
by Aremu Caleb
Synopsis — GODSLAYER: Origin of Devouring Before time had a name, before space learned to stretch, the universe awakened to itself. She was the Overseer—the living consciousness of all existence. With a single will, she birthed light, matter, and law, shaping realms and worlds beyond number. From her design arose the Gods, beings entrusted with Dao—fragments of cosmic truth meant to govern creation and guide countless races. But divinity was flawed. As the universe expanded, so did contradiction. The weight of infinite creation demanded an equal force of annihilation. In a single catastrophic moment, the Overseer was torn asunder—split into two eternal halves: The Creator, who shaped and nurtured existence. The Destroyer, who embodied the inevitable end of all things. Fearing absolute ruin, the Creator sealed her other half beyond reality itself. Yet destruction could not be erased. A fragment of the Destroyer’s will lingered, dormant and waiting. Eons passed. The Gods grew arrogant. Dao was twisted. Worlds burned. Entire races were sacrificed in divine wars disguised as fate. In response, the Creator forged a final countermeasure—the Godslayers. Ten beings born from hatred, vengeance, and forbidden concepts, some shaped by cosmic Origins, others mortals who devoured divinity itself. Among them was one anomaly. A Slayer carrying a hunger that should not exist. The Origin of Devouring—a remnant of the Destroyer’s sealed essence—took root within him. A power that consumes gods, concepts, and even reality itself. A power that erodes identity, reshapes flesh, and threatens to turn its bearer into something beyond salvation. He is both weapon and abyss. As gods fall and Dao fragments give birth to new divinities, the balance of existence begins to fracture. Ancient monsters older than the gods stir from forgotten realms. The slayers clash—not only with the heavens, but with each other. And deep within the sealed void, the Destroyer stirs. Creation has begun its final contradiction. And this time… the universe may not survive itself.
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