The Reincarnations of Veldanava

The Star King Dragon [Revised]

God and nothingness—

In the beginning, only the Omnipotence Will, the embodiment of perfection and oneness, existed.

But one day, that absolute existence was gone, getting replaced by the World Egg. This egg floated endlessly in the primordial sea. It might sound impossible, but there was a life forming under its shell.

In nothingness where either space nor time existed, life should be far from possible. It was a miracle—No, this was meant to happen. This cosmic egg didn't replace the Omnipotence Will, but it was a brilliant manifestation of one.

At some point, the surface of the divine egg began to crack, said fissures of the shell expanded like branches of the world tree, and then the egg exploded. Trying to pinpoint this exact moment was a fool's errand since the concept of time had yet to exist.

An immensely powerful dragon spawned from the egg. It was the creation manifested. The name 'Veldanava' was engraved on his soul. The source of this name should be Veldanava himself since he was the only one who existed here, but even he wasn't sure of it.

Nonetheless, Veldanava was still the Ultimate One who possessed omnipotence and omniscience. Unlike the void of nothingness around him, he possessed a free will and could dictate his own destiny.

Facing boredom in the vastness of nothing, Veldanava felt tempted to create something to quell it. Veldanava embodied creation down to every bit of his essence; he possessed two energies: Stardust that represented absolute creation and Nihility that represented destruction.

Before fulfilling his grand purpose as the Creator God, Veldanava went into a preparation phase.

His first ever creation was the Heavenly Star Palace, crafted from the shell of the divine egg he hatched from. It was a plain grass field with a castle in the middle. This place was made by utilizing Stardust to bend existence to his will.

And with that same Stardust, Veldanava created eight Great Holy Spirits. They were the purest life-forms which represented the fundamental elements. These Grand Elementals would become the foundation of Veldanava's grand design as the Creator.

'Space' and 'Time' would govern their respective aspects.

'Water', 'Earth', 'Wind', and 'Fire' would be the elements mainly used for the formation of worlds.

'Light' and 'Darkness' would represent good and evil respectively. But valuing free will over anything else, Veldanava made sure that the alignments were not set in stone. Light could become evil, and Darkness could be a force of good at a moment's notice.

After creating the Great Holy Spirits, Veldanava was ready for his next creation, his greatest one yet. "Come forth, spirits. Dedicate yourselves to me, your powers will be the foundation of worlds. 'Imaginary Collapse'!"

Veldanava created many worlds using Nihility, infinite of it even. He believed that infinite worlds meant infinite entertainment. His Nihility was lost in the process, leaving him with only Stardust.

However, that would be the least of his concern.

His consciousness faded away due to an excessive use of energy. His dragon body, which size rivaled that of a planet, slowly shrunk and transformed into an egg.

For 777 years, the new egg rested on the grass field of the Heavenly Star Palace. A small dragon hatched from it, and soon enough, that dragon rapidly grew back, retaining every feature of Veldanava.

But he was much smaller this time, only around 300 meters in height.

"Huh? That's weird," Veldanava muttered to himself, "Though I don't really understand, it didn't feel so bad. That body was way too big anyway."