Chapter 2: The Origin Of The Universe
At the very first moment when all existence had not yet manifested, it was an era without the concept of space or time.
At that time, matter and void were not yet formed, the concept of the universe had not yet sprouted, and even the most basic laws had not been defined.
All things returned to void, yet it contained the root of everything; it was infinitely large and infinitely small, both everything and the void of everything.
This could perhaps be called the “initial singularity.”
A singularity possessing infinite possibility, from which the floods of all matter, energy, space, and time surged forth.
A certain world, a certain divine land, once forcefully named this supreme state “Wuji” and “Dao.”
“Wuji” is that formless and imageless realm, the beginning of all things and also their end; it is the form of formlessness and the image of no-thing.
It is the beginning of all existence, both infinite and endless.
Its mystery is profound, precisely “beyond Wuji there is again no Wuji, within the endless there is again no endless,” layer upon layer, profound and unfathomable.
This state is both the essence of unity of opposites, the extreme of convergence; and the static, absolute, and innate existence of unity of opposites.
It is “non-being,” also “emptiness,” yet it encompasses everything, truly the symbol of omniscience and omnipotence.
It, “Infinite Being”（Infinite Being）, its infinity refers to omniscience, omnipotence, eternity, and boundlessness, a positive infinity（Positive Infinity）.
Different regions of the mortal world have given It different names—some call it “Taiyi,” others the ancient Greek “Chronos / Khronos,” or the YHWH of Hebrew civilization.
It is the “Formless One,” the “Infinite One,” namely the primal substrate of everything without specific form, nature, or boundaries.
All things are generated from this, becoming concrete through the union of “finite” and “infinite.”
Among them, “infinite” refers to those indeterminate qualities, such as “large” and “small,” which need “finite”（form） to gain clear definition.
This is just as “Wuji” must differentiate through “Taiji”（Yin Yang） to evolve into concrete things.
It is the absolutely supreme existence; “Wuji” has no form, not even existence, the highest embodiment of “non-being.”
All things then derive from “Taiyi” through “emanation”（Emanation）, also called “motion,” that is, the state of “creation from nothing” described as “from Wuji to Taiji.”
However, the “non-being” of “Wuji” is absolute transcendence; It is not a kind of existence.
While “Taiji” represents the manifestation of unity of opposites（Yin Yang）, it is a divergent state, the dynamic, relative, and acquired existence of unity of opposites; it is “being,” also “actuality.”
Before seeing qi is Taiyi, the initial qi is Taichu, the beginning of form is Taishi, the beginning of quality is Taisu.
“Being” is born from “non-being,” and “being” contains “non-being.”
“Taiji” is the state where qi, form, and quality are integrated without separation.
This is what we call chaos（Chaos）, or Chaos（English/Latin: Chaos; Greek: Chaos, Chaos is the transliteration）.
In some indescribable change, unable to be described by language or writing, it arrived at the chaos era.
This chaos contains Yin Yang, hardness and softness, odd and even, containing everything, encompassing all.
Chaos（Chaos） is an ordered motion, not departing from space-time; It is both absolute motion and relative stillness; It moves as a whole, systematically; It exhausts upper and returns lower, cycle of recurrence.
It is the “undivided unity of Yin Yang,” even more the “dynamic process of unity of opposites,” the logical starting point of the generation of all things, and the ultimate embodiment of the fundamental laws of the universe.
Chaos through “emanation”（Emanation）【 or called “motion”】 evolves into rationality（Nous）, soul（Psyche）【 or called spirituality（spirituality）】 and the entire material world.
When “Taiji” showed signs of “motion,” when chaos began to stir restlessly and “move,” the world’s initial beginning thus unfolded.
Unknown how much time passed, perhaps infinite, perhaps just an instant, even shorter than Planck time, this is time mortals cannot understand, even time deities cannot understand.
At that time, time had no meaning for anything. Yet, It already truly existed, quietly arranging everything, driving the evolution of everything.
In Chaos（Chaos）, the first to manifest was the primal embodiment of matter and antimatter, Its name is—Gaia（Greek: Gaia; English: Gaia(Gaea)）.
Gaia represents the birth of the material world, the manifestation of “actuality,” the concrete manifestation of matter.
And when “actuality” appeared, the concept of “non-being” corresponding to “actuality” was also born.
When “actuality” began to manifest, it meant the sprouting of order, and the world thereby gained the concept of “existence.”
At the same time, corresponding concepts such as “disorder,” “chaos,” “dissipation,” “annihilation,” “void,” etc., also emerged.
This is the cycle of “being” born from “non-being,” “being” containing “non-being,” while “non-being” also contains “being,” and “being” continuously evolves “non-being.”
It is—Tartarus（Greek: Tartaros; English: Tartarus）.
The “abyss” thus descended; Tartarus is the incarnation of “void.”
And at this time, Chaos（Chaos）, because of Gaia and Tartarus, the existence of matter-antimatter and the manifestation of void, truly gained the concept of “existence.”
After another unknown amount of time, Chaos gave birth to the concepts of “dark” and “night.”
