Beyond The Gods' Will

Chapter 8: CHAPTER 8 : THE APOCALYPSE



Across the vast expanse of the universe, hidden from nearly all, lies a world untouched by civilization.

A world where intelligence holds no meaning.

A world where instinct alone determines survival.

A world where power reigns absolute, yet no mind controls it.

This is Zora8T—a planet born from chaos itself.

The skies of Zora8T are never still. Thick, swirling clouds of deep crimson twist and churn, crackling with Chaotic Qi and Mana. 

Thunder roars like an unending battle cry, and violent winds tear through the land like invisible blades.

Yet, despite this eternal storm, life thrives.

Not in the form of civilizations or great empires, but in the form of beasts—creatures that exist only to fight, kill, and evolve.

To understand Zora8T is to understand the foundation of all life in the universe.

[Qi and Mana].

Every world that harbors life is bound by these two primordial energies. 

They shape civilizations, empower warriors, and give birth to legends. 

But on Zora8T, these forces have twisted into something… different.

There are two kinds of Qi and Mana in the universe:

1️⃣ Rich Qi & Rich Mana – The lifeblood of advanced civilizations. 

It favors life, nurturing intelligence and granting creatures the ability to grow, learn, and innovate.

2️⃣ Chaotic Qi & Chaotic Mana – A force that empowers only the body, not the mind. 

It grants power but denies wisdom. Strengthens flesh but rejects reason. It does not favor life enough to evolve it beyond instinct.

Zora8T is cursed with a Chaotic Mana Core and Chaotic Qi Core.

It does not lack energy. It thrives in raw, unfiltered power. 

But this power does not guide. It does not teach. It does not cultivate wisdom.

And so, the creatures of Zora8T are trapped in an eternal cycle of violence.

From the weakest vermin that scurry in the deep, blackened caverns…

To the titanic war-beasts that rival Planetary Gods in strength…

All creatures of Zora8T exist for one purpose—to consume and evolve.

They do not plan, do not strategize, do not fear.

They do not understand the concept of peace.

They do not retreat.

A lesser warrior might find relief in this, thinking them mindless, easy to manipulate. 

But those who set foot on Zora8T quickly learn the truth:

A mindless enemy does not hesitate. A mindless enemy does not know pain. A mindless enemy does not fear death.

And in battle, hesitation is death.

The surface of Zora8T is a battlefield in its purest form. There is no civilization, no kingdoms, no rulers. 

The land is shaped only by the strongest.

There are five most powerful lands in Zora8T.

1️⃣The Blood Plains – A vast, cracked wasteland where monstrous colossi roam, their bodies layered in scars from centuries of endless war. 

Here, the weak do not die—they are obliterated, erased as if they never existed.

2️⃣The Abyssal Maw – A canyon that stretches endlessly into the planet's core. 

It is said that something lurks at its depths, something that has devoured creatures far beyond the power of gods. 

None who enter ever return.

3️⃣The Storm Ridges – Jagged mountains where the air is so thick with Chaotic Qi and Mana that even breathing becomes a battle. 

Here, creatures are forged in the harshest conditions, evolving into apex predators with strength beyond measure.

4️⃣The Sea of Hunger – A blackened ocean that does not house fish, but monstrosities large enough to consume entire islands. 

It is unknown if this sea has a bottom, or if it simply descends into an abyss of unending slaughter.

5️⃣The Devouring Cradle – The birthplace of the largest and most powerful creatures on Zora8T. 

It is here that the most ancient beings roam, creatures that once rivaled the gods themselves in power. 

Yet remain trapped in an eternal cycle of meaningless destruction.

Meanwhile---->

After the Warning From his System and Zynx About Zora8T.

Without hesitation, he took off toward Laurasia—modern-day China.

untouched lands pulsed with high-density Qi and Mana, a perfect hunting ground.

In the next 10 days, the world would change.

The days began to pass in a blur of battle, blood, and raw survival.

Orion hunted Titanic Beasts, fought through Qi-infused storms, and clashed with ancient predators long erased from history. 

