Chapter 190 - This is the <First Tale>

"..... There was only.... Madness".

A few Fae Masters in the audience felt a shiver crawl up their spines. Those Fae Masters who possessed Emotion Attributed Fae felt said Fae shake within their origin essence seas, and even some of those who possessed Shadow or Darkness Attributed Fae hid in the very depths of their origin essence seas.

Everyone had frozen, and listened intently to Arthur's words. For the first time in their lives, it felt as though they were all children, listening intently to the words within the .

A new door was opening for all of the people present....

Arthur suppressed a smirk, and removed all emotions from his mind. If he didn't, he too would get drawn into the knowledge and the secrets hidden within this book.

"Madness; Was the First Law Created. It Gave Birth to Chaos. Divided Karma. Gave Rise to Fate. Madness was before the Beginning. Before Light. Before Dark. Before even Life itself. Before there was Nothing, Madness Reigned.

"The Dao. The Path. The Way; Was the Second Law Created. It Gave Birth to One. Divided Two. Gave Rise to Three. After Madness, the Dao was Formed. The disordered Mysteries. The myriad Truths. The uncountable Laws. All of these were a result of the Dao".

"Madness was the natural Way of the Heavens. Nothing was forbidden. And Nothing had yet to exist. The Dao gave structure to Madness. Brought Order to the Chaotic. Divided the Madness into the Truth".

"Emotion. Desires. Thought; Were all born from the Dao. It allowed Life to reason, to question the World around Them. Rationality, and the comprehensible were creations of the Dao. The supposed natural Order of all things. Madness was rejected, despite being the Origin of all things....".

This text..... this scripture.... was the of another Race.

It wasn't exactly an uncommon thing, especially throughout the entirety of the Thirty Three Heavens, but within Human Heaven, in this small region known as the Winter Rain Mountains.... it might as well be considered a heretical script.

The Laws that exist in the Thirty Three Heavens have existed since the times before the current Era. Their physical expression, or perhaps even their meaning can change depending on the Era, but, the fact that they do exist, hasn't changed since the times of the First Man.

Only Rank 9 Fae Immortals were qualified to create their own Fae. And as such, only Rank 9 Fae Immortals, or their disciples and descendents were qualified to interact with the fundamental Laws and Mysteries of the World.

Arthur himself had yet to experience such a thing, but even if he wasn't a Fae Immortal anymore, he still possessed the knowledge of one.

This version of the , was created by the Shadow Race. The same Race that created the Formless Night Shadow Sovereign Boundary Physique. Unlike the human version of the text, this version is the one that Arthur had glimpsed a profound truth out of.

"From One came Two. And from Two, came Three. And from Three came all things between the Heavens and the Earth. Unordered Chaos was divided into Light and Dark. Into Yin And Yang. Complementary existences, destined to oppose, yet constantly yearn for the others presence.

After the birth of Nothing, the reign of Darkness took hold over the Myriad Heavens. Its reach extended limitlessly, bathing the miniscule existences in the soft, comforting embrace of the Dark. Emotions were still, unfettered by notions such as colour, race, blood or looks. Thoughts reigned in the Dark, and conflict was but a foreign concept....

With The Dao divided up Nothingness, into Light and Dark, the true self was revealed. Formless radiance lit up the World, causing Emotions and Colour to poison the Dark. Conflict was Born. The all-encompassing embrace of the Dark had been shattered, and the Light of the Universe created more divisions in the Dao.....

Arthur continued his sermon for over an hour, the vast majority of children fell asleep during his words, unable to handle this strange version of the . Their minds hadn't yet adjusted to the perspective of the Shadow Race.

Those mortal adults handled it better. Some of the weaker minded individuals felt their ears hurt, or their noses bleed as Arthur continued. However, there was nothing that they could do, but listen intently to the words of the young man on stage.

The various Fae Masters that littered the audience stands, medical tent, participant seats and even the Elders platform all listened intently, as if Arthur was revealing the secrets of the universe to them. Those Fae Masters with Emotion Attributed Fae wiggled pleasantly within Origin Essence Seas, while those Shadow Attributed moved as far away from Arthur has physically possible.

