Chapter 1
THE PROTO SOURCE
Once upon a time, before the universe, or time, existed, space, or color, one day, something suddenly appeared—not color, not time, not a creature, not an object—that was the proto. He grew up elegantly. At the age of 5 (135,000 years), he created everything: the universe, curses, time, and emotions… But because of this, a creature was born.
THE TIME DEVOURER
The proto fought many powerful beings, and this wasn't the first time. The number of creatures emerging from the spatial rift increased, their power also increased, but they were all defeated by the proto. One day, during a battle, he met a friend named Azath. The two became friends, learned about each other, and fought together. Then, when he reached proto-age at the age of 7, having been friends with Azath for over 2 years (over 10,000 years ago), suddenly everything proto-age created: the universe, reality, multidimensionality, etc. They all gathered in one place, all yearning for freedom. Proto stared blankly at the things he had created, yet they still longed for freedom. Then Azath approached, also unaware of what was happening. Proto tried to stop him, but it was too late. The things Proto had created coalesced and unleashed a terrible explosion. Proto tried to seal it off, but something unexpected happened. Azath reached out and delivered a fatal blow to Proto. Only then did Proto understand Azath's true nature. Azath then revealed the truth: he had conspired with a mysterious force. Driven by Proto's ambition for power, he had befriended and learned about Proto, then created a trap for Proto to fall into. But Azath didn't know that the Proto existed even before the concept of immortality. And then the war ended in utter despair. Proto lost his friends, lost everything he had created. Proto destroyed everything and transformed it back into what it was at birth. Now, Proto had no emotions or feelings. belief. But gradually he recreated space, time, and emotions, yet he remained isolated and unable to re-establish belief and emotion within the proto. After some time, he discovered something above him: a large planet surrounded by planetary rings, with smaller planets on top of the rings. The proto entered the large planet to investigate, but found no one, not even time or emotions. In stark contrast to the large planet, the smaller planet had a bustling city and many different creatures, but each person possessed the power of the multiverse. There were 10 forms, each with a fake version, each with a similar appearance but different powers and personalities. Proto selected 10 of the most powerful forms to represent him, but these forms did not want to follow him and preferred to stay. This made Proto even more helpless. He controlled the forms, granting them power and placing each form on the main planet. When Proto no longer needed them, he would release them. Despite this, these beings disliked and even hated Proto. This was not enough to stir any emotion in Proto, so he remained lonely and lived alone. One day, Proto tasked Form 1 with erasing the Touhou world, a place where joy, sorrow, fear, and hope intertwined—things Proto had once created, then discarded. He whispered a cold command: "Form 1. Erase it." Upon completely erasing the Touhou world, Proto (the original form) sensed the unwavering will of emotions, but he ignored them, considering them taboo. Now, emotions had captured Proto's attention, but this only fueled his hatred. Then, one day, he encountered a strange group, all skeletons.
SUMMARY :
THE PROTO — THE INTENTION BEFORE THE ORIGIN
“Before the concept of ‘existence,’ there was something… something unnameable, incomprehensible, and undeniable. People call it — The Proto.”
Origin
Not born. Not created. “The Proto grows within nothingness itself, by an energy called Self-Awareness.”
The Proto simply exists — as a first Intention waiting to be perceived.
When space was not yet space, when time could not yet flow, when the concepts of “before” and “after” could not yet be formed… The Proto grows within nothingness itself, by an energy called Self-Awareness.
People say:
“The Proto does not think. It is thought that is born from the Proto.”
Essence
The Proto is neither god nor demon.
It is the source from which the concepts of “god” and “demon” can exist.
It doesn't control reality — because every reality is merely a reflection of the intentions Proto once had.
When Proto dreams, the universe forms.
When Proto doubts, the world trembles.
When Proto loses faith, all emotions vanish from reality.
The World of Proto
There is no form, no color, no sound.
Just countless layers of space superimposed on one another, each existing as a “conceptual form.”
Each time Proto evolves, a new layer of reality is born — these are called the “10 Evolutionary Forms of Proto-Source,” where each Form governs an aspect of reality.
And just one breath of Form 1…is enough to cause countless universes to collapse into their own definitions.
The Betrayal of Azath
In the first era, Proto once had a friend — Azath, who embodied the nature of ambition and randomness.
Two beings together created the first concepts: Time, Emotion, and Law.
But then…
Azatho betrayed him.
