章節 15: Inevitable

What is power if none acknowledge it?

What is power If God does not acknowledge it?

What is power if your accomplishments go unknown?

What is power if none follow you?

What is power if all are dead?

What is power if you stand upon a chaotic land of blood and mayhem?

What is power if truly you have nothing?...

Since the very beginning. The committee stood strong reigning above all with the exception of the Qilin, and with a tight hold over the Human race countless eras had passed, and to those present, many remained unknowing of the ambiguous plans set by those before them.

For countless years, however, the committee grew to know fear for the first time since their enslavement.

In such a world any single mistake would lead to the committee's immediate destruction. And with tension between the races being high, those of the committee could only act in secrecy, and from that day on, any mentioning or conversation of any information regarding the war against Mankind was prohibited and punishable by death.

And so with this, the winds calmed, however in the distance, a lifeless tundra from which none returned. On the inside both knew, nothing had changed, their world split apart, humanity remained despised, segregated they remained.

Within this world chaotic, countless are born with a gift different from all else, a gift belonging to only them.

Lifespans. Within this world, there are many born with the inherent gift to escape the boundaries of time. Species with a life span immense, and to such species, their outlook on life is altered, to any bound by time, each hour, each minute, and even each second is held dear, however to those gifted and able to live countless years the matter of mere millenniums passing is simply unelectable.

And so, even though the word of war was truly never passed down, there were those that would remain, exempt from time, awaiting their time to strike.

In an unknown land, upon a hidden star, five aged beings sat opposite each other. These 5 of a blessed species, however although blessed, they too had grown affected by the passage of time, for truly they had lived for too long denying time and existing for hundreds of eras. However, here near death, the five all looked to each other and grinned.

Their plan after all these years had passed, finally. It had finally entered fruition.

To truly keep the winds clear, and isolated the Human race the knowledge of the war went untold, and in its place, a tale was forged.

A tale forged by the grand elder of the legendary reclusive species the Roc.

The tale of Human error, the universe's greatest recorded tragedy. A tale of the self-destruction of a species once gifted and the chaos that they brought upon the world in search of power.

The tale of the ones that once flipped the world, becoming overlord, Mankind.

Before all young. The grand elder would speak, of such a tale as if he was there himself to witness such an event unfold.

The art of storytelling, a true gift to enchant the hearts of all.

"Ahh... It was then 2 million years ago today. And mankind had reached into a world unknown gaining strength beyond all and in doing so, Zhi Qi a young immortal became the first overlord to reign king's overall life.

Mankind. The very race renowned for their immense talent was, undeniably a species inept. A species without virtue nor strength. These men and these women, undoubtedly they were the same humans, the very same untalented mess that we see before us now.

In all places, in all worlds nothing is free. For a species with nothing to rise up becoming something, a debt beyond all was to be paid.

...It all began in a time long long ago. In a time in remembrance to only a few. On that day cold, on that day warm, on that day emotionless. It was then on the day of revival the world entered a state of turmoil, the world crumbled before undeniable strength, and the Gods bowed.

The world for we know it was lost, to a being unknown. To escape inevitability, a man rose up. Song Yu, a human known and despise, a man that spent his entire life walking opposite humanity.

Song Yu, refusant to do anything else he walked not the path of prosperity, but the path of the dead. Alone Song Yu walked into chaos, disappearing from time as we knew it.

However, it was here. Countless lifetimes later, when a being beyond human recognition came upon this land calling himself Timeless Song Yu. It was here at the very last moment of all life, a man, Song Yu stood forth, and with his sword held high, he massacred all in his way to salvation. And here on the world's last breath, humanity had disappeared not to hell but to a world unknown, a world free from chaos.

Inevitably this species cursed did the impossible, escaping the calamity.

This world, real it is not, however, a mere recreation of one old it was, the species of each different, never the same. Nothing is perfect.

However, even this. Held no downside to humanity, refusing to fall they walked further and climbed higher than all those before them under the rule of one Timeless.

This man named Song Yu, was no genius, nor was he an imbecile, he was merely a sole being trekking the eternal path of solitude.

Song Yu, he was first, the first human to ever escape the boundaries of 'talent' without talent, without power, without wealth, nor luck. Song Yu with his two own hands killed his way into inevitability.

