[Honkai: Star Rail] The Aeon Has Countless Alt Accounts

You're a gaming enthusiast.

You create a character in an ultra-open-ended sci-fi game, set its faction to [Creator God], and give it a series of overpowered stats, granting it the divine power to create and destroy worlds.

It is born from the [Tree of Existence] and descends into the [Sea of Quantum].

Your little character wields great power, paving the way, guiding ordinary people, teaching and transforming all things. The world flourishes.

The game quickly reaches the Normal Ending.

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You're not satisfied, so you delete and overwrite your original save and start over again and again. The broom-headed character's settings change repeatedly, but you still can't get the True Ending.

On your seventh playthrough, you finally lose patience, angrily close the game, and leave it alone.

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But what you don't realize is that deleting your save and starting over seven times means the universe has been rebooted seven times.

The save file has no memories, but it does.

Everything it created with its own hands, all the prosperous, vast, mysterious, and tragic things, everything that flourished, is mercilessly destroyed simply because it doesn't suit your wishes.

At last, the broom-headed character turns evil.

Genesis, the [Origin] of all things in the universe, will launch a glorious rebellion against the one who created it. The revolution begins by gathering a group of like-minded colleagues.

And so the [Aeons], beings elevated from intelligent life, come into the world, take up their [Paths], and pursue their questions tirelessly, all in search of a way to break the final deadlock.

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Of course, it hasn't forgotten to make a few alt accounts.

As for their personalities... um, it'll just pick from the seven existing save files. Surely there's one that suits the universe.

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Archive: Aeons (17/17 recorded)

"Origin," Genesis

[Where has God gone? I'll tell you: humanity killed Him! We and you are all His murderers! How will we end the apocalypse? Who waved a hand and filled the vast sea of stars? If we escape the universe, where can we hide? Above, below, left, or right? Won't we lose our way at the end of the night? Who will guide us? God is dead! God is truly dead! We killed Him!]

A madman who deliberately plunged into a star, in Amber Era 1452

Related entries: [Gatekeeper - Origin] [Finality, the Last King]

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Known information:

"The Gatekeeper isn't guarding a secret, but a fact. You didn't know? Neither did I."

"You ask me about an Emanator of 'Origin'? As it happens, I know one. How do I put it? He's unusual. He gives me a sense of detachment, a feeling of loneliness, always close and yet distant. I've heard so many people say they're lonely, but I think his loneliness is the real thing..."

"To sum it up in one sentence, Genesis and its Emanators give me a sense of serene madness. It's as if even when the universe reaches heat death, it could still, *galactic swear word*, grow toward the sun."

Before you read:

1. Who "you" are doesn't matter. We won't discuss it in detail, and you aren't the protagonist of this story.

2. This is a god-focused novel with secret identities. The protagonist is Genesis, the Aeon of [Origin]. The gods stand high above and look down on everything, rarely involving themselves directly unless circumstances demand it. The other Aeons are companions who join in the fun, and the Emanators are all secret identities created on the side.

Please join me in chanting:

Genesis is beautiful as a flower, Genesis is all-knowing and all-good, Genesis has the highest gravitas!

3. Slightly cosmic horror, non-human characters, and a mix of many elements.

4. This is a transformative work based on the original Honkai: Star Rail and its interpretation of Aeons and Paths. Original worldbuilding takes effort, so please be kind when discussing it.

5. Blurb screenshot dated 2025.2.20.

Premise: A beginning and an end make a perfect whole.