The memory search results came back.
You discovered that the underling and adopted son who had searched its soul wore a grave expression. "Father, the truth is even more serious than you imagined."
"Oh♂?"
"It hadn't lived so long that it lost all emotion and became indifferent to everything—it wasn't the Cosmic Lord of the Nine-Nine Boundary Heaven at all!"
"Damn it, slapped in the face again."
Your brow rose. It wasn't the Cosmic Lord of the Nine-Nine Boundary Heaven?
Could that Round Cake creature have been something like a parasite?
After the true Cosmic Lord of the Nine-Nine Boundary Heaven left, it had used some ingenious method—or perhaps a loophole left behind in that Cosmic Lord's original design—to hide inside the console within the Universe Authority Space.
"Or maybe a pet it raised rebelled, or a servant left behind to look after the true heir seized power."
It itself was the true body. It regarded itself as the real mastermind behind the entire Nine-Nine Boundary Heaven. Before this, it had been too lazy to show itself, allowing those Cosmic Powerholders to regulate the universe as they pleased—until you went too far and nearly triggered an unlimited calamity that would destroy the entire universe, finally provoking its fury.
At the same time, after revealing itself, it had decided—whether for secrecy or some other reason—to use the console's core authority to purge the entire universe and remake heaven and earth.
"That explains it. Once it died and released most of the authority it had occupied, wouldn't everyone else's authority rise drastically?"
Your adopted son continued, "But the Nine-Nine Boundary Heaven's current special cosmic structure really was its doing."
You fell silent for a moment. "What do you mean? After the original Cosmic Lord left, it took over the console and transformed