In the boundless expanse of the universe, there were countless planes, each star representing a plane. Many of these planes were home to highly intelligent races. Both the Qio Continent and the Abyss Realm were merely drops in this vast ocean of planes.
At some unknown point, certain higher beings had learned to harness the powers that had existed between heaven and earth since time immemorial. Through cultivation, they had gradually acquired unimaginably terrifying strength. They transcended life and death and stood above ordinary beings, becoming known as "gods."
These few could either harness the elemental powers between heaven and earth or had mastered certain strange laws' profound meanings. Through constant cultivation and evolution, they advanced far beyond ordinary people and became the objects of universal admiration and attention.
Mastery of any power to its utmost limit could lead to godhood. Powers such as fear, resentment, and desire could all grant someone extraordinary abilities and make them a so-called "god," provided they studied and cultivated them thoroughly and mastered their use.
Throughout the boundless universe, two kinds of origin power were omnipresent and the most abundant across its vast planes. Gods who mastered these two kinds of power were also the strongest. One consisted of the eight elemental powers: light, darkness, earth, fire, wind, water, lightning, and death. The other consisted of the four powers of law: fate, space-time, destruction, and life.
Elemental powers and powers of law permeated every corner. Because these two kinds of power existed in the vast majority of planes and were the most fundamental things between heaven and earth, those who attained godhood by cultivating them had limitless potential and were somewhat stronger than those who cultivated other powers.
Gods were divided into ranks according to their abilities: demigods, base gods, lower gods, middle gods,