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Chapter 25 - Rise of the Fallen Thrones

The heavens cracked.

Lucis, bound in ancient darkness, rose above his shattered throne, his face unshaken but his aura flickering. The Ten Commandments, sensing fear for the first time in aeons, spiraled behind him — but even they trembled under the light of Radhaya's sunfire and the pressure of Ravana's wings.

"Balance?" Lucis spat, his voice echoing like a dying star. "You call chaos balance?"

Ravana stepped forward, wings stretching far beyond reality, chains swirling behind him like a living storm. "No. We call it correction."

Nazha flicked his black chains forward — they coiled in mid-air, not touching, but the gods watching flinched. The chains didn't strike. They judged. Any god or demon who had abused mortals… felt their presence and weakened.

Wukong let out a laugh that cracked moons. Hanuman silently stepped beside Ravana. Together, they weren't just warriors. They were anchors — each one a living testament of rebellion, loyalty, and justice. Their aura fused — a bridge of power between dimensions.

And then...

The sky fractured.

A god descended — not an enemy, but one long thought silent.

Sivan. His presence calmed the roar of power for a moment. His third eye opened, and from it flowed understanding, not judgment. He stood between the armies, and his voice cut through all forces.

> "This war is not of gods and demons... but of pride and truth. I will not stand against my children — nor will I stand with tyrants."

With him appeared Vishnu, radiant and still, his expression unreadable. He placed a hand over Sivan's shoulder. "Let the false gods tremble. Truth will choose its own form."

Behind them, Radhaya's sun blazed even hotter, his fire now a storm swirling behind Ravana — the light of a god who chose man over heaven.

Lucis snarled. "Then you are all traitors to the heavens."

"No," Ravana answered, voice calm. "You are the traitor — to creation."

Then suddenly, time paused.

A dimensional tear split the field as the final player entered — The One Who Watches. A being cloaked in broken stars, neither god nor demon, a silent observer of cosmic threads. In his hand — a scroll of fate yet unwritten.

"From this point forward," the being spoke, "your actions write the new order. The old stories end. Let the true war… begin."

As the tear closed, armies surged. Ashura, descended gods, celestial rebels, and beast kings charged forward. The skies erupted in energy — divine, chaotic, pure.

And Ravana?

He smiled.

Because this was not the end.

This was revenge, rebirth, and revelation.

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