The Grand Hall, Nexus of Eternity.
A vast chamber with no visible boundaries. Cosmic pillars rise like columns of light that support reality itself. At the far end of the hall, three thrones stand upon a circular platform. Three gods sit there calmly, overseeing all existence.
Lucifer walks into the hall. His long black robe sweeps across the cosmic crystal floor. He stops several meters before the thrones.
His head lowers.
“Your Majesties,” Lucifer says calmly. “I have come to ask something. May I be permitted?”
The gods glance at one another for a moment.
Then they nod, one after another.
The third god speaks.
“What is it, Lucifer?”
Lucifer draws a short breath.
“Does the Omni-Core have limitations within each cosmic realm?”
The hall falls silent again.
Several seconds pass.
The second god finally answers.
“Of course.”
His voice echoes heavily throughout the hall.
“The Omni-Core is a tremendous power. A power equal to us, the gods.”
Lucifer remains with his head lowered.
“However,” the god continues, “that power only functions fully in the highest realm… The Absolute Infinity.”
Another god adds,
“In the nine cosmics below it, there will always be limitations.”
Lucifer stays silent for a moment.
Then he exhales softly and forms a faint smile.
“That is all I wished to know.”
He raises his head slightly.
“Thank you for the answer, Your Majesties.”
Lucifer slowly turns around.
“Lucifer.”
The voice of the third god stops him.
Lucifer halts.
He glances back slightly, then lowers his face again.
“Yes, Your Majesty?”
The god stares at him deeply.
For a long moment.
As if about to say something.
---
Paragon stands alone within a vast cosmic space.
There are no planets.
No stars.
Only a field of cosmic energy drifting slowly like a luminous mist.
Paragon exhales.
“Hm.”
During the one year of his life, he has carried out his duties endlessly in this highest cosmic realm—maintaining balance, destroying threats, resolving conflicts among cosmic entities.
But this time—
He feels bored.
There is no sound.
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No movement.
Only silence.
He looks out at the empty cosmic space.
SKLASH! — A dark crimson flash slices through the cosmic void.
Paragon instantly turns his body.
SKLASH—SKLASH—SKLASH!
The attacks come repeatedly like lightning striking.
“Hmph—?!”
Paragon steps back slightly.
Only a red flash moves at incredible speed.
SWASH!
The flash appears behind him.
Paragon turns.
But—
SWASH! — It vanishes again.
“Who are you? An Elemental Sovereign?”
Paragon narrows his eyes.
Then—
SWASH! — The figure finally stops.
Floating in the air.
Its body is wrapped in dark red lightning that crackles constantly.
CRRRRKK—CRRRRKK—
Paragon raises an eyebrow.
“An element user, then?”
He summons his sword.
The blade appears in his hand, surrounded by purple lightning.
ZZZZT—
The crimson lightning figure suddenly moves.
SKLASH!
Its sword slashes straight toward Paragon.
SPLASH!
Paragon’s body splits into two.
The halves drift apart in the cosmic space.
“What is this supposed to be?” Paragon says.
His body pieces begin merging again.
SSSHHH—
Flesh, bone, and cosmic energy reconnect.
Paragon stands again as if nothing happened.
“So this is the fight?”
He looks at the red lightning figure.
“Only you?”
No answer.
CRRRRKK—
The red lightning flares again.
The figure suddenly turns.
SWASH! — It shoots away.
Paragon frowns.
“Seriously?”
He immediately gives chase.
WUUUSH!
In a blink he launches forward.
Cosmic space trembles from their speed.
SWASH—SWASH—SWASH!
The crimson lightning figure keeps moving farther away.
Paragon snorts.
“Coward.”
He accelerates again.
“You think you can escape me?”
Suddenly—
Another cosmic realm appears ahead of them.
A gateway like a massive vortex of energy.
The crimson lightning figure immediately enters it.
SWOOSH!
Paragon stops abruptly.
He stares at the portal.
“A lower cosmic realm, huh.”
