Raphael took a moment to recover. The account he had just heard from the Oldest One differed somewhat from the Beyonder history he remembered.
Before this, Raphael had always assumed that the Celestial Worthy and God Almighty had prepared well in advance, and that the awakening of the Original Creator's overall consciousness was more like a meticulously plotted scheme.
Yet according to the Oldest One's human side, the awakening of the Original Creator's overall consciousness had been purely accidental.
Raphael chose to believe him, though not entirely. He found it hard to believe that the Oldest One's human side, the Celestial Worthy, and God Almighty would not have known what would happen if they were all awake at the same time.
Perhaps the known history was no accident, but rather the outcome of a struggle between the three of them. After the First Epoch began, Beyonder powers became dominant, but humanity survived as well.
Overall, the Oldest One's human side had lost, but he had retained a certain amount of power.
Raphael reached this conclusion because he knew very well that he was dealing with the Oldest One's human side. Humanity meant more than warm emotions; it also meant being adept at deception and lies.
The Oldest One, who took the form of a White Jade Orb, said, "You should have heard the broad outline of what happened next. The instant the Original Creator's overall consciousness awakened, the half of the Sefirah and Characteristics torn from the Mother Goddess of Depravity, the Mother Tree of Desire, and the Son of Chaos made me far too vast again.
"So almost the instant I awakened, I split apart.
"But this time was different from the last. The last time, ninety percent of all Beyonder Characteristics in the universe were with me, so