# The Devouring Void
## A "Myth: The Ruler of Spirituality" Fanfiction
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## Prologue: Death and After
David Lee is gone. He died at his desk. This happened on Tuesday morning at 3:47 AM. David Lee was sitting at his desk when it happened.
There was nothing about it. He had been going over the numbers for the merger. This merger was, between three sized companies. They were making a good profit.. A couple hundred people were going to lose their jobs. He reached for his coffee. Then his chest started hurting badly. He had five seconds of sharp pain. Then everything just stopped.
Nothing.
David thought that was the end of everything. You know it is over. David never really believed in life after death. He thought when you die your brain just stops working and that is it.
Except.
He was still. Something. He was still aware of things or, at least that is what it seemed like. He was still thinking he was still aware. Maybe he was just feeling something.
There is no body though. There is no heartbeat that he can hear in his ears. He is not breathing.. The thing is, he is still here, in some way. He is aware of things. That does not make any sense at all. The fact that he is still here is just really strange.
*This is really weird, * he thought. Then he said to himself: *What the heck am I a ghost or something?*
He tried to figure out where he was. He could not see anything because he did not have eyes to see with. He could not hear anything either.. He could sense the things around him. He could feel things in a strange way that did not involve actually touching them. It was like knowing that something was there, without knowing how he knew it. He just knew that the things were there and that was it. The man could sense these things. It was a pretty weird feeling.
Time passed. Maybe. It is hard to tell when you are in a situation like the one that he was, in.
It finally happened. He had no idea if it took a few minutes or a long time. It felt like forever. Something just clicked. The thing that happened was that it clicked.
He wasn't *in* a place.
He WAS the place.
The void is an empty space. The space is what he feels. Everything he senses is really him. All of it is him. The void and the space and everything just keep going on. It goes on in every direction.. Who knows if these directions even exist. The void just keeps going and going.
*I am a world* he thought to himself looking at this idea with the calm and careful thinking he used to look at business reports. *The whole thing is me. I am the world.*
He looked around trying to figure out what he was made of. He did not really find any boundaries. There was more of him going on forever.
Then he found the ocean. It was not really buried deep or maybe it was, but that did not matter because directions did not mean anything in this place. The ocean was energy. It was power and it was moving around a lot, which was what the ocean did in its most basic form. The ocean was really churning and roiling.
The Origin Sea.
Do not ask him how he knew the name. He just knew the name.
The man could really use this thing. He could shape it into anything he wanted. The man could create all sorts of things with the thing.
*Huh * he thought. Then he stopped for a moment. *Okay then.*
David spent forty-two years working his way up the company. He did lots of things to get ahead like taking over companies and reorganizing them. He made sure everything was done in the way possible. People thought he was mean. Called him a shark. They said he was heartless and did not care about anyone. David liked to think of himself as a person. To him everything and everyone was something to be used to get what he wanted. He believed that feelings just got in the way of success and only weak people let their emotions get the best of them if they wanted to make it to the top of a company the C-suite.
Now here he was a blank canvas was in front of him. The whole world was his to build in any way he wanted to. There was no board of directors to answer to. There were no regulations to worry about. It was just him and the Internet Marketing Company had potential, for Online Business Growth. The whole world was his to build the hell he wanted to with the Online Business having unlimited potential.
*Yeah* he thought, something like satisfaction was going through his mind. He felt happy, with this. *I can absolutely work with this.* He was thinking that this was really okay and he could do something with it.
Rushing is, for people who do not know what they are doing. You have to make a plan. Then you do what you planned. This is what you always do. Planning and doing things in the order is very important. You plan first. Then you execute the plan. Always do things this way with your plans. You will be okay.
Time to get to work.
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## Chapter 1: The Foundation
Chaos was what he had become. It really suited him. He spent a long time trying to make sense of things. Chaos was still trying to figure everything out. It was taking forever.
He was poking the Origin Sea to see what would happen. He wanted to test the limits. So he pulled out some energy. Tried to shape it. It turned out that making things was not easy. It took a lot of effort to create something. After that he felt drained. The Origin Sea really took a lot out of him. He did not feel tired. He felt depleted. It was, like a battery that was running out of power. He was experimenting with the Origin Sea. This was what happened when he used its energy to make things.
