Echo of the Dragon God

{WSA 2025 Entry} The universe is dying. Its creator, the God-Dragon Primarion, once an eternal being who shaped reality itself, is now on the brink of destruction. As the cosmos shatters, Primarion makes his final decree: "From ashes, everything rises. To ashes, everything shall return. But that does not mean I give my approval for it to happen." In his last moments, Primarion scatters his soul across the universe, ensuring that his essence will stabilize the decaying world. His massive form evaporates, leaving only his heart, the final beacon of hope for all existence. The universe trembles, its fate now sealed in the hands of those who are left behind. "You can’t die... You are my only hope. I’m sorry for what I must do, but you must live," a soft voice whispered, caressing the faint remnants of his consciousness. "You must return as the god you once were, and help me gain the power of eternal time that I never had. I must steal your soul shard of space and fuse it with the knowledge of time I have. When it’s ready, I’ll have you reborn in the world where the shard was meant to go. Only then will you be able to save us all, my dear father..." But a secret remains—a fragment of space, a shard of unimaginable power, lies dormant in the world of mortals. It is there that the God-Dragon's legacy will be reborn. A young soul, reborn in a new body, must rise from nothing and reclaim what was lost, restoring the balance of time and space. Five million years later, a star shines brightly above a small dragon village, signaling the rebirth of an ancient power. The chosen one, the one who will wield the combined might of space and time, will awaken. Once the creator of everything, a mighty dragon who shaped the very fabric of existence, he now finds himself reborn in a shattered world. Stripped of his godly powers and bound by the limits of a mortal shell, he must embark on a perilous journey across a broken universe to reclaim his lost dominion. With the power of ancient runic magic in his grasp, he must unlock the mysteries of time itself, honing his understanding and regaining the strength he once wielded. But the universe is crumbling, its foundations unraveling. The dragons—their glory forgotten—are now scattered and weak. To restore what was lost, he must face the chaos that threatens all of existence, escape the confines of the broken world, and bring the dragons back to their rightful place as rulers of this dying cosmos.