I laid there watching the gentle rise and fall as my wife slept beside me. The children were asleep and so was she, today had been a good day.

With my arm still resting on her hip I debate whether I should go back into my universe. Last time had been amazing though I had edged entirely too close to losing myself.

Edged close too, that's like saying the Cambrian Extinction was not that bad.

Yeah, I am still not sure how I pulled away. When I head back setting safeties in place is a must.

When huh, okay looks like I have already made up my mind. There is no way I can turn away from something as powerful as this.

Kissing my sleeping wife, I get out of bed heading downstairs. Today was a great day and I want to treasure it.

Placing my hand on the fridge I set it to overwrite Save Slot 2. Today had been near perfect, reliving today would be a mockery of the day.

"Okay I am going to enter now. I will close my eyes and when I open them the universe will be exactly as I left it."

More convincing myself than anything my eyes close as I focus on the amulet.

Feeling the transition, I focus on my belief, the universe is exactly how I left it.

Opening my eyes, a cheer resounds throughout the entirety of the realm, it was fine!

The Realm, that's a nice generic yet fun name. Yes, from now on I will think of it as The Realm.

Noticing something not quite right I follow a speck of light hiding in a great Star Storm.

"Oi, what the fuck is this! I mean I guess subconsciously I gave it some serious power but come on. This is ridiculous!"

There as the sphere containing the Discworld at the heart of the Star Storm. I could see a powerful light radiating from the Wizards Tower in Ankh-Morpork. It was pushing up and touching the shell I had created.

Which was drawing the harshest of the Star Storms Wrath directly at it.

"These shits are trying to break out? Seriously!? Have they thought about what happens when the shield breaks and they are still here getting attacked?"

Face palming, I remember who it is I am talking about. Of course, they didn't. Hell, I doubt they are even doing it on purpose. Well time to sort this out.

Grabbing the sphere, I pull it from the storm and direct my thoughts inside it.

"Oi! Stop messing with the shield you idiots! I will turn that little Wizards Tower into a toothpick if you keep at it."

My voice projected across the entirety of the Discworld. Regardless of location, language or even sapience I made sure they all got the message.

Sending a special message to the Gods and other great beings of Discworld, such as Death, a personal favorite, I give them a heads up.

"I'm going to push you guys into the greater universe here after a while, still in Alpha Testing though so get everyone to chill for now."

Of all the things I could have created why did I chose those crazies again?

Duh, because they are cool as hell bruh. Don't bitch about them doing what they do.

Fair enough, still makes me happy to see the universe is back up to speed though. Not sure if it already was or if I willed it that way.

"I should do something about that. Okay, let's start with an assistant. Make him chill and good at details. That way I can focus on big picture stuff."

Thinking about it for a second my assistant pops into existence.

He is an elderly man with iron grey hair and steel blue eyes. His age is evident with a simple glance. It is not the weathering of old age though. 

His age is the kind that comes from tempering over again endless as the March of time continues. His body is firm and straight, a wire strength plainly evident.

His is my Butler, and his name is James. Cliché, of course it is. Still he is awesome and exactly what I need.

"James, your first order is to keep this universe running despite me traveling to and fro throughout time. To do this I grant you the power to shift through the timeline. This power is retroactive from the moment I first used the amulet and stepped into The Realm."

He bowed his head and gave his thanks.

"You are most kind Father. I will strive to ensure I do my best."

His voice was calm with a strength in it that showed his will. 

Father, that name will work. I do not wish to be called a God or Lord, anything along those lines is a no-go for me.

Father though is a good feeling. I am a daddy to my children and Father to this universe. All in this universe shall be my family.

"Truly, creating you may be my smartest choice James. My name shall be Father from now onwards. If there is anything you require let me know."

For now, I have granted him all my powers apart from being able to alter myself. While I trust him no reason to put all your eggs in one basket after all.

"All is well Father for now. Though I do believe you had wanted to create your first children soon."

Oh, he was right for sure. To do that though first the system of magic must be made official in The Realm.

There will be two forms of gaining strength in The Realm.

Firstly, will be through traditional magic. A user’s spirit will grow stronger as they advance. This will allow them to influence the world to a greater degree. Magic works by bending the forces of the universe to your will.

So only the strong willed may advance in strength. This will ensure that those with power are not easily swayed. Stability should be rather solid with this in place.

Secondly will be Cultivators, who through Aura gain strength. Aura works as HP in this universe.

First a creatures Aura must be overcome before real damage to a body can happen. This seems a fair balance. 

Magic users and Cultivators will both gain in each group as they grow in strength. Just at a slower rate for their non-dominant trait.

Cultivators will absorb radiation and convert it into Aura. All things will have their radiation they give off be in the traditional Xianxia personality. Different fires different types, same with water etc...

For the system itself though I will modify the normal elemental structure.

Primary elements are Fire, Air, Water, and Earth.

