In the beginning, Chaos rippled through the upper realm. A plane distinguished and untouched from the hands of mortals and creation. Right here, though a low rank god, my mother was seated beside the gods of her own realm and caliber.
A meeting was called upon, joining all
gods that governed Earth and this universe as a whole. The council hall as large as ever, carefully holding thousands of divine beings. The air seemed to cackle with divine energy, the walls of the council chamber shimmering faintly, as though straining to contain the combined power of the gods within. Above all, on the largest throne in hall, afloat in the air, was the One. It was genderless, embracing both an ominous matter and aura. It's form shimmered, flickering between light and shadow, enveloped in misty gray aura, embodying the balance of all creation. It's voice echoed without a sound, that commanded attention from even the most obstinate gods*
"This is absolutely preposterous" said a god with big white beards. He was dressed in Greek style, having a white cloth over his shoulders held by a golden snake head emblem. His white cloth, which stretched below to his feet were gracefully adorned in ancient greek patterns and symbols by it's helms.
"Shut it, Zeus. We know it's bad, must you announce it?" A black haired goddess reprimanded him. Her skin as smooth as jade, her lips, red as blood. She scorned at him.
"We need solutions, not statements to already experienced situations." She shot Zeus a grieved look and Zeus didn't take it easy.
"Know your place, Female" He hushed her, wearing a smug grin around his lips,eventually leaning back on his seat with his arms folded in as though he had won an unspoken contest.
He glanced at her again, then smirked. He got her.
His actions struck her like a blade, which challenged her divine authority. She was twitching from anger whilst clenching her fists hard, the heat of her divine flames barely restrained. That hit a nerve in Amaterasu, and her vein could be seen near her neck.
" Careful or you might pop it" A kid god, his hair tied in a type of double bun, smiled cockily. Dressed in his gi, which was a red unbuttoned jacket and black trousers, he grinned mischievously with his confidence unfazed. His gaze fixated upon her.
"He's right" An angel with very large wings assured Amaterasu. Slowly raising his head, he let out a sigh.
" You and Nezha always get on my nerves, you know that?." She shook her head. She sighed, trying to relieve her anger.
"What a nervous god." A voice echoed in the chamber. "Is it so difficult to sigh, that you resort to snorting?."
The chamber was utterly silent. Amaterasu's eyes were clearly twitching. They all knew who said it this time, and it wasn't Zeus.
"Lord,". It was evident Amaterasu was trying her hardest to bridle her tongue. She knew who it was, but what was he doing here?.
" Why is Susanoo here?." She asked, her tone woven with anger.
Her source of deep anguish and disdain, emerging from the far corner of the hall, now seated in the midst of demons and banished entities.
"You can clearly see where he's seated, lady". Nezha spat out of frustration. His forehead developed wrinkles from the anger he felt towards her.
Amaterasu tried to keep and collect herself together. Susanoo was a sibling that made her cry terribly when she was still very calm, h. Now this cocky kid...
" I don't even know why you are among this tier!". Amaterasu's demeanor changed, immediately becoming calm and collected.
" What do you suggest we do, Lord? It's already wormed its way in. Creation at this very point are already being wiped out by those inhumane creatures!" Benzaitan, the goddess of love spoke out. Her voice, calm but resolute. Tightly clenching her fists against her lap, her demeanour expressed her burden, as though she carried the weight of the whole world.
*Before diving deeper, this is my Mother. Benzaitan -The goddess of love. . As her title suggests, she embodies compassion and beauty, with her divine presence backed by an iron will. To give a briefing, I decided to start this from this point. This sets the stage of what unfolded on Earth before Father's time. Mother's realm, the Shinto pantheon, is as beautiful as it is formidable. The main goddess of this realm, Amaterasu is a high tier goddess, well every leader of a pantheon realm is. *
"What we face...". The being's voice shook the chamber like thunder in a storm. It's voice calm yet fierce, like a lion with it's pride.
" Is a threat to all of life.". It opened it's matterless hands. His misty aura, the only thing giving him a structured body form.
The divine beings were astonished. The Lord before them is all powerful, he is the one who created each and everyone of them, he created this plane and dimension that all of his creation reside. What is it that made him say this is a threat?. Since they all were created, he has never called this type of meeting at all.
On the opposite side of Amaterasu, a monkey like being, clad in celestial Chinese armoury with a tooth pick in his mouth, he whistled.
