Warp

I created a golden binder to stabilize the crystal.
Soulbinding was a success.

I gave it a form.

I didn't know it at the time, but this would be the first instance of a Dreamite Dragon, a new species by yours truly.

I stared at the glowing pile of dust in the controlled environment.

Despite my best efforts, any time I would try to bind a soul to the artificial crystal, it would crumble to dust.

It was perfectly stable without a soul, but something about soul energy made it unstable.

I would find a way eventually... I just had to keep experimenting.

I remembered about a well documented universal anomaly, the "Warp's."

They would appear on random worlds, born with a soulbound blue crystal.

I attempted to recreate this blue crystal, and use it as a soul vessel.

All I needed to do now, was to grab a wandering soul from the cycle and bring it in.

A long long time later, and The Expanse was covered in many different plants.

However, aside from Solar and Lunar, any life I attempted to make would simply crumble to ashes.

I had spent a few thousand years worth of attempts, but all were futile.

I had to try something different.