Natalia City, Azure Planet,
High above Natalia City, the sky broke apart.
Three glowing cracks opened across the clouds, each one humming with powerful energy.
The wind howled. The sun dimmed.
The entire world seemed to stop and stare.
Natalia floated in the air, her long silver hair flowing in the storm.
Energy swirled around her—her Timeless Dao, the power she created by combining 3,000 other Daos.
Her eyes narrowed as she looked at the sky.
"So… they really came," she whispered.
Three figures stepped out from the glowing rifts, their power heavy enough to make even the strongest warriors drop to their knees.
They weren't just powerful.
They were legends—immortals from the stories passed down through ancient texts.
Natalia didn't know them personally, but she remembered reading about them in an Ancient book she had once found in the ruins of a long-dead immortal's abode.
They were called the Four Pillars of Heavenly Court, immortals who protected the balance of the universe and came down only when a world was in danger.
Now, they had come for her.
The first to appear was a tall woman dressed in silver and blue, with her hair tied neatly behind her.
Her calm eyes held the weight of a thousand years.
"Myra," Natalia whispered to herself. "The Pillar of Balance."
Myra didn't carry a weapon. She didn't need to. Her power was enough to keep her enemies in check.
"Natalia Taylor," Myra said, her voice calm but firm. "You've crossed the line. Creating a Dao that bends time itself is dangerous. We're here to stop you."
Natalia didn't reply.
She felt the pressure of Myra's power pressing against her like a mountain. Even with her own power, she knew this wouldn't be easy.
After all the Four Pillars were said to be Dao King stage cultivators.
The second figure came through the rift with fire burning all around him.
He looked younger, with glowing eyes and marks across his body that moved like flames.
"Veylos… the Pillar of Destruction."
He smiled like he didn't care about anything.
"You really thought no one would notice what you were doing?" he said. "Merging 3,000 Daos? That's asking for trouble."
"I was ready for trouble," Natalia answered.
"Good. Because we brought it."
The third figure arrived in silence.
The air turned cold.
Even the light faded.
A woman with a veil over her face stepped forward.
She held a sword made of mirrored glass, and she seemed to shift in and out of time.
"Selva. The Pillar of Memory."
The old book had a specific warning about her: She strikes before you can even act.
Natalia clenched her fists.
Three Pillars.
But where was the fourth?
Above them, a huge dark gate hovered in the sky, sealed shut.
The gate pulsed like a heartbeat.
"He's still asleep," Veylos muttered.
"Good. Let me deal with you first."
And then, the battle began.
Natalia struck first.
Her silver energy exploded behind her as she flew at Veylos.
Her punch slammed into his chest, sending fire and energy across the sky.
The shockwave shook the clouds and sent both flying in opposite directions.
Myra lifted her hand.
The world slowed.
Time froze. Wind, energy, and even Natalia herself stopped in place.
But her Timeless Dao came in action. She rewinded the time by a moment and broke free.
She appeared behind Myra, aiming a powerful blast straight at her.
The attack landed, but Myra vanished—like a illusion.
Natalia gasped as her own power came back at her, twisted and reflected.
Selvaria appeared next, swiftly like a butterfly.
Her sword sliced forward.
Natalia barely dodged, but still took a cut across her shoulder.
Blood spilled into the wind.
Far below, Natalia City crumbled.
The buildings shook. Towers fell. Magic platforms that held up markets and schools shattered.
People screamed and ran as the sky above them turned into a battlefield.
Veylos returned, forming a black ball of energy between his hands.
A void star—something made of pure destruction.
He threw it at Natalia.
She caught it.
Her Timeless Dao wrapped around the ball, peeling away its layers. When only raw energy remained, she pushed it back, now filled with other Daos—gravity, storm, destruction.
It hit Veylos hard and sent him crashing into a mountain ridge below.
Selvaria struck again, appearing behind her.
Natalia turned just in time, her silver cloak blocking most of the hit.
She teleported behind Selvaria and struck with a blast of mixed energy.
This time, Selvaria fell back, blood dripping from her lips.
Natalia floated alone in the air, hurt but not broken. The city below burned.
"You're strong although your stage is also supressed to Dao Forming Stage," she said, breathing heavily.
"But I created this Dao to reshape the world. I won't let anyone stop me now."
Above, the dark gate cracked.
Light poured out.
Natalia looked up
.
The seal was breaking.
"He's waking up…" Selvaria said quietly.
The air changed.
Stars disappeared.
Time slowed.
A deep, ancient aura began to brew.
Not just power—but something older than the world itself.
Natalia stared at the gate.
"Let him come," she said softly, almost as a dare.
