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He turned to his army—this ragtag, desperate, mortal army—and raised his staff. The clear note spread across the ranks, sharpening spear points, steadying hearts, reminding bones that they were real in a world that was learning to forget.

The sky broke before the battle did.

“Master.” A young disciple tugged at his sleeve, rain streaming down a face too young for war. “The river. It’s… leaving.” creation of the gods i: kingdom of storms

Jiang Ziya stood at the edge of the camp, his bamboo staff sunk a hand’s depth into the soaked earth. Behind him, the allied forces of the Zhou breathed in ragged formation—farmers turned soldiers, shamans turned generals, boys with too-big spears and old men who had already buried their sons. Before him, a league away, the walls of Chaoge rose black against a bruised sky. And beyond those walls, King Zhou’s sorcerers had already begun to sing. He turned to his army—this ragtag, desperate, mortal

Not hymns. Unmaking.

That was the first sign that this was no mortal war. Above the Yellow Earth, clouds churned like a dragon’s gut, spitting rain that fell sideways, then upward, then not at all. Lightning did not strike—it lingered , forked and furious, stitching the heavens to the mud in threads of white fire. “Master

Jiang turned. The Yellow River, sluggish and brown just that morning, had reversed its flow. Water rose in pale fists, tearing free of their banks, climbing into the sky like roots pulled backward into the seed. Fish flopped on exposed stones. A fishing boat spun in dry air.