The First Known Universe

The first Universe known to any race is the one that was built upon the Foundation -- the Seed and the Root. Yggdrasil, as it is known, grew from the Seed. This first Universe is clumped together in one region while the Root claimed all the vastness around. There in Yggdrasil, the Fundamentals are free to interact with each other giving birth to the Elementals while forming and shaping the form of Yggdrasil. There are ten Elementals that were created.

The northern region was heavily influenced by Radiation. In the northwest, Radiation and Nucleon formed Myrkheim, a land of ___. Here the first twin elementals were born -- Order and Disorder. In the northeast part, Radiation and Gravity formed Midgard. This land of ___ was given to the element Sentience. Between Midgard and Myrkheim, Asgard was created from the dwindling of Nucleon and Gravity. Asgard was ruled by the elemental Cosmos.

Below Asgard, the realms of Helheim and Vanaheim were formed. Helheim, the result of Radiation and Darkness, is where Blight was born. However, Radiation and Light created Arcana to rule over Vanaheim.

Below these two, four more realms were formed creating Niflheim, Muspelheim, Jotunheim, and Alfheim. The Niflheim is the realm of ___, for which Water was born from Nucleon and Darkness. To its east lies Muspelheim, the product of Nucleon and Light. Muspelheim is the land of Fire full of ___. Further to the east, are Jotunheim (Gravity and Darkness), and Alfheim (Gravity and Light), ruled by the elementals Earth and Air respectively.

In the lowest region, where Darkness and Light clashes, lies Svartalfheim. This is the realm of Dimension. In this realm, Zero and Infinity intersect with each other. Together with the opposite nature of Darkness and Light, many unusual lands were formed in this realm. Some are very dangerous and hazardous while others are peaceful and serene. Because of the eternal clash between Light and Darkness, the Immortals agreed to isolate Svartalfheim from all the other realms. This way, nothing and no one from the other realms will ever have access to this realm.

The Root and the Fundamentals

The early versions of the Universe closely resemble Chaos. For the first iterations of the Universe, the seed didn't grow the way Omniscience envisioned. Omniscience, as all-knowing as it is, realized that Chaos cannot evolve without Omniscience interacting. With this, Omniscience gives each Immortal a part of itself, for them to help form the formless Universe.

Omniscience gave to Death the capacity of the Soul -- Courage.  It is the impetus that drives all things within. Death used Omniscience's Soul to split Spacetime into Space and Time, respectively. This way, Chaos can have a discrete form in Space, and have discrete flow in Time.

The capacity of the Mind, Wisdom, was given to Eternity. Wisdom cuts through confusion and with this, Eternity split Chaos into two: Infinity or the Omega, and Zero or the Alpha. Infinity is the embodiment of the divergence of Chaos, while Zero is of the convergence. This dictates the laws of behavior that all things will obey, that the Universe starts at one point, and ends at another. 

With this, Space and Time expanded and stretched as far as Zero goes to end and Infinity on the other. Altogether, these four entities are known as the Root as each one runs across the vast Universe, intertwined and branching from one to the other.

Lastly, Omniscience gave its capacity of the Body to Energy. The Body holds Power that makes all things possible. Energy used Power to create the Five Fundamental Forces: Gravity, Nucleon, Radioactivity, Light, and Darkness.

The Fundamentals became the building blocks of the Universe. From the different interactions of these Fundamentals, different Elementals were born, befitting to the likeness of Omniscience. And so Omniscience observed from within itself, the evolution and growth of its Seed.

The Creation of the Universe and the Theory of the Universal Cycle

Before anything else, there is Chaos. Chaos is misunderstood by most races. It is not just the randomness of what is, but also the complexity that emerges from the sea of uncertainty. Chaos is the order and disorder; the convergence and the divergence. It is both everything and nothing. It has everything in it, but has nothing around it. It seems to be a world full of worlds, but just a dot in the emptiness. It is the confusion born from nothing only to find its randomness that completely fills everything. Chaos does not know the concept of motion or an action. It does not know what to do, what has to be done, and what it means to be doing something.

From this swirling confusion and randomness emerge Omniscience. It is the all-knowing, all-perceiving omnipresence. Many of today's races call it/him/her different names, but fail to do so. Omniscience, as opposed to Chaos, knows what it is to do, for it is all-knowing. Omniscience felt the confusion surrounding it. And so before being driven to confusion itself, Omniscience reshaped Chaos and built the foundations of the very first phenomenal laws. 

