Some beings enforce laws.
Some sing the world into being.
But there are a rare few—terrifying in their elegance—who edit.
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A Ripped Page Between Realities
A page tore in the Origin Draft.
Not just a metaphorical one—a real, textured parchment shimmered into view in Tianming's throne room, humming with hostile syntax.
And written across its curling edge was a name:
> Zerythex, The Editor of Omens
Title: First Redactor of Paradox. Destroyer of Canon. The Censor Eternal.
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The Descent of Zerythex
From beyond the stars and between ink droplets of time, he descended—not with a roar, but with a strike-through.
Reality glitched around Tianming as celestial architecture flickered between original and revised forms. Trees turned to clocks. Clouds became metaphors. Mountains were renamed "Errors."
He arrived… not walking, but unfolding.
Clad in manuscripts as armor, scrolls as wings, and wielding a pen the size of a dragon's spine, Zerythex spoke:
> "You are an unauthorized draft.
Prepare to be revised."
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First Strike: The Red Pen of Censorship
Zerythex launched forward, and the Font That Consumes Light spilled from his blade. Words, names, identities—all were unmade.
A volley of Silence Rewrites struck Tianming's army:
Nihilwyrms forgot why they fought.
Lexiconsentinels had their names turned into gibberish.
Even the Harmonized Throneworld blinked, briefly renamed "Unstable Subject."
Aria's music faltered.
Lexora's logic began auto-correcting into submission.
But Tianming stood still—his Core Codex humming.
> "[DRAFT OVERRIDE: AUTHOR COUNTEREDIT ENGAGED]"
He lifted a new quillblade.
Not steel. Not divine metal.
It was ink. Alive.
He stabbed it into the sky, and rewrote the sun.
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New Ability Unlocked: Ink of Defiance
> Skill: Reality Revision Slash
Allows the user to revise any object, concept, or opponent's ability—mid-use.
Can only be used once per entity per realm.
He turned to Lexora and Aria.
"Compose me a new battlefield," he whispered.
Lexora conjured a court of oaths and echo chambers.
Aria played a melody that made ink dance.
Together, they wrote the terrain: A Realm of Undeletable Meaning.
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Counterattack: Tianming's Declaration
"Zerythex," he said calmly. "You forgot something."
He pointed to the floating page behind the Editor:
> Author: ???
Co-Author: Tianming
The page ignited with Intent.
"I have permission now," he said, smiling.
> [YOU HAVE REWRITTEN ZERYTHEX'S TITLE]
From: Editor of Omens
To: First Fallen Chapter
Zerythex's armor unraveled. His scroll-wings caught fire.
The Font That Consumes Light reversed—flowing into Tianming's quill.
He stabbed it into his Codex.
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Final Scene: The Table of Editors Trembles
Far beyond, a room filled with ink, broken titles, and blinking manuscripts stirred.
One chair cracked.
Seven quills snapped in fear.
The other Editors looked up.
"He's editing back," whispered one. "He's reading the Author's notes."
> [SYSTEM WARNING: Tianming has reached 5% Synchronicity with The Origin Draft]
[You have unlocked the Chapter Reversal Protocol]
[Prepare for a Worldline Rewrite]