At the very first moment before anything existed, it was an era without any concept of space or time.
At that time, neither matter nor void had taken shape; the very notion of a universe had not yet sprouted, and even the most basic laws had not been defined.
All things returned to nothingness, yet contained the root of everything. It was infinitely great and infinitely small, both everything and the nothingness of everything.
This might be called the "primordial singularity."
A singularity possessing infinite possibilities, from which the torrents of all matter, energy, space, and time surged forth.
In a certain world, on a certain divine land, this supreme state was forcefully named "Wuji" and "Dao."
"Wuji" is the realm of the formless and imageless, the beginning of all things and also their end; it is the form of the formless and the image of the imageless.
He is the beginning of all existence, both infinite and endless.
Its profound mystery is precisely that "beyond the infinite there is no further infinite; within the endless there is no further endless," layer upon layer, unfathomable and arcane.
This state is the very essence of the unity of opposites, the extremity to which all is gathered; and it is also the still, absolute, innate existence of that unity of opposites.
He is "nothing," and also "emptiness," yet he encompasses all, being the all of all, truly the emblem of omniscience and omnipotence.
"He," the "Infinite Being," whose infinity denotes omniscience, omnipotence, eternity, and boundlessness, is a positive infinity (Positive Infinity).
Different regions of the mortal world once bestowed upon "Him" different appellations—some called Him "Taiyi," others the Ancient Greek "Χρνο (Chronos / Khronos)," or the Hebrew civilization's "YHWH ()."
"He" is the "Formless One," the "Infinite One," the primordial substratum without definite shape, property, or boundary.
All things are generated from this, becoming concrete through the union of "the finite" and "the infinite."
Among these, "the infinite" refers to material without determinate qualities, such as "the great" and "the small," which require "the finite" (form) to receive definite determination.
Just as "Wuji" must, through the differentiation of "Taiji" (yin and yang), evolve into concrete myriad things.
"He" is the absolutely supreme existence. "Wuji" has no form, not even existence; it is the highest manifestation of "nothing."
All things, through "emanation" (Emanation), also called "motion," are derived from the "One," that is, the state described by "from Wuji arises Taiji," the realm of creating being from non-being.
However, the "nothing" of "Wuji" is absolute transcendence; it is not a kind of existence.
"Taiji," by contrast, represents the manifestation of the unity of opposites (yin and yang). It is a state diffused forth, a dynamic, relative, and acquired existence of the unity of opposites; it is "being," and it is "real."
Before qi is seen it is called Taie (Great-Simplicity, Taie); when qi first appears it is Taichu (Great Inception); the beginning of form is Taishi (Great Commencement); the beginning of substance is Taisu (Great Materiality).
From "nothing" is born "being," and within "being" there is contained "nothing."
"Taiji" is the state in which qi, form, and substance are commingled and undivided.
This is what we call chaos (hundun), or Chaos (English/Latin: Chaos; Greek: Χο; "Ka'osi" is a transliteration).
Through changes of some unknown kind—changes indescribable in language—the chaotic epoch arrived.
In this chaos are contained yin and yang, hardness and softness, odd and even; there is nothing that is not there, it is all-encompassing.
Chaos (混沌) is an ordered movement, inseparable from time and space; it is absolute motion and relative stillness; it moves as a whole, proceeding as a system; it rises to the utmost and returns below, cycling without end.
It is the "undivided unity before yin and yang," and even more "the dynamic process of the unity of opposites," the logical starting point of the generation of all things and the ultimate embodiment of the universe's fundamental law.
Through the evolution of "emanation" (Emanation) \[also called "motion"], chaos generated Nous (intellect), Psyche (soul) \[also called spirituality], and the entire material world.
When "Taiji" showed signs of "motion," when chaos began to grow restless and began to "move," the very first beginning of the world unfurled.
No one knows how much time passed—perhaps it was infinite, perhaps it was but an instant, even shorter than Planck time. This is a duration incomprehensible to mortals, and even to gods.
At that time, time still had no meaning to anything whatsoever. Yet it already existed in truth, and had quietly arranged everything, driving all evolution.
Within Chaos, the first to manifest was the primordial embodiment of matter and antimatter. Her name was—Gaia (Greek: Γαα; English: Gaia (Gaea)).
Gaia represents the birth of the material world, the manifestation of the "real," the concrete embodiment of matter.
And at the very moment the "real" appeared, the concept of "nothing," corresponding to the "real," was also born.
