Just after the birth of Regilia, the balance of existence shattered by a vast margin. An unseen force—or something far beyond mortal comprehension—began making its own moves to even the scales.
In the distant Ebit Galaxy lies the homeworld of the Onatic, an extraordinary species whose lives shape the fate of their planet, Mahs. Each Onatic is a living blob of cells, roughly the size of a football, moving with amoebic grace—stretching and contracting its flesh to travel. Their bodies are tangible, physical flesh, yet their movements echo the microscopic world's oldest lifeforms. Nine billion Onatic call Mahs home.
Some say the Onatic evolved directly from primordial amoebas, rising from the microscopic abyss to beings of radiant physical mass. But unlike their amoebic ancestors, Onatics cannot merge with one another. True, their bodies can combine—yet their consciousness refuses. If two Onatics try to fuse, their souls doom one another to demise. They live apart, individual yet bound by tragic need.
Their reproduction is a mystery and a sorrow. When two Onatics meet to create life, they merge their bodies, dissolving their consciousness into liquid soul essence. From this dissolution, through a process like cellular division, a brand-new soul is born—a fresh spark that will grow into a new life. It is a cruel cruel fate for their children to never see their parents. Though every Onatic knows their parents exist, they remain forever strangers—living through their child's eyes, their essence poured into new flesh, eternally separate.
Though Mahs is calm and at peace, a fateful chain of events now unfolds.
Fifteen billion light years away drifting silently in the void was a Tardigrade—a microscopic creature famed across galaxies for its phenomenal resilience, rivaling even the mightiest Nascent Realm Cultivators. It floated alone until, without warning, it was swept into hyperspace. Mere seconds later, it emerged into a furnace hotter than ten thousand degrees Celsius. All the Tardigrade could sense was red heat and one other presence—a mysterious sphere with spikes all over its body. In this microscopic world at the core of the planet Mahs it should be the only now surviving at such high temperatures.
How did it end up here?
Back at its original position, 15 billion light years away a colossus—known as The Peregrine—had just exited hyperspace. This ancient, giant being had swallowed the very egg-shaped object. The Peregrine, after traveling trillions of light years, rested briefly. Its simple wing flap to slip back into hyperspace caused the surrounding space to ripple—a rare cosmic event with infinitesimal odds.
Could it all be pure coincidence? The chance was astronomically low.
Deep in the molten core of Mahs, the tidegrade swam toward something peculiar—a spherical relic covered in jagged spikes. In its microscopic world, anomalies were not unknown, but never had it been drawn as strongly to one as to this.
Upon touching the peculiar object, it shattered instantly, releasing an unimaginable surge. The destruction propelled the tidegrade into hyperspace once more. When it re-materialized, it found itself at the planet's crust.
"Finally, how long has it been?" the tidegrade wondered.
A zero-probability event had occurred—an event that "almost never" happens.
The tidegrade now held within it a soul particle—the very foundation of soul itself. Just as cells build flesh, soul particles build soul and consciousness.
"Now, it does not matter how much Time it has been. but the end result is the one which counts. I have successfully escaped that being. Hopefully it does not become aware of my exsestance."
"Huh once greatest in the universe now reduced to a soul particle, how pathetic, but surviving an encounter with that being should be a windfall for me, now how should I start this new life ? returning to my throne or surpassing it ? for that I need to achieve 3 Absolutes in this Hypercosm. power, knowledge and application "
If observed, this Tardigrade which is hosting this soul particle it could be seen twitching uncontrollably for almost an hour, later it calmed down. when observed at the soul particle it could be observed that it has lost some of its size.
Hours later,
"Wait, what was I thinking? My goals for this new life — yes , to surpass my previous limits. For that, I need the three Absolutes: Power, Knowledge, and Application."
And the twitching surged again.later it calmed down.When observed at the soul particle it could be observed that it has lost some of its size. Again!
Days passed to recover the thought process of the soul particle
" wait, what. was. I thinking ?..... something about my. objective of this new life? yes I will surpass. my previous lim---"
suddenly the soul particle realized it was in danger. it could feel the slowness of its thoughts.then the particle examined its body and realized it has tremendously lost it size!!
" I thought of something which I a not suppose to think!! If I had continues the thought process for 1 more cycle then I could be destroying my self without even knowing!! and I have weaken this #$%# dimensional soul to this extent.How many. cycles did it take to realize this ?.Now am in the mortal relam!! just because of my thoughts !!! how could I have not calculated this possibility ?. I will start the seal. only the drive to Hunger should consume this Tardigrade . And move up the ladder it will take some years to seal almost. 99.99% of my memories"
Panic welled inside.
"Should I annihilate these memories? No. They are my only advantage. But I cannot even review them properly to rank and seal them. I must... seal all my memories of my previous life completely."
In desperate clarity, it etched a command into its very essence:
"DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO KNOW. DO NOT SPEAK THE NAMES OF BEINGS. ONCE SPOKEN, THEY WILL KNOW YOU EXISTENCE. — SOLUSTELLA"
Applying this seal, it locked away its past lives, names, memories—all buried deep and inaccessible.
Years later,
An ant devoured another. And as life turned, the soul particle found its way into the flesh of an Onatic.
The journey had only just begun.
Author's Note:
I will be publishing 50 chapters here before moving the story to Patreon. Follow me on Patreon under the name ABSOLUSAURELUS for more of this journey.