*So I need to think about what I am doing* he figured. *I have to be smart and make a plan, for this thing, which is creating things*.
Think of it like starting a company. You do not just begin with the things you want to sell. First you need to set up the systems and the foundation. Then you can build on top of the startup. That is how it works with a startup.
He thought about it. Said *Laws* are, like the basic rules that tell us how reality works. *Laws* are the operating system that everything else is built on before you even get to the apps. *Laws* are what make everything run smoothly.
The man put his hand into the Origin Sea. Pulled out a piece of power. It was hard to hold onto the power because it was always trying to get. The power wanted to spread out and become nothing again. He had to struggle to make the Origin Sea power stay in one place and keep its shape. The Origin Sea power was, like water that you are trying to hold in your hands. The water is moving around and trying to escape. He had to use a lot of effort to control the Origin Sea power.
The first one came together slowly.
**Arkhos**—Origin.
The rule is that everything has to start. Every single chain has a link that it begins with. Every story that you read has a page one where it all begins.
It clicked into place. It became part of the fundamental structure of the thing the fundamental structure that everything is based on the fundamental structure that is very important.
Next.
**Telos** is like the end of something. It is an idea that is the opposite of a beginning. The thing, about **Telos** is that everything that starts has to finish at some point. That is how it is. **Telos** is the end.
**Ontos** is about existence. Things can actually be real you know of just not being real at all. I mean things really do exist. **Ontos** is, about the fact that stuff is out there it is real and it exists.
**Nihil** is about things that do not exist. Things can just not be there. I mean think about the space between things the empty feeling inside a big empty space. **Nihil** is, like that.
He just kept going doing everything in a steady and careful way. He was being very methodical.
**Moira** thinks that our lives are controlled by fate. Certain events are locked in. They have to happen, no matter what we do. These events are predetermined, meaning they will happen no matter what. **Moira** believes that fate is something that is already decided and we cannot change it.
**Ananke**—Destiny. Similar but different—less like rails, more like momentum. Things rolling toward certain outcomes even when the path shifts.
**Kosmos**—Order. Patterns. Structure. Things making sense, following rules.
**Kaos** is like Chaos, which's pretty funny. It is really random stuff. Things are all messed up and crazy. Sometimes bad things happen to the **Kaos**. There is no reason, for it. The **Kaos** just does what it wants.
When he was done there were eight laws in place. These laws did not have minds or thoughts. They were simply a set of rules that existed. They made the world work. The eight fundamental laws just sat there making reality happen one rule at a time following the eight laws that were now, in place.
The Eight Supreme Spirits.
*That is good* he thought. *The operating system is installed now. It is time for the operating system to have the programs installed on the operating system.*
This next part was trickier. Way trickier.
He needed to use the Eight Supreme Spirits to get some of their power. He wanted to make something that was really alive. Could think for itself. The Eight Supreme Spirits had to help him create something that could really do things not just sit there. He was counting on the Eight Supreme Spirits to make this happen.
He got energy from the Origin and the End at the time, as the Existence and the Nothing the Fate and the Destiny the Order and the Chaos. He took all of these. The Origin and the End, the Existence and the Nothing the Fate and the Destiny the Order and the Chaos.. Drew them together. Then he blended the Origin and the End, the Existence and the Nothing the Fate and the Destiny the Order and the Chaos. He forced the Origin and the End, the Existence and the Nothing the Fate and the Destiny the Order and the Chaos to combine into one thing.
The strain was really huge. This was not about making a rule. This was actually, about creating life. We are talking about intelligence. Will and creating life.
The power was fighting him it did not want to be one thing. He had to push hard to make it come together. He had to shape the power and it took a very long time.. The power finally started to take shape and the first Supreme God began to form. The power and the Supreme God were slowly becoming one thing. The first Supreme God was taking shape. It was all because he was shaping the power so carefully.
