Hibernation

Emanuel Fialik's hibernation cycle is a very complex system which is used by Fialik's body to allow it to function. The hibernation cycle comes in three stages:

Stage 1
The first stage of Emanuel Fialik's hibernation cycle begins before any true hibernation begins. At this point, Fialik is in its larval form, and hasn't yet achieved its sapient God-form. Fialik must feed on anywhere from 3,000 to 9,000 human souls at a time. This process actually slightly weakens Emanuel Fialik.

Stage 2
At this stage, Emanuel Fialik burrows deep down in to the Earth's core. Normally, most matter would be torn apart and melted by the sheer heat, but Fialik is resistant to this heat. The high concentrations of thermal energy in the Earth's core are absorbed by Fialik, who uses the energy to render the absorbed human souls in to usable energy. With this new, usable energy, Emanuel Fialik undergoes metamorphosis which takes up to 75 years at a time, but has been recorded as low as 70 years.

Stage 3
At the final stage, Emanuel Fialik emerges from the Earth's crust in its humanoid God-form. It can sustain this form for up to 30 years before repeating the cycle. If Emanuel Fialik sustains damage which, in humans, would be considered mortal, it will also repeat the hibernation cycle early in order to regain its strength.