For one year of his existence…
Paragon has never entered any cosmic realm below The Absolute Infinity.
He thinks for a moment.
“Hm.”
But if he stops now—
He will lose his target.
Paragon exhales.
“Huft.”
He flies into the portal.
WUUUSH!
---
The Ninth Cosmic.
The Source.
Paragon emerges from the portal at immense speed.
SHOOOOM!
He immediately stops in the air.
His eyes sweep the surroundings.
Not much different.
“Where is he?”
Paragon narrows his eyes.
But suddenly—
Another figure appears in the distance.
Not the crimson lightning figure.
This one is different.
Its body is larger.
A long sword rests in its hand.
Paragon exhales.
“Huft.”
He floats forward.
“Will you run away too?”
In a blink—
WUUUSH! — Paragon appears directly in front of him.
But—
BLASH! — The sword instantly slashes.
Paragon’s body splits in half again.
This time acidic liquid clings to him.
SSSSHHHH—
His flesh begins to melt.
“Hmm.”
Paragon examines the liquid.
“Poison?”
His body begins to merge again.
“Rock.”
He recognizes the figure.
“The Poison Sovereign.”
His body restores completely.
Paragon moves his hand.
“I have wanted to meet you for a long time.”
He swings his fist.
CRASH!
But before the punch lands—
SLASH!
Paragon’s entire arm is severed.
The limb floats in the air.
Paragon looks at it.
“Oh.”
A new arm instantly regrows.
SSSHHH—
Meanwhile—
Rock has already retreated far away.
SLASH—SLASH—SLASH!
His sword strikes spread poison everywhere.
But Paragon has already regenerated.
He smiles faintly.
“You won’t escape me.”
WUUUSH!
Paragon instantly appears in front of Rock.
Behind Rock, a planet is visible.
Paragon smiles faintly, then kicks him.
C-THAST! — Rock’s body is launched toward the planet.
SHOOOOM! — The planet rushes closer.
---
Planet Virex.
BOOM!
Rock’s body crashes into the planet’s surface.
Dust and water burst into the air.
Paragon descends from the sky.
WUUUSH!
Rock slowly rises.
His sword fills with poison again.
Dark green liquid drips from the blade.
Paragon walks forward.
“I do not want any more nonsense.”
He disappears.
SWASH!
In an instant he stands in front of Rock.
Paragon’s fist is already swinging.
But—
SKLASH!
Rock slashes the ground.
CRAAASH!
Water bursts from the earth.
But the water is dark green.
Poison.
Paragon instantly steps back.
“Hmph.”
He looks around.
The planet is filled with shallow water.
Like a vast but low ocean.
Rock slashes the ground again.
SKLASH!
Poisoned water begins flowing in every direction.
A green mist starts forming.
The water flows toward the ocean.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
The ground begins spewing poison everywhere.
Cracks spread across the land.
Poisoned water continues spreading.
Paragon stands still.
He realizes something.
The distance between them is now very far.
Rock does not attack.
He only keeps slashing the ground.
More poisoned water emerges.
The green mist grows thicker.
The ocean begins changing color.
Dark green.
The poison merges with the entire water system of the planet.
Paragon narrows his eyes.
“So that is it.”
Rock raises his sword again.
SKLASH!
The final slash.
The poisoned water finally reaches the ocean.
Instantly—
BOOOOOOM!
The ocean explodes.
Poisoned water blasts into the sky dozens of meters high.
Green mist spreads across the entire planet.
Poison rain begins to fall.
SSSSHHHH—
Paragon looks up at the sky.
“Damn.”
He cannot leave the planet in time.
The poison rain falls.
WUUUUUSHHH—
Paragon’s entire body begins melting.
His flesh dissolves.
His bones crumble.
His energy breaks apart.
Within seconds—
Paragon’s body completely disintegrates.
In the distance—
Rock is still standing.
His body is also destroyed by the poison.
Yet his bones still move.
Still alive.
The green mist covers the entirety of Planet Virex.
