For thousands of years, the world remained peaceful.
Not because mortals were kind.
Not because creatures were weak.
But because the Gods watched.
They were the highest existence — radiant, eternal, untouchable.
Mountains stood because they willed it.
Seas calmed because they desired it.
Wars ended because a single divine gaze was enough.
Humans prospered.
Mythical creatures roamed freely.
Forests grew undisturbed.
Kingdoms rose and fell gently, like waves guided by unseen hands.
The world believed peace was natural.
It was not.
It was maintained.
And then… a question was born.
Not in temples.
Not in palaces.
But in the hearts of mortals.
If the Gods are beings of ultimate unity…
If they embody perfect harmony of power, will, and existence…
Then why can't we?
The idea spread quietly.
Scholars began studying divine scriptures differently.
Ancient carvings were reinterpreted.
Creatures who once relied only on instinct began sensing something deeper within themselves.
They realized something terrifying.
The Gods were not a different species.
They were beings who had become whole.
Whole in spirit.
Whole in power.
Whole in consciousness.
The Gods did not descend from the sky.
They ascended.
And if that was true…
Then peace was not a gift.
It was a threshold.
The first human who attempted it did not pray.
He meditated.
He aligned breath with heartbeat.
Heartbeat with thought.
Thought with existence.
For a moment, the air around him shimmered.
Not divine light.
But something similar.
Across the world, creatures began feeling it — a faint resonance, like a distant echo of divinity awakening in mortal veins.
The heavens grew still.
The Gods felt it immediately.
Not rebellion.
Not war.
Potential.
If mortals learned to become one — to unify body, mind, and soul into a singular will — they would no longer require guidance.
No longer require protection.
No longer require Gods.
Peace would not shatter in fire.
It would dissolve.
Because balance maintained from above would be replaced by balance born from within.
And when power is no longer centralized in the heavens…
The world changes.
Mountains may move without divine command.
Seas may rise without permission.
Creatures may evolve beyond their limits.
Not chaos.
But freedom.
And freedom is unpredictable.
The question was no longer "What will happen?"
It was:
Will the Gods allow it?
Or will they intervene before mortals remember what they truly are?