Because at this time, everything was still shrouded in boundless “dark night.”
They are the primal embodiments of dark matter and dark energy corresponding to matter and antimatter.
Their names are—the incarnation of darkness and void Erebus（Ancient Greek: Erebos/Erebus; English: Erebus）; and the incarnation of night Nyx（Ancient Greek: Nyx; English: Nyx）.
These four primordial deities constitute the most fundamental laws of the universe, the most basic foundation for all subsequent existences.
Without Them, there would be nothing.
The universe thereby entered the “dual state of unity of opposites.”
Simply put, “Taiji” began to evolve into “Yin Yang.”
Although the basic concepts maintaining its operation had been born in the universe at this time, the world was still a dead silence.
Those born basic concepts were even merely pure concepts; they were now only abstract embodiments of laws and concepts, without spirituality, let alone the sprouting of self-consciousness.
Although the universe already had the concept of “actuality” and preliminarily had relative “order,” more remained the prevalence of “disorder and void.”
“Order” and “disorder” entwined together; the incarnation of disorder and void, Tartarus, like an eternal giant beast, could devour all incarnations of existence at any time.
Thereby causing the evolution of the universe to halt at duality, or even directly revert to Taiji, returning to the primal state of Wuji.
To counter this instinct of dissipation, “existence” must move ceaselessly to prove its true existence, to not be devoured by the boundless “void.”
Thus, all concepts of “existence,” all laws already produced, in instinctive unwillingness to dissipate, in instinctive confrontation with “void,” moved ceaselessly.
In another unknown amount of time of “motion,” all concepts and laws of “existence” underwent endless evolution and tempering.
A rudimentary consciousness and primal will, or rather, a deeper, more fundamental “instinct of existence,” evolved and manifested in this continuous motion.
“Want to possess”
“Want to obtain”
“Do not want”
“Unwilling”
These concepts of “love and desire” appeared; this is Eros（Ancient Greek: Eros; English: Eros）.
It is the primal driving force for the birth of new life in the universe, the primal original law concept of nature’s power creating all things.
It is the basic motivation driving the evolution of all things at the world’s beginning, also the symbol of all love and lust, desire, and emotions of all sentient beings.
Another unknown time passed, a length of time mortals cannot understand.
Perhaps still infinite, perhaps just as the concept of “love and desire” appeared, an irreversible force began to operate.
Driven by “primal instinctual desire,” driven by the deep fear of being devoured by Tartarus, the primal material incarnation—Gaia instinctively devoured love and desire（Eros）!
Thus, from that material existence, a brand new, crucial, fundamental power burst forth—”spirituality” was thereby produced!
This is the variable of “spirit,” the foundation upon which wisdom and soul depend for existence.
All existences, whether material entities or abstract concepts, from this moment truly began, truly could possess consciousness.
This is the awakening of the consciousness of “I.”
The appearance of “spirituality” means the existence of “self,” “hope,” and “future” finally descended upon the universe!
Only with spirituality and consciousness, with a clear “I,” does the universe truly gain meaning and value for its existence; everything then has a magnificent chapter of future and hope.
The universe truly had its initial beginning.
The birth of spirituality meant that heaven appeared.
The mother of matter gave birth to “heaven.”
The great lord of spirituality, lord of wisdom, lord of consciousness, lord of the firmament, lord of the universe, symbol of hope and future, father of the Titan gods, primal great god, god of the sky, creator of the world, incarnation of upper heaven, supreme heavenly father, master controlling all wisdom and consciousness, master grasping all of the universe, finally descended upon the universe.
It is the great father of all spirits of the multiverse, eternal starry sky dome, the world’s initial boundary, immortal starting point of all things, heavenly father of the gods, encircler of the universe, cornerstone of world laws, master of all spirituality, first god king!
The supreme heavenly father of all spirits—Uranus!
（Uranus divine body embodiment reference image）
Dear reader friends, let me explain in advance the creative content of this book.
In the original Greek mythology, things before Zeus’s birth are very simple, fully summarized in 2000 words, but this book is about Zeus, about Zeus’s life.
So this book reconstructs and details everything in Greek mythology; the plot everyone sees now is absolutely absent from the original Greek mythology.
All backgrounds, all developments, all character designs, I have completely deconstructed and supplemented in detail. The current content, except for the outcome, is almost never described or mentioned in the original Greek mythology; it is completely new content, not some filler background introduction.
Because of this, compared to the public’s traditional impression of Greek mythology, there will be great conflict and disjointedness, so I must first write the world settings of this book.
Because this book is completely different from the original Greek mythology; this book is about Zeus, and the backstory is too important, closely related to the plot.
This book is not only about trivial matters after Zeus became god king, but also how Zeus became god king.
So the first few chapters, I need to write about things before Zeus’s birth, that is, the creation story; otherwise, directly writing Zeus’s story and interspersing backstory would feel abrupt and too dragging.
So, please read the creation story first; I think the specific creation is pretty good too.
Hope everyone understands, a million thanks!
