Creation was not a miracle born from nothing, but a collaboration of immense cost.
In the chaos, two true gods established a covenant:
Pangu offered his brilliant blueprint of creation, detailing the paths of stars, the forms of life, and the laws of all things;
the other deity—later known as the "Creditor"—infused the vast divine power required to realize it all.
The terms were simple:
The world belonged to Pangu,
but he must repay the divine energy consumed in its creation, principal and interest, in installments.
When the first life awakened on the newborn earth, when the first strand of faith ascended toward the sky,
the Creditor gazed upon this vibrant world, a cold smile curling at the corner of his lips.
He never cared for those meager installments of divine power.
From the moment the covenant was signed, what he desired—
was for Pangu to forever remain unable to repay the debt,
so that, in accordance with the contract's clauses, rightfully and lawfully,
he could seize this world entirely, along with all its life and civilization,
and make it wholly his own.