High into the endless skies the cold wind was screaming. Far above those skies of freedom two similar sized moons could somewhat be seen reflecting the Sun’s light in one color of red and one of blue.

From this place, turning your view to the lands below is useless. An unnatural cloud layer has covered the entire planet. Thunder boomed and silver lightning snakes endlessly twisted in those clouds.

Between Heaven & Earth a world shaking event was about to occur.

In a small cave found in a towering mountain peak somewhere on the Azeelsa continent where the origin of disaster would be known to have begun –A man with a youthful face is standing in the center of bizarre formation dressed in long robes the color exactly as his eyes looked – pitch black.

“Stop! Little brother it’s enough! If you continue there will be no turning back.” Hurriedly said a 2m tall baldy with stone cold black eyes and clad into white -golden armor and holding even longer than himself staff which pulsated with gentle light from the crystal located at its top. Behind him eleven more figures in similar battle-like outfits were standing in formation looking frantically at the back of 1,9m tall figure that could barely be seen in this darkness.

“All my life I have done everything for Him. Whatever I was asked to do would be done. What once would have made Mankind experience fear day and night is now living hidden in terror. All because of me.”

In loud voice he responded to his fanatical big brother. In his left hand a beautiful crescent shaped blue ice crystal was tightly held.

“The Tear of the Gods. A holy artifact that helped us escape calamity by letting us directly communicate with the Gods and enabled us to borrow from their “endless” power…It is a mere tool of their vile schemes to control and exploit us!” His voice boomed and the earth all around him and miles away as well, started shaking from the sheer power contained in his words.

“Think about it Nolem, you can still continue living as a hero and even receive a place into the sacred palace as long as you let us take the soul of that scourge being! Have you forgotten the countless sacrifices we made in order to stop what may destroyed our entire race for eternity? Even if it’s your kid it has taken its seed in didn’t we give an oath to exterminate those enemies no matter what until there is nothing left?” With solemn voice the baldy leader of the group decided to try for the last time to convince his little brother.

“The twelve apostles think they have a chance against the Saviour? The place I experienced four hundred years of endless battles and mental torture was Hell AND I GOT OUT FROM THERE!” Once again the mountain and the lands below started shaking.

“We all know we are powerless to Judge you. But we have made the preparation for Divine Intervention.” With a sigh the old brother said. In a moment his black eyes changed color to white like if he was suddenly another person. “Activate the holy artifacts fellow apostles and invite the Gods to purge him”

The eleven other apostles responded in unison:

“As the Gods wish!”

One by one the various weapon like object all of them were holding were slowly igniting and disappearing.

“The Heavens are sacred! Offending the Heavens is wrong and YOU will be Judged!” All of the twelve saint-like people were chanting in praying stance.

“There is no need to call some low level reapers to collect. Today the entire Heavenly realm will be Judged by me whether they want or not!” Just as he uttered those shocking words his left eye emitted a black flame that as fast as lightning encircled and consumed all of the apostles excluding his brother.

“WAHAAAAAAARHGGG” Their short screams resounded in the small cave.

“YOU! What have you done!” In complete disbelief the old brother said.

The scene outside the cave changed –strange celestial signs started appearing all around the planet.

“Orthus I have already decided whatever happens even if it’s my soul undergoing eternal destruction, I will see the end of this. All the time I have pandered to their wishes and when I needed them they turned their back at me. For a single live and for a single wish to not affect destiny” Nolem lightly waved his hand and his brother holy armament flew next to him. Next he took the Tear and inserted it to the crystal atop of the staff.

“Little brother, no matter what you accomplish you will never face eternal destruction. Neither will your son. But the backlash curse also will never be possible to be lifted until death. You are bounding yourself and your descendants to experience the most terrific fate of all: Divine Retribution!” At this point tears were welling in this old man.

“From now on…” Nolem turned his face to look at his brother “My Will over anyone else. Those aspiring for Heaven’s crown will have to experience true suffering.”

“No kid should bear the sins of their father.” He continued. ”Please ,big brother use your kharmic time magic on my son. I believe you will do the right thing. Haven’t you protected him until now? As for those who will harm an innocent child for such lowly reason I will deal…with all of them.”

 Orthus sighed and moved toward his little brother and hugged him.

“You ask me with a straight face to die …but even I could see that you will eternally suffer from now on. My pain will end in a moment ,yours will stretch until God knows when. “

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Nolem felt the warm hug of his brother and replied “I have something that all others from up above don’t have and small amount of people have managed to achieve during Mankind’s history.

It is what helped me get through all this time. My child received my gift as well. In what it reforms into I don’t know, but I am sure he will find happiness no matter what tribulations he has to experience.

Thank you brother.”

With those last words toward his loving brother he took the staff and flew out the cave toward the endless skies.

Blinding light was beginning to gather at the top of the staff. The higher he got the more heavenly lightning and celestial signs started to appear. He passed the cloud layer and ascended even higher.

He finally reached a height were the cloud layer below looked like a distant bubbling pool of lightning.

“Human Tribulation , Celestial Judgement , Divine Retribution” He said indifferently “I smashed apart the Stone of Living and only caused Human Tribulation. Next…” The staff in his hand started shining like a star until …it silently exploded and turned the surrounding space into a world of blinding light.