From everything there is around it, Omniscience created Four Immortals:
1. Omniscience first created Death from the collisions amongst the confusion. The birth of Death ensured that everything will have to end, no matter what, so that nothing will exist to challenge the immortality and presence of Omniscience.
2. From the fabric around it, Omniscience weaved Eternity, for it wanted its phenomenal laws to persist eternally. That everything should have its end, only to continue to exist in another form.
3. Next, Omniscience formed Energy, from the power and forces residing within Chaos. Energy is the abstraction that takes different forms.
4. Finally, Omniscience created Spacetime from the residues and speck there is inside Chaos. Omniscience dubbed it its "Universe". Spacetime is the reality that also takes different forms. The Elementals are the different manifestations and forms of Energy and Spacetime.

The Universe, as Omniscience called Spacetime, is the stage in which the residues and speck are free to evolve, assemble, and create its own forms, with the help of Energy, only to meet its Death, and will be recreated or altered in another form, and the cycle goes for Eternity. This, is the seed of Omniscience.

As you may now know, everything you perceive, even you, is made from Chaos itself, shaped by Omniscience. Omniscience crafted the mechanism of its Universe similar to an hourglass. Omniscience wrapped Eternity around and contained Spacetime at one end. Omniscience put Death in the center of Eternity, and ensured everything goes through it. Omniscience placed Energy as the driving force to turn the hourglass every eons of spacetime. This way, the current form of Spacetime, driven by Energy, passes Death and goes through to the other end of Eternity, to take into a new form. Thus, the cycle of the Universe is put into motion by Omniscience.

Where the Two Ends Meet

Universe, multiverse, omniverse, parallel, bubble -- no one knows the truth behind reality, the reality behind the truth. Some things are certain however, but we cannot perceive those. This is the paradox of truth: We believe that what we see is our reality until proven otherwise. The beginning of this Universe is much more mind-boggling as its end. But it struggled. For billions of years, this Universe existed, expanded, evolved. But where does it lead to? Why did it exist in the first place? Who or what created the Universe -- theories and beliefs are split beyond the lands and across the seas.

As this Universe evolved, galaxies are formed, stars are born, symmetries arose from the formless matter, simplex turned to complex systems via synthesis and interactions, wars and history are written on the very fabric of spacetime. Your Universe, as well as mine, is just one of the many that existed, destroyed, altered towards perfection. But is perfection really attainable?

I'm not an advent of pain-staking methods of observing natural phenomena, neither of the slow and careful movements of beauty and elegance. I have my own theory born from creativity and keen perception. A story that has never been told or written; you'll be the first to know the truth behind the truth, the reality of reality.

WHY THE JELLYFISH HAS NO BONES

Millions of years ago deep within the Tethys Sea, there was a wealthy palace, the most among the kingdoms undersea – the Palace of Precambrian. It was very well-known for prosperous resources and joyful folks. This palace was ruled by a gentle leviathan named Dragon-King.

One day, he was very upset about his daughter’s ailment. He summoned every doctor in his kingdom at once, but neither of them had made to cure or even figure out her sickness.

The Octopus heard about the king’s daughter’s sickness. This Octopus is a wicked creature; he wanted to become the king’s vizier so he planned how to get rid of Jellyfish, the king’s vizier at that time. He came upon before the Dragon-King.

“Who are you? And what is your will?” asked the Dragon King.

“I am Octopus, your Highness, a prudent doctor and a native of Proteus of the Western Seas. I heard that you’re anxious about your daughter’s illness. I come to see her,” explained the Octopus.

The king immediately ordered to let Octopus examine his daughter. The Octopus told the king that his daughter can only be cured when she eats a monkey’s liver.

“But how can I get a monkey’s liver?” the king asked hopelessly.

“Isn’t Jellyfish, your adviser, a fast swimmer? Send him at once to search for a monkey’s liver and bring it here immediately,” suggested the Octopus.

The king beckoned the Jellyfish in an instant and enjoined him to get a monkey’s liver as soon as possible. Jellyfish swam swiftly after hearing the king’s command. Unfortunately for Jellyfish, he didn’t know where to start searching. He swam and swam along the vast Bathysmal Ocean but couldn’t see a monkey’s liver or even a monkey itself.

He felt that the water was getting warmer and warmer until he bump into a huge wooden portico covered by kelp. He didn’t know that it was the ingress of King Shark’s kingdom, so he just continued his quest. There he met a group of Squids.

“Excuse me, Sir, where can I find a monkey’s liver here?” asked the Jellyfish.

In contrast of what he expected, the Squids burst out into laughter. “A monkey? Haha! What do you think of us! Elephants?” exclaimed the Squid with a red police cap, sarcastically laughing.

