Ninlil had manipulated the fabric of time to bring Enlil back. However, this move was watched with concern by the ancient Sumerian priests. The stars and planets in the sky no longer returned to their former orders, starting to exhibit strange movements instead. The brightness of the stars was changing, and the planets were aligning in unexpected ways. The priests realized that a knot had been tied in time itself; this knot was not only a harbinger of a fracture that would affect Sumer's future but the entire cosmic order of the universe.
After making a pact with the underworld gods, Ninlil had lost some of her energy, but her powers were still intact. Another secret unknown to the people of Sumer was that Ninlil's interventions in time worked down to the quantum motions at the Planck length level, the fundamental building blocks of the universe. The warping of time at this micro level was actually a result of Ninlil's power, which she now saw not as a straight line but as an ocean filled with waves.
Meanwhile, Ninlil also paid attention to some seemingly ordinary but deeply meaningful practices in the daily life of Sumer. Common habits among the Sumerian people represented a connection to this cosmic cycle in Ninlil's eyes. For instance, people used different muds and plants to treat illnesses, methods of healing that were akin to the cosmic energies taught to Ninlil by Enki. These simple practices of the Sumerian people were essentially methods of directing energy flow, the early foundations of what modern science would call acupuncture or quantum healing.
However, Ninlil realized that these ordinary practices carried a much deeper meaning. Even the houses that Sumerians lived in were constructed according to cosmic energies. The orientation of columns and buildings in temples was based on the alignment of planets. This knowledge opened a new window for Ninlil in understanding her intervention in the time cycle. To control time, she also needed to manage this energy flow.
Yet, the greatest obstacle Ninlil faced was that her intervention in time was starting to alter not just the balance of Sumer but the entire balance of the universe. A small deviation in the cosmic cycle caused by her actions could lead to significant effects in other parts of the universe. A star appearing in the Sumerian sky could cause a star in another galaxy to extinguish. This was an early sign of what would be known in modern cosmology as the "chaos theory."
Ninlil consulted Enki’s ancient tablets once again to control this irregularity in time. This time, she had to find a solution to restore the cosmic order. Controlling time was not just a show of power; it was about the ability to restore balances without disrupting the harmony of the universe. As Enki taught her, time was woven like a net, and each knot affected another. Using this knowledge, Ninlil began to reshape the complex web of time.
However, her move triggered something even the underworld gods could not have anticipated: As the spiral of time unraveled, parallel realities began to converge. The Sumerian priests, seeing a new star appear in the sky, thought it might herald something much greater than Enlil’s return. The crack formed in the fabric of the universe presented them with a force they had never encountered before.
Ninlil had been able to manipulate time, but this was not her final move. With even the underworld gods unsure of what to do in the face of this new cosmic disorder, the ancient Sumerian priests, while trying to unravel the secrets of the universe, wondered what awaited them next. One question remained: How would this new order of time shape the future of Sumer, and perhaps all of humanity?