At first, there was only Prim, the primordial soup from which worlds were created.
Gan emerged from Prim's "Way." He was the Creation God, and the Dark Tower itself.
Waters of Magic spilled from his navel. Sitting at the center of the Multiversal Web, he sang of mountains, rocks, and trees, sang the Song of the White, and formed this Multiversal System.
A standard magical creation myth.
This was probably one of the few universes Su Ming could think of where a multiversal creator still possessed a physical form. To control the Dark Tower was equivalent to controlling a conceptual tool truly capable of creating worlds.
Although Little Franklin, rescued from the Cancerverse, was meant to rebuild Marvel based on the 40K Multiversal System, children were always sentimental and emotionally volatile. A backup plan had to be prepared just in case.
Gan was not the only being born from Prim. Just as night inevitably followed day, Gan radiated boundless light, yet cast an incomparably dark shadow behind him.
Following that shadow, a huge rotten stench rose from the depths of the Primordial Way. It was the power of the Outer Dark, and it gave birth to an eternal "Wish Box." The Wish Box could be understood as a "collection of thoughts" or a "collection of emotions"—an abstract yet tangible concept.
A being that looked like the creature later known as humanity walked out of the Wish Box, yet it was not human.
This first creature was magic's agent and called himself Merlin.
Yes, Merlin again. Su Ming now suspected that he was also one of Marvel's Otherworld Merlyn's incarnations, so they would most likely run into each other.
This Merlin loved to play, and what he found most entertaining was destruction.
In short, Prim created Gan and Merlin. Gan then