The void was silent, yet full. Khaos floated amid the infinite darkness, a solitary spark of awareness amidst an ocean of potential. His first creations, mere points of matter and simple creatures, moved clumsily across the landmass he had conjured. Yet even their simplicity thrilled him; every twitch of instinct, every heartbeat of survival, was a thread in a tapestry that only he could see in its entirety.
He stretched his mind further, activating the Piece of Destiny Law once more. Unlike ordinary gods—if there could even be such a thing in this nascent existence—he did not merely see what was. He saw what could be, branching endlessly across probabilities and possibilities. Every action, every choice, every mutation of a creature had countless potential outcomes. And with a thought, he could nudge one, trim another, or amplify yet another, guiding evolution itself with invisible hands.
Interesting… he mused. "Not just matter, not just life… but the paths of life." His mind raced ahead. He began crafting rudimentary scenarios: a predator chasing prey, two species competing for resources, the smallest spark of environmental challenge. With each iteration, he observed how the creatures adapted. A few died. Most learned. And a select few began exhibiting traits he had never consciously implanted: cunning, cooperation, even a flicker of curiosity toward one another.
A thrill of discovery ran through him. This is the fun part, he thought. The chaos of probability was a playground for his mind.
First Experiment: Sentience Emerges
To push the experiment further, Khaos seeded demi-material traits into some of the creatures. These were early forms of life that could interact with energy flows beyond pure matter—faint senses of soul or spirit, instincts tinged with awareness. He watched as one small creature, a lizard-like being with glowing veins of energy, began to react not just to immediate danger but to patterns in its environment. It began to seek food proactively, learn from mistakes, and even avoid futile fights.
Khaos's mind hummed with possibilities. If this scales… He could sculpt species that would eventually surpass simple instinct. He could create beings capable of complex thought, art, society… and perhaps even loyalty.
And yet, even he understood his own limitations. One soul, no matter how vast, could not oversee a universe in its entirety. He needed extensions of himself—agents, proxies, beings powerful enough to manage domains autonomously but aligned with his vision. The first seeds of his divine children had already germinated in his mind, but they required time to mature.
Testing the Destiny Law: Probabilities as a Resource
Khaos turned his attention back to the broader rules of creation. If every possibility could be observed, every probability nudged, then the threads themselves were a resource—an abstract, malleable energy. By guiding life and matter along desired paths, he could "harvest" potential outcomes as a kind of universal currency.
He reached out, gently adjusting probabilities in multiple directions at once. One species would thrive in one scenario, then falter in another. A predatory species would evolve sharper claws, stronger senses, and greater cunning—but only if it survived the twists of fate he allowed. Every death, every victory, every mutation generated a ripple, a spark of energy, a thread that could be quantified and stored.
So this is the start of a marketplace… he realized. Not a literal market yet, but a system in which potential and probability themselves could become a tradeable, measurable resource.