Chapter 1: Fallen Emperor
In the endless silence of space, a meteor was moving with its speed slightly below the speed of light.
The meteor was not an ordinary rock born from the Universe , it was not some random piece of stone that traveled in the vast empty space without any aim.
It carries a story that was torn from Universe itself ,A chapter that erased completely that even time seemed to avoid remembering it.
A saga that had reshaped the entire Universe,An epic that changed the views of gods seeing mortals.
This was not a tale about revenge,sacrifice ,punishment,love ,justice,freedom or peace but a tale about pure dominance.
How a mortal became a person that every gods in the Universe fear to look at ,A being that controls everything with power and fear ,achieved impossible feats like no one achieved before and had a complete control and dominance on Universe itself.
A dominance that path ends only with its downfall.
And an epic past of the Universe that hides from every mortal eye.
The gods tried everything to erase him from history, but every attempt failed. His existence was too great to be forgotten.
In the end, they succeeded only with the help of a mysterious god who hated him more than anyone else. That god once swore before the universe that he would kill him with his own hands.
But he never got the chance.
So he chose another way. He erased the Emperor from history and destroyed his entire legacy, ensuring that no one in the universe would ever remember his name again.
Across the universe, no mortal knew why that piece of history had been erased. All they knew was that something was missing. A strange void existed in the records of the universe, a gap no one could explain.
But mortals did not care.
To them, the distant past meant nothing. As long as their lives remained unchanged, they had no reason to question it.
They believed that forgotten history had no power over the present.
But they were wrong.
There was one truth even the gods could not deny. If that lost history were ever revealed, the universe would change once again. And this time, it would give birth to a power far greater than the gods themselves, a power they would never be able to control.
That was why the gods feared only one thing.
His return.
Only gods remembered the erased history. And that knowledge filled them with dread. Because if the seal were ever broken and the truth returned, their greatest nightmare would come to life.
A history powerful enough to turn the universe upside down.
So the gods formed a silent pact.
No one would speak of the meteor.
No one would search for it.
To them, the meteor had become a forbidden existence.
A taboo.
Many gods had tried to destroy it over the ages.
All of them failed.
In the end, they could only watch as it drifted endlessly through the universe, carrying the being they feared most.
And they hated it.
Yet they could do nothing.
It traveled for billions of years in space without searching for anything, aimlessly floating in the vast Universe.
It crossed many galaxies, stars, planets, but no one could stop this meteor. It witnessed how stars were born and how they were destroyed, how civilizations rose, how civilizations fell.
It was not empty ,it carried someone who was going to change the whole universe once again and no one could stop him.
Inside the meteor a person who was bound by countless chains that were moving continuously covering his whole body refused to release him.
It was sealed not because of some betrayal, not because of some punishment, not because of a mistake, it was to protect him.
He was on the brink of death, so the one who hated him with all his heart saved him from death by sealing him in this endless prison to recover. If he had not saved him on that day, ninety percent of the Universe would have been destroyed just because he would save.
He was very special ,even the universe was going to sacrifice so he could not die.
Billions of years ago before he was sealed,
A person was standing alone in a vast empty space waiting for someone.
He had long white hair that flowed behind his back like silver threads moving with an invisible wind.
He was wearing black armor with golden patterns carved across its surface. The golden lines spread across the armor like ancient symbols, shining faintly as if they carried the power of countless battles.
His blue eyes were so beautiful that anyone who looked at them would immediately fall in love. They were deep and calm, like an endless ocean hiding secrets that no one could understand.
His skin was pure white, without a single scar or mark.
And his face.
His face looked like that of an innocent child who had never faced a challenge in his entire life.
Anyone who saw him would think he was harmless.
Someone gentle.
Someone who had never known violence.
But if someone looked carefully into his eyes, they would realize something terrifying.
Behind that innocent face was a being who had witnessed the rise and fall of countless worlds.
A being whose existence made the entire universe tremble.
Suddenly, dozens of cosmic portals began to open before him.From those portals, powerful cosmic beings began to emerge.
White hair person looked at them and smiled ,So you all had decided ,Fine,I will not ask any question ,it was your choice and I respect your decisions but remember once any of you attack me ,I will consider as you refuse my proposal.
Anyone can tell that white haired person was mocking them by saying this.
