Divine, celestial, transcendent, such are words that could describe the sanctified lands where countless races reside in. Purity encompassed the seemingly endless firmament and sacred lights shone upon the blessed lands where darkness dare not touch. The boundless ocean which was as impossibly deep as an abyss contained all the mysteries of nature and extended beyond the bounds of the horizon. Such a wonderful place can be called a paradise. This place, is the Eternal Doman, the paramount realm where Gods and Mythical creatures reside.

Within this realm exists supreme and legendary warriors that are so powerful, tales and fables of them and their historic achievements were spread among countless worlds. On the lands that seemingly expanded infinitely, roamed the strongest and most ferocious of mythical beasts similar to the legends or myths depicted in epics and ancient stories.

Other than the fiercest and strongest of beings, there are also peaceful and tranquil creatures that exude spirituality and life. These spiritual animals reside in all kinds of habitats, ranging from the endless forests and jungles, the seemingly limitless skies, even in the deepest parts of the ocean, and they bring forth life and growth wherever they are.

Of course, the Eternal Doman, being the pinnacle of all realms and worlds, it is maintained and overlooked by the most supreme of existences across all realms. Possessing the most supreme of abilities, these beings can create and destroy worlds effortlessly.

The Eternal Gods. The highest leagues or tiers of existences that ruled all the realms, worlds, and dimensions while being revered and respected by countless beings.

Iara, the Goddess of Love and Magic.

Elene, the Goddess of Life and Wisdom.

Hyperion, the God of Light and Sun.

Lakas, the God of War and Destruction.

Nehlos, the God of Death and Souls.

These five supreme gods were currently gathered and are having a heaven-shaking conversation.

A goddess raised her head with a gaze that peered through realms and dimensions. "I can feel it." her eyes shone brightly. "They are coming."

Boom!

A loud explosion resounded as the god next to her slammed his foot on the ground. "Tsk, those scums." he clicked his tongue. "How 'bout letting me go on the offensive, this way I can release an onslaught on those bastards before they get here." said the god as his blood boiled with rage.

"Denied. Lakas, although you are indeed the one with the most destructive power and unparalleled vitality amongst us, it will still be dangerous sending you out there alone." said a god with a pair of white eyes as he rejected flatly.

"As much as I want to battle alongside you, brother." interjected a god with a blazing long hair the color of the sun. "I have to agree with Nehlos on this one, it is too dangerous even for the likes of us." his luminous eyes beamed intensely suggesting his fury.

"However, we can't just sit here and do nothing while waiting for them to come." said the same goddess from earlier. "I've already set up magic formations across the myriad worlds but that's not even close to being enough."

Lakas roared. "Precisely! We need to be aggressive now!" his voice reverberating around the world. "We can't wait for them to come here, we need to bring the war to them!"

While the four were debating, Elene, the most respected and senior of them all was silent with her beautiful eyes closed.

Unable to reach an agreement, Iara, Lakas, Nehlos, and Hyperion looked towards Elene, wondering what her thoughts are right now.

Time passed as the four gods remained quiet, they're gaze upon Elene, waiting for her words.

Possessing the most profound wisdom amongst them, Elene's words and judgment were always impeccable and flawless, therefore, they all remained patient and waited for her decision.

After a while, an absolutely beautiful smile appeared on her perfect face and following this, her eyes opened.

"This upcoming calamity will indeed be our hardest and most strenuous challenge yet. It could be said that it's almost impossible to overcome, however, there is always a way," said Elene with a carefree smile on her face.

Before the other four could even respond, Elene raised her arm and pointed her finger in front of her as her eyes peered through myriad dimensions. Immediately, the space in front of her cracked like glass as fragments of the void that contained different places appeared.

These "fragments" were the countless worlds and realms that exist in the universe. Her finger seemed to extend endlessly until it finally stopped and pointed at a small blue planet that was simply beautiful to behold.

Iara, Lakas, Hyperion, and Nehlos looked at this world as their faces brightened up, finally guessing Elene's plan.

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The year 2060

With the global advancement of medicine and technology, wars all over the world have ceased for a long time now.