" Show respect...,". This voice was calm and it's tone void of emotions. "Wukong"
The monkey god closed it's eyes and nodded. Buddha is always watching him, trying to correct him. Even though Buddha is an apex tier god who needn't speak to high tiers like him. He goes out of his way, for the aim of correction. Too perfect, and he hated that.
"As Lady Benzaitan has pronounced,...". His flickering hands protruded outwards.
"It's sudden invasion has caused the devouring of creation. Slowly but steadily." The absolute One stated calmly.
" Every entity is required and entitled to driving this eccentric being to extinction."
Curiosity was expressed in the eyes of every being. Just what power is capable that joint forces is needed to destroy it. The One, who always took care of things like this by himself for balance, now needed the help of his creation.
" Let me show you." The One's hands opened. All gods looking at him, intrigued. A large hologram slowly erected, embodying the grey aura of the One. Presence of divine insight emanated from the hologram, making it to increase devastatingly in size and soon, all the beings could clearly see what was displayed without straining their eyes.
The hologram displayed a live recording of a black misty matter, spreading round planets and galaxies, leaking it's mist into it. The gods watched on eagerly. Some remained nonchalant, others simply dignified their state of being.The mist, growing larger and denser with each passing second. The council hall fell silent, every divine being transfixed by the ominous energy emanating from the display.
The gods watched in stunned silence as the mist consumed entire worlds and dimensions in both the upper and mortal realm. Its hunger seemed endless, growing stronger with every devoured creation.
A flicker in the image drew their attention to sacred realms—divine sanctuaries that had stood unchallenged for millennia. Yet even these bastions succumbed, their barriers dissolving as the mist poured through, erasing all within into extinction.
The hologram faded, leaving heavy silence in its wake.
The chambers silence was eerie, no one uttered a word. Only the cackles of divine energy managed to produce a sound, so pleasing to their ears. Then a long sigh was heard;
"Do my eyes deceive me or is that Apophis?" A deep bass voice carrying casual mockery broke the silence. The god who uttered that word had his eyes closed, seemingly leaning on his seat. He smacked his lips, still with his eyes closed.
"It's not." A female god boldly snapped at him. She egged him a nasty look.
"You know it isn't". She stated with a hint of disdain and disgust. She wore clothes that disregarded her status of a god, dressed in just simple trousers and a brown leather jacket with black inner vest. On her arms were blue rune markings. "Seth!". The female god threw a gaze at him.
"Freyja". He scoffed. Ofcourse it's not Apophis. He looked over to a chair near the Absolute One, at the row where Apex gods are seated. There he was, clad in all white coat with pure white wool hair. His most beautiful form, Sun God Ra.
Ra simply gazed upon the hologram, not discerning his surroundings.
Seth knows Ra doesn't like him talking about Apophis, afterall they've been battling for thousands of years. Seth shook his head and closed his eyes. -Two brothers, but of different factions and caliber. One able to work and live in sentience, gaining insight....the other who only lives to destroy. Just like he is-
"Thinking about it Lord?". Seth placed his arms on the white oak table before them.
"Why did you invite beings like us?." Seth waved his hands across the row he was in, the last row of deities. The unredeemable beings of existence. At once, the chamber was seized of air. A sudden stillness gripped the chamber as if the air itself had been stolen. In an instant, every divine power was stripped away, leaving gods as fragile as mortals at the One's feet.
" I called everyone here except deities without sentience, because this threat if not cared for will envelope all of us.". His voice thundered and all deities in the chamber were forced to kneel before their creator.
They knew he was angry, for he has never done this to them before. In fact, they never even knew he could do this. So just what is this, that drives him to go this far... This taught made the deities fear even more.
"Creation as we know it will unravel, and should we stand against this anomaly...". The One's form got more defined and his aura turned to his skin, embracing him in gray. " We would end drastically...".
The statement made all beings raise their heads. Alot of questions rose in their minds, and he could hear them.
" But this anomaly also wants to eat up the mortal realm. So I have decided that the mortals... In an aid to protect themselves...". He restored all beings their divinity and likewise.
" Mortals would have access to the Breath of Existence!" He stated.
No being dared to speak, though they didn't like it but it was for the greater good. They did understand the One, especially since he loves his creation so much that he's willing to help them but giving the essence of become entities to mortals... Why?.
" Ofcourse, it won't be easy. I plan on that and to ease your curiosity--."
Their eyes were widened, some gasped and others kept mute hiding their expressions and anxiety. The One finally showed his body, it was just bones and these bones were crumbling to dust at insane speed.
"Lord!" Artemis, the greek goddess exclaimed with a true tone of fear attached to her voice.