It was almost as though they were scared of his words. But if this version of the was false in the eyes of Humanity, then why were this Fae scared?

Could it be.... that it was actually-.

Alina, in the audience felt a shiver crawl up her spine. The vast majority of the Fae within her Origin Essence Sea squirmed as they heard Arthur's words. It almost sounded as though his words and tone was a poison to them. Not a poison of the Body, or the Soul, but of the Mind....

She, along with Ratimir, Borik, Zoya, Dagen, Nyssa, Eric and Helga all didn't know what all of the terms within this book meant. They didn't even know how to perceive Laws, or even form Intent and yet they wanted to try and understand the secrets of the after just one hearing of it?

It took Elder Vova an entire lifetime just to gleam a pseudo-Truth from the . After hundreds, if not thousands of readings, he had finally understood the half Truths of the Wood Laws.

Not even a complete one!

If someone could actually perceive the Laws and Concepts within the after just a single sermon about it, then the whole Thirty Three Heavens would be filled with Rank 9 Fae Immortals!

If someone could understand the meaning of the Universe, just by gazing up at the night sky, then they could be considered omnipotent. They wouldn't be a mortal anymore, perhaps not even an immortal existence like Fae Immortals.

They would truly become a God, in every sense of the word.

Arthur turned the the final page of the , closing the book gently, before lifting his head and staring at Elder Zarek. The elderly old man had felt his jaw drop as he listened intently to Arthur's words, eventually his body go numb, as the Thoughts to stagnate as he just listened to what Arthur had to say.

The thousand year old reincarnate, turned towards Niklos, his Father, who was also processing the information he had just heard.

To call it just "words" or just "fiction" would be considered heresy in the eyes of Fae Masters. Especially Fae Masters from Human Heaven!

In the eyes of the Myriad Races, Humanities could be considered a heretical piece of text, which dwells into how the First Man, along with the rest of the Human Race came to be. The existence of the Thirty Three Sovereign Boundary Physiques could be considered a blemish for the faces of every member of the Myriad Races, and the vast majority of the firmly believe that the Sovereign Boundary Physiques belong to them.

Hidden Truths, such as Laws, Bloodlines and Spirits could be revealed from the , however, they were mainly centred around the Thirty Three Sovereign Boundary Physiques....

The Human is a recollection of Human History, as well as how the existence of the Sovereign Boundary Physiques came to be. Humanity was born after the Myriad Races, that much alone was for sure.

On the other hand, the Myriad Races is a recollection using the Laws that were separated in the beginning of the Thirty Three Heavens. When the Dao divided up Madness, giving rise to structure and order to chaos and disorderly Madness.

Reading this text, especially as a mortal Human, was like giving a common monk original Buddhist Scriptures.

Arthur closed the book in his hands, and placed it gently in Elder Zarek's pocket. Almost a full ten seconds passed before he could even blink, gazing in bewilderment and shock at the small piece of literature in his hands.

Elder Vova had recovered first and flickered appearing beside Arthur who was assisting Dagen in getting off the stage.

His eyes slightly bloodshot, and his expression crazed.

"Arthur! Arthur! Do you know what that book is!? Do you know of its origins!?".

Arthur gave Elder Vova a serene looking smile, before nodding. The light in his eyes appeared unfazed, or perhaps unperturbed despite having listened to the supposed Truths of the Dark.

"It is the , Elder Vova. How much you can discern or gain from it, is completely up to you".

Carrying Dagen underneath his arm, and Henrik underneath his other, Arthur took his two young apprentices towards the medical tent. The existence of the Shadow would cause an undercurrent to sweep through Parachenko Village, one that would push everything towards the arms of a single young man.

Arthur couldn't help but smirk as he heard the shouts coming from the main stage behind him. Elder Zarek could barely even blink, before Elder Velika and Elder Dagan tried to "borrow" the book from him.

'All according to plan....'.