When the "real" began to manifest, it meant the sprouting of order; thereby the world gained the concept of "existence."
At the same time, the corresponding concepts of "disorder," "chaos," "dissolution," "annihilation," and "void" also arose.
This is the cycle of "being" born from "nothing," and "nothing" contained within "being," with "nothing" containing "being," and "being" continuously evolving "nothing."
He was—Tartarus (Greek: Τρταρο; English: Tartarus).
From this the "Abyss" descended; Tartarus is the embodiment of "void."
And thus, as Chaos came to contain Gaia and Tartarus, as matter and antimatter existed and void manifested, Chaos now truly possessed the concept of "existence."
After yet another span of unknown time, within Chaos there was conceived the concept of "darkness" and "night."
For at that time, everything was still shrouded by boundless "dark night."
They were the primordial embodiments of dark matter and dark energy, corresponding to matter and antimatter.
Their names were—the embodiment of darkness and nether-gloom, Erebus (Ancient Greek: ρεβο/ρβευ; English: Erebus); and the embodiment of night, Nyx (Ancient Greek: Νξ; English: Nyx).
These four primordial deities constituted the most basic laws of the universe, the most fundamental foundation of all that would thereafter be born.
Without them, there would be nothing at all.
Thus the universe entered a "binary state of the unity of opposites."
Simply put, "Taiji" began to evolve into "yin and yang."
Although the basic concepts necessary to sustain the operation of the universe had been born, the world at that time was still a dead silence.
Those foundational concepts were merely pure concepts; at that moment they were only abstract embodiments of laws and ideas, devoid of spirituality, with not even the faintest sprout of self-awareness.
Though the universe possessed the concept of the "real," and had a rudimentary, relative "order," far more pervasive still were "disorder and void."
"Order" and "disorder" were entwined. Tartarus, the embodiment of disordered void, seemed an eternal behemoth that might at any moment devour every embodied existence.
Thus the universe's evolution might halt at the binary state, or even revert directly to Taiji and return to the original state of Wuji.
To resist this instinct toward dissolution, "existence" had to move without ceasing, to prove its real being, lest it be swallowed by boundless "void."
Therefore, every concept of "existence," every law that had arisen, driven by the instinct not to vanish, and by an instinctive opposition to "void," moved without rest.
Over an unknowable duration of such "motion," every concept and law of "existence" underwent infinite evolution and tempering.
A dim awareness and a primordial will—or, rather, a deeper and more fundamental "instinct of existence"—evolved and emerged amid this continual motion.
"Want to possess"
"Want to obtain"
"Do not want"
"Unwilling"
These concepts of "love and desire" appeared. This is Eros (Ancient Greek: ρω; English: Eros).
He is the original driving force for the birth of new life in the universe, the primordial foundational law by which the power of nature creates all things.
He is the basic impetus that drove all things to evolve at the dawn of the world, and the symbol of all love, desire, and the emotions of all intelligent beings.
After yet another unknowable stretch—again a duration incomprehensible to mortals—
Perhaps it was still infinite; perhaps at the very moment the concept of "love and desire" appeared, an irreversible force began to operate.
Driven by the "primordial instinct of desire," and by a deep fear of being devoured by Tartarus, the primordial embodiment of matter—Gaia—instinctively swallowed Love and Desire (Eros)!
Then, from that existence of matter, a brand-new, vital, fundamental power burst forth—"spirituality" thus arose!
This is the variable of "spirit," the foundation upon which wisdom and soul subsist.
From this moment onward, every existence, whether material entity or abstract concept, truly began, and truly could possess consciousness.
This was the awakening of the consciousness of "I."
The appearance of "spirituality" signified that Heaven had appeared.
The Mother of Matter gave birth to "Heaven."
The great lord of spirituality, the lord of wisdom, the lord of consciousness, the lord of the firmament, the lord of the universe, the symbol of hope and the future, the father of the Titans, a primordial great god, the god of the sky, the creator of the world, the embodiment of the heavens, the supreme Sky-Father, master of all wisdom and consciousness and sovereign over everything in the cosmos, finally descended into the universe.
He was the great Father of the beings of all universes, the eternal starry firmament, the world's first boundary, the immortal starting point of all things, the Sky-Father of the gods, the encircler of the universe, the cornerstone of the world's law, the lord of all spirituality, the first God-King!
The supreme Sky-Father of all beings—Uranus!