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The Divine Realm was quiet.
Not the tranquil quiet of harmony, nor the peaceful stillness of balance—but the hollow silence left behind after catastrophe. The kind of silence that lingered only when voices that once filled the heavens were permanently gone.
At the center of what remained of the Divine Realm, four figures gathered.
We stood upon a fractured platform of law, suspended above a dim sea of weakened immortal energy. Around us, the Divine Realm no longer stretched infinitely. Its borders were visible now—ragged, scarred, and incomplete, like a wounded star barely holding its shape.
The four Human God Kings.
Asura stood with his arms crossed, his saber resting against his shoulder, its edge dulled by exhaustion rather than use. Evil leaned slightly against a broken pillar of authority, crimson eyes scanning the surrounding void with sharp calculation. Kindness hovered quietly, her divine aura subdued, the warmth she once radiated now restrained, careful not to aggravate the fragile laws around us.
And me.
The God of Humanity.
The one who had seen this coming—yet still failed to prevent it.
We had gathered to assess the damage.
But before that could begin, Kindness spoke.
Her voice was soft, but in the emptiness of the Divine Realm, it carried clearly.
"There is something I don't understand," she said.
Asura and Evil both turned to her.
She looked at me.
"Why did the Dragon God go mad?" she asked. "Why did he destroy his own race?"
Her brow furrowed slightly.
"If he had turned on us—on humanity—after the realm's upgrade, it would have made sense. Dragons monopolizing the Divine Realm, removing competitors, consolidating power… that would have been logical."
She paused.
"But slaughtering the Dragon Kings? Allowing his own race to be wiped out?"
Her voice wavered. "That makes no sense."
Evil nodded slowly.
"I came to the same conclusion," he said. "Dragons have always been ruthless—but never self-destructive."
Asura's gaze hardened.
"If it were us standing in their place," he said bluntly, "I could understand dragons fearing humanity's rise. But this… this was madness without benefit."
All three of them looked at me.
They were not accusing.
They were searching for truth.
I closed my eyes briefly.
Then opened them.
"You deserve to know," I said quietly.
The Record of Truth
I raised my hand.
"Akashic Record," I commanded.
The air before us shimmered.
Space folded inward, forming a translucent projection—vast, detailed, and painfully precise. It was not an illusion, nor a recollection shaped by memory. It was absolute record, stripped of emotion, bias, or interpretation.
The truth.
The projection began.
We saw the Divine Realm Core at the moment of ritual.
The Dragon God stood at its center, will fused with law, authority roaring like a collapsing star. Beside him stood the Dragon Prince—young by divine standards, but already carrying the weight of inheritance.
We saw the ritual accelerate.
We saw the Dragon God burn bloodline essence.
Then life essence.
We saw the Dragon Prince reaching out, trying to stop him.
Trying to speak.
Trying to be heard.
But the Dragon God—lost in obsession—never noticed.
Then came the moment.
The projection slowed.
We saw the subtle distortion.
A thought that did not originate from the Dragon Prince.
A suggestion.
If I take the burden… Father will live.
The Universal Law's interference was invisible, but undeniable. Emotion surged unnaturally. Logic dimmed. The Dragon Prince's hesitation dissolved.
Kindness inhaled sharply.
Evil's jaw tightened.
Asura's fingers curled around his saber.
We watched as the Dragon Prince opened himself completely.
Bloodline.
Divinity.
Existence.
We watched as the Dragon God—unaware—accepted it.
Devoured it.
Stabilized.
Succeeded.
And lost his son.
The projection continued.
We saw the ritual's end.
The Dragon God turning to share victory.
Calling out.
Searching.
Failing.
Then time reversal.
The realization.
The collapse.
The scream.
The madness that followed.
Dragon Kings falling one by one.
The Divine Planet bleeding.
The Divine War igniting.
The projection ended.
Silence followed.
No one spoke.
Not immediately.
The truth did not demand reaction—it crushed it.
Kindness's hands trembled faintly.
"…So that's how it happened," she whispered.
Evil exhaled slowly.
