Chapter 1: The Big Bang and the Second Birth
The roar of machines filled the underground lab—the heart of the Eternal Heavens Empire, built by Adam, the paralyzed genius who had mastered all the sciences of Earth. His knowledge wasn't limited to theory—it encompassed cosmic energy flows, human behavior, and ancient martial arts that embodied the pure essence of power, will, and control. This understanding gave him absolute dominion over every inch of the planet.
But even with all that power, Adam remained a prisoner in a broken body. This lab was his final hope for freedom.
Purple and blue lights danced across the metallic walls, casting restless shadows on the faces of the scientists working under his command, reflecting the tension in the air.
Dr. Sami shouted, voice shaking: "Adam, the quantum energy is exceeding safe limits! The system is collapsing!"
Dr. Layla added, eyes glued to the monitors: "We have to abort the experiment! This could destroy everything!"
But Adam stayed calm. A cold smile touched his lips. Fear had no place in his vocabulary.
> Freedom is not given—it is seized. A freedom handed to you is no freedom at all. True freedom is the courage to choose your own chains—or break them when needed.
Power is not about controlling others, but about mastering the self. I have mastered the world... but the true test has always been mastering this traitorous body.
Suddenly, the blue lights flared violently. The heat surged to unbearable levels. The quantum machine shook uncontrollably. Alarm sirens screamed like banshees.
"Project failure!" Sami cried, his face pale with horror.
"The system's disintegrating!" Layla confirmed, frantically trying to stabilize the controls.
Then the machine exploded.
But it wasn't the explosion they expected—no gateway to another universe. It was a tear in the fabric of reality itself. The void devoured the lab... and with it, Adam, along with his last hope for true liberation.
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Void.
A freezing silence.
No body.
No sound.
No color.
No time.
No space.
> Is this the end? Is your pursuit of freedom over?
"No one is more enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."
Yet the mind persisted. The seed of consciousness remained intact.
He felt a strange force dragging him through an endless darkness—a current not of water or air, but of alien cosmic laws. A realm unlike anything he had ever known.
> In every collapse, there is a birth.
"When man is completely free, he is also completely alone."
Is this solitude the beginning of true freedom... or just another prison?
Then, he saw it.
A child's body—skinny, frail—in a primitive village.
Eyes like mountain stone—cold, hardened by survival.
An old woman teaches him to make fire.
She is slain before his eyes by savage pirates.
He runs.
He starves.
He steals.
He fights.
He survives.
An unbreakable will.
A spirit forged in torment.
A soul as strong as the fortress carved from bedrock.
> This wasn't my choice. This body was forced upon me.
Consciousness attracts consciousness. The soul seeks an anchor.
This fusion wasn't natural—it was invasion. My will merges with his,
My mind invades his flesh.
A voice echoed from the depths of this new being:
> "Let the mind rule. Let the name be Adam. The name reflects our new essence. The body may be dust—but the mind builds the heavens."
Their awareness intertwined.
Adam's genius—the ruler of the old world—merged with the fierce survivalist will of Kaleem, a fighter who knew nothing but struggle. It was not full control... but a mental war. A new identity forged from the ashes of the past.
> Freedom is not the absence of limits—it is the ability to bend them.
"Freedom is shedding the parts of ourselves in which others cannot see themselves."
This new body is a cage, yes... but it's also a weapon.
Then came sensation.
Weight.
Flesh.
A heartbeat.
Lungs expanding freely for the first time.
Fingers flexing with power.
Knees bending without resistance.
Muscles obeying without hesitation.
> A body that knows no paralysis! At last! This is true strength—not dominating others, but owning a body that obeys your will.
He slowed his breathing.
Felt his heartbeat.
> The world is cruel. But I am crueler.
I mastered the laws of the universe and applied them to humanity.
Now, I will apply them to this savage world.
I will not be a pawn. I will be a
ruler.
He opened his eyes slowly...
...and saw smoke and ash for the very first time.
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✨ End of Chapter 1