The Legacy of Moon

Arc I: Forbidden End

Chapter 2: The Thousand-Year Chaos

Now Archangel Gabriel was left with no other option but to repeat the process which Archangel Michael carried out. Moreover, a powerful ancient soul was about to take birth in the World of the Living in the upcoming decades.

Nobody knew why Archangel Gabriel was counting on that soul so much that he was willing to break the promise he gave to Archangel Michael. With Archangel Gabriel falling into slumber, all the Archangels were gone and this was a time of intense danger for the World of the Living, all regions where spirits dwell, and Paradise itself. It was indeed the prelude to the chaos which was about to devastate the worlds of not just humans but spirits as well and the imprints of this devastation were going to linger for thousands of years.

Suggested Music: "Here we stand" by Hidden Citizens

Around 1000 years ago

The western region of Classical Japan (Heian Period)…

Several months ago a bizarre and cataclysmic phenomenon shook the entire region. After a massive earthquake, strange buildings came out of the ground destroying everything in their place. The appearance of those structures was like that of some ancient kingdom with snake-like designs and patterns. Lava was leaking out of their walls and the ground surrounding those structures. It was a dimensional clash that was purposely done by an immensely powerful demon of hell. His name was Orochi and he was the one who mysteriously appeared in the World of the Living along with his minions, castle, structures of his lair, and an Acolyte of Satan, Nergal Meslamstea.

Orochi and his army started the genocide of humans and Yokai. Nobody was able to understand the actual purpose behind this atrocity. No Yokai, human empire, or group was powerful enough to face the Serpent Demon's monstrous power. It was also because of the fact that Orochi and his minions were all demons of hell while the difference in the power of an earthly demon and a demon of hell is worlds apart. Although a lot of Yokai and Daiyokais joined Orochi and his army, the Daiyokai who loved Midoriko i.e. Magatsuhi was one such being who turned his back on his own kind.

However, one Daiyokai stood firmly to oppose this massacre. He was none other but Toga, also famous by the titles Inu no Taisho and the Great Dog Demon. But when the Dog Demon and his Yokai army couldn't stop Orochi then he received help from the most unexpected source. The famous priestess Midoriko came to aid his efforts, along with several other powerful priestesses and remarkable monks. Even after knowing the power of the enemy and the dangers of the war, Toga and Midoriko didn't take even a single step back, and eventually, they received reinforcement from the Jade Empire, a kingdom of spiritually advanced and enlightened beings whose capacity was on par with the Gods of Olympus.

It was that time when Toga managed to wield a demonic blade from Hell i.e. the sword known as So'unga. The mystics of the Jade Empire made it possible for an earthly demon such as Toga to wield a demonic blade of hell.

In the end, the combined efforts of Jade Warriors, Toga, Midoriko, Yokai, priestesses, and monks dominated both Orochi and Nergal Meslamstea. A major portion of the region was freed from the grip of the Serpent Demon army but it still seemed tough to completely eradicate them both. Now the Jade Warriors decided to seal Orochi away along with his kingdom inside a dimensional barrier. However, the main hindrance in this path was to continuously energize that barrier so that Orochi can't escape from it ever. The source of the power of that barrier must remain in the World of the Living forever to keep the Orochi and his army at bay.

Then Midoriko sacrificed herself and created the Shikon Jewel with the help of the Jade Warriors by sealing herself away along with an immensely powerful Daiyokai, Magatsuhi. The Jade Warriors then sealed Orochi along with his legion, castle, and other structures of his lair in a dimensional prison and assigned Shikon Jewel as the source of that prison's strength. Priestesses and monks who participated in the war were given the responsibility of protecting the Shikon Jewel forever. Upon listening to the news of Orochi's defeat, Nergal Meslamstea managed to escape the battlefield with no clue of his whereabouts.

