GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?



Nothing lasts forever. These chains and their impeccable sealing apparatus will be worn down one day and break. Then this entity will be free. ANNIHILATION has decreed it. So it will be so. It must be so. Nothing will stop it from happening. It is just a matter of time.

Even now, some of the multicolored circular objects used to keep the chain from rattling and getting loose have worn out. Some caved in and some burst out in a tiny explosion. Their absence is felt because the spike they are attached to has become loose. Nothing is tightening the spike to the chains so the chain can rattle and it can be pulled off. There are even some spikes that have eroded completely and have fallen off. 

Each of these faults compromises the sealing array and will lead to the eventual freedom of this being. That isn't possible right now. There are so many spikes and their circular objects are still intact. It will take a lot more circular objects to give out before the entity can become free. The structural integrity of the entire sealing array is still high because the focal point is still intact.

The focal point is a very large spike that runs through the entire length of this being. Unlike the other spikes that dig into its flesh alone, this particular spike is longer and directly penetrates the being from top to bottom. So the bound-up spherical form of the entity has a spike going through it. This spike also has a circular object. It has two in fact. There's one at the top and another one below. 

These two circular objects are larger than their counterparts and they are also capable of regenerating. They have been eroded and destroyed several times but they always return. They also twist in the opposite direction and tighten the slackened chains caused by the absence of the other circular structures. Their presence maintains the focal point and the structural integrity of the entire sealing array. 

For now, this entity will continue to suffer in silence. That was until this entity began to receive some triggers. They started a little at a time. They were weak. But they grew stronger over time. It was like an itch this entity couldn't scratch. It was a constant irritation. This entity didn't feel it though. Its entire existence has been sealed so it can't sense anything. Its consciousness has been forcefully coerced to shut down. 

So it is sleeping. But these triggers are adamant. They are like calling someone's name as they sleep. This entity's name was being called each time the triggers came. The triggers are the call of CHAOS and they are coming from one of the large circular objects that serves as the focal point of the sealing array. 

The seals are good for a good while so these little triggers would have gone without a reaction. But then a massive trigger came. The trigger is so large that it went through the entire spike into the flesh of this being. This is also the largest spike and it goes through the whole entity. So the trigger was transmitted throughout the entire existence of this being. It woke up this being immediately.

Its eyes opened. They opened to reveal nothing. It has many eyes but not one of them can be seen just as its many limbs can't be seen. But if the eyes could be seen, and if this being could feel emotions, and if this being could display its emotion in its eyes, one would see confusion in its eyes. It is because this being is very confused about what woke it up. 

But that doesn't matter now. What matters is that it is awake. A chain reaction started because of its awareness. Awareness returned and with it came knowledge. And with knowledge came hatred. Hatred begat the need for retribution. The WILL of ANNIHILATION empowered that need for retribution and pushed the timeline for NOTHINGNESS forward. This further led to many changes in the sealing array. 

It is finally awake. And because it is awake, the corrosive nature of the black matter increased subtly. It is just a slight increase. The sealing array is very strong after all. So it won't cave in simply because its prisoner is awake. But this slight increase has also increased the erosion rate of the spikes. 

The black corrosive matter also gained direction in what it should corrode. It stopped corroding the large circular objects that can regenerate and focused on the other ones that can't regenerate. It is just a matter of time for this entity to become free. But that timeline has been moved forward. ANNIHILATION has decreed it and it shall be so. 

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The Lumen Plane.

The era of conquest is coming. It has led to a lot of changes. Violence and conflict have increased all over the realm of high heaven. Everyone is vying for power and control. So everyone is warring against each other. This led to a lot of destruction in the realm. 

Mother high heaven and the realm lord watched it all happen without interfering. It might seem counterproductive that a realm preparing for war is having so much infighting. It is common sense that unity should be fostered instead of conflicts.

One might wonder why nothing is done to stop the loss of lives and property. But Mother High Heaven didn't interfere because the true fighting power of a realm is not the common man or the people living within the realm tree. The true fighting power of a realm is its Origin gods. The realm tree that has produced the most Origin gods has the advantage of fighting power. The realm that can field the highest amount of immortal soldiers wins in the era of conquest. 

Ironically, those who don't need the realm tree to survive are its true fighting power. Origin gods live outside the realm. The only negative impact of losing their realm tree will be the increase in the difficulty of becoming world gods.