“A propos, who are you and where did you come from? And why are you searching for a monkey’s liver?” asked the virile Squid with a bayonet.

“I come from the Palace of Precambrian. I need a monkey’s liver to cure the king’s daughter sickness,” explained Jellyfish.

“Aha! We do not know of any king other than King Shark. He is the only lord of the Oceans. And you are obeying another king other than his Highness! You must be perished for praising a fake king!” judged the Vampire Squid.

Just then a tropical sea race occurred. Jellyfish swam away as fast as he can, but the Squids were far more agile than him. And they had got strong stamina! Nevertheless, reinforcement came upon Jellyfish. Not that very far away from King Shark’s kingdom was the dukedom of Prince Nautilus, a western kin of the Dragon King.

The patrolling Ammonites beyond the dukedom’s walls saw Jellyfish. When Jellyfish drew nearer, the Ammonites saw the Dragon King’s mark on his head and knew once that he is not an intruder. Jellyfish told them that he had been pursued by Squids. The rustling waves behind him came at sight and they prepared to defend their friend.

The battle was not that fair at all, for the Squids had longer tentacles than Ammonites. The Squids’ ink cannot be compare with the Ammonites’ sturdy shell, even though these are both form of defense. The Ammonites outnumbered the Squids with just one, and if you’re wondering who might be that, it’s the stingy Jellyfish. And that sting was all he got for both attack and defense.

The first attack was given by the Squids, squirting ink to hide on. But the Ammonites made a dirty splash on the sea-bed, causing a “sandstorm.” The Squids cannot resist the “storm” but got manage to hold on to rooted boulders. But it was too late. The Ammonites sucked in volumes of water and all together squirted, and that made the Squids to be whirled back to King Shark’s kingdom.

The battle of Tropical Seas made the lonely borders to be such a great milieu. But where was Jellyfish? He was just behind the Ammonites, standing and very well-protected. He had no participation on the rage: he is of no use against the Squids. Nonetheless, he thanked his master’s kinsfolks.

“What are you doing here?” asked the smallest Ammonite (However, he was 6 inches in diameter!).

“I trekked to search for a monkey’s liver for the Dragon King’s daughter’s cure,” expounded the Jellyfish.

“I know that a monkey lives up there on the Beach Island. I’ll give this flute for you to summon Sine-Wave. It will take you to the Beach Island,” the Wise Ammonite said, as he handed the flute to the Jellyfish.

Jellyfish wafted bubbles through the flute. And in a flash of lightning, Sine-Wave appeared. Jellyfish commanded it to take him to the Beach Island. Sine-Wave effortlessly drove Jellyfish onto the Beach Island. It splattered all its water high up on the air and fell on the Pine Tree just beside the shore. Monkey who was sleeping on Pine Tree’s twigs was carried by the waves and was nearly drowned in the water.

“Help! Help!” cried the Monkey.

Jellyfish rushed to save the Monkey, but he remembered that he needed its liver.

“I will help you”, exclaimed Jellyfish. “If you would help me, also. I need your liver for the king’s daughter’s cure,” explained Jellyfish.

“I promise, just let me out of here!” appealed the Monkey.

Then, Jellyfish swooped up and let the Monkey touch his head. And then he squished down to bring the Monkey onto the palace. At this point, the Monkey realized how fool he was for promising to give his liver which can lead to his death! So he thought of how to deceive Jellyfish.

“Hey, wait a minute! I think I had left my liver on the Pine Tree. Can you bring me back first to get it for you?” asked the Monkey.

The Jellyfish, a little bit fool, believed on what the Monkey said. As they move towards the shore, Monkey gave a very high leap and swung onto the tree. The Jellyfish apprehended that he was tricked by the Monkey and there’s nothing he can do. So, he called for Sine-Wave to bring him back to the palace.

At the palace the Jellyfish told the king what had happened. Angrily Dragon King had been that he cursed the Jellyfish before all the dwellers. Octopus told the Dragon King that the Jellyfish must receive the most radical punishment– fearless pain– because of the shame he had done to the kingdom. All of the creatures knocked the Jellyfish and threw anything they could pick up, to the Jellyfish; thus, making the Jellyfish’s bones to be crushed.

While all these occur, the Dragon King’s daughter rushed quickly and told the King that she was already in good health. All that she had was a stomach ache. The Dragon King, upon hearing this, was very furious and commanded that the Octopus be smashed and crushed. Just then he welcomed the Jellyfish back. And there was a rejoicing and merry-making throughout the palace!

Alas! The Octopus was driven away from the palace. He wandered everywhere, under rocks and on the sea floor. As he was wandering along the Tropical Ocean, he saw a red cap.