Presently humans could now live up to 200 years old with the help of advanced medicines and nutritional foods and drinks. Along with beneficial sustenance, martial arts have also become an essential practice around the world. Martial arts stimulates and boosts the physical growth and potential of the body as well as strengthening one's constitution.

Alongside global development and the world's technological progress, a massive breakthrough in the field of Virtual Reality has been realized thirty years ago. And from then on, Earth has entered the era of Virtual Reality.

A life of freedom and choices.

Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Lifestyle, and so on have been realized within virtual reality. However, the most popular progress was within the MMORPG field.

Exhilarating freedom, realized fantasies, life-changing choices, gods and devils, legends and myths. These are the promises of the Endless Gaming Company or EGC for short. The company has always been the world's leading organization in the field of Virtual Reality. EGC has produced countless games that have become the focus of the world in the past. And now, their newly created MMORPG-Destiny Forged have finally been finished after thirty years of development, or so they said.

EGC boasted that {Destiny Forged} will have 99% realism which its predecessors couldn't even come close to.

And right now, the same video has been circulating all over the world, it was the teaser trailer of {Destiny Forged}.

[Legends and Myths, Gods and Devils, Monsters and Heroes, Lifestyle and Combat. The game contains the freedom and fantasy that countless people all over the world have hoped and craved for!] -Endless Gaming Company.

-EGC Forum-

In here, discussions and debates have been going on for a while now. The trailer has already thrown the world in an uproar so everyone was wondering what the actual game would be like.

"I heard that the game will have a real-life to in-game currency exchange! EGC have really been planning this game for a long time."

"Of course! Not only will {Destiny Forged} be for entertainment, people could actually work there full time! I heard that the leading banks all around the world even support this game."

"God I can't wait to play the game! I can feel it in my bones that this game will be the focus of the whole world."

"I heard that {Destiny Forged} will be run by Prime, EGC's super artificial intelligence."

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This was the world's first artificially created country. Home of the rich and powerful, the country boasts of the world's most advanced technology, the best medical facilities available, and the pinnacle of martial arts. Nowhere else would you find another place where experts and geniuses of all fields were scattered along the streets like ants. Enjoying the most successful of economic developments for years now, this country is called Alpha.

Alpha capital, New Era City.

Amazingly designed skyscrapers towered up to the sky with the sunlight reflecting from their glass windows. The city was filled with abundant restaurants, ranging from small-scaled ones to high-class first-rate restaurants. There were a plethora of carefully designed modern to classical houses and mansions alongside a great number of four and five-star hotels that were built on different levels of lands, competing with each other. The abundant trees, bountiful grasses, beautiful and unique flowers, all the greenery and nature added a hint of natural beauty to the modern yet classical New Era City.

In the center of the city existed a villa so wide that it literally took up a whole block! Other than the plentiful trees and flowers that ranged from all different types, a grand mansion with a mix of both Greek and Mediterennean design stood proudly in the middle of it all.

In an open space of the mansion's back garden that spanned a thousand sq. ft. stood a young man, who seemed to be 18 to 19 years old, with a longsword in his hand. He had jet-black hair that flowed along the wind and a pair of dazzling golden eyes with a face that seemed to be sculpted by God himself. With the longsword in his hand, he was like he was in his natural habitat as he exuded an aura of sharpness that towered up to the heavens.

The image of the young man with the sword in an open space gave a fleeting yet profound picture that seemed to resonate with nature. Everything about it seemed so natural and pure like he's held the sword countless of times.

The young man raised his arm and thrust forward.

*Whoosh*

It was as if the wind was split where the sword had pierced.

Slash, stab, cut, slice.

He kept waving his arm while the sword followed his will akin to an extension of his limb. His footwork seemed illusory and random as he resembled a ghost with his mysterious steps.

While his performance seemed ordinary and simple in the eyes of an ordinary citizen, an expert in martial arts or with the way of the sword would realize the truth. The swordplay was immensely profound since not a shred of opening or weakness could be seen at all, it was simply flawless!

Hours passed as the young man kept training his sword arts repetitively for a few hours before a loud voice was heard.

