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| - In the beginning, there was no peace. Chaos and strife plague the world - a world that harbored both humans and spirits. Because of this forced coexistence, demonic spirits known simply by the term "hollow" caused death and destruction wherever they roamed. Although the good-hearted spirits had attempted to quell these dangerous beings, their efforts had been futile. This had been the doing of the Soul King - the individual who ruled over all spirits. He had been the one to keep them together. Although many believed that the deity had placed the spirits upon the earth to create harmony, but those beings couldn't be far from the truth. The king of souls was just a lynchpin for the humans and spirits, needed to keep them from going to war with each other. However, as much as he had wished to prevent this friction between the physical and spiritual beings, he was utterly powerless to stop it. Despite having no power to separate the two worlds, his followers had decided it was time to split. To do this, they would all need to offer their very souls to the Soul King, giving him enough power to physically tear the world into two. Deciding it was the only way to ensure the safety of both worlds, the genocide of the spiritual beings, known as "shinigami" from that point on, had begun. Soon enough, the spirit king possessed the strength to separate the world. Immediately enacting his follower's plan, the king ripped the world in two: one for the physical world, and one for the spiritual realm. He also gave birth to his children, the shinigami, as he felt their sacrifice could not be in vain. However, the shinigami and their hollow brethren could not coexist either. Using the last of the strength the shinigami had given to him, the deity created two new worlds, one for the hollows to inhabit, and the other separating the three other realms. At least, the world had been at peace! Life went on throughout the three true worlds, with crime being handled by their governing bodies. But nothing was as it seemed. Hollows had somehow entered the realm of the humans, which in turn caused the shinigami to aid the humans in their times of need. This cycle continued, with endless bloodshed on each side. But this is where the story of the three true realms ends, and our journey into the Dangai begins...
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