All life in the entire Myriad Worlds Universe had been wiped out in that immense battle.
Dark Gaia had been very particular when choosing candidates, limiting their strength to a certain range. Frieza, for example, had already been among the strongest.
Orochi and the Abandoned Heaven Emperor were both unexpected intruders, never within Dark Gaia's original calculations.
Aside from the powerful beings of various worlds, there were also many "chosen ones" like Gen.
In truth, Dark Gaia's plan to select an heir had begun long ago. Across countless universes, systems he had created had been obtained by people.
There were transmigrators, as well as natives of their original worlds. After obtaining systems, they naturally could not resist causing a huge stir.
Many had died in their original worlds, and their systems had naturally vanished along with their hosts.
After all, even with a system, one could not become a god in a single step. Danger still existed in their respective worlds. In the end, what determined how far one could go was oneself, not some so-called cheat.
Yet even though many had died, quite a few had still arrived on the Myriad Worlds Continent. Unfortunately, Gen had not encountered even a single so-called peer.
The reason was simple: they too had died in those immense aftershocks.
Even if they were immensely powerful and had risen to the peak of a world, they still lacked the strength to resist power capable of destroying stars.
Take demon kings of the Demon World like Raizen. He would not have been considered weak in any world; if he unleashed his full power, he would even have been a world-destroying fiend.
Yet even such a powerhouse had not been worthy of a second glance in that struggle, vanishing casually within the aftershocks.
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