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igiko400 years ago, the Origin defeated the Singularity in a bloody battle to safeguard creation. Neither of them survived the encounter. However, the Origin's soul was pulled into the souls of his derivatives—those who'd shared his identity yet taken diverging paths from his in their original lives. The Origin's soul splintered into fragments, and those fragments nestled into the souls of the derivatives, awakening them to their lost memories. In exchange for the boon of the Origin's immortality, they surrendered the gift of reincarnation.
But such boon was short-lived. While their newfound longevity cultivated their powers over decades and scores, the derivatives' strengths paled to that of their origin's. One after another, they gave themselves to the same cause as their originator, passing fragments of his soul onto their surviving counterparts while what remained of themselves dissipated into nothingness. At the turn of the third century, only two derivatives remained.
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But such boon was short-lived. While their newfound longevity cultivated their powers over decades and scores, the derivatives' strengths paled to that of their origin's. One after another, they gave themselves to the same cause as their originator, passing fragments of his soul onto their surviving counterparts while what remained of themselves dissipated into nothingness. At the turn of the third century, only two derivatives remained.
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