In a boundless dark void, countless celestial figures drifted through the emptiness.
Some were as vast as planets, others no more than specks of dust. Some took humanoid form, others the shapes of beasts — or beings half-beast, half-divine.
These were the Three Thousand Primordial Demon Gods. In the desolate, formless void, they were the only beings in existence. Normally, they wandered the emptiness alone, scattered across eternity. It was rare, almost impossible for them to gather.
When they did, they assembled within their own camps, each ruled by one of the Five Origin Primordial Demon Gods.
Encounters between factions usually ended in chaos and ruin. But today was different. For once, they had gathered in a single place.
And in that endless darkness, the normally fierce and unruly Demon Gods had fallen silent, their countless eyes fixed upon the same unseen point in the void. The air was filled with tension as though they were facing an unprecedented enemy.
At the helm of the demon gods were the five Origin primordial demon gods, each possessing a unique aura and not as tense as the rest of the army, but their eyes still held a bit of tension and gloom.
Shi Luo, the Primordial Demon of time had her eyes closed; the gold gem on her forehead was continually emitting a white light, behind her, the huge Eternal Wheel of Time behind her spinning slowly, while emitting strands of gold and white primordial energy.
Beside her stood a tall, humanoid figure, his presence vast and suffocating. His eyes reflected the endless dark of the void, and space itself seemed to bend around his form. He gripped twin halberds — the Void Cleaving Halberds — their edges glimmering faintly with violet light. Each slow breath he took caused invisible ripples to shatter and reform across the emptiness. This was Kong Xuan, the Primordial Demon of Space, Shi Luo's brother and eternal counterpart.
Farther away, three other figures stood apart, their forms veiled in the distance, the remaining Origin Primordial Demon Gods. Their auras alone were enough to make the lesser demon gods tremble, yet none spoke.
Suddenly, the Primordial Time Demonic God's eye fluttered open, releasing two strange glowing pupils. When the light in them dimmed, she said slowly.
" He is coming " The three words seemed to elevate the degree of tension that the army of three thousand demonic gods was feeling to a whole new extent; even the five Origin Primordial Demons were no exception.
Suddenly, loud footsteps echoed from the boundless darkness, spreading towards the void and the demonic gods. Some of the demonic gods were swallowing in fear.
The footsteps were neither fast nor slow; instead, they seemed to convey an endless confidence in oneself.
A man walked out of the darkness, a handsome face paired with two curved horns protruding from a mass of raven dark hair and a confident smirk.
He had a humongous body with well-defined muscles; he held the shaft of a giant axe twice his size, with its blade resting on his shoulder.
He stopped a great distance away from the army of Primordial Demons, his eyes scanning everyone of them contemptuously.
Shi Luo could hear Kong Xuan's teeth gritting in anger. She said nothing and stepped forward.
" Pan Gu, I know you are incredibly strong, but there is no way you can win against us all, let the matters of the past stay in the past", she said with a half smile.
" I can't defeat all of you?. I can only find out if I try " Pan Gu's arrogant voice crackled through the cosmos.
" Arrogant ", Kong Xuan bellowed, his eyes burning with rage. He released a powerful aura that immediately shattered the surrounding space. The other four origin Primordial Demons were also visibly annoyed.
" Pan Gu...I admit you are strong, but you are digging your own grave. Let things go and join us, " Shi Luo said in a restrained voice.
Kong Xuan's rage made the surrounding void tremble, but Pan Gu didn't so much as blink. He just tilted his head, almost amused, as if their entire army was nothing more than children throwing a tantrum.
"Let things go?" Pan Gu said. His voice wasn't loud — it didn't need to be. "Shi Luo, you always ask for the impossible, plus you know this is fate; this battle cannot be avoided."
He dragged the giant axe down from his shoulder. The metal scraped against nothingness, somehow making a sound anyway. Several lesser demon gods flinched. A few took involuntary steps back.
" We should have ended him for real when we had the opportunity", Hundun the Great Primordial Demon of Chaos said, his dark form flickering in the dark.
Pangu remained quiet, the red glow of his axe growing brighter in response.
"So be it"
Suddenly, the space behind Pangu cracked, and a dark devouring portal opened; everything in the void was swallowed, and the void cracked.
Pan Gu was swept into the portal as well, and a humongous tiger head appeared in the swallowed void.
" Hahahah...All that talk only for him to be eaten by me, the great Pan Gu is only so-so...any being swallowed by me will serve to boost my power...from now on, I, Huan Hu, will also ascend into the origin level " Huan Hu laughed crazily.
" Stupid tiger ", Shi Luo said, shaking her head.
Suddenly, Huan Hu's face turned purple, and his smile faded, replaced by panic.
" No, stop, stop!!!" It shouted in panic
" Stupid tiger, you think it's easy to devour me?" A calm voice resonated through the void, and a purple light flashed through the back of the galactic-sized tiger.