Deep in the void, a place where the barrier between reality and unreality met, where time ceased to exist. A place where all but the most powerful of celestials fear to tread.

  A battle was taking place.

  CHAOS, SEAL of the dimension of chaos fought against its peers.

  It wondered how it came to this so fast. When it took upon itself the seal of chaos, It knew this moment would come, but it hadn't foreseen it happening this soon.

  But seeing as THE WATCHER, THRONE of the aspect of DIVINATION directed the ambush, it now knew who had blindsided it.

  Hundreds of lesser celestials had been brought on this attack. They shouldn't have been able to exist this deep in the unreal, but seeing the attendance of most of the Thrones and Seals, it now knew how they were able to exist.

  While weathering attacks strong enough to wipe out whole universes, it enacted its quickly-made contingency plan.

  Hundreds of compressed chaos energy were sent into the midst of its attackers, sundering dozens of the lesser celestials. Good, but that hadn't been its goal. With the temporary blindness of THE WATCHER and the few other grand Celestials in attendance, they didn't sense the thing that pierced the veil between void and space.

  With its safety measures taken care of, it was time to make sure the others didn't take notice of what had just happened.

  It hadn't had time since its ascension to the seal of chaos to truly master it, a never-before-seen feat, so it extended its authority into the two closest aspects connected to chaos.

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  It split its consciousness into two, which instantly alerted the others into the change the moment the void rippled.

  With a command and intent, OBLIVION reigned, and dozens of lesser celestials were destroyed, their authorities shattered, while their shards scattered out to be wielded by any of the mortals with enough will and understanding.

  It had little time before it would be overwhelmed, so it enacted its last plan for a while. Once again it sent chaos into the fray, temporarily blinding the others, including THE WATCHER. Satisfied, it moved.

  With the authority of CREATION, it created a temporary dimension around THE WATCHER, sealing them both in. It would be destroyed eventually, but by that time its plan would have succeeded. It had little margin for error.

  It sent energy from the dimension of chaos against THE WATCHER, which was avoided. That was expected as THE WATCHER didn't see the compressed energy from the realm of oblivion until it was upon it, but by that time there was nothing that could be done.

  OBLIVION ripped through THE WATCHER, and the eyes of the PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE was sundered. That was quicker than it had planned for, but it had little time for contemplation as DESTRUCTION ripped through the temporary dimension.

  "WHAT DID YOU THINK TO ACCOMPLISH BY SUNDERING DIVINATION? IT WAS THE WEAKEST OF US ALL," DESTRUCTION questioned, its voice manifesting into the void like the sound of apocalyptic thunder.

  CHAOS didn't bother to answer as it created shield constructs imbued with the now vacant authorities of the shield and perseverance aspects. It didn't matter, DESTRUCTION ripped them apart.

  The battle was not long in ending, but before chaos was laid dormant, it separated another shard of its consciousness, enough that it wouldn't have been noticed without the aid of DIVINATION.

  Enough of its consciousness to wait, watch and plan.