But deep down… something inside her trembled.
Then the sky cracked.
A deep rumble echoed across Natalia City, as if the heavens themselves were angry, waging punishment on the mortals.
People still alive below screamed and fled as the storm above worsened, lightning flashing in unnatural colors—purple, black, and gold.
Natalia floated, filled with blood but standing tall.
Her chest rose and fell, her cloak torn at the shoulder.
She'd already clashed with three of the Four Pillars—and held her ground.
But something had changed.
The void gate hanging in the sky had broken open.
A new presence poured into the world.
Ancient. Calm. Endless.
It wasn't destructive like Veylos.
It wasn't balanced like Myra. It didn't echo across time like Selvaria.
This one was different.
This was creation itself.
…..
A man stepped out of the light.
Tall, broad, with hair like molten gold and eyes like still water.
He wore robes made from the laws itself, and the air around him shimmered with Daos forming and breaking apart endlessly—images of flowers, blades, Stars, Divine beasts formed behind him.
Every breath he took made the world bloom.
"Creatos," Natalia whispered, her heart tightening.
"The First Pillar."
"The Pillar of Creation."
Even in the ancient text she found in the immortal ruins, Creatos had only been mentioned briefly.
He was one of the Four Pillars of the Heavenly Court to be avoided… and also the most feared.
Not because he destroyed.
But because he could remake anything.
He had formed his own Dao of Creation making himself invincible.
"So this is the one you're all so troubled about?" Cratos said softly, his voice calm like a mountain stream.
"She carries a Dao no one's dared to create in eons…"
His eyes met Natalia's.
"You look tired."
Natalia gritted her teeth.
"Tired… not broken."
Creatos took a slow step forward, hovering in the air like he walked on clouds of light.
"Your Timeless Dao," he said, "breaks the natural order. Time should move forward, always. But you've made it… uncertain. I wonder—"
His hand lifted.
Natalia flinched.
"—what would happen if I killed you?"
She didn't wait for him to try.
Natalia summoned every ounce of her Timeless Dao.
Time unraveled and looped around her.
The sky bent. Winds froze. For a moment, even her wounds healed in reverse.
She vanished—then reappeared behind Creatos, launching a sphere of compressed starlight and storm.
But Cratos didn't dodge.
He raised a finger.
And created a wall of nothing.
The sphere hit the wall… and disappeared.
.
Natalia's eyes widened.
"You can erase energy?"
"No," Cratos said gently. "I recreated it… into something useless."
He raised his palm.
Natalia's own attack reformed in the air—now a paper flower.
He let it fall.
Veylos returned, flames swirling wildly around him. He looked rough—clothes torn, one arm smoking—but grinning.
"You held your own, girl," he said, circling Natalia.
"But it's over now."
Selvaria hovered above, blade drawn once again. Myra floated to Natalia's left, her eyes glowing with the stillness of a paused world.
Natalia found herself surrounded.
Four Pillars.
United.
Surrounding her.
She reached deep inside, gathering more power from her Timeless Dao.
The sky flickered between day and night. Her energy twisted space, cutting into the clouds above.
"Even if I fall," she muttered, "you'll remember that someone like me dared to reach beyond fate."
But Creatos didn't look angry. If anything, he looked curious.
"You remind me," he said, "of someone who existed in the First Era. Someone we all forgot… because time demanded it."
That made Natalia pause.
"You… know about the First Era?"
Creatos didn't answer.
Instead, he looked to the sky again.
"The stars move oddly tonight. As if something else is watching."
He turned back to her.
"This battle must end before it awakens."
"Before what awakens?" Natalia asked, eyes narrowing.
The silence that followed was heavier than any attack.
"You'll see," Cratos said, voice lowering. "We all will."
Suddenly, all four Pillars moved.
Myra froze the air around Natalia.
Selvaria struck from behind.
Veylos's flames blocked her escape.
Creatos raised his palm again, creating a prison of endless mirrors around her—each one showing different futures.
In one, she died. In another, she surrendered. In another, she vanished from time completely.
"No."
Natalia's Timeless Dao pulsed with fury.
"I won't be erased!"
She pushed against time itself, her Timeless Dao, blended in her, folding…
And then—
She vanished.
The Four Pillars stopped.
Veylos blinked.
"Did she just…"
Selvaria frowned. "No one can escape a prison created by Creatos."
Creatos watched the wind shift.
A faint silver shimmer glowed across the sky, where Natalia had stood.
"She didn't escape," he said slowly. "She… escaped."
Myra's voice lowered. "to where?"
Creatos didn't answer.
Because even he didn't know.