Every fight pushed his limits, every battle refined his skill, and every kill skyrocketed his level.

Every day, Orion felt his body transform, his mind sharpen, and his presence evolve into something far beyond what he once was.

He was no longer just a commander from Qin's war-torn battlefields.

He was something else now.

Something built for the wars to come.

10 Days Later. Day-16th, Since Orion arrived in the Past.

📜 [LEVEL UP!] 📜

🔹 Level 19 → Level 43

📜 [SKILL EVOLUTIONS] 📜

🔹 Endurance → Lv.7 (Physical & mental strain drastically reduced, stamina increased tenfold.)

🔹 Instinctual Evasion Lv.7 (Dodge lethal attacks before they land, triggered by pure combat awareness.)

🔹 Battle Meditation Lv.6 (Gain focus and regeneration mid-combat, reducing fatigue.)

🔹 Predator's Aura Lv.8 (A natural pressure that forces weaker beings into submission.)

🔹 Burn Lv.5 (Burns all enemies under 40m with Fire for 20s.))

🔹 SwordsManShip Lv.9 (Increased mastery over swords.)

A cold wind howled as Orion stood atop a jagged cliff, gazing down at the vast Laurasian wilderness below.

As he watched Travellers Crossing Down the Laurasia(Modern China).

His cloak fluttered in the wind, his silver-black hair catching the light of the morning sun.

His Qi and Mana-infused senses stretched across the land, but everything remained eerily still.

📜 [SYSTEM NOTIFICATION] 📜

🔹 Time Until Zora8T's First Influence Appears: 10 Seconds.

Orion exhaled, his grip tightening around the custom-forged saber at his waist.

Then--

10... 9... 8...

Zynx flickered beside him, his voice more serious than ever.

Zynx: "Brace yourself. This isn't just a monster invasion."

7... 6... 5...

The winds shifted, carrying an unnatural pressure.

Orion's heartbeat remained steady, his Instinctual Evasion already sensing a shift in reality itself.

4... 3... 2...

The sky darkened.

A pulse of Chaotic Qi and Mana tore through the air, warping reality itself.

Then—

1... 0...

Dead Silence....

CRACK! SHUDDER! !CRACK!

The Sky Cracked in Various locations throughout the Earth.

The very air itself screamed, as if the planet was rejecting something unnatural.

And then, they arrived.

Zora8T had touched Earth.

From the fractures in the sky, abominations unlike anything Earth had seen, descended.

They were mindless, yet powerful. Unrelenting, yet without purpose.

Their bodies pulsed with Chaotic Qi and Mana—walking contradictions to life itself.

Some were as small as wolves, their eyes hollow, filled only with the desire to consume.

Others were hulking monstrosities, standing over ten meters tall, their bodies layered in unnatural armor, muscles brimming with pure destructive force.

And beyond them… something else lurked in the shadows of reality itself.

Orion's gaze sharpened, his Predator's Aura surging instinctively.

He took a step forward, exhaling slowly.

Orion: "So this is what they send first?"

Zynx pulsed with a flicker of amusement.

Zynx: "This is just the beginning."

Orion's grip tightened on his saber as the first of the Zora8T beasts charged toward the Travellers, their roars tearing through the air.

A smirk tugged at Orion's lips.

Orion: "Then let's see how much I've really grown."

And with that—the battle for Earth's survival truly began.

Zora8T's first influence had arrived.

[Scene Shift – The Shattering of Earth]

The world trembled as 79 rifts tore through the sky, spreading chaos across the globe.

34 cracks split open over Pangaea, the supercontinent that housed the mightiest kingdoms and empires.

13 rifts shattered the heavens, appearing within the floating Sky Cities, where the Divine Races resided.

32 fractures ruptured across the vast oceans, disturbing the ancient beasts that ruled beneath the waves.

Across every corner of the world, a new nightmare unfolded.

The skies bled red.

The ground split apart.

And from the depths of Zora8T, the first wave of horror descended.

For the first time in countless millennia, war was no longer between empires or races.

