A golden fire burned quietly amidst the nothingness. It seemed to contain boundless energy, one that would erupt without prior warning. Its surroundings were non existent. It was alone, yet it seemed to contain everything.

Suddenly, the fire erupted. Particles spread and reached the no end. The laws gradually formed and a perfect, infinite world was born, the Boundless Universe.

With the passage of time, planets and stars were formed. They formed the solar systems. The solar systems, in turn, formed the galaxies. Billions of years passed and countless galaxies were formed.

Time passed and it was when the Law of Life birthed the first creatures, the Ancient Ones. They were mighty, with the strength to dominate a galaxy. They each took one galaxy and declared it their territory, not interfering with one another, spending most of their time asleep.

After the Ancient Ones, the Law of Life continued to give birth to all kinds of creatures. Some were as huge as stars, while others as tiny as microbes. Some could move, while others took root. Some lived alone, while others formed a colony.

The Ancient Ones found pleasure in observing these weak creatures, it served as a way to relieve their boredom.

Among these creatures were a special species, the humans. They were seen all over the universe, but, more importantly, they possessed souls, something that even the Ancient Ones did not have.

The humans showed high potential and intelligence. They grew rapidly from living in a small area to rise and dominate the solar system they reside in within ten thousand years.

Thousands of years passed and humans finally succeeded in leaving their system and reaching to dominate another one. That was when their growth rate reached its peak and was also when the Ancient Ones took notice of them.

Humans grew stronger by the day, but their thirst for power did not diminish, it only grew stronger. It was then when they made a fatal mistake. They provoked the Ancient Ones, only to reach the brink of extinction. In fact, the Ancient Ones had the thought of exterminating these insolent creatures, but they suddenly found that absorbing the souls of humans increased their strength by a minute amount. The news of their power growing, to these mighty creatures who thought they had reached the peak of the universe, was extremely exciting.

The Ancient Ones decided to raise humans the same way humans raised cattle. Humans went from glory to humility within a single day. They could do nothing but accept it. But, they did not lose hope.

From then on, humans lived a life plagued with fear, unknown as to when it was their turn to be harvested.

A man working in a farm smiled at the sight of his wife carrying their newborn son out of their house. Suddenly, the child fell to the ground and started to cry. The farm was filled with whining, the couple nowhere to be seen.

A family of four were walking among the crowd in a bustling street. They walked along the road while checking the shops. The girl took her mother's hand and dragged her to a shop while pointing excitedly at a doll. She turned to face her mother, only to see her brother standing in a daze, while her father clenched his teeth.

A mother was reprimanding her daughter in the kitchen. She blinked, only to find her daughter missing. She could not process what happened. A thought passed through her mind. Her eyes rolled back and she fell to the floor with a thud.

Hundreds of years passed and humanity was divided into three factions. A faction worshipped the Ancient Ones in hope to gain their favour, a faction tried to come up with solutions to their predicament and a faction chose to do nothing, waiting to see what the future holds.

648 years went by since the start of slavery. That year, the universe went into turmoil again, the first God was corrupted and became a Devil. The Gods- Ancient Ones worshipped by the humans- discovered that absorbing the souls would cause silent corruption to one's psyche. They found that although the corruption was resistant to the power of laws, it would wear away naturally if it was not supplemented. Unfortunately, it was all too late. After the fall of the first God, more Gods fell, giving birth to more Devils.

The Devils were greedy, crazy and bloodthirsty. They were addicted to souls, so the first thing they did was to wipe out the humans in their galaxies. The Devils could not sit still without having souls to eat, so they attacked other galaxies and a great war erupted in the universe. To the Gods shock, they found that the Devils were stronger than them by a noticeable margin. This could not be attributed to the additional souls they had consumed. It was then when they found a shocking truth, the Devils formed a weak connection with an unknown law.

The Gods felt the threat and, for the first time, they all gathered and formed and alliance. The war between Gods and Devils destroyed hundreds of galaxies. Although Devils were stronger, there were more Gods, so the war was in favour of Gods in the beginning. But, this situation did not continue. As the war progressed, Devils consumed more and more souls becoming stronger. The Gods knew that if the situation continued on like this, the tide of war would eventually change. Some Gods chose to escape and leave the humans to the Devils, while other understood that if the humans were to perish, they would be the next. The Gods gathered all the remaining humans from all over the universe and placed them in a single galaxy. They then surrounded it with 12 other galaxies to act as natural barriers while they themselves resided in these galaxies.

Devils would attack and Gods would defend while they waited for the corruption to wear off. They would occasionally toss some humans to appease the Devils, while they would take some for themselves.

A delicate balance was formed.