[System Booting]
Memories. Thousands of them swam in his consciousness. Emotions. None of those accompanied any of the memories he saw. He was detached from them, an observer from a distant land, watching the events play out in chronological order.
[Calibrating System to fit host's current restrictions imposed by the Heavenly Dao...]
The memories...
They started one fateful night in the vast cosmos that infinitely stretched beyond the borders of reality, on a lone castle that floated in the Void.
Thousands of purple chains, spewing Void energy, started from the castle's walls and disappeared down below it. Those chains were known as Existential Anchors, capable of anchoring various Lower Realms that held infinite space and universes to the lone castle, The Fortress.
Countless Gods stood within the space surrounding the castle, regardless of strength or station. All of them patiently waited.
Their Aura was strong and expansive, filled to the brim with endless energies pertaining to their domains. Occasionally, rips in space occurred, warped by the mere breadth of their presence.
As if on command, golden light gushed out of the castle. The figures of a man and a woman graced the presence of all the gods. The man's hands were neatly placed behind his back, and the woman stood next to him, proud with a pair of eyes filled with arrogance.
"Your reign of terror over this section of existence has come to an end, Demon God Tian, and the Traitor, Princess Jasmine of the Enfold Reality," a boisterous voice from the crowd of gods resounded.
Even in the depths of space, where no law pertaining to sound could exist, his voice traveled to each of the gods present.
Slowly, the man in question, Demon God Tian, craned his neck to the left, capturing the figure of the god who spoke up. And it wasn't surprising to see that it was none other than his father. The man who raised him from the moment he was born right up to now.
The praises, the smiles, every ounce of love he experienced was nowhere to be seen in the cold, hard expression worn by the man as he held onto a divine sword.
"And to think you were my father," Demon God Tian's voice crackled in the atmosphere, grating at the spiritual senses of the gods present.
"I was. But your sins have reached a point that even I can no longer tolerate your existence. Every moment you live, existence itself shivers in fright. You have unfurled your wings too far, and you are about to commit the greatest sin of all," Demon God Tian's father spoke, his powerful demeanor contrasted by the unwillingness and hesitation in his voice.
[System Calibrated... Installing Modules...]
Another memory replaced the previous one before it reached the crescendo. A violent one shook his consciousness. The sounds of battle, explosions, war cries, and countless spiritual techniques lighting up the Void flashed within him. The core remained the ever-arrogant Demon God Tian.
A powerful existence in his own right, taking on a legion of Gods, each with the strength to annihilate infinite numbers of existential planes. Each attack shook the boundless space heralds above all the lower Realms. Yet, the Demon God remained still in his presence.
Regardless of the strength or magnitude of the attacks, none of them managed to rustle a microscopic fabric of his robes.
He lifted a finger, a simple action. Yet, boundless cracks and fissures appeared within the space. Gods and countless numbers of them couldn't resist for an instant, as their entire bodies were warped and obliterated to oblivion.
[System Modules Installed... System Reboot commencing... 1%]
The memory of the great battle shattered into millions of pieces.
Demon God Tian stood atop his castle, tears streaming from his eyes, holding onto the limp figure of the girl who accompanied him.
Not a single breath escaped her puckered lips, and all her energies slowly ceased circulation. The gods held their breath as they watched Demon God Tian, who had cultivated from a mortal being to a Trans-god, the true peak of power within all existence, in just twenty years from his birth.
The previous record was a hundred billion years, yet he achieved that level of power in only twenty years.
"I will destroy all of you," the phrase escaped his lips between sobs.
No one among the gods dared to laugh or disagree with his statement. They had engaged in battle for what could be the equivalent of a month in the lower Realms, yet until the last second, no one could make him move from his spot. If it was interference from...
They all gazed up. A bright golden eye gazed at all of them from above, its circumference stretching from one border of the infinite plane of existence to the next. The moment it took action, Demon God Tian suffered a loss for the first time since his birth. One attack and his equally talented wife was killed.
Shock ran through them when they saw Demon God Tian explode with his full aura. None of the gods could remain floating within the space around him.
Each of them was shuttled from the space above and shot down into the lower Realms, unable to withstand, let alone resist, his strength. They finally understood why the Eye took action. Demon God Tian wanted to Transcend Godhood and become a Transcendent, and somehow, he was halfway there.
Demon God Tian held out his hand and gathered all the energy he could muster. A gigantic sword that eclipsed the eye materialized, and without waiting, he slashed at the eye.
Boundless Void energy rushed from every nook of existence, gathering at the tip of his blade, spewing violet light in every direction.
Every single creature that existed saw a flash of purple in their respective omniverses, and with the flash came an insurmountable aura that wiped out most life in these planes. No one had time to react.
Even the eye that stretched from one side of existence to the next felt the strike. And its feeling was not unwarranted. A large gash tore right through it, splitting it in two. And from there, a wail so powerful existence itself was nearly wiped out from Reality gushed out from all sides.
Demon God Tian, being the brunt of the reflexive wail, dealt with the brunt of the attack. At first, he wanted to avoid it, but then he heard a heartbeat in his wife's body. Shifting a bit of his senses, he saw a fetus in her inner world.
Gathering the rest of his energy, he used up everything available to him and withstood the wail that could destroy existence with sheer force, ensuring that not a wisp of the aura reached his wife's corpse and unborn child.
[System Online. Welcome, Host.]
The memories disappeared. His vision blurred out of focus before slowly clearing. He was in a room, seated on a chair, tapping his legs on the ground in pure terror and nerves.