Universe

The first thing in Existence is thought to have been the Ether, but this ancient existence is not what most living beeings will see during their existence. Instead they exist within Universes, which themselfs are only a tiny part of their home Illusion.

### The 1 Step

For all Universes, be they natural or artificiall in their creation, the first step means them being birthed. A single Universe is birthed from an accumulation of Dao-Qi, harbouring all Dao below the the Illusiory-Dao. In most cases it comes from a "Celestial" or a similar beeing wondering the "Chaos".

Like a seed it seves as the basis for the Infant-Universes rules and transforms into the first "Pseudo-Reality", the "God-Realm".

### The 2 Step

After the "God-Realm" has formed and the "Grand-Dao" have taken shape, the space around the new Core will transform into the "Universes Void" and a membrane of sorts develops along this new spaces edge.

After the "Void" has formed, within will be birthed new "Proto-Worlds", which serve as the future "Immortal-Worlds". Now though, they are too hostile for life as the influence of "Dao" have yet to balance each other out. What this means in practice are fragmented worlds of death or madness inducing life, worlds of fire and gold or worlds of cloud and gas.

### The 3 Step

Over time these worlds will collide with each other, therby being fused or destroyed, and transform into more stable versions of themaselfs. Allthough they may still be very much different of their future versions, life can begin in some of the more complete worlds.

As the "Dao" remain unbalanced, the worlds remain hostile too, causing much of the lifeforms to quickly die out. On the other hand this massively simplifies the comprehension of the "Dao", causing the first "Immortals" to be born after only a few years following their birth. These "Immortals" are transformed craetures foreign to a humans understanding but most similar to "Demons".

Although they are comparable to "Immortals", their hostile enviornment causes most to die after only a few decades or centuries.

### The Netherworld

As a realisation of the fundamental rules every world will have it s parallel "Netherworld". Although the vast majority of living beings lack souls and therefore the abilitiy to reincarnate, the "Divinine-Souls" of the "Immortals" will, after death, fall to the "Netherworld" and be reincarnated.

### The 4 Step

The first reincarnated "Souls" will begin a new race in the "Universe". By now "Proto-Worlds" have transformed enough for them to allow life and the "Dao" are mostly balanced.

The "Human-Race" will now, together with the "Demons", collonize the "Immortal-Worlds" and take over as one of the main races.

As the "Dao" remain somewhat out of balance "Cultivation" remains easier, causing the first "Human-Immortals" to be born and more and more "Demons" to achieve a "Divine-Soul".

After the balance of "Dao" has been fully established, millions, billions and trillions of "Mortal-Souls" will float in the "Netherworld" serving as the basis for much of the human population of the "Universe"

### The 5 Step

Upon reaching a sufficient level, "Demons" and humans alike have the ability to create new worlds in the still empty "Void". These worlds will be of lower quality and often also size, mostly having only incomplete rules.

This is the birth of the myriad "Mortal-Worlds".

### The End

Although theoretically infinite, a "Universe" will, on average, exist around at most a 100 billion cycles or a 100 trillion years. Their causes of death may vary from being colleterals in disputes between higher beeings, them turning infertile due to internal conflicts or their "Home-Illusions" bursting.

However the end may come, it spells the death for all living beeings living inside the "Universe" as well as most of its creations. If the are not fully annihalated only dead carcasses remain afterwards, filling the endless and chaotic depths of "Chaos".