Gradually it disappeared and revealed a figure dressed in white-black round cauldron insignia robes wearing a purple mask with two lines ,one black and one white, that ended next to his unnatural green eyes.

The cauldron depicted the authority of the Heavens while the black and white lines on his mask contained signs of both life and death. A major figure that controls life and death had come down!

He was none other than the Heavenly Head envoy of Dead!

His green eyes turned and coldly gazed at Nolem and the man declared “First destroying the various safe devices we left to protect humanity and next killing God’s chosen protectors of the realm and lastly destroying our connection with the people we are supposed to defend.”

“Your fate is– Sacred renewal of the soul and purification through Nirvana’s flame”

Endless streams of lightning started to twist and turn from all around the planet converging towards the previous Saviour of Mankind.  The numerous strange celestial signs started to gather above the two and gradually appear more and more real until they attained the form of miniature stars excluding terrific pressure and scorching light that no regular human being exposed would escape alive.

“Only this much? I expected the famous reincarnation curse. Seems my hits didn’t hurt enough those guys. Maybe because I helped to some of them as well…” Taking a breath he continued “Doesn’t matter what you want me to experience because what awaits you is my supreme Dao making yours broken in million pieces awaiting to be reborn”

The purple-black figure laughed and said “You won’t get even past the fourth stage” He waved his sleeve and a little mace with a human figure on it appeared “Order: Judgement day” the envoy said with highly authoritative voice.

The lightning formed an enormous vortex below that excluded mysterious pulling power over Nolem. Blue lightning turned into black lightning. Various celestial beings such as qilin and wyverns were born from this shocking heavenly phenomenon. They were eagerly waiting and crackling to consume their prey.

Up above the miniature stars one by one joined one another until they formed a small sized star comparable to the other 2 moons of planet Derasus. Deadly radiant light and a crushing pressure at once begun endlessly striking at Nolem.

But he remained unmoved “Compared to the Lower your domain attainment and Will transformation lacks far too much.” Commented with a mysterious smile on his face. Then he added “I will swiftly deal with you and summon the entire circus to entertain me.”

With a strange cadence he suddenly said:

Summon Soul Weapon: Devil Chosen Blade

A 6 foot long black weapon with outer shade of blood red appeared in his right hand. This strange weapon resembling a sword was releasing a strange humming sound…the melody produced by the sufferings and wails of countless damned souls!

“You!” Yelled the shocked overworld’s judge. “How have you obtained such heaven-defying weapon unnoticed?!?” At this moment not only shock, but fear started forming in his mind.

Just as it was summoned the Devil blade provoked a change into the Heavens –an endless azure light covered the starry sky blurring all else except a strange flying palace located far into the distance.

“Four hundred years I have eaten down there. All sort of damned beings were snacks to me. The endless battles fought with countless Hell creatures resulted in all of them bowing to me in fear and not only them - The hundred–eight wraiths? The thiry-three eternal damnation ghosts? The nine great demons? The seven deadly sins lords? The 3 Lower devils? Their souls. All of them are enslaved in this weapon!” Madly grinned Nolem. On his left eye a red pentagram formed. On his right a purple flower took shape.

His jet-black clothes reformed into majestic blood red robe with bizarre purple-black flower surrounding three human skulls with little pentagrams on their head located on its back.

The heretical weapon that Nolem previously summoned caused big waves of shock and fear in the heart of the otherworldly judge ,but now … he felt as if the Heavens were collapsing!

What did this attire mean?   

Only one such person is known to wear those clothes.

Yinwan the ruler of Hell and this was his attire – the symbol of Underworld’s supreme Authority!

“After the big war for Mankind’s survival I found myself separated from my body and experiencing true Hell.” He calmly continued as he flew closer and closer to the Heavenly head envoy of dead.

“Order: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons enslave the Devil’s soul!” Shouted in complete madness the envoy.

The black lightning vortex from below one moment was crackling menacingly and next it had already become one with the star. The radiant light turned black and terrific eye formed.  Hundred chains shot from there binding Nolem. One demon after the other appeared next to him and were preparing to destroy his body and consume his soul!

“My soul was saved by Her. Now that she is gone the only thing left is to ensure our son lives and dies in the same reincarnation cycle like all others” As he finished the sword in his hand emitted a high-pitching noise. All the darkness surrounding him flashed into red. The chains binding him broke one by one. Monster that were trying to destroy him in body and soul tried to escape for their lives but were unable to and were instantly turned to dust that flew toward the eerily black-red shining sword.

The eye above him suddenly split apart just like the body of the otherworldly judge.

With a blank look the otherworldly envoy of dead entered the reincarnation cycle. His True-self was destroyed ,his Will scattered into millions of pieces that would find place in other souls.

“The true trial begins now. To cause Divine Retribution I have to… change the balance of Heaven & Earth by returning all of the Lawmakers into the cycle which includes every single soul in the Sacred Palace.

 I will do so by abolishing their Dao and turning their Will into fetters for those who wait to be born. The Lawless era from before the Established Order will return.”

He looked up to the Sacred Palace into the distance. The Azure light it was giving off made it look like the Holiest place there was in Heaven.

“How laughable. It’s time to turn the world upside down for them.”

He shot flying toward the palace of Gods.

Closer and closer!