Chapter 101: The Truth About Muzen
Muzen's voice was steady as he continued his tale, his eyes carrying the weight of a truth long hidden from the world.
"As I faced myself during my countless meditations, I became obsessed with finding a solution to the unbalance within me.
I spent weeks scouring every text I could find.
Ancient scrolls, forbidden tomes, records of lost civilizations, even Muggle philosophy.
Anything that could provide insight into my growing predicament.
Time was pressing, and I knew that if I did nothing, the principles inside me would tear me apart."
He sighed, the memory clearly weighing on him.
"I had accepted that a part of me was attuned to Void and Muga, one side of existence, the absence of self, the dissolution of all things.
But another part of me craved Muso, the Peerless State, the absolute dominance over one's domain.
And within that craving, I sensed the stirrings of another principle, one I could not yet grasp, but that opposed Void at its very core.
My soul, my very existence, was splitting down the middle. If I did not act, my essence would collapse upon itself."