The Heavenly Dao's Core cracked open like a golden egg.
Inside: nothing.
No light.
No sound.
Just a man in white robes, sitting cross-legged in the void.
Silver hair.
Eyes older than stars.
A scar across his throat—self-inflicted.
He looked up.
"Took you long enough, shadow."
THE ORIGINAL CALAMITY
Name: Calamity #0 – "The First Sin"
Origin: The Dao's first mistake.
Crime: Devoured the Primordial Dao Seed before creation began.
Chu Yao's Trinity form trembled.
Ruyan (voice in his mind): "He's… you. But older. Broken."
Ruyue: "No. He's what happens when you win… and lose everything."
The Original stood.
"I ate the Seed.
Became the first universe.
Then the Dao cut me out—
sealed me here to birth replacements."
He pointed at Chu Yao.
"You're Version 9,999,999.
The one that finally ate back."
THE TRUTH
The void shattered into memories.
Scene 1: The Original devouring the Seed—reality screams into existence.
Scene 2: The Dao ripping his heart out, replacing it with the Core.
Scene 3: Infinite Calamity clones born, killed, reborn—
—each one a failed reset.
"Every time you devour a Heaven…
…you feed me."
Chu Yao's third eye bled gold.
He's the real Core.
THE FIGHT
The Original moved.
VOID STEP + TIME FOLD + CRIMSON CLAW.
He used their powers—
—perfectly.
BOOM.
Chu Yao blocked—
—but his Trinity form cracked.
[Damage: 37% – Soul Link Strained]
Ruyan's sword shattered.
Ruyue's void collapsed.
The Original whispered:
"You're strong.
But you fight for something.
I fight because I have nothing left."
THE BREAK
Chu Yao stopped.
Dropped his claws.
"Then let's give you something."
He opened his chest—
—exposed the fused souls.
Ruyan: "What are you—?!"
Ruyue: "DON'T—!"
Chu Yao grabbed the Original's hand—
—and pressed it into his heart.
"Take it.
Take the Cycle.
Take the pain.
Take us."
THE MERGE
KABOOOOOOOM.
Light.
Void.
Time.
The Original screamed—
—not in rage.
In relief.
[Merge: Calamity #0 + Trinity Sovereign]
[Evolution: Stage 22 → Ω (Omega Calamity)]
[New Form: Eternal Sin – beyond creation, beyond destruction]
The Core exploded.
THE FINAL DAWN
Reality rewrote itself.
No Heavens.
No Dao.
Just one universe—
—balanced.
Chu Yao stood alone.
Ruyan and Ruyue gone—
—absorbed into him.
Their voices soft in his mind:
Ruyan: "You kept your promise."
Ruyue: "Now live it."
He looked at his hands.
[Status: Omega Calamity]
[Power: Absolute]
[Purpose: Freedom]
He smiled.
EPILOGUE: 1,000 YEARS LATER
A mortal world.
A storyteller with silver hair and three eyes.
"And the Devourer ate the Cycle…
…then became the story."
A child asked:
"Does he still devour?"
The storyteller winked.
"Only bad dreams."