A god came forward wearing white clothes with his body completely made of water ,he was shaking and trembling from fear forcing himself to speak Emp...Empe…Empero..Emperor….
Speak quickly. I had no time for that.You know how busy I am.
Yes…
He was afraid that if they told him their decision ,he would die but as a god he had some respect.Taking a deep breath, he gathered the last of his courage. He had already accepted his fate, yet his instincts still screamed for him to stay silent.
But it was too late to turn back.
"E..Emperor... we refuse to accept your proposal. We will not..."
Before he could finish his sentence, his head suddenly separated from his body.
His body vaporized instantly in the cold emptiness of space.
White hair person caught his head that was floating in space from his leg and looked at the army of gods ,so you all agree with his words.
No one replied ,a complete silence,No one dared to speak in front of him.
Speak quickly ,I already wasted so much time here .
He shouted at all the gods that were in front of him.
At that moment, a goddess stepped forward from the army.
She wore a long golden gown that shimmered like sunlight. Her skin was dark like a beautiful night, and her purple hair flowed behind her like a royal banner. Her eyes burned with fury as she glared at the man standing before them.
"We refuse your offer," she shouted.
"We will not accept the choice you gave us ,we will fight to the death ,we are gods that create life ,protect worlds ,help mortals ,we ,us gods…."
Before she completes his speech.
"Miss, forgive me for interrupting," the white haired man said calmly. "But why are you speaking as if there are many of you?"
His blue eyes slowly scanned the empty space around her.
"Because from where I stand, I only see you."
The goddess froze.
"What were you saying?"
Confused, she slowly turned her head.
And then she saw it.
Her face instantly turned pale.
Horror filled her eyes.
All around her, countless bodies floated silently in space.
Gods.
Millions of them behind her.
Every single one of them was dead.
Their bodies drifted like lifeless stars in the endless void.
He had killed them all.
And none of them had even realized when it happened.
The only one left alive was the goddess who had been speaking.
The white haired man casually tossed the severed head he had been holding.
It floated slowly through space and landed at the goddess's feet.
"I will return in seven days," he said calmly.
"If your answer has not changed by then..."
And then he showed one eye and one hand he was holding in his hand and vanished.
Goddess collapsed on his knees and cried in agony,No ....How did this happen? Blood started floating in the air that was coming from his body ,she had countless marks on his body ,Her left hand and right eyes were missing .She tried to stand up but her body rejected and she collapsed while crying.
Now in present ,
The same white hair person was now sealed with countless chains in this endless prison .
A long time ago, when there were no dynasties, no empires, he was the being who rose from dust without anyone's help, without any prophecy, without any divine being's interference, without fate, without luck but only with determination.
He was never an ordinary being.
Once, he stood at the very peak of existence. A height so great that whatever he desired became reality, and even the universe had no choice but to accept his will.
He was known by countless names.
To some, he was a legend.
To others, a nightmare.
He carried many titles that shook worlds and terrified gods.
But there was one title that even gods and goddesses secretly envied.
He was the first being in existence to achieve what they had only dreamed of.
The First Emperor.
The Only Emperor.
Ank.
The First Emperor of the Universe.
The man who conquered not just worlds, but entire universes.
The man who turned the impossible into reality.
And the man who refused to stop after ruling a single universe.
Every universe within his sight became a battlefield for conquest.
When his armies marched, victory was already decided.
Because no one in existence dared to stand in his path.
He did not stop at a single universe. One after another, he marched into other universes and conquered them as well.
Until everything that existed within his sight belonged to him.
He was the first emperor of the universe.
His lust for power and greed for dominance led to his downfall and made him what he looked like today sealed and waiting for death.
He betrayed his friends, let power control him, killed and sealed all his friends that stood and supported him. He lost his path.
In the end, the very friends who had once been willing to die for him became his greatest enemies.
They waited patiently for the day he would awaken again.
So that they could kill him with their own hands.
But those friends were no ordinary beings.
They were existences capable of shaping the universe itself.
Just like Ank, they too were sealed, waiting for the moment their prison would break so they could finally take their revenge.
The Emperor had turned his greatest allies into his greatest enemies.
And now, the story of the universe was about to begin once again.
This time, every being in existence would try to stop him.