Millions upon millions of years pass by... And a boy is born, Zhi Qi is born.

Following his birth the world changes, and the entrance into that cursed, horrid, and repulsive period of time, the Chaotic Era of Humanity opens.

Hate, treachery, and death, those born, and to those living through the era of Chaos truly they were the ones damned.

For a species in which time was held precious, chaos only meant death, nothing more, nothing less. There candle dimming, their time grew limited once more.

The era of darkness, an era in which none can look back on happily, believing what they did and what happened to have been correct. In this era of chaos, the few of those that can bring forth the courage to smile damned themselves.

Happiness within chaos. To lead oneself down a path treacherous with fear, was psychopathic, it was a path of hate, a path of self-loathing, blood-shed, and self-destruction.

Truly such an era was an age of darkness to all. A period in time, which none wish to remember, but they can't forget, nay! They refuse to forget, they refuse to forget the terror of such an age, they refuse to forget the mistakes they made, the people they lost, and how deep the blood runs across their hands.

Mankind. A species weak, a species talentless, a species eternally damned to be nothing. Although weak, although low, and although powerless. Mankind they remained hopeful, for they believed. They truly believed in a day where the human race raised would come. And so, mankind, lived on refusant to die they sent out many to fight for survival. Mankind, however, they where smart amidst all the chaos, many escaped the treachery of war and entered hiding.

Those in hiding, nay. Mankind, they kept hopeful, unswayed as time passed. The humans lived on believing in their rise.

However, to everything in life, there is an exception, Zhi Qi... The Human God. A bastard child between a distinguished prince and, a woman never known.

A game since the beginning. The game of war, a playfield vast yet filled with very few, a playfield belonging to only those ancient, however here upon this exclusive game set an exception arose, a boy at the mere age of four fought for leadership, for power, and for prestige.

An era chaotic it was, an era filled with bloodshed. The true bloodshed was not in the game, however. It lied in what they fought for, the Lost Star of Zukk a star system forbidden to ever see the light of day again.

A star system reclusive and ever-moving, however here, on this star system long forgotten they fought for dominance, they fought for glory, and most importantly they fought for the resources that Zukk held hidden within, they fought to satisfy their greed for wealth, and for the treasures that laid hidden from time on this star untouched.

It was in this time, Song Yu had been long forgotten, and had completely disappeared without a trace from time.

The beginning of Zhi Qi.

The war over Zukk entered the world into a new era. The true era of Chaos.

Turning seas, and moving mountains, those exempt from time fought.

A battle to ignite a universe. In a world broken, the tides of fate remain forever unknown, and inevitably the end was near once more.

A world in turmoil.

And in such chaos demons rise to mend the flames. However, as demons rise God's too reveal themselves upon this world reverting the world to its origin.

In a world broken and corrupt, however, light does not always outshine the darkness that is evil.

And it is that darkness. That grand evil upon which none return that corrupts the greatness and the purity in this world. The very darkness that kills God.

In such a time, as heroes appear many, rise up in prestige. Fame something beneficial yet with too much fame, soon feelings of admiration or even love grow into something uncanny, hatred.

And in such a time, an exception. Zhi Qi grew into something greater, beyond fame in such a dire period in time Zhi Qi became a living deity.

A being of respect, reverence, and prayer. Zhi Qi, the first true Human Emperor, the undeniable ruler of the race inept.

At the mere age of four, Zhi Qi rose above all before him, rising into godhood, and his name? Eternally engraved into the book of time as a genius beyond all.

In any war, recruits come from the vastest to the most reclusive parts of the world, they come searching for something, for some that may be fame, prestige, wealth, or power.

The world chaotic, however, very few could truly fight only those old as time, and world defying geniuses.

Over such land, many ancestors left their reclusive lives to fight, and many geniuses too left their closed-door cultivation to gain virtue, however, most unlikely in such a time those demonic, those banished from their own species returned to blow the flame, igniting it and letting it burn greater than ever before.

Mankind, an oddity, a species with more potential than all else, but unable to utilize such greatness, only one stepped forward for humanity, Zhi Qi humanities boundless star a Human with unlimited potential.

Against all else, Zhi Qi moved forth a sole Human Emperor aiming for an entire star system.

The dynasty of Zhi.