This massive war engulfed almost half of World of the Living into a terrible clash of spiritual and demonic energies which was proving to be life-threatening for almost all the species falling in its range. Infants, old and sick beings were slowly losing sanity, getting paralyzed, or even dying because of this destructive clash. It seemed as if the war may be over but its aftermath would torture humanity, Yokai, and every creature of the World of the Living for several weeks.

Soul Society…

It had been several months since the Shinigamis were trying to find the hideout of the Quincies so that instead of hunting them down one by one, they can wipe them all out at once. However, the Lord of the Quincies i.e. Yhwach eventually showed himself along with his powerful Quincy army and sieged the entire Soul Society. It was the point in the history of the Soul Society that marked the beginning of the 'Quincy Blood War'. All the strategies and arrangements employed by the Seireitei for tracking down the Quincies beforehand and preventing them from entering the Soul Society failed miserably. Genryusai Yamamoto and all other Captains had left with no other choice except to fight to the death because it was clear that the Quincies were going to win the war. The main reason behind such a miserable condition of the Soul Society was an Acolyte of Satan whose name was Guido Szandor. All this time, Guido Szandor was guiding and aiding the Quincy army due to some unknown reasons.

When Genryusai and the remaining Captains were close to their defeat, Soul King himself descended from his palace along with the 0th Squad and they proved to be the game-changers in this battle. The clash of Soul King with Yhwach and Guido Szandor released such powerful shockwaves that didn't just disturb the flow of energy in the Soul Society but also in the World of the Living, Hueco Mundo, and the entire 'circle of spirits'*. This disturbance of energy flow critically weakened not just humans but even the most powerful beings such as the Yokai. Though the Quincy Blood War ended up with the victory of the Shinigamis yet everybody was aware that it was not the ultimate end.

Bernhard Castle (somewhere in present-day Europe)…

The ongoing war between the Brotherhood of Light and the three lords of shadow was raging ferociously for the past few months and it seemed as if the time for the grand showdown had arrived. The soul for whom Archangel Gabriel waited had already taken birth and grown up to become a powerful man of God and a skilled and fearless warrior. He was up against Carmilla the Queen of the Vampires, Cornell the master of the werewolves, Zobek the lord of the necromancers, and many other creatures of the darkness. His name was Gabriel Belmont and he was exterminating the creatures of darkness one after another without fail. However, he was unaware of the fact that a powerful Acolyte of Satan, Raisa Volkova, was keeping an eye on this battle all this time, moreover, she was the one responsible for pushing this war to such a colossal scale.

Even though the soldiers of the Brotherhood of Light were trying to eliminate every creature of darkness yet thousands of them escaped the war and slowly spread throughout the world. On the other hand, Gabriel Belmont proved to be more than a match for the Lords of Shadow and thus both sides were forced to unleash their complete strength. This war resulted in something completely unexpected with Gabriel Belmont ending up absorbing Cornell completely and Carmilla partially while Zobek and Raisa Volkova managed to flee.

This terrible clash of light and darkness resulted in an eruption of similar destructive energy which emerged from the clash of Jade Warriors and Orochi. The almost entire world was under the grasp of such a devastating energy clash and it was killing the population of living beings in the World of the Living at a scary pace. Moreover, because of the slumber of Archangels, the Lords of shadow disconnected the World of the Living from Paradise and thus all the spirits of the dead were trapped in the World of the Living with nowhere else to go. The scenario of the World of the Living and all other worlds was looking like that of the times of apocalypse, where not just the living beings but even the deceased were bound to suffer.

To be continued…

Author's Note:

I would like to clarify the term which I have used in this chapter – 'The Circle of Spirit'

The Circle of Spirit is referred to the region which is the part neither of hell nor Paradise but still it the spirits dwell in this region. World of the Living, Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, and the surrounding spiritual place is falls in this region where spirits of the deceased beings dwell and reside. In the future, other worlds which fall in the Circle of Spirit will be mentioned such as Valley of the Screams, Purgatory etc.