"Annihilation Reborn As Eternity" Memory Scrolls

* TW/JP/GL Servers: November 22nd - December 12th 2023

This was the memory scroll event accompanying the release of the SSR shikigami Izanami.

### Rewards

When each part of the scroll is fixed, rewards will be distributed across server depending on participation. The participation value depends on the shards being given, and the more given the higher the value. Each portion of the scroll has a separate ranking for participation, and the ranking spans the entire server. Data is refreshed once every minute.

Personal Contribution Ranking Rewards

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## Shikigami Story

* Scroll I
* Scroll II
* Scroll III
* Scroll IV
* Scroll V
* Scroll VI

### Genesis

In the beginning, there was only chaos and silence in the void. Then Izanami and Izanagi, the Creator Gods, forged many worlds with their bodies. According to their will, civilizations blossomed in these worlds. And with their blessing, the worlds were turned into shining stars. Then disaster struck. A wave of Aether from the void engulfed the stars, sapping all their color plunging them into annihilation.

The goddess, always a perfectionist, was frustrated as she watched the life ebb and flow, and the stars gather and finally wither... When the worlds the gods had created were all destroyed, Izanami decided to search for answers at the end of the void. And she returned with only one answer.

"Everything is futile."

### Annihilation!

Before the goddess returned, she left her sentience floating at the end of the void. When the worlds were once again destroyed by Aether, she consumed them, allowing the Aether to cover her senses. She felt warm as dazzling auras flickered in front of her eyes.

Then suddenly, she had an epiphany. The spark turned into a new star. Only this time, the world managed to survive when the Aether tried to destroy it. The goddess was thrilled by her discovery and conjured more stars at the end of the void. They floated at her side, receiving her nourishment until new civilizations on them blossomed.

The goddess smiled and kissed one particularly bright-colored fruit of her labor; the star was annihilated when red juice burst out from her mouth. She licked her lips, savoring the sweetness in her mouth.

One after another, stars were shattered and their fragments fell into the void to become tombs. They orbited Izanami, making her more gorgeous and seductive.

Only when the Mother Goddess has achieved perfection can she attain absolute eternity.

### Reaping

From their origin to their destruction, the wheels of fate turn for all worlds, just as the life on those worlds are subject to the goddess' whims. The goddess' ego inflated as she consumed the stars in ecstasy. Izanami was no longer herself as she continued to destroy worlds to harvest the power of the Aether. Countless worlds were devoured by her like fruits in a divine orchard; she waited until their civilizations were at their peak, were perfectly ripe.

Seeing this, Izanagi decided to intervene with an astral storm. The two gods battled for eons, and the battle ended when Izanagi created the Land of Yomi and sealed Izanami with his own body. Fallen, Izanami was submerged by the Aether. And when the crimson fluid gushed out of her body and merged with the Aether, the Aether Sea was born.

The goddess floated in the sea, relaxing on the tumbling crimson waves, breeding evil and desire in the form of naga swarms. They raised the goddess up out of the water and hailed her as Goddess of Destruction.

"More, more... This is not enough for my absolute perfection," the goddess demanded.

Nagas cheered as three glowing spheres appeared in her hand. She had created three powers—Creation, Destruction, and Reincarnation. And with them, she hoped to break the seal on her, and so return to her world.

"Now go and claim power from all the worlds for me. My will shall be with you."

### Apocalypse

"Why do you stand in my way every single time, Izanagi?!"

The Aether Sea tumbled and hissed, filling the air with a mist of blood. Finally, one of the goddess' divinities, Creation, broke through Izanagi's seal and descended upon the world. And then, there was light, and life thrived.

The radiant sun watched the world in silence and saw how tiny beings were born, and how they tenaciously grow. And yet, the sun couldn't fathom how such small beings could reproduce and pass on, continuing the circle of life, and how they manage to show great life force, a force that even the Mother Goddess desired, in the face of nature's disasters.

"Go to them if you have doubts, and you will find your answers."

A voice echoed in the sun's sentience. It was a different voice from the Mother Goddess'. A deeper whisper. And an inexplicable emotion burst out of her heart, something the Mother Goddess had never taught her. It was empathy.

### Arrival

The world welcomed another age of prosperity. But at the end of the age was the Grand Finale.

A hiss reached the Aether Sea, calling for the arrival of the Goddess of Destruction. The powers that had been created to harvest the worlds became the Three Divine Children. They were now the first line of defense against the annihilation of the Aether Sea.

Full of respect, the Serpent Lord kissed the back of the Goddess of Destruction's hand, and invited her to a marvelous duet as the world faced its end. The goddess flicked her hair, calling forth a towering crimson wave to open their Dance of Destruction. Mountains collapsed and the ground split open. Painful wailing and cries of despair, along with all the noise in the world, became the music to her dance.

The goddess looked at her three unyielding Divine Children and laughed, "Everything in the world will eventually be annihilated and return to the void. Why not become my sustenance and be a part of my eternity? It will be your glory to attain ascension. With destruction after destruction, I will teach you that everything is futile no matter how much you struggle."

### Eternity

The goddess was convinced that only through eternity could she attain absoluteness. And so, to create a world of eternity, she relentlessly harvested life in pursuit of power. But in this particular world, she failed to turn it into a tomb with the war she waged. The tiny beings gathered into an unprecedented force of resistance with the bonds between them, and turned the tide of battle.

"It has been a long time since I have encountered something so exhilarating."

The goddess trembled with excitement as if she was expecting something, her laughter echoing through the air. She remembered the moment she was awakened in the Aether Sea, her pursuit of power along the way, the life she had harvested, and everything she had done in her search for the so-called meaning. But after she had devoured everything, there was still a hollow in her heart.

She didn't truly find the meaning of her existence until her life had ended when she was pierced through the chest. It was only then she realized that the most epic downfall was what she truly desired. As the huge body of the goddess fell from the sky, her hair turned into rivers and her breasts became peaks. Her wish was finally fulfilled. A huge cherry tree broke out of her chest, dispelling the darkness of the long night.

This was the new life after the end, and Goddess of Destruction's last blessing to the world.