" I don't have much time left." His voice still thundered. He finally arose from his throne and there, his true height was seen. He was very tall, even bigger than Buddha by miles.
" I've incorporated the steps that everyone would take and follow to ensure the mortals survival." He held out his right hands. Out from his aura, came out a bead. He handed it over to Buddha.
" You lost, Lord?" Ares spoke up, his black hair laced with red spiked up along with his rage.
The One nodded.
" But why fight against it alone, we all could've..."
" Do you think I would ever sacrifice my creation just to preserve it?" The One interrupted Ares. He then, revealed his face and once again they were all surprised.
He was fading to dust at an absurd rate that it seemed like his face were paper flakes. He had white hair like wool, they couldn't look into his eyes through his immense presence. Despite this, he was an insanely handsome being with little fine wrinkles on his forehead. Very handsome, Apollo felt ashamed.
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" Why sacrifice what you wish to protect?. If it is sacrificed, then you are nothing but a fool to think of protecting it." His legs had crumbled away.
". I leave you all with this, 'Do not be afraid. I have seen a promising state, a mortal but be careful not to wrong your Messiah'." His voice was gradually waining.
"Buddha,..." A sense of urgency arose in his voice. Buddha knelt immediately.
" Release the essence now,". He ordered. At once, Buddha cracked open the bead, and an essence spread about then immediately vanished.
Immediately, steps and ideas were conveyed to all deities in the chamber. All doeties began to look at one another. The essence aura suddenly descended, escaping the hall chambers to the mortal realm.
" It's coming fast" The One had only its face left.
" I gave the essence to both gods and demons alike. Do as you see fit, as long as the mortal realm would be able to defend it's self with the supernatural. The essence is on its way to the mortal realm, if not there already."
He finally smiled, and some of the gods smiled with him. Others kept a straight face, and the unredeemable - just nodded.
" Buddha, I leave it you." He had his eyes left. " Goodbye ".
That last statement got the deities on their toes but the absolute One had vanished.
The One said it's coming, but was it?.
There was silence in the hall chambers for along time. The deities unable to feel the One's presence anymore, gave their creator a moment of silence as respect.
Buddha stood immediately.
" He said it's coming here ". Buddha kept his composure with his eyes closed. Immediately all six other hands appeared. They seemed to emerge from 6 spatial holes afloat in the air at the sides of his body. All hands held a weapon.
". Get prepared, though our Lord lost to it. He should have weakened it."
" I agree, but it's high likely that we would lose." Gaia, the mother of creation stated. She sat amongst the apex gods, as rank 5 in the row.
" Even so, would you prefer to sit and wait?.". A female voice asked in a sullied tone. Her hair whisp in intricate black, kept afloat by her blackish grey aura. Being rank 2 after Buddha, she had ancient greek runes on her arms and face. Dressed in a sleeveless white satin gown and golden belt tied around her waist, embraced with golden armaments. Her eyes were unreal, having a black cornea and only a white iris. No pupils were visible in her eyes. She sighed.
" Well,...".
The chamber crumbled almost immediately, and all deities were alert, ready to engage in battle.
*And the was war in the upper realm, the heavens. I wished it was a battle than a one sided massacre. One being, just one creature swept through the chambers eventually breaking it, releasing all deities in the beginning of the void, slaughtered more than half the deities of existence. The creature gained humanoid form, it's presence more terrific than the One. It would always exist as far as there is creation. Thrown out from a higher plane. This Void of creation were bugs to it. It must dominate and regain its strength for its sole purpose. The only being that ends all. Death is derived from it, deceit, lies, it carries it all, but it's goal is to achieve and become the ultimate embodiment. This creature's name, no god knew at that time.
This entity was Sin; and it has found a brilliant way to gain this ultimate embodiment. It has seen it's saviour and it plans to use this very well.*
*The apex gods carried large burdens and injuries with only one death recorded.. Ymir-, while thousands died in the rest of the ranks. Buddha had to submit to the being for the creation's survival, and the remaining deities followed suit becoming the subordinates of the new being that arose, a Supreme;
but few gods revolted against Buddha's actions, a mix of them from different pantheons and ranks. Punishments were metered out from the Supreme to be executed by Buddha and his remaining Apex gods.
The best mercy given to them was banishment whilst others met their demise*
*The Breath of Existence descended upon the mortal realm—a fractured realm of countless dimensions and planes teetering on the brink of destruction.
The essence gifted onto man by the One, for the goal of their protection
Mortals, ingenious as gods in their own right, began to wield this essence, evolving into something extraordinary, a glimpse of divinity itself*