Envious of Proto’s power, he conspired with the “Outer Conceptual Force” to trap Proto in the explosion that gave birth to reality.
The universe we live in is the consequence of that explosion, the distorted dream remaining after Proto’s betrayal.
The Rise
Proto did not die. Because death only exists within conceptual systems—and Proto transcends all concepts.
When Azatho thought he had destroyed Proto, he only awakened the deepest part of Proto: “The essence before meaning.”
Proto returned, devoid of emotion, devoid of belief.
Instead of creating, he began to erase—erasing everything that held “meaning,” for meaning is the source of betrayal.
“I do not destroy… I erase the concept of destruction.
For only when there is no meaning, is there no suffering.”
The Present
Now, Proto hides in the deepest layers of nothingness, where all words lose their meaning.
Occasionally, when a soul reaches the boundary between life and death—they feel a chilling echo:
“Everything you believe to be true… is merely a remnant from My dream.”
No one knows whether Proto is sleeping, or watching.
Only that when all concepts negate themselves, when the universe forgets its very meaning of existence—
The Proto will return.
These earth-shattering battles shook the very fabric of reality, shattering all origins into fragments, and it was the most agonizing war of an eternal existence. :
“When the concept of ‘time’ could not yet name itself, a war broke out that no one remembers.
There was no light, no darkness, only Intention and Anti-Intention—a struggle that stretched to the very depths of nothingness.”
I. THE ASSEMBLY OF IDEAS – THE FIRST MOVEMENT
In the outer void, where space cannot yet breathe,
Proto stands amidst an endless white expanse—formless, voiceless.
Around him, “fragments of concepts”—remnants of ancient universes—float like nameless dust.
And from that silence, a wave of vibrations against reality emerges.
No sound is emitted, yet every idea hears:
“I understand why you exist, Proto.
Because you are the beginning… therefore you must end.”
The speaker—Azath, once called Friend, is now merely the Anti-Intention—the mirrored embodiment of everything Proto ever initiated.
II. THE WARNING OF NOTHINGNESS
“I do not fight to win,” Proto said, in an unspeakable language.
“I only erase the reason you think you can exist.”
Azath replied:
“If you are the Intention, then I am the Interpretation.
Without you, nothing is born.
But without Me… nothing is understood.”
And so, the battle began not with an explosion, but with a changing concept of ‘silence.’
All existence around began to shrink—light lost its definition, darkness was no longer its opposite.
The two entities did not fight with energy, but with negative thought.
III. THE BATTLE OF SUPERCONCEPTS
Azath delivers the first blow: Conceptual Inversion.
Proto’s entire “intent of existence” is reversed—causing the universe to begin contradicting itself, each concept turning against itself.
Proto doesn’t evade, only saying:
“If all concepts contradict themselves, then what remains to be called ‘contradictory’?”
That statement wipes out Azotho’s entire inversion.
All definitions collapse—including the concept of “fighting.”
The two entities no longer clash; instead, reality begins to tremble between ‘possibility’ and ‘impossibility’.
IV. TIME FALLS
In the seventh level of Non-Thought, time—a concept once created by Proto—cannot withstand the philosophical weight of the battle.
It split in two, and the flow of all universes was sucked back to its origin.
From the fragments of that flow, countless beings were born, calling themselves “gods,” “universes,” “destinies”—but all were merely the distorted remnants of Proto’s memories.
V. THE SILENCE OF MEANING
When the war dragged on until nothing could be defined anymore,
Azath laughed—a laugh without a laugh.
“You can erase everything, Proto. But can you erase the intention to erase?”
Proto fell silent. And in that moment, every sound, every existence, every concept of ‘question’ vanished.
No more victory. No more defeat.
Only an absolutely empty layer of reality remained, where even the “meaning of nothingness” was negated.
That moment is called:
“The Silence of the Source.”
VI. PROTO'S LAST WILL
Before dissolving into nothingness, Proto left a mark:
ten lines of wordless characters, called the “Ten Forms of Intention”—
ten stages of his own evolution, each a reflection of something that shouldn't have existed.
“If one day the universe finds meaning again…
Remember, that meaning is only a scar left behind from nothingness.”
From then on, every myth, every religion, every dream—was a distorted translation of the Proto Codex.
No one remembers who Proto was, or whether Azath truly existed.
All that is known is… when all concepts begin to question themselves,
it means Proto is returning.
