Since Cronus took the Life Vase from Gaia's hands, decades had flashed by in the blink of an eye.
Near the abode of Mother Earth, the gods found a vast plain. They gathered there, and with the essence flowing from the Divine Artifact, they tried to create various forms of life.
Their choice of materials was quite arbitrary: mud from the riverbed, fallen leaves beside trees, soil and rocks on the ground, clouds in the sky. The deities shaped them into forms they desired, then merged them with the divine essence. If their creations conformed to the fundamental rules of life's existence, a new species was born.
Thereafter, using the first as a template, countless similar beings would emerge.
However, easy as it may sound, the actual process was not so straightforward. The gods, inexperienced in creation, attempted many structures, but most ended in failure. For them, how to create the first was the greatest challenge.
