The Heavenly Records. The will of the Mandate of Heaven.
The planet was never a lifeless mass of stone and soil.
Beneath its crust flowed thought, and within its ley lines pulsed intent. It possessed a will: ancient, patient, and vast. Like all living things bound by the laws of existence, it yearned to evolve. To shed its fragile shell and mature into a higher world. To condense greater energies, refine its laws, and one day stand as an actual dimension capable of influencing the cosmic order rather than merely enduring it.
But such evolution demanded nourishment.
It required growth through struggle, refinement through progress, and the harmonious accumulation of life, knowledge, and power. Given time, the planet would have birthed stronger races, deeper laws, and a self-sustaining cycle of ascension. It would have ceased to be prey within the universe and become a participant.
But its custodian forbade this future.
