In the middle of a vast and boundless wasteland, surrounded by hills and boulders large where life is scarce, sat a tree as giant as a mountain and as grand and lush as a forest.
On the trunk of this divine tree, near the roots, a vortex formed of the bark, akin to the womb of a mother, was present. Inside this vortex laid a baby, his skin fair, his body covered by the leaves of the tree acting as a blanket, making sure no harm comes to the child.
Winds blew onto the body of this baby, yet his body remained firm. Though the newborn had no caretakers, his body was clean and untainted.
Suddenly, the child opened his eyes, his golden iris reflecting the warm rays of the sun. Curiously observing the sun. The child then, appearing bored, stood on his two little feet and took a step.
The moment the child's feet met the wooden floor of the tree, he started to grow. Walking once again, made the child grow once more. Steadily the child made his way towards the edge of the little vortex in the tree. When he reached the edge the child had already grown from a baby to a teenager, his eyes exuding the sharpness of an adult and its body bursting with vitality.
Sticking out his right hand, he suddenly made a grabbing gesture at the apex of the tree. As his hands grabbed at the sky, the action; for reasons unknown, caused the tree to at once wither away spontaneously, leaving behind a spherical, golden fruit.
As if obligated to do so by the laws of nature, the fruit detached from the tree and made it's way into the hands of the teenager and was consumed.
As the fruit melted into a sweet juice in the throat of the boy, he started to grow once more; skipping the stages of life that a human experiences, he grew till he became an adult.
The now grown man jumped from the vortex in the tree's trunk which had now withered. He started to fall at a rapid speed, but before he was about to hit the ground, he slowed down, the wind around him shifted and helped him slowly land on his feet.
Looking around, somewhat confused, the man's eyes locked on the ground, alert. And he jumped. Fom the sandy floor of the wasteland came a giant white snake, bearing golden hieroglyphs on it's body.
Without stopping for a moment, the snake lunged at the man, but before he could reach him the man appeared behind the snake and stepped on his head.
"Cease your existence.", the man willed in his mind, his feet firmly stuck to the snake's body.
Feeling something weird, horror suddenly struck the snake's body, it's pupils in the middle of it's emerald eyes dilated as the snake exploded from within, sending it's white scales flying in all directions and leaving behind no carcass.
The man's lips curled slightly into a smile upon seeing this sight and he uttered his first words, "Interesting... world."
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A few days later, the figure of a man fully naked man could be seen moving against the windy terrain of the wasteland, under the scorching heat of the afternoon sun. Despite being in a perilous situation, the man's face was calm.
The man had been walking aimlessly, going wherever his instinct took him.
Walking at a steady pace, a new view suddenly entered the person's vision. In the distant horizon he could see a grassy field awaiting his arrival, not only that, he could also see a few houses merge into the horizon.
The man, though he could tell why, felt a sense of familiarity, coming from the place before his eyes.
Slowly, he made his way towards the place. The closer he got, the more curious he became.
As he made his way to the village, he was suddenly stopped by a hoarse voice coming from his left, "What kind of pervert walks butt naked in broad daylight." The man looked towards the source of the voice and saw a middle aged man laughing in a low voice.
The middle aged man was wearing a simple cotton shirt and pants. His green shirt the only feature of him that stood out.
The middle aged man's face suddenly turned serious but then it became nonchalant and he spoke, "Hurry up get dressed, ya screwed in head or what?"
Ignoring the weird fashion in which the man spoke, he looked at him and commanded, "Tell me all you know about this place."
Though he didn't trust the man at first, the quality in the man's voice compelled him, he became entranced and hypnotized by the man's voice and spoke, "Oh... come. with. me. then. My house is just at the edge of the village."
The man followed him till he reached his house. There was nothing special about the house, it was a simple bamboo house with two floors and did not stand out among the rest of the houses.
The middle aged man then handed him a modest red colored robe, with great difficulty he said, "Take this book O great one, it has all the knowledge I know, it is the only thing I know." As he said this, he felt a trace of conscieness come to him.
"Please stay in my house for a while as I have an important errand to run.", he spoke with all his might and without saying anything, he went away.
After walking for a few minutes, the middle aged man halted his steps, and left his trance and heaved a sigh of relief.
"That boy is of divine origin... I didn't expect such a being to arrive in this place. I have to escape from this place, I don't care about the position of village protector anymore.", the man thought with darkness looming over his face.
Just as he was about to leave, a voice came from behind him, "Where are you going, elder li."
"I... was just... ah yes... I was just patrolling the perimeter of the village, village lord." Elder li replied quickly.
"Do you have no shame, being an elder and acting like a kid?", sighed the old man. Then suddenly he spoke in a serious tone, "Anyways, who is he."
"I do not know, all I can tell is he is either a blessing or a calamity, though that will depend on what we do next.", replied the elder, uncertain of what the future withheld.
"Come with me.", said the village lord in a commanding tone, and elder li, sweat dropping from his head, followed him like an obedient child.
Meanwhile, in elder li's house the man intrigued by the interior of the house, as he had never seen a house to begin with, moved about and started at common household objects with great interest. Remembering the book that was given to him by the man, he looked at it, the book was titled
"The Basics Of Cultivation And The Evolution Of Beings In The Great Dao"
- Li Lao
He picked up the book and began to read with great interest. The more he read, the more shocked the man's face became and he could not help but say, "Mother... Father."
Though he did not the implications of the words he spoke, he could not help it, for he felt a trace of familiarity emanating from the words he read.
Flipping through the pages, he arrived at the final page, he saw the painting of the author- Elder Li. It was the middle aged man he controlled before. "How does such a lowly being-", just as he was about to re-evaluate his impression of the man, he suddenly heard a scream,"AHHHHHH!!!" and the sound of piercing flesh suddenly entered his ears.