Then is Entropy and Order, Time and Space, Light and Dark, with Gravity and Void rounding out the set.

Okay, next will be how to gain strength. Both will be broken into ten ranks with ten sub ranks.

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Each rank will be a magnitude of ten stronger than the one before. A cultivator must condense their Aura into a single strand to be a first stage cultivator. They must then create nine more to advance to second stage. Then ninety more for third stage.

Stages three and six will be watersheds for advancement. Only through personal enlightenment can one advance to the next rank. 

Mages will work on the same system though theirs is threw growing their spirit, not condescending as for Cultivators.

Rank ten will be Ascension, moving from a mortal to an immortal. Then the ten ranks again with a celestial Ascension happening. 

"I like this, this works well. James any suggestions, speak freely."

"Yes father, this system is a well-ordered system. It needs balance though or Entropy will come about unchecked."

Excellent point, everything needs some chaos to keep it healthy and prosperous.

"What would you recommend James?" 

I was sure now more than ever creating James was an excellent choice.

"Hard work should be rewarded as you have created the system to handle. I would recommend that beings be granted a Knack. A special talent based on their Soul, Karma and life."

"Excellent idea James, it shall be when a human turns eight or each species equivalent."

 "As you will it Father."

Trusting James to care for the finer details of it all we continue to other matters.

"James eventually my family will be joining us. A Celestial Palace is needed to oversee where we can stay. Make sure it is fun, magic pools, bouncy rooms, secret passages and more. Go wild with it."

James raised an eyebrow, he was not a playful creative soul. Much more pragmatic this would be a challenge for him. I am looking forward to it, should be interesting.

Laughing as I head out ensure the soul bound gift of family love is still attached to me. A warm feeling of love and happiness tugs on my heartstrings.

"Well that works, time to make some monsters!"

Thinking of the layout of The Realm I start at the Star Storm. Several tens of thousands of light-years it is a raging storm of plasma arcs with lengths measured in light-minutes. 

Rifts forming in the upper layers of the fabric of the universe as wild energies clash. Temporal energies collide with waves of Entropy creating cascades of accelerated destruction.

This is the area of greatest radiation in the whole of The Realm. It shall be where the greatest of beings who will inhabit The Realm shall be created.

First the greatest of them all, Arbiter. He shall have domain over the Karmic balance in The Realm. All beings shall have a Karmic balance they accrue throughout each life. Upon death it will reset, though the Karma will decide the circumstances of reincarnation.

Arbiter shall ensure that a balance is kept in The Realm. My biggest complaint about Star Wars was the stupid Jedi Council. 

Balance must be restored to the force. Hello dumbasses there is only a giant group of light side. So, balance means hella more dark side or you all die. What did they expect? More light side of the force? Stupid.

While the Karma of The Realm may sway back and forth, overall it will be a wash. With a slight leaning towards positive. Not enough for any real imbalances to form, just enough to make The Realm a better place.

Arbiter is a Celestial Dragon, The Celestial Dragon really. Gold with red highlights he is a seven clawed Chinese dragon. 

"Father, I thank you for my creation." His celestial voice echoes through the void as he shows his gratitude.

"Of course, balance is key to The Realm. As such you will are key to the realm. I am sure you will make me proud."

A smile lights my face up as I think of what is happening. This creature, no, this child of mine could easily remove Earth and the entire Milky Way from existence. Yet here he is a shy yet proud child who I have created.

"As you are First, which places great responsibility on your young shoulders, I shall grant you two boons. The first is for companionship, a perfect pairing for you to help ease the hardships of time and responsibility."

"The second is a boon, you may ask of me any one thing, no matter how bizarre, and I will grant it to you. Not now, later. Take your time and think carefully over the matter."

A second, slightly weaker, Celestial Dragon comes into being. She is a soft silver with black highlights.

"You are Hearth, the Sanctity of Souls shall be your domain. As Arbiter shall maintain balance, soothing souls and healing them is your responsibility."

For a giant Celestial Dragon, she was surprisingly feminine. There was a grace to her, where he projected a sense of stability.

They were drawn together and found happiness in each other's presence. Everyone deserves at least a chance of love.

Moving on time to build well, Time. Well Time, Order, Entropy and the lot.

Time will be an orange jellyfish that freely swims through temporal currents. Patching tears and keeping watch. From or for what I don't know. He is a mystery to even myself.

"Father I shall keep watch for you, when the time has met it's match we shall triumph."

I have no clue what he is talking about, but he has already been shifting through time it seems. Even as he was created, or possibly before? 

"I will never understand time travel, still Time. You are my child and I will always do my best for you."

"Yes Father, I know how far you would go for your children." 

If an insanely large jellyfish that was moving through time as it held still could sound sad then he did.

If there was something he could do about it, I am sure he would. No sense in worrying about it for now.

"Space, welcome my daughter to The Realm."