**Genesios**—Creation.
The eyes were open. They just kept changing color you know, shifting and morphing all the time never staying the same. The whole body of the thing was, like that too. It was always flowing and changing it would not stay solid for a second. The body of the thing was really weird because it was always morphing and flowing and changing. It just would not settle down and stay the same.
I am here to make things it said. The voice was really clear. It knew exactly what it was supposed to do from the start. It understood its purpose away. The voice of this thing was calm and sure it knew that it was meant to create.
*Perfect* Chaos thought to himself with a lot of satisfaction. Chaos thought that was really *Smart* and Chaos was very *Aware*.
The man said "Yes you are Creation. You are the one that builds things. You make things happen. You shape the world around us which's our reality."
Genesios nodded he was already looking at the Origin Sea with a lot of interest.
The second Supreme God was harder.
This time Chaos took things from places. The End instead of the beginning Nothing instead of Something and Chaos instead of Order. Chaos made something basic and simple. It was Hungry. Chaos made the Chaos that existed to destroy things. The Chaos was, about destroying the Something and the Order.
**Apephos**—Destruction.
It did not come out slowly.
It just came into being all of a sudden. This huge serpent had scales that were as black, as the night and its eyes were burning with a crazy hunger. The moment the serpent existed it let out a roar. The sound of the serpent was so loud that it shook everything around it and the echo of the serpents roar went through all of reality it was like the serpents roar was everywhere. The serpents roar was really something that stuck with you the sound of the serpent was still echoing.
This thing was aware. Only a little. It was simple. It had thoughts, like:
* Destroy things
* Eat everything
* Make things stop
* Get rid of everything
* Smash things to pieces
Perfect.
The serpent knew who made it. It curled up tight waiting for something to happen. It was very patient. It was ready to do some damage when the time was right. The serpent was ready to destroy the thing it was waiting for when it got the signal to do so. The serpent was waiting for its creator to tell it what to do.
Genesios looked at the serpent. Felt really nervous. He said "That is my counterpart?"
"Yeah " Chaos said. "When you make something something else gets destroyed. That is balance. You cannot have one thing without the thing. Creation and destruction are, like two things that go together. Chaos thinks that you need both creation and destruction to have balance. Without creation you do not have destruction. Without destruction you do not have creation. Chaos believes that is how it works.
Genesios said that makes sense to him. He is still looking at the serpent with caution. So what should he create first with the serpent in mind something related to the serpent or something different, from the serpent Genesios thought about the serpent and his options.
"Gods " Chaos said. These gods are really important. There are six of them. They are ideas. They are the basics. The gods will be the foundation for the rest of the things. Chaos thinks the gods are stuff. They will be the base, for everything that comes after the gods.
Creation looked at the Origin Sea. It said "This will take some work" because it knew the Origin Sea was a job. Creation was ready to get started on the Origin Sea. The Origin Sea was going to be a lot of work, for Creation.
Chaos was really happy, with what Chaos saw.
The hierarchy was taking shape. He was at the top of the hierarchy. The Eight Supreme Spirits were, like the laws of the hierarchy. The two Supreme Gods were the ones who made sure the laws of the hierarchy were followed they were the executors of the hierarchy.
Now the company needed workers. They were looking for people to do the job and the company needed these workers. The company needed workers to help them.
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## Chapter 2: Six Gods for Six Concepts
Genesios was floating around in space really thinking about what he wanted to create. He thought about the thing he was going to make and Genesios tried to come up with some ideas, for this thing. Genesios. Thought, trying to decide what this thing was going to be.
The six gods it said to itself. These are the ideas that make everything work. So what does the world really need to exist? It. Thought about this for a moment. Well it needs a sky and the ground that is pretty clear. You cannot have things just floating around in space. The six gods are important, for this reason. Time and space are also very important. The six gods help us understand these things. Life and death are also necessary they go together. The six gods are part of this balance.
It reached into the Origin Sea. It drew power from the Origin Sea very carefully. The Origin Sea was the source of the power that it was drawing.
The first god was made little by little over time. The first god did not just appear, at once it formed gradually. This process took a while for the first god to come into being.