This was different.

This was annihilation.

The Eldorian Empire, the most powerful nation in the heart of Pangaea, was among the first to be struck.

Three rifts cracked open above its Three cities.

Other major cities across the world were directly beneath these rifts.

The slaughter began instantly.

The powerless—the ordinary beings who lacked Qi or Mana—were the first victims.

The creatures from Zora8T did not simply kill them—they consumed their very vitality.

Their life force was drained, their bodies reduced to hollow husks in seconds.

Across the world, empires mobilized. But the sheer scale of destruction was too much, too fast.

Only the strongest could react in time:

The Titans, their mountain-sized bodies shaking the land as they moved to defend their people.

The Dragons, their roars igniting the skies as they clashed against the invading beasts.

The Demons, their chaotic energy surging as they fought against chaos itself.

The Wyverns and Monsters. primal forces of destruction meeting their rivals head-on.

While the land burned, the heavens fared no better.

The Divinities and Angels, descending from the heavens to confront the horrors that had breached their celestial realms.

But for the rest, the war had already begun in the worst way possible—

They were losing before they could even fight back.

In the Eldorian capital, alarms rang across the city as three massive rifts hovered above, spilling creatures onto the streets.

A young elven woman screamed as a twisted, beast-like entity lunged toward her—

SLASHH!! SLAUGHTER!!

Before she could run, its claws sank into her chest, and her vitality was sucked from her body.

A dwarf warrior swung his axe at a charging creature—

His blade connected, but the monster didn't feel pain. It tore him apart before he could react.

Everywhere, chaos reigned.

The Eldorian military mobilized—mages, Qi warriors, and enchanted knights rushed into battle.

But the creatures did not fight with strategy.

They did not hesitate.

They did not fear pain.

They did not retreat.

And that made them unstoppable.

In the floating Sky Cities, angels and divinities clashed against the invaders as cloud-palaces collapsed beneath the carnage.

In the vast oceans, Leviathans and Sea Kings awoke, roaring as the sea itself churned in battle.

In the Titan cities, the ground shook violently as the giants waged war, crushing Zora8T creatures beneath their feet.

But this was only the first wave.

And soon, the true horrors of Zora8T would reveal themselves.

Earth was no longer Earth.

It had become a battlefield.

The Age of War had begun.

Earth's Planetary Gods Took Action.

As the 79 sky cracks continued to spew the horrors of Zora8T, the world stood on the brink of collapse.

But before the Clamities—the mindless, god-slaying creatures of Zora8T—could plunge the world into deeper ruin, the protectors of Earth moved.

In an instant, 12 blinding lights descended from the heavens, the oceans, and the heart of the land itself. Across the Globe.

The Demon God — Bathed in a dark, fiery aura, his laughter echoed as he tore through the Clamities with his bare hands.

The Divine God — A celestial figure wrapped in golden radiance, each step he took erased the Clamities with divine judgment.

The Dragon God — A being of scales and raw power, his roar alone incinerated thousands of invaders mid-air.

The Wyvern God — A flash of shadows and speed, striking down Clamities before they could react.

The Monster God — A force of unrestrained brutality, ripping apart enemies with even more savagery than the Clamities themselves.

The Elven God — A figure of elegance and death, his arrows piercing through the monsters like spears of light.

The Sky God — A storm of wind and destruction, sending hurricanes that shredded enemies apart.

The Cloud God — An elusive entity, moving unseen, summoning storms that disintegrated the invaders into nothingness.

The Flame God — A walking inferno, his very presence turning the battlefield into an ocean of fire.

The Earth God (Dwarven God) — The land itself obeyed his command, swallowing the Clamities into crushing depths.

The Titan God — A colossus, standing above mountains, wiping out hordes with a single step.

The Sea God — From the endless depths, tidal waves of destruction consumed all that dared to enter the oceans.

The Wind God — A phantom of speed, his blades of air slicing the enemies into nothingness.

In the first second of their descent—

Millions of Clamities died.

The Planetary Gods were not bound by strategy—they were raw, divine destruction.