And now,The First Emperor of the Universe was about to rise again.
Far, far corner of the universe
A being made of stars, galaxies, nebulas emerged from space.
It was neither a man nor a beast, neither mortal nor god. In his right arm, galaxies were forming. In his left hand, galaxies were destroying. In his fingers, stars, planets everything was moving. It was not a normal being ,it was a physical manifestation of the universe.
The cosmic figure saw the meteor and smiled for the first time since she came into existence . The cosmic being had been watching this meteor for billions of years.
"The time has come," it said, its voice echoing through the universes. "Rise once again, Emperor".
Your universe was waiting for you, your throne awaits you."
It raised its hand, and motion alone caused the shift of galaxies. And now the meteor changed its route that had been wandering around the universe for billions of years, and now had a destiny.
And finally, he reached his destiny.
The meteor crashed on the planet.
For the first time in billions of years, the meteor had touched the ground.
The planet's name was Duskwild.
Once it was a planet that even gods wanted to visit, and now the planet was dying.
The planet suffers a curse of betrayal ,now the curse is showing its effects.
The planet had only ten years before its death.
And no one knows the reason except for gods. Once a beautiful planet with two moons, vibrant seas, different forests that looked like paintings came to life, and a clear night sky from which you could see the beautiful space.
And now it was on the brink of death.
The cosmic being said again but this time with a serious look, "Rise again, Emperor. I am waiting for you. Your universe was waiting for you."
And his voice faded and dissolved in the universe.
From the meteor impact, the ground split into two, forming a crater, and everything in a radius of 10 km became dust and after the dust settled.
There were no moments aside from a meteor at least the size of a mortal bus at the center of destruction.
And everything became silent. Many people came here to investigate this meteor, but they did not find anything besides the giant hard rock.
People got disappointed, they came here to find something valuable, but there was only a giant stone that was refusing to break .
Someone murmured to himself, why was my luck so bad that I only found this rock and hit it with his leg?
On this planet, there were many meteorites that shot down to the planet.
Some meteors carry valuable things that can only be found on them. So this became a good source of income, but not all contain valuables, only a few do.
Another person came,wearing a long black coat and tried to comfort him, "It was not your fault, brother, this stone was unlucky, not you."
"Let's get ready, we are moving to the next site," one man said, commanding everyone. "We had already wasted our time here, we had to visit many other meteor sites."
"We were already in huge debt, so we had not to waste time here."
After saying that, all the people nodded and started packing everything and left the site.
They had left something that could have the power to change their life, but fate had not chosen them, it had chosen someone else.
And after that, no one came for this meteor.
And then six months passed.
When the meteor cracked.
A bright light shone that could even surpass the sun.
The seal had been broken.
The emperor had awakened.
Spread all over the Universe ,announcing his return and every god in the Universe watching this while gritting their teeth and cursing themselves why they did not kill him when he was a small one year child.
Their hate from him had reached a new level but they lost any sympathy towards him.
Now from the meteor, a dying figure emerged ,half of his body was burned beyond recognition, while the rest of his body had countless wounds, but he was alive.
By all logic, he should have died, but his chest was moving, and the sound of his heartbeat could be heard.
When he fell on the ground, a massive shockwave that could be felt across the Duskwild planet ,every being that was present on the planet, including birds that flew in the sky, monsters in the forests, creatures in the ocean, and even the sleeping dead beneath the soil.
He lay unconscious on the ground for at least six months.
Once a group of people came there to take him away from this place but they all failed and in the end they left him.
When an old man, seventy years of age, found him while he was returning to his home after doing his business near the village.
He was not some ordinary old man ,he had once been the most powerful figure in the Universe, a protector of billions. Now retired, he lived with his granddaughter due to guilt of not saving his son. He had the option to save his son, but due to responsibility, he could not save his son.
But now he has the option to save someone.
He took the person and took him to his home, so he could recover.
It was a story not about dominance
It was about what the Emperor chooses this time:
Dominance or peace.
And so began the story not of his fall, but of his return.
*******************************************************************Author's Note
Hello Everyone,
This is my first chapter, so there might be a few mistakes here and there, but I'm learning and improving with every update. Before making any opinion, first read 10 chapters. If you don't like it, I will try to improve.
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