I was Seven Emperor, also known as Xiangyang.
Huang called me Seven Emperor.
Jiu Wu called me Xiangyang.
I was a Meatworm Wraith, the lowliest kind of strange entity. When I awakened my sentience, it was the rainy season.
The wind was fierce. The rain was heavy.
The wind swept me and the other Meatworm Wraiths toward one mountain after another. I watched countless companions burst apart, green slime splattering everywhere. They seemed to have no intelligence.
When there were no mountains ahead, they kept laughing.
When they were about to crash into one, their eyes filled with terror.
They were afraid.
So was I.
At first, I tried hiding behind my companions to survive. Later, I discovered that I could flatten my body into a concave shape and ride the wind.
I had found a way to stay alive.
Back then, I thought I was amazing.
That was an unclaimed continent.
Thinking back on it now.
Those days were frightening, but they seemed to be among the few times in my life when I was free.
Later.
A powerful strange entity landed on that continent with his Subordinate and subdued every strange entity there, including us Meatworm Wraiths. We set out on a campaign of conquest.
I still remembered our first charge.
Countless cannon towers roared atop the city wall. The strange entities charging beside me died one after another. That powerful strange entity ordered us to keep charging. The others had no sentience either. They simply charged along.
I ran.
I was afraid.
Some unknown length of time later, the war ended. That powerful strange entity died too.
I floated on the sea, not knowing where to go.
For the first time, I began to ponder the meaning of my existence. Then another powerful strange entity encountered me