In their respective domains, they crushed, obliterated, and erased the invaders as if they were nothing but insects.

The Dragon God and Wyvern God soared through the skies, their mere presence annihilating anything tainted by Zora8T's Chaotic Qi and Mana.

 

The Titan God and Earth God raged across Pangaea, turning the land itself into their weapon, burying Clamities under miles of stone and molten rock.

The Sea God summoned towering tsunamis , dragging entire hordes into the abyss where the ocean itself devoured them. and used water as weapons(E.g : Water Sword, Water Spear, etc.)

The Divine God and the Demon God clashed against the highest-ranked Clamities, their forces of light and darkness cutting through the battlefield in there respective domains.

Each God fought differently and in different places, yet the result was the same.

Within seconds, their domains were cleansed of Clamities.

[The Castles Lock Down : The Empires Defend]

But not all could fight on the level of the Gods.

The Elven Kingdom, Dwarven Kingdom, Human Kingdom, Eldorian Empire, Heavens, and Wind Kingdom shut their castle gates.

Castle defenses activated.

Soldiers lined up on the walls.

Archers, mages, and warriors rained down death from above.

It was not a battle of brute force, but a test of endurance—holding the walls at all costs.

The empire's strongest warriors fought outside the gates, but for the ordinary Qi and Mana users inside, this was a battle of survival.

From the top of the castle walls, arrows of Qi and enchanted fire spells rained down upon the Clamities.

The Dwarves, using their indestructible ballistae, fired mana-infused spears that pierced through dozens of monsters at once.

The Elves, masters of magic and precision, struck without missing a single shot.

The Humans, the most versatile of all races, adapted instantly, forming battle formations while their knights clashed below.

Meanwhile, the Titans, Dragons, Wyverns, Monsters and Demons did not hide—

They enjoyed the slaughter.

Their warriors clashed head-on with the Clamities, fighting not just to defend, but to prove their strength.

Blood painted the battlefield.

And yet—

There was one God who Defended More than 70% of Earth Single Handedly. 

The Sea God, He Can mobilise the Whole Water of Oceans and The Creature within it on his single command.

The most brutal yet silent battlefield was the oceans.

Even after all this, that day. Earth lost it's 35% Population.

[The Two Flame Gods: The Hunters of Zora8T]

Unlike the others, two gods did not stay bound to their territories.

The Flame God of the Earthly Realm.

The Flame God of the Heavens.

They moved as phantoms of fire, scouting the battlefield while leaving nothing but ashes in their wake.

One flickered across the sky, erasing monsters before they could even descend.

The other moved across the land, searching for the core of the invasion.

Annihilating every calamity in their way.

But little did they know, the real slaughter was about to begin.

TO BE CONTINUED.----------

📜 [SYSTEM INITIALIZED] 📜

[SYSTEM CONTENTS]

📌 Notifications :

[INV. is a Like a Garden Which will continue to Expand by Leveling UP, Here Orion Can Do ANYTHING, He's LIKE A GOD HERE]

📌 Inventory (Storage expands with INT stat) :

 🔹 Titan Blood x4 [Used For Crafting]

 🔹 Supplies(Steel, Wood, Tools, etc.)

 🔹 Corpses x300+ [Low-Level, Z-Grade Entities] {Contains : 170+ Mana Cores, 120+ Qi Dantian}

 🔹 Corpse x1 TitanBlood Boar [Mid-Level, Y-Grade Entities] {Contains : 1x Qi Dantian}

 🔹 Raptor's Fang x3 [Used For Crafting]

 🔹 MORE....

📌 Daily Quests :

 🔹 DAILY QUEST 🔹

 ✔️ [Completed]

📌 Quests (Generated Based on Situations or Pre-Determined Missions) :

📌 Skills :

 🔹 [Omniscience Lv.1] – Grants knowledge from history and beyond.

 🔹 [Sabermanship Lv.9] – Increased mastery over sabers.

 🔹 [Qi Manipulation Lv.9] – Enhances Qi refinement & efficiency.