**Ouranos** woke up. He was really confused.
He did not. Then he did. It was like someone turned on a light. Consciousness was just not there. Then it was. He opened his eyes because now he had eyes and he looked around. The thing that is called consciousness just started working. He could see things. He had eyes now. He used them to look at the things that were, around him.
He looked around. Said what am I because he felt really confused and did not know what was going on.
Genesios said "Sky is like Heaven. It is everything that's above us. The Sky is the dome that covers us it is the high places it is the Sky that we see when we look up at the celestial vault the Sky that is so big and high. The Sky is what we call the heavens the Sky is the dome that's, above everything."
Ouranos thought about that. He said "The sky." Then he stretched his arms up high he felt like he was getting bigger taking up space. "Yes. This feels right, to Ouranos."
Genesios kept on doing his work. Genesios was really focused, on what Genesios was doing. Genesios did not stop.
**Gaia** came together slow. It was like she was being built one piece at a time getting thicker and heavier until she was finally a thing. When **Gaia** opened her eyes the first thing she did was look down.
She said this softly. The ground is what she called herself. She is the Earth. She is the foundation. This is what everything relies on. The Earth is the ground that everything stands on.
Genesios said "Exactly". He looked really pleased. The sky is above. The earth is below that is balance the balance of the sky and the earth.
We need to make two more concepts real. These concepts need to be turned into something that people can see and understand. The two concepts are still ideas and they need embodiment.
**Chronos** showed up with this look on his face. He was really patient. He knew something like he had been waiting for a very long time and he was okay, with waiting for a very long time again.
He said that time is like this. The past is moving into the present. The present is moving into the future. Time is, like a river that carries everything forward with it. The past and the present and the future time is always moving them forward.
**Spatium** showed up. It was really weird. He was in places all, at the same time. You could hear the voice of **Spatium** coming from all directions at the time.
He talked about space. He mentioned dimensions and distance. He said it is about the gaps between things and how we measure the separation between them. He kept saying space and how it's all about these things, the gaps and the distance and the separation between things, in space.
We have four gods at this point. We still need to find two gods. The total number of gods should be six. We are looking for two more gods to complete this.
**Zoe** came into the world with a laugh and you could tell she was really happy. She was full of joy. It was coming from deep inside **Zoe**.
She turned around. She was really happy. This is really great. I am alive. She looked at the people and her eyes were shining with excitement. The people around her are alive too. This is the thing that has happened to the people and to me and, to everyone this is the best thing that has happened to us and it is really amazing to be alive.
Chronos smiled a little. "This is really nice yes."
Zoe said that she is going to make many things alive. She was practically vibrating. Zoe thinks that everything should be alive. This means plants and animals and creatures. Zoe said that this is going to be incredible. Zoe is really excited, about making things alive. Zoe wants plants and animals and creatures to be alive. Zoe thinks this will be amazing. Zoe is going to make many things alive.
Genesios held up a hand. "One thing first " he said. "You see life needs something to balance it out a counterpart, to life itself something that goes along with life."
It turned towards the coiled destruction serpent. "Brother Apephos I need your help, with the destruction serpent."
The serpent lifted its head. The serpents eyes did something that was like the serpent understood what was going on but just for a moment.
Apephos opened its mouth. Let out a really bad kind of energy. This energy was about things coming to an end stopping and being completely destroyed. Apephos was releasing a power that was like a stop sign, for everything it was the end of everything. Apephos and its dark energy were about tearing things down.
When that breath happened the last god was made from it the final god was formed from that breath.
**Thanatos** opened his eyes slowly. He was very calm. He did everything in a measured way. He looked around the room one time he took a look, at everything and then he nodded to himself. **Thanatos** seemed to be thinking that everything was okay.
The man said "I am death", in a calm way. Death is what happens when something alive stops being alive. Everything that is alive will die someday. I am the one who does that. My job is to be death.
Zoe waved excitedly at him. "Hi. I am Life. We are going to work all the time with Life. I am really looking forward to it with Life."
Thanatos did not wave back. He did not smile either. Thanatos just stood there looking completely neutral and Thanatos was completely inevitable.
