Before the first dawn, before the breath of time itself, there was Eternity — an endless being whose heart pulsed across creation. From its essence, the realms were born: heaven and abyss, sea and sky, flesh and soul.
But the gods, blinded by their desire to rule, shattered the Eternal Core. The explosion of light tore the seven realms apart, scattering fragments of divine essence across space and time.
Those fragments did not vanish.
They waited — to choose their bearers.
And so, when the stars aligned once more, seven children were born under seven different skies.
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The Mortal Universe — The Ghoul of the Void
Blood and smoke stained the crimson skies of a dying battlefield. Bodies of soldiers and beasts alike littered the ground.
A single cry pierced the silence — the cry of a newborn.
The child lay among the corpses, wrapped in the torn cloak of a fallen knight. His skin was pale, his eyes hollow, swirling with darkness that seemed to consume the very light around him.
The knight, still breathing his last, reached out a trembling hand.
> "A child… born from the ashes of death," he whispered weakly. "May the world never know your pain."
Lightning split the heavens.
The infant's tears turned into black mist, absorbing the rain and the light.
That child was King, the son of the Ghoul King and a mortal queen — and within his heart, the Fragment of Void pulsed for the first time.
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The Celestial Plane — The Sword of Radiance
High above the clouds, where divine light never fades, the golden spires of Luminaris Sanctum shone like suns.
A star descended from the heavens, bursting into blinding light. When the glow faded, a baby rested upon the altar — wings pure as dawn, eyes gleaming like twin halos.
The High Seraph knelt, tears shining in her eyes.
> "Born of the Sun's last breath…" she whispered. "The Light remembers."
The child smiled, and the chamber filled with warmth.
He was Aurelion, son of the Archangels, the bearer of the Fragment of Light.
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The Abyssal Realm — The Ocean's Crystal Son
Beneath endless seas of black water, where no light dares to reach, a crystal egg pulsed within a coral cradle. It cracked open, revealing a child with shimmering scales and eyes as deep as the abyss itself.
The ocean currents swirled gently around him, bowing as if alive.
A distant voice echoed through the water — ancient and kind.
> "Flow, my son… for even the darkest tides carry purpose."
That child was Murakyo, heir to the Mermaid Queen and the Shark King, destined to bear the Fragment of Flow.
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The Sky Isles — The Whispering Wind
Floating islands drifted across the turquoise sky, carried by the song of eternal storms. In the midst of the chaos, lightning struck the highest peak seven times.
When the storm cleared, the Mink Tribe found a small boy sleeping upon a giant eagle's nest. His hair danced in the wind, his laughter soft and clear.
> "The storm chose him," the village elder murmured in awe. "He is the wind reborn."
The boy, half-human and son of the Rabbit Prince, was named Rhaen — bearer of the Fragment of Freedom.
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The Human Kingdom — The Pulse of Life
In a war-torn village, a child was born too soon — fragile, silent, unmoving. His mother wept, her tears falling onto his still chest.
But suddenly, the baby gasped. His heart flared with golden light, veins glowing beneath his skin.
The healer stumbled backward, eyes wide.
> "The child… his heartbeat broke death itself."
He was Evan, son of the great human hero, destined to wield the Fragment of Vitality.
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The Cyborg Citadel — The Storm Machine
Thunder roared above iron towers. In a laboratory lit by stormlight, scientists attempted the impossible — to fuse human life with pure lightning.
The experiment failed. The chamber exploded.
When the smoke cleared, a boy stepped out of the wreckage, sparks dancing across his metal arms.
> "He… absorbed the thunder," whispered the chief engineer.
That child was Mark, once human, now reborn as a weapon of storms — the bearer of the Fragment of Thunder.
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The Abyssal Depths — The Shadow's Son
Within a temple of obsidian and flame, demons bowed before a throne. The Demon King and Vampire Queen held their newborn child — silent, calm, yet eerily aware.
He reached out and grasped a black blade lying beside him. The sword trembled in his hand, as if obeying its master.
> "He bears the gaze of truth itself," the High Demon Priest whispered. "The shadow of all."
Thus was born Shirogi Inashiro, son of darkness, bearer of the Fragment of Shadow.
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The Convergence
Across the seven realms, at the exact same moment, seven infants cried — and the world trembled.
Shattered fragments of light and darkness rose into the skies, weaving an astral bridge between worlds.
> "Seven souls born across seven worlds," the narrator's voice echoed.
"Each carries a piece of eternity itself. When the fragments call to one another… the true cycle shall begin again."
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End of Chapter 1
> "From the womb of gods and the ashes of mortals, eternity was born."