Chapter 5 – Despicable Brahma (Part 1)
"Oh? Goddess Shakti has stepped in."
Fanan, hidden deep within the void, observed the scene above. He knew the chaos was finally settling.
Although Goddess Shakti, Vishnu, and Brahma were all infinite-consciousness gods, their powers differed greatly.
Shakti was the source of all cosmic energy, the supreme existence, the Mother of the Universe.
Indeed, under her calming presence, the turmoil began to subside.
"To praise your magnanimity, I wish to offer you a dance."
Goddess Shakti joined her hands in reverence and began dancing gracefully in the void.
Brahmaic sounds seemed to accompany her dance, forming a celestial melody.
"महानहुओलिनजिया" (Great!)
As the dance ended, Shakti leaned gently.
Brahma folded his hands and thanked her:"Praise to the great Goddess Shakti. You have saved Brahma, and the entire universe along with him."
"No, it is his own forbearance," Shakti replied, her voice resonating in the void.
At that moment, Vishnu's eyes glowed strangely as he gazed at Shakti. Suddenly, he knelt on one knee, declaring his love.
"Great Goddess Shakti, I am deeply captivated by your exquisite dance. Will you be my wife?"
At these words, Brahma was momentarily speechless. How he longed to profess his own love, yet out of respect for Shakti, who had just saved him, he held back.
At this moment, in the universe, only the three of them were known infinite-consciousness gods—two men, one woman.
"Please accept my love. Praise to the great Goddess Shakti."
Vishnu clasped his hands sincerely, his gaze full of anticipation.
"Very well, I accept your praise and am willing to unite with you in the yoga of love," Shakti nodded.
Reluctantly leaving, she moved to Vishnu's side, lying together on the back of the Primordial Dragon King Shesha.
Shesha was still in an unconscious state, unaware of the drama about to unfold on his back.
Brahma's eyes flashed with anger. He glanced at the Rudraksha flower in his hand, and with a gesture of majestic divine power, he sanctified it.
In an instant, the Rudraksha flower transformed into a beautiful goddess.
"Praise to you, Brahma," the flower goddess prayed sincerely.
"You shall be the most cherished flower of infinite, supreme Brahma."
Brahma's hand emitted a divine light, blessing the flower goddess.
"Ha ha~"
Suddenly, a loud, startling laugh echoed. Brahma, along with Vishnu and Shakti, were jolted awake.
A figure emerged from the infinite fire, his aura illuminating the Three Thousand Realms.
Three eyes, four arms, holding a trident, conch, water pot, and drum, a crescent moon upon his head, wearing animal skins, with flowing hair shaped like horns.
It was Shiva—god of destruction, ruin, procreation, and creation.
Seeing this, Vishnu and Shakti immediately rose to greet him, offering congratulations on his birth.
Brahma, holding the Rudraksha flower, did the same.
At the moment of Shiva's birth, their divine essences resonated with one another.
Shiva was an infinite-consciousness god, a creator god, and master of four forms of law and order, making him stronger than creators controlling only two forms of law.
Shakti, as the source of all cosmic energy, was still superior in divine power. Yet Shiva's birth in such greatness earned her deep respect.
"Brahma, your mission is not yet complete," Shiva said, holding his trident with authority.
"Please instruct me, Shiva," Brahma asked, puzzled.
"The vast, boundless universe… and yet there are only six conscious beings. Do you not feel lonely?" Shiva slowly said.
"Six conscious beings?"
Brahma and Vishnu were taken aback. Including the newly conscious Rudraksha goddess, there were only five conscious beings. Who was the sixth?
Shakti turned her gaze to the depths of the void beneath the earth, remembering Fanan, whose consciousness had awakened her.
Indeed, Fanan was the first living being of the Primordial Brahman Era.
At that moment, Fanan, deep in the void, showed shock. Though he had rendered his consciousness into a void state, Shiva could still perceive his presence.
This made him cautious of the most powerful of the Trimurti gods.
To sense his existence was to have the power to erase him with a single thought.
Even though Fanan had become an upper god with great divine power after Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva had awakened consciousness, in front of a creator god, he was still merely an ant.
Fanan prayed silently: "Goddess Shakti, please do not reveal me. Otherwise, Vishnu might not mind, but Brahma…"
With his five heads, Brahma would surely jealously resent the Primordial Brahman Era's first living being.
Fortunately, Shiva only mentioned it casually:"The desolate universe must become lively. This is your mission."
"Great Shiva, I have awakened consciousness and can no longer create using Supreme Spiritual Karma," Brahma said helplessly.
Shiva frowned. Indeed, an unconscious Brahma could bring the world to perfection, but an infinite-consciousness Brahma could not.
"There is a way for me to continue creation and perfect the world—but it requires the help of the great Goddess Shakti," Brahma said, eyes glinting, glancing at Shakti standing beside Vishnu.
"How should I assist you, Brahma?" Shakti asked, puzzled.
"You are the Mother of the Universe, the source of feminine energy and all cosmic power. If you bless me, fusing your divine power with mine, we can manifest the Supreme Spiritual Karma, completing the Three Thousand Realms." Brahma smiled, his tone gentle.
"You scoundrel, Brahma! You would endanger Shakti!" Vishnu roared. Just married, he could not let her go!
"No, Goddess Shakti is the source of all cosmic energy. She is immortal. She will only temporarily lose consciousness, becoming a law of order. I will bless her so that one day in the future she will awaken consciousness again," Brahma explained.
"Shakti, will you help Brahma complete his mission? It is the mission bestowed upon him by the Supreme Spiritual Karma," Shiva looked at