Genesios said this with a smile, on his face. "I am finished " he announced proudly. The six gods are Sky and Earth and Time and Space and Life and Death. These are the things that make up our world. The six gods are really important. They are Sky and Earth and Time and Space and Life and Death. These are the fundamentals of our world.
The six gods were all floating together. They looked at each other. They looked at the things around them. The six gods seemed to be checking everything out. The six gods were taking a look at their surroundings and, at each other.
Gaia spoke first. "We have these domains. There is nothing for the domains to work on. I am supposed to be the earth. There is no actual earth. Just this empty space, this void it is all that's here this void."
" problem " Ouranos said. Ouranos is the sky. The sky is not, above anything. The sky is just floating in emptiness.
Everyone turned to Genesios. They all looked at him waiting to see what he would do or say. They were all watching Genesios.
Creation. Said "Oh that is right." He thought for a moment. Then said "You need something to work with so hold on for a second."
The Origin Sea was visited again. It pulled out huge amounts of raw matter from it. This was potential that was waiting to be shaped into something, by the Origin Sea. The Origin Sea had a lot of matter that could be used to make new things.
It said to Gaia make a foundation for yourself.
Gaia took the matter in her hands. She started shaping it. She did this instinctively. Her hands moved around with a knowledge that she did not know she had. Gaia was forming the matter into land. This was ground. It was earth. Gaia was actually making earth.
When she finished she sat back. Got comfortable. All a sudden she was not just a goddess anymore she was the earth. The earth is really big and strong. It will be around forever. The earth is vast and solid and eternal.
She said that it is much better now. She felt satisfied, with that.
The sky with Ouranos, in it rose naturally above her spreading into a dome of sky. "Yes this works" she said, looking at Ouranos. Ouranos looked really nice it was like Ouranos was made for this place.
Spatium went through the space, between them. It defined the distance in a proper way. Chronos started moving. You could hear the sound of time passing. Tick, tick, tick. Now time was flowing in a line. It was. You could measure it.
Zoe clapped her hands together. "Okay now can I start making living things, like animals and plants?"
"Not yet " Chronos said patiently. Look around you. The land is empty. The sky is empty too. There are six gods trying to take care of the whole reality. Chronos thinks that Chronos and the other gods need help with this.
Gaia nodded slowly. Said "We will have children and they will be gods too. They will take care of the things the details that we cannot handle by ourselves the things that we do not have time, for. The children, these gods they will do what needs to be done."
Ouranos drifted closer. "You and me that is, like the sky and the earth it seems like a combination."
Gaia said that makes sense.
Zoe said that she wants kids too. She wants to have a lot of them. Zoe likes the idea of having kids and she thinks it is fun to mix and match everything with the kids. Kids are what Zoe wants. She wants a lot of them.
Spatium raised a hand. "Life, through space could produce some interesting results."
Time and life could work well Chronos said.
Ouranos said "So we are all going to pair up and make gods?"
Gaia said that is correct. The world needs to be filled with gods. If there are gods then the world will have better coverage from the gods.
Thanatos stood apart silent. He was not much, for conversation the man named Thanatos. Thanatos just did not talk a lot. That was it.
Above way beyond where any of the people could sense anything Chaos watched.
*Good* he thought to himself in a way. He wanted to multiply and fill his world with things that would make him stronger. He wanted a lot of power. He wanted it to make him stronger. *Multiply. Fill my world. Make me stronger.*
*. When I am strong enough to do things on my own I will be able to get through the tough times. The thing that gives me the strength is knowing that I can make it through anything. My strength is what helps me to keep going. When I have enough of this strength I will be just fine.*
*We will reach out, to worlds.*
*And devour them.*
But that was future business.
For now he would let his gods build.
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## Chapter 3: The Population Explodes
It turns out that gods have strange ways of having babies. The thing about gods is that they reproduce in ways. I mean, the way gods reproduce's just not, like anything else. Gods reproduce in ways, which is pretty interesting when you think about it.
There is no biology involved in this process. There is no pregnancy either. It is, like a combination of essences. The powers of the gods combine they swirl together. Then something new happens. A new god is created when the essences of the gods merge and boom a new god pops out. The powers of the gods. A new god is formed.