"The Dragon God didn't destroy his race out of ambition," he said. "He destroyed it because he lost the only thing anchoring his sanity."
Asura's voice was low.
"He didn't want power," he said. "He wanted his son to inherit the world."
I nodded.
"That desire blinded him," I said. "And karma exploited it."
They all fell silent again.
Finally, Kindness looked up.
"…Then hating him would be too easy," she said.
"Yes," I replied. "And forgiving him would be too dangerous."
I straightened.
"The past cannot be changed," I continued. "What matters now is the future."
I gestured again.
"Akashic Record," I said. "Provide current status of the Divine Realm."
The projection shifted.
Numbers. Structures. Dimensional maps. Law-density overlays.
Cold.
Unforgiving.
Summary: Divine Realm Post–Divine War
Total Size:
Reduced to one-tenth of its former expanse.
Immortal Energy Density:
Less than 1% of pre-war atmospheric concentration.
Structural Integrity:
Severe fractures across 43% of remaining regions.
Space-time distortion present in multiple zones.
Divine Population:
Over 70% of gods annihilated.
Loss of Dragon Kings and Beast God Kings catastrophic.
Divine Realm Core Functionality:
Degraded due to loss of elemental authorities.
Law management efficiency reduced drastically.
Lower Realm Control:
Reduced to 108 planets.
Former control exceeded two thousand.
Faith Power Intake:
Reduced proportionally.
Recovery expected to take millions of years under current conditions.
The projection lingered.
No embellishment.
No mercy.
This was the cost.
Kindness covered her mouth.
"So many worlds lost," she whispered. "So many voices gone."
Evil's expression darkened.
"And the Divine Realm itself is barely breathing."
Asura's gaze sharpened.
"And all because coexistence was never truly attempted."
Silence stretched.
Then Evil spoke.
"This cannot happen again."
He turned toward me, then to Asura and Kindness.
"The Divine Realm is too fragile now. Another Divine War would erase it entirely."
Asura nodded.
"The root of the conflict was always the same," he said. "Competing races. Competing instincts. Competing claims over authority."
His eyes hardened.
"If this realm is to survive… it needs unity."
Evil's lips curled slightly.
"Then make it exclusive," he said. "A realm of Humanity alone."
Kindness stiffened.
"That's…" she hesitated. "That's extreme."
Evil did not flinch.
"So was extinction."
Asura looked at Kindness.
"Compassion cannot come at the cost of survival," he said quietly.
She closed her eyes.
Long seconds passed.
Finally, she opened them again.
"…I don't like this decision," she said softly. "But I understand it."
She looked at me.
"If beasts and dragons ascend again before balance is restored… history will repeat itself."
I nodded.
"This is not punishment," I said. "It is containment."
I raised my hand toward the Divine Realm Core.
"Akashic Record—confirm feasibility."
Law modification possible.
Restriction may be enforced through Divine Realm Core.
I turned to the others.
"Are we agreed?"
Asura nodded without hesitation.
Evil inclined his head.
Kindness took a breath—
Then nodded as well.
Law of the New Era
I extended my authority.
Not as a tyrant.
Not as a conqueror.
But as a custodian of what remained.
The Divine Realm Core responded.
A new law etched itself into existence.
From this moment onward:
No being of the Beast Race or Dragon Lineage shall ascend to godhood within the Divine Realm.
The Divine Realm shall henceforth be a domain of Humanity alone—until such time as balance is restored.
The law settled.
The Divine Realm trembled faintly—then stabilized.
I lowered my hand.
No one celebrated.
There was nothing to celebrate.
We stood there, four survivors at the heart of a broken heaven, bearing responsibility no one had ever prepared us for.
"This realm will take time to heal," Kindness said quietly.
"Millions of years," Evil agreed.
Asura rested his saber against the ground.
"Then we endure," he said. "And we make sure humanity doesn't repeat the same mistakes."
I looked out over the fractured Divine Realm.
Over the scars.
Over the emptiness.
"Yes," I said.
"This time… history will not be allowed to write itself blindly."
The Divine Realm had fallen.
But it had not ended.
And for the first time since the heavens were born—
Humanity would decide what came next.
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