Chapitre 1: The Chains

"Give it up, Brother Sovereign! No one can break the Heavenly Laws!" A man on a sword roared at another.

"I must Brother Sword. How else can we progress to the next realm if ours is to remain shackled to this level." The man, Brother Sovereign, replied. Brother Sovereign was currently standing on the tallest peak within the 9th Realm. He was known as the Sovereign due to having reached the highest peak in the 9 Realms.

"Brother Sovereign! You mustn't do this. If you issue your decree to the Heaven's and be found unable you will cease to exist." Brother Sword replied.

"Your fear is what holds you back from the next realm, Brother. If you don't seek to improve, how will you get any better?" Brother Sovereign asked. "Now I issue my challenge to the Heaven's! Answer my call and submit before me, the Sovereign of Souls."

The Sovereign of Souls then took out a staff from his Soul Space. The staff was seven feet tall. It was adorned in glowing black and green jewels known as Soul Stones. The stones were adorned in such a way to mimic the Flame's of Life. The Sovereign then took the staff and struck it against the mountain peak. When the staff made contact, it sent shockwaves into the world.

After the shockwave disappeared, a calm descended.

"Brother. It seems the Heavens have no desire to listen. Come let us go and find a quiet grove to meditate in." Brother Sword spoke with relief.

"Nay Brother. I will not. The Heavens must be fearful of me and have turned into a coward to not accept my challenge." The Sovereign of Souls cried out to the sky above. Before another word could be said, the world started to tremble and shake. The sky grew dark and black lightning shook the 9 Realms with it's rage.

"WHO DARES CHALLENGE THE HEAVENS!" A deep voice boomed through the Realms.

"I, the Sovereign of Souls, seek to rise to the next realm of power and rule above the Heavens! Now fight me so that I might rise above you!" The Sovereign cried out.

"Foolish mortal. You cannot rise above me. I am the One Above All. I allowed you to rise this far. Do not take advantage." The Voice replied.

"Nay One Above All. I shall have more so the world can grow." The Sovereign then leapt into the sky looking to strike the Heavens.

"Foolish." The Voice said. From the dark clouds came a hand of smoke, that swatted the Sovereign into the mountain. The force at which the Sovereign of Souls hit the mountain flattened it immediately, turning the tallest Mountain of the Nine Realms into the Deepest Trench of the Nine Realms.

Brother Sword could only shake his head, and turned to fly home. He knew his brother was doomed.

"I will not submit." The Sovereign of Souls climbed up out of the Trench. He then coughed up a lot of blood. "I refuse to be chained to the boundaries of this world."

"So be it." The One Above All said. Suddenly, chains of smoke burst out of the clouds like lightning. The Sovereign then took his staff and began knocking the chains away, but for every chain he hit many more appeared.

After a while, the sky was filled with chains. The chains soon overwhelmed the Sovereign of Souls and they could soon be found wrapped around his arms.

"Since you dare to issue challenge to me and be bound to your own world, I will bind you to another. These chains will bring you to a lower realm and will bind you to it at the price of your own Soul. To break these chains means to break your own soul erasing you from existence. I strip you of your power. The act of using your Dominion will be at the cost of one of your souls."

"No! You can't do this. I have worked for 1000s of years to build up these souls!" The Sovereign of Souls roared at the being. The Sovereign was currently pale as a ghost.

"Indeed I can. Now begone from my sight!" The One Above All then sent a blast of lightning into the Sovereign and sent him hurtling through space and time.