She rushed to me hugging me tightly. Space was a Black Hole given sapience and formed into a teenage humanoid. Her form was defined more by what you could see than what was visible.

I kissed her cheek returning the hug, she then leaned against my side. She does not understand personal space. 

Really, a pun now? The dad jokes will only get worse from now on...

"Father! The Realm is amazing! I love it, there is soooo much to see."

She is exactly what I had hoped for. A bubbly curious girl who wanted to see everything and expand herself by increasing her domain. 

Now The Realm would gradually grow as time moved on. This would prevent stagnation in the late stages of the universe.

Order and Entropy were twins, as one cannot exist without the other.

Identical except for their gender they only differed in the Order was slightly more masculine while Entropy had a feminine cast to her.

They had the appearance of prepubescent elves. Dark green hair and soft brown sun kissed skin with wide round eyes made the pair adorable.

They came forward and calmly greeted me. They were formal kids that was for sure.

""Hello Father""

Leaning forward I placed my hands on the outside of each of their heads. Cupping them softly I looked at them with a heart of tenderness.

"My children, you are adorable. You mustn't be so formal. We are family." 

I lightly pinched their cheeks, before kissing the tops of their heads.

 Gravity was a late teenage gothic dwarf. Honestly, I have no idea where that came from, oh wait... He's goth so he likes heavy metal...

Seriously, stop, this is horrible.

Everyone knows dwarves are into metal though.

Ugh... You just made one of the most powerful beings that will ever exist in this universe, so you could make a pair of puns?

Well not a pair...

Dear Lord who art in heaven please no.

Well he has some drums see, because he is a Dwarf Star.

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Hahaha! Laughing to myself like a mad man I give my newest child a strong hug.

"Father, ugh, don't mess up my beard."

A titanic emo Dwarf who carries around drum sticks and plays gravity drums using planetary rings as cymbals. 

Yeah, totally awesome.

How does one even give an embodiment of Void? It's by definition, incapable of having definition, or mass, or anything really.

I'm going to be honest here I have no idea.

 Let me try something.

“Void you exist due to the fact you cannot exist, and anything that cannot be possible by Murphy’s Law is almost guaranteed to happen. Ipso facto you exist!”

There is no way this is going to work, you know this right?

Of course, I do, that is why it is going to work, because there is no way it will work!

A laugh that did not exist floated through the void as I was not hugged by my newest daughter Void.

“Father, you are impossible. Thank you.”

Her voice did not create that, in fact it was the absence of those exact sounds that lead to us hearing them. Here I thought Time was going to be a pain to understand…

“Glad it uh, did/n’t work out? Either way glad you’re to have you in the family Void.”

I could tell where she was, sort of, not really, whatever. There was a spot of existence that simply did not exist so that is where she was. Leaning over I hugged the space where she was.

“Well no one will ever be able to accuse our family of being boring.”

A smile plays across my lips with that remark.

Light and Dark are an entire order easier to create. Created in a form of reverse Yin Yang Light was as pure as fresh fallen snow. Her hair flowed down below her feet as she smiled with a literal blindingly radiant face of happiness. Holding her gently in his embrace Dark was a giant of a man, more akin to a troll than anything else. His hulking body wrapped protectively around her.

Another pair of lovers, for to me light and dark are not opposing forces, they are two lovers who find happiness in the embrace of one another.

Light leaned her head back into the chest of the hulking beast that was Dark. There was true love in the eyes they held for each other, it brought happiness to me as well.

“Father I thank you for bringing us together instead of apart.”

The emotion that I sensed from him was so pure and raw it reaffirmed my choice.

 "Well children it is time to meet the last of your siblings."

How I have no idea but Time managed to convey a raised eyebrow and a knowing laugh in that form of his.

"Well at least for now they are."

With that seemingly needed caveat I begin the final four, the elements.

A white blue Phoenix created from the newly born heart of a neutron star. This child will be the absolute embodiment of Fire.

A deep navy blue Levithan is next and he his brimming with the energy of an ocean before a hurricane. Only this hurricane wipes stars off the map, he is my choice for Water.

Earth is a Titan, The Titan to be exact. His resting form is indistinguishable from a small star sized planet. His raw strength is not to be looked down upon.

Finally is my last daughter, Air, a classic western Dragon. Her white coloration with sky blue highlights sets off her magnificent form.

 All around me are my new children, the children of The Realm. 

"You are all my wonderful children of The Realm. Enjoy yourselves and explore for some time. You must still grow into who you wish to become. I will be here to help if any need it."

 They began talking among each other as this was the first time they had met. Opening a gate I head to my waiting area. 

I had instilled in all of them the ability to gate, and how to gate to the waiting area.

Well except for Void, I had just thrown everything at her and hoped something stuck. I am sure it did, just not sure what.

I could of course check rather easily though that would ruin the fun.

 Stepping through I can see what changes James has made. 

"Wow, great job James!"