《The Sage Goes Back in Time》 Prologue During the birth of a universe, an extraordinary being came into existence. He was a type of spiritual being that have an extremely rare chance to come to exist during the birth of a universe. And over a long period of time this being fostered a personality through the observation of those that came to exist later than him. Seeing their interaction and emotions he grew jealous. He was Jealous of how they lived their lives of their emotions. He was jealous of when he saw them happy and when he saw them sad. So fueled by this jealousy he continued to observe them in hopes he will find the key of their emotions and be like them to. Through countless years of watching them what he found was that there was many reasons, but the main one was that it was through interaction with others around them. So he for the first time since his birth approached the ones he observed, but they only became scared when they saw him. Seeing this he was confused and asked for the reason. The answer he was given was because he had no form. So he created one that was like the ones in front of him, but they were still scared. He asked why for the second time and they said it was because of his presence, so he made it so he looked and felt the same as them. He now looked and felt exactly the same as them. No one would be able to tell the difference between them, Now there fear had dampened and was replaced by worship and weariness. When he saw this he was once again confused and when he asked why the answer he met was his power. They worshiped him as a god after that, but that was not what he wished for. Over time he came to understand that if he wanted them to treat him as an equal he would either need to make himself their equal, which was impossible for him or make them his equal.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. So he decided to make them his equal, and as he had decided he tried to make them as powerful as himself. He tried many ways over enumerable years, but not once did he succeed. Frustrated with his failures he decided to take another approach. Instead of focusing on individuals he decided to change the reality. So he tried. And he failed. But it wasn''t a complete failure, he now knew what had to be done. But he was to weak to accomplish it by himself. He needed external help. So found a dimension that was about to be born and sucked it of most of its energy. He used that energy to alter the reality of his universe. He altered the Records of Existence. He made it so it could evolve the beings of his world. But in the end it was still to much for him, he couldn''t take the strain of controlling all that energy put on him. He died. But in the end he was satisfied, he was satisfied that he finally did it. He was satisfied because at the end, he felt an immense happiness from his success. That emotion was what he wanted from the beginning, it came to him in a form he didn''t expect. Due to this he died laughing, having done something that none or only a few will ever know. +++ Countless number of years have gone by since then. The Records of Existence continued to evolve with the universe''s occupants. It came to be know as the Akashic Records. The universe that was sucked of most of its energy was fractured due to it being disturbed during its birth. This led to it barely being able to produce any energy, making it so only a few planets with life appeared, of those planets only one managed to produce any intelligent life. Due to the connection formed with that universe through the mutation of the Records of Existence to the Akashic Records, the stories from the planet with intelligent life was used as a direction for its evolution. When the universe of the Akashic Records couldn''t contain any more of the energy and records and it started to build up, it fused with the universe that was sucked of all its energy. Chapter 1: [How it Happened] 1 day before the two universes fused. A young man laying on his bed woke with a start. The alarm clock going off in the background being the only thing calming down his overly alert mind. His face slowly changing from one of extreme alertness to one of elation! However his handsome face slowly turned calm as he examined himself and his surroundings. Seeing the time on the alarm clock indicated it was 6:00 am on a sunday only served to heighten his elation, he was barely able to stop the smile that was coming on his face. Knowing he had a full day until what was to come alowed him to relax somewhat. His name was Jay Grayson, a 23 year old college student living in an apartment. He had crystal like, large blue eyes surrounded by sword like eyebrows and complimented by a straight nose, chiseled jawline, and black and smooth hair. Jay calmed his mind and started to think about his situation here on out. A day from now a universe will fuse with his own, with this will come the isolation of earth for 1 year in order for its residents to adapt. Jay new all of this because this has already happened to him. On the day the universes fused he was in his house watching T.V. in the living room, only to be hit on the head by a crystal ball! When he woke up the crystal ball was gone, he didn''t know until later that he took it in. To be able to take in a crystal ball, which is most commonly referred to as a records crystal or R-crystal for short, one has to insert their mana into it. It sounds easy but due to a multitude of factors, with the loss of universal energy being the main one, there is no one who can manipulate it.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. However little did Jay know that his talent for such things is incredible, and do to this he has enough energy, which is most commonly referred to as mana, he has mana equal to if not slightly greater to an average person from a mana saturated universe. So when the crystal ball hit his head. Due to him having no control over his mana and suffering a concussion, his mana went out of control and radiated outwards. This amount of mana is so small that the effects it has on the surroundings is miniscule at best, and because of this it was very doubtful anyone would ever notice. But thanks to this his mana entered the R-crystal allowing it to fuse with him. Not only was this R-crystal a class type but the class that it contained was most perfectly suited to his current situation. The class he received was the scholarly lord class, sage. The sage class improved his mental abilities and gave him a few special powers. The most useful one being the inspect skill. It was an extremely rare skill, of which does who possess it that did not have the sage class can be counted on one''s fingers. At its first level it alowed one to read the most superficial of records, but that was more than amazing enough. With this and the mental faculties of a sage and amazing things can take place. With the sage class he rose through the ranks quickly. Even though the sage class being a scholarly class was supposed to not be suidet to combat, But since it was a lord class normal classes still couldn''t compare. He was not even confined by the universe and once he was powerful enough traveled to others in search of knowledge and power. One day he was cornered by many powerful existences who were fueled by greed. Seeing there was no way out he used the energy from their all out attacks to cast a massive spell that took him back in time. The cornerstone of which being the mark of cain that kept him alive for so long. Jay used the its records that pertained to cain''s punishment of watching all of mankind and its sins from the moon. Because earth was the only one with intelligent life, only the records for earth was needed to go back in time. Now here he was sitting on his bed with the only thing remaining of that time being the mark of cain on his right arm and the knowledge and experience he has gained from the future. Some Things You Should Know Akashic Records: Its is the result of the mutation to the Records of Existence, think dao records from xianxia goes through a mutation and becomes the akashic records from everyone else is a returnee, which changed the reality of the world. Mark of Cain: When Cain killed his brother with the devils nail. God punished him by sending him to the moon to watch over all of humanity''s sins, giving him the mark to prevent him from dying so he could watch over humanity''s sins for eternity. Over time, through his understanding of sin he became a God of Sin, this affected his mark changing it to the Mark of Cain. To gain the mark of cain one must go to the moon and go through the Dungeon of Cain and kill him by destroying his body and soul. This is easier said than done due to how powerful Cain is, the fact that if there is even a little bit of him left he will recover back in an instant, and that little is known of the exact location of the dungeon.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. Mark of Cain effects:
  1. Gives the bearer semi-immortality, only being able to die if you were killed in your entirety.
  2. Allows the bearer to know the intentions of others.
  3. Allows the bearer to know the sins of others.
  4. Gives the bearer the ability of absolute sight limited to the planet they are currently on.
The role the Mark of Cain played in going back in time: He used the records of when cain watched over everything on earth that was held in the Mark of Cain. This worked because at the time before the fusion of universes, earth was the only planet with intelligent life due to the dimensions low concentration of mana. The reason the earth even had life was due to having a small probability of life forming does not meaning there is no possibility, it¡¯s one of those things were as long as there is a chance of something happening it will eventually happen.