal Realms aren't governed by any Gods because their God [Dream God] wasn't inside existence to govern them in the first place, which allowed them to be abused by folks from the Divine Realms, creating hatred for the gods (Axarax and army of the Daemons). They didn't have the protection of their God, and their realms were more susceptible to Corruption.

The Daemons learnt about their Origin from the Nine [Fated] Individuals, specifically from [Aletheia]. And where did those Nine [Fated] folks come from? A Mortal Realm that doesn't worship the six gods, but rather [Fate] itself. This was the Forgotten God's plan to come back and enact his revenge.

The Forgotten God was supposed to come back according to the Fate. But how? By Having small feeble individuals [Fated Nine] who wouldn't catch the eyes of the Gods learn the truth about his existence from behind the scenes, and then inform the [Daemons] about their Origin, indirectly creating a plan where someone ends up opening the Void Gate. He was [Fated] to come back.

The Forgotten God gave the Nine their [Fated] attribute in order to kick start the Doom war and eventually open the Void Gate, as it Fated to happen and Fate was something the Forgotten God created. But Weaver prevented his comeback by creating the Spell and creating a [Fated] individual himself. That being Sunny.