"Jaden, it's time for dinner!"

Jaden turned his head and smiled when he heard a familiar voice. His eyes landed on an incredibly beautiful woman that had a hint of resemblance with Jaden's face.

"I'll be there, Mother," said Jaden with a smile.

"Alright, hurry up." laughed the beautiful woman as she went back inside the majestic mansion.

...

Inside the mansion, a grand dining table could be seen with plenty of tasty delicacies and delicious cuisines on top of it.

A handsome scholarly-looking man that seemed to be in his late thirties could be seen sitting with the same beautiful woman from earlier beside him.

Jaden then entered the dining room. "Mother, Father."

The couple was indeed Jaden's parents. At that moment a gentle smile appeared on both of his parent's face. Jaden sat and started wolfing down his meal before he asked.

"Dad, when is big bro coming home?"

Morgan laughed and answered. "Your brother will be back in a few months I guess. He's still supervising the two new headquarters that's being built in Philippines and China.

"Speaking of which, our company's {Destiny Forged} will officially start in a few hours," said Veronica, Jaden's mother.

If someone were to see and hear this woman's words then he or she will be able to recognize her identity!

Veronica Cross. The director and CEO of the leading powerhouse Endless Gaming Company.

No one would've expected that this woman with peerless beauty was the highest shareholder of one of the, if not the, richest organization in the whole world.

"Yea I completely forgot about it until earlier." sighed Jaden.

"Well we already brought your gaming capsule in your room, you should check it out after you finish your food."

Morgan chuckled. "Of course, you'll get some perks since that capsule of yours is different from the others. Anyway, it'll better for you to experience it yourself than explaining it."

"Ohh! Thank you both!" exclaimed Jaden in astonishment before rapidly finishing his dinner.

With unbelievable speed, he sped across the stairs and numerous rooms before entering his room.

Watching Jaden's fleeing back, Veronica mumbled with a daze. "I know how much restricted Jaden has felt all of these years. Now, he can finally be freed from all the shackles that have been chaining him down."

"I've always known before that our son's talent in martial arts can be both described as a curse than a gift. Living a restricted lifestyle and having the gift of unparalleled martial arts and the sharpest of instincts, I've always felt Jaden had been born in the wrong time and era. That was until our breakthrough in the field of VR." Morgan laughed loudly. "I wonder how much of pandemonium he'll create later on."

Veronica covered her mouth and giggled when she heard her husband's words. She couldn't help but look forward to the future.

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Jaden's room.

Although the room was unbelievably large, the room wasn't designed too luxuriously or extravagantly. Near the grand bed sat the gaming capsule that numerous people would drool over for.

The external surface was simple. There wasn't anything much except a small chamber for nutritional liquids and food that entered a tube to keep the person within healthy without suffering hunger while inside. Other than that there was a voice identification and analyzing screen that seemed complex and intricate.

"Wow...How amazing is this."

Before Jaden could even touch the capsule, a voice was heard coming from it.

[Analysing the incoming voice...complete! Welcome, Jaden Cross to the Diamond Capsule #01. Would you like to enter?]

Taken aback, Jaden's mouth gaped for a while before taking a hold of himself.

"Yes."

*Whoosh*! Without delay, the surface parted before a small room that seemed to fit Jaden's body appeared.

Once again the same monotonous voice was heard by Jaden.

[Please enter at once to start your dive.]

Hearing its words, Jaden entered the capsule and laid down inside it. Surprisingly, it was extremely comfortable once he laid down.

Jaden remained calm when the surface closed. He looked around but there was only darkness that met his gaze.

[The VRMMO {Destiny Forged} have been detected to be internally installed. Would you like to open it?]

Hearing those words, Jaden boiled with excitement as he told the capsule to run the game at once.

[Opening {Destiny Forged} right away. Please wait a moment.]

*Bzzz*

Suddenly the capsule started to emit a systematic sound. Gas similar to dry ice seemed to spray on his face forcing him to close his eyes.

[Ding! Loading complete!]

At that moment, a light and crisp voice resounded in his ears.

[Hello and welcome to {Destiny Forged}! Would you like to create your character now?]