CYCLE #666,666 – THE ABYSS EMPIRE
The Dragon's Maw
A planet-sized maw floated in the void.
Fangs of black iron, dripping cosmic acid.
Inside: a world of bones and blood rivers.
Beast Chu Yao ruled from a throne of devoured lovers.
Six wings of dragon-scale,
third eye replaced by a vertical maw,
body a fusion of man and apocalypse dragon.
At his feet:
Liu Ruyan's skull, phoenix feathers still burning.
Liu Ruyue's ribcage, void crystals pulsing.
He ate them.
He loved them.
He became them.
THE LANDING
The rift spat Omega Chu, Ruyan, and Ruyue into the maw.
Gravity crushed.
Air burned.
Beast Chu's vertical eye-maw opened.
"SNIFF.
You smell like dinner."
THE LAW OF HUNGER
[Abyss Law: All Love = Fuel]
[Every bond devoured grants eternal growth]
Beast Chu roared.
The blood rivers rose—
forming tidal waves of crimson.
Ruyan's wings flared.
"You ate us?"
Beast Chu licked his fangs.
"I loved you.
Then I needed you.
Then I became you."
THE FIRST BITE
Beast Chu lunged.
DRAGON DEVOUR.
A black hole jaw—
wide enough to swallow moons.
Omega Chu clapped.
OMEGA CALAMITY: JAW VS. JAW.
Two maws clashed.
KRA-KOOOOOM.
The planet-maw cracked.
[Stalemate: Hunger vs. Hunger]
Ruyue vanished into void—
reappeared inside Beast Chu's ribcage.
VOID IMPLODE.
Black chains wrapped the devoured ribcage.
Beast Chu laughed.
"That's my wife's cage."
The chains melted—
absorbed into his scales.
[Devoured: Void Fragment]
THE LOVE MEMORIES
The blood rivers formed illusions:
Beast Chu courting Ruyan with stars.
Marrying Ruyue under black suns.
Devouring them on their wedding night—
eyes teary, fangs gentle.
"I gave you eternity."
Phoenix Queen screamed.
"You gave us nothing!"
She dove into the illusion—
flames merging with memory-flames.
PHOENIX REBIRTH: LOVE'S WRATH.
A nova of crimson fire.
Beast Chu inhaled—
devoured the nova.
"Delicious."
THE BEAST'S WEAKNESS
Omega Chu's third eye bled.
[Analysis: Beast Chu's Core = Devoured Souls of Ruyan & Ruyue]
[To kill him = Kill our souls]
Ruyan froze.
Ruyue growled.
Omega Chu smiled.
"Then we die together."
THE SACRIFICE
Omega Chu grabbed Ruyan and Ruyue.
"TRIPLE CALAMITY: SOUL FUSION."
Their bodies melted—
into pure crimson-void light.
He injected it into Beast Chu's vertical maw.
Beast Chu choked.
"W-what—?!"
The light spread—
overwriting the devoured souls.
Memory flood:
Ruyan stabbing herself to break the contract.
Ruyue sealing her mother.
Omega Chu choosing freedom.
Beast Chu screamed.
"NO—THIS ISN'T LOVE—!"
THE TRUE DEVOUR
Omega Chu opened his own chest.
"**Love isn't fuel.
It's fire."
He ripped out his fused soul-core—
crimson, void, apocalypse.
SHOVED IT into Beast Chu's heart.
KABOOOOOOOM.
[Self-Devour: Activated]
[Devouring: Beast Chu Yao (Cycle #666,666)]
[Evolution: Stage 30 → Stage 31 (Soul Sovereign)]
[New Law: Love's Hunger – bonds now grant infinite power, not consumption]
The Abyss Empire imploded.
THE AFTERMATH
The maw shrank—
into a single black scale.
Omega Chu caught it.
Ruyan and Ruyue reformed—
stronger, souls reborn.
Ruyan: "We… won?"
Ruyue: "We ate the eater."
THE CYCLE KEY
A third key floated from the scale.
[Cycle Key #3/7 Acquired]
[Next Gate: Cycle #111,111 – The Forgotten]
The rift pulsed.
A whisper:
"You're forgetting something…"
CLIFFHANGER:
In the Free World—
the daughter swallowed the dragon seed.
Her wings sprouted—
six, dragon-phoenix-void.
She smiled.
"Daddy's home."
But her eyes were Beast Chu's.