Like this, Imperial Doula Miriam’s story progressed.

A number of cycles of a number of 100 million years in the past, a world altering occasion happened on the best Immortal Aircraft: The Shrine Aircraft. Straight away, a world that had been awashed in peace for thus lengthy grew to become embroiled in struggle.

The small print have been unknown to these of the decrease Planes, however the Shrine Aircraft primarily grew to become sealed earlier than being changed by a brand new highest Aircraft. As issues stood now, there have been nonetheless three Mortal Planes, however the Immortal Planes had grow to be 4 – three open, and one sealed.

After all, if there was a struggle, there was a victor. This profitable military marched on the decrease Planes, uprooting the beforehand laid foundations of Destiny and constructing their very own. Ultimately, previous factions fell, and new ones rose up. Nevertheless, this military by no means bothered to step onto the Mortal Planes. Contemplating it beneath them, they allowed mortals to wallow in chaos.

With out the acquainted buildings of Destiny above them, mortals misplaced their perception programs, primarily turning into lower off from the world above. Though these with stronger foundations raised their households and Sects to the upper Planes to flee, the weak had no such choice and will solely take pleasure in their very own inferiority.

With this ache and strife got here extra, beginning a vicious cycle of plains bathed in blood and gore. For the reason that Immortals had deserted them, they’d no selection however to forge their very own paths, resulting in masochistic wars for supremacy. Sadly, they have been naïve to consider that they have been in command of their very own destinies.

The construction of Destiny in any world was extremely necessary. In the identical means mortals benefitted from Immortals, the alternative may also be attainable. It was due to this reality that whereas some Immortal Clans and Sects could not be bothered to care about these of the Mortal Aircraft, others had eyes that flashed with greed, realizing that there lay an untapped reservoir of potential.

This shift in thought got here with a time the competitors inside the Immortal Aircraft had reached a brand new peak. With so many scrambling to enter their realm, the focus of Clan and Sects far outweighed the focus of assets. Because of this, the Mortal Aircraft grew to become a possible breeding floor.

Tales of virgins with particular skeletal grades being whisked away grew to become a matter of day by day life. Typically instances, cults and religions can be fashioned, forcing devotion upon giant teams of weak folks with the intention to propagate Religion. On the identical time, those that have been arguably probably the most vicious made empty guarantees of grandeur, solely to destroy the hopes and goals of these unfortunate sufficient to consider their phrases.

The idea of Destiny and Religion was huge. However, the only reality was the it closely relied on robust emotions of emotion. This stated… Which was simpler? To elicit emotions of true loyalty and love? Or to impress emotions of deep animosity and hate? The reply was apparent.

With the earlier construction of the martial world, these on the above Immortal Planes positioned restrictions on the skills of upper Planes to affect decrease ones on this means. As an alternative, increased Immortal Planes often created subordinate Clans to slowly foster emotions of loyalty and steadily develop a sustainable supply of Religion. Nevertheless… The Victor of the struggle did not take care of such issues.

The Victors believed that the marital world was an inherently merciless world. How had their ancestors defeated the Historical Beasts? Was it not by means of absolute power?

The celebs foretold of an important calamity, the likes of which people would not survive except the weak have been weeded out. This Star Studying wasn’t a brand new one. The return of the Historical Beasts had been telegraphed for a number of Eras already. The issue was that nobody knew when it was coming. Nonetheless, that did not cease The Victors from approaching the matter in their very own means.

How might anybody refute them? Had they not overthrown the earlier system with their very own energy? Had they not single-handedly ended the Golden Period to usher within the Martial Period? Their energy was simple, their fists have been the biggest, so was it not logical that they have been additionally right? If the earlier system was so nice, why did it crumble so simply?

With these new beliefs in place, the mortal Aircraft had no selection however to undergo. Nevertheless, this new philosophy caused an sudden change. After a number of billion years of being suppressed, Psychological Realm Masters lastly made a reappearance. Now that the stigma round foul strategies had been eliminated, at the very least once they occurred out of sight, they got here again in full power, establishing a number of the strongest Clans, Sects and Factions the martial world needed to supply.

As might be anticipated, one in every of these Clans wreaked havoc on the Mortal Planes. Their cults and religions shone the brightest. In any case, they may manipulate the very minds of their victims, making them really consider that the unhealthy performed to them was precise good, whereas the vile will of their Clans would truly be useful to them.

Even to at the present time, tales of their horror nonetheless survived. Tales of day by day public executions and tortures, of stay mass burials, and of households turning on each other in homicide and bloodshed.

Some stated that the assorted cults grew to become incestuous hubs, birthing deformed youngsters to show as if they have been some form of circus act. Others stated that these deformed youngsters have been truly taken as newborns to be tortured. Their limbs have been slowly pulled aside, inflicting grotesque contortions. Their eyes to gouged out and positioned into newly lower and unnatural holes of their our bodies, then reconnected by way of disturbing medical strategies. Sure few even recollected tales of such newborns being sown collectively to forcefully stay the remainder of their lives conjoined.

The fact of the matter was that not only one, however all of those tales have been true. These have been the darkish days of the Mortal Realm, a darkness that pervaded all three Planes. Some believed their remnants nonetheless remained within the type of small factions and deserted ruins…

“These scum have been often called the White Satan Cult.” A tragic expression coloured her options as she gently grasped Ryu’s hand. “Except for their overwhelming Psychological Realms, their solely markers have been their white hair and silver eyes…”

The reply was now apparent. If the folks got here to know {that a} Prince of their Kingdom appeared like those that took the pinnacle throughout the darkest instances of their historical past, how would they react? Possibly they’d begin to query if these darkish days have been again, perhaps they’d suppose that his mom had had an affair behind his father’s again… Together with a myriad of different issues, there was no means their Destiny might survive this…

Ryu could not assist however launch a tragic chortle.