 🔹 [Mana Manipulation Lv.8] – Greater control over mana usage.

 🔹 [Flash Step Lv.6] – Temporarily vanish for 6 seconds for high-speed movement.

 🔹 [Craftsmanship Lv.6] – Improved skill in forging & construction.

 🔹 [Qi Burst Lv.5] – Releases a shockwave of Qi energy to knock back enemies.

 🔹 [Artifact Refinement Lv.5] – Enables advanced enhancements of weapons & armor.

 🔹 [Divine Linguistics Lv. ??] – Understand & speak all languages.

 🔹 [Battle Adaptation Lv.8] - Through combat, the body and mind adapt instinctively.

 🔹 [Endurance → Lv.7] Physical & mental strain drastically reduced, stamina increased tenfold.

 🔹 [Instinctual Evasion Lv.8] Dodge lethal attacks before they land, triggered by pure combat awareness.

 🔹 [Battle Meditation Lv.7] Gain focus and regeneration mid-combat, reducing fatigue.

 🔹 [Predator's Aura Lv.8] A natural pressure that forces weaker beings into submission.

 🔹 [Burn Lv.6(Depends on MAN. stat)] Burns all enemies under 120m with Fire for 60s.

 🔹 [Master_SwordsMan Lv.1] Mastery over sword combat.

 🔹 [IGNITE Lv.1] Can Unleash a 2 meters wide Beam of Fire Upto 100 meters.

 🔹 [Lightning Strike Lv.1] Can Summon a Lightning from heavens {Strike radious 10 meters}.

📌 Status Panel :

 🔹 Level – 43 

 🔹 Job – N/A

 🔹 Title – The Chosen One (Effects: N/A {Will Unlock Over Time})

 - Beast Slayer (+32% Damage to Beast type Monsters{"%" will Increas by Leveling UP})

 - Nightmare (Reduce 40% stats of enemies weaker than you by Releasing Bloodlust for 60s)

 🔹 AP (Available Points) – 000 (Only gained from Daily Quests & Specific Missions)

 🔹 HP (Health Points) – 740+50+74 [Chestplate' & Helmet's effect ] (VIT.=HPx10)

 🔹 IP (INSIGNIA OF PARADOX) – 0.0002%

📌 Stats – (Each level-up increased all stats by +1) :

 🔹 STR (Strength) – 74+10 [Chestplate' Effect]

 🔹 VIT (Vitality) – 74+5+7 [Chestplate' & Helmet's Effect]

 🔹 INT (Intelligence) – 74 

 🔹 PER (Perception) – 72+7 [Mask's effect]

 🔹 AGI (Agility) – 69+3 [Chestplate' Effect]

 🔹 MAN (Mana Control) – 71+4 [Chestplate' Effect]

 🔹 QI (Qi Control) – 76

📌 Features

 ✔ Omni-System Link

 ✔ Environmental Analysis

 ✔ Personal Territory System

📌 Equipment Slots (Empty)

 🔹 Helmet : - Titan-Bone Helmet [B-Grade : +10%VIT] (Hidden)

 🔹 Vest : Dragon-Scale Chestplate [U-Grade(Effect : +10STR, +4MAN, +5 VIT, +3 AGI)] (Hidden)

 🔹 Gloves : -

 🔹 Leggings : -

 🔹 Boots : - 

 🔹 Mask : - Harpie-Skin Mask [C-Grade : +20%PER] (Hidden)

📌 Weapons (Updated Slots)

 🔹 Weapon-1 [Main]: Wyvren-Tooth Short-Sword [B-Grade] 

 🔹 Weapon-2 [Main]: Yggdrasil's Saber [A-Grade(Low-Tier)]

 🔹 Weapon-3: - World Breaker Bow [H-Grade(Mid-Tier)] (Uses Mana as Arrows)

 🔹 Weapon-4: - 

 🔹 Weapon-5: - 

 🔹 Weapon-6: - 

 (Weapons in slots can be accessed instantly, unlike those in Inventory.)


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