The Original Universe (最初乾坤 Saisho Kenkon, Japanese for First Universe) is the first Universe that existed within the Multiverse in Bleach: Dark Chronicles. It is the universe that the first two parts of the story takes place in and is a creation of the Dark One, born from the remnants of a previous universe. In reality it has been in a constant state of destruction and recreation as a result of the Dark One attempting to create a reality in which there is no evil. As a result of Andrei's actions at the end of the second part of the series the Original Universe is frozen in time within the Dead World. As a result of the Original Universe being frozen in time the Second Universe came into existence.