Gaia and Ouranos went first. They were the ones who started everything. The Earth, which is also known as Gaia and the Sky, which is also known as Ouranos were the beginning of it all. Gaia and Ouranos were the leaders, the ones who went first and set the stage for everything that followed.
The powers of the earth and the sky flowed into each other. The earth and the sky were blending together in ways that were not normal. This was something that would probably not be allowed by the rules of physics.. At this point the rules of physics did not really exist yet. The energy from the earth and the sky started to come. It got thicker and stronger. The energy, from the earth and the sky. Solidified.. Then something happened with the earth and the sky.
**Terros** came out looking really confused. Then it hit him. He was connected to stone you know, like the kind you find in mountains and stuff and ore and all these different minerals.
The man said the word "rocks" loud to see how it sounded. He thought about it for a moment. I am made of rocks he. Am I just, like the rocks? The word "rocks" was all that came to mind. He was thinking that maybe he was actually rocks.
Gaia told him that he will figure out the specifics. Gaia sounded really tired when she said this. Making things like this can really drain the energy out of the creation process of creating. Creating something like that is very tiring, for Gaia.
Gaia and Ouranos just kept on going. After a while. It is really hard to say how long. Gaia and Ouranos had some more children.
**Ventus** was next in line. This was, about the wind and the air moving around. The moment **Ventus** started he began moving fast zipping around everywhere to see how quick he could go. He was testing his speed seeing how it all worked with the air currents and the wind.
This is really amazing he shouted, spinning around. I can go to any place I want he said, still talking about going. Going anywhere is what is so exciting, to him.
"Ouranos told them to please calm down. He sounded really tired when he said it."
Then **Marea** showed up. She was talking about the tides and the ocean rhythms. **Marea** seemed peaceful and meditative. **Marea** kept going on about these cycles and how they work.
**Solis** showed up. He was really warm and bright. He was not the sun or anything. He felt like heat. It was like you were feeling the warmth of the sunlight. There was no sun. When **Solis** was everyone near him felt warm. **Solis** had this thing, about him that made people feel cozy and warm like they were standing in a place.
**Noctis** showed up later. He was really different. He was calm and quiet like a shadow. **Noctis** liked being, in the dark it was where he felt at home. He was not a person **Noctis** just liked the dark better.
More followed. **Verdara** (plants, immediately bonded with Zoe), **Glaciem** (ice, really cold personality too), **Fulgor** (lightning, hyperactive), **Petra** (caves), **Astra** (stars and celestial objects), **Caelum** (weather patterns), **Montis** (mountain peaks specifically).
When Gaia and Ouranos finally stopped having children, Gaia and Ouranos had a total of fifteen kids. Gaia and Ouranos were very busy, during that time. Gaia and Ouranos had a family with fifteen kids.
Gaia said that she is really tired. She fell into her earth form. It looked like all her energy was gone. The earth form is what Gaia uses when she does not have the strength to be herself. Gaia likes being, in her earth form because it makes her feel safe and comfortable. Gaia is exhausted. She needs to rest now.
Ouranos said "I agree". Then he went back up, to the upper atmosphere of the planet. The upper atmosphere is where Ouranos likes to be so he retreated to the atmosphere.
The others were just getting started. They were. It was going to take them some time to catch up with the rest. The others were just starting to make progress.
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Zoe was going to work with Spatium. She would be teamed up with Spatium. Zoe and Spatium were going to do something. Zoe paired with Spatium next.
"Life is going to spread through space" she said, really excited. Life is going to be. It will fill every corner of space every gap. Life will be, around us and that is a pretty cool thing to think about. Life spreading through space is a deal.
The combination of these things made the gods that're in charge of growth and expansion. These gods of growth and expansion are very important. The combination that produced the gods of growth and expansion is what made them so powerful. The gods of growth and expansion are still remembered today because of this combination.
**Crescens** started to happen which is things getting bigger and bigger. At the beginning I tried to make **Crescens** happen even more but the truth is, there was not a lot to work with at that point.
**Radiax** is moving outward it is getting bigger. It is going into new areas the **Radiax** is really expanding and pushing into these new territories.
Then **Vitalis**, **Floris**, **Germina**—various aspects of sprouting, blooming, reproducing.
Zoe asked this question after five kids were standing there. She wanted to know if they could make something weird. Zoe was very curious, about making something.
"Tell me what you mean by weird " Spatium said carefully.
"Like… super weird."
**Morphix** came into being, as a god who could not keep a shape. This god was always changing. At times **Morphix** looked like a person at times **Morphix** looked like an animal and sometimes **Morphix** was just weird shapes. **Morphix** made everyone feel really uneasy.
Zoe said that she really loves him. She was very happy when she said this. Zoe thinks that he is a person and that is why Zoe loves him.
"Chronos said that this is really scary " Chronos observed.
"YOUR FACE is unsettling!"
I do not really have a face.
"EXACTLY MY POINT!"
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Chronos was involved in the end. Chronos is the god of time so he can be in places, at the same time. He can also work with gods at the same time. This is really strange. It seems to work for Chronos.
With Gaia the seasonal gods were produced. These gods were **Vernal** which's the god of spring **Aestas** which is the god of summer **Autumna** which is the god of autumn and **Hiems** which is the god of winter. The seasonal gods immediately started arguing with each other, about which season was the season. The seasonal gods, **Vernal** **Aestas** **Autumna** and **Hiems** could not agree on this.
With Spatium they made deities. There was **Limitros** which's about boundaries **Distara** which is about distance and **Proxima** which is about nearness. The thing is these dimensional deities were really tough to have a conversation, with. That is because they existed partly in another place, not with Spatium.
Thanatos played a part in the end even if it was not really what Thanatos wanted to do. Thanatos worked together with some gods that are connected to the night to create gods that are related to death, like Thanatos.
**Quietus** (peaceful death), **Letum** (violent death), **Sopor** (eternal sleep), **Umbros** (shadows of the dead).
The people were really sad and quiet. They made everyone else feel uncomfortable.. The truth is, they were doing things that needed to be done. The things they did were necessary.
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The number of people just kept getting bigger and bigger fast. The population grew much that it was, like a huge jump. The population just exploded exponentially.
The number of gods started at twenty. Then it increased to fifty. Then the number of gods became one hundred. After that the number of gods became two hundred. The gods just kept increasing from twenty gods, to fifty gods. Then the total number of gods became one hundred gods and finally the total number of gods became two hundred gods.
The people paired up in every way you can think of. They did the pairings more than once and got different results each time. They also did some strange and unexpected pairings, with the people. The people paired up in different ways like the people pairing up with each other in weird combinations that you would not expect to see the people paired up in.
Solis and Noctis are opposites. They are really different from each other.. Somehow Solis and Noctis managed to produce Crepus, which is twilight and Aurora which is dawn. These are the times that're in, between.
Ventus and Marea got together. Made **Tempestas** which is storms. This **Tempestas** away started causing trouble with really crazy weather.
Terros and Petra made the **Vulcanus** which're volcanoes. The **Vulcanus** had a bad temper.
It got really specific. They had gods for kinds of rocks. They had gods for winds that came from directions. They even had gods, for plants that did not exist at that time. The gods of rock types were a thing. The gods of wind directions were also a thing.. The gods of certain plant species that did not exist yet were a part of it too.
By the generation the number of gods was really big. There were probably three hundred gods. Maybe four hundred gods. It was difficult to know the number of gods because the gods were all, over the place now. The gods were everywhere.
Chaos saw them multiply. It felt really good, to Chaos. Chaos was happy to see this happening. Chaos liked the way things were going. Chaos thought it was great that they were multiplying like that.
*Good* he thought. I want my world to be filled with things. I want it to be complicated and interesting. I want to build up my strength and make it strong. *Fill my world* with all sorts of things. *Create complexity* so that my life is not boring. *Build strength* so that I can handle situations.
*Soon, very soon, I'll be ready.*
*Ready to reach beyond my boundaries.*
*Ready to devour.*
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**[To Be Continued…]**