"The 666th Earth. Almost there. Just a few hundred more, and the Web Universe will be complete. I'll have reached the end of this journey!"
After bringing the latest Earth to join the Spider Nest Plan into the Web Universe inside him, Toby stood where that universe's Earth had once been. He let out a long breath and rubbed his stomach. He was starting to feel full.
After absorbing 666 Earths in a row, he had filled more than half of the Web Universe inside him.
Only the outermost rings of its vast web still lacked Earths.
Every node on every inner ring now held a blue planet.
Toby could also sense wisps of strange power emerging from the Earth at each node.
That power flowed through the web's connections and spread across the whole structure. Like fuel filling a car's tank, it transformed the web from a cold, lifeless thing into something vibrant and alive!
And since the Web Universe Toby had created now teemed with life because of those Earths, its greatest beneficiary was naturally Toby himself.
He felt closer to the next realm: Omnipotent Universal Level!
As mentioned before, Toby always acted to maximize his gains.
Even when he showed kindness, changed something for the better, or saved lives, he stood to benefit.
Sometimes the gain was material. Other times, he won over someone with potential.
So when he brought Earth after Earth into himself and offered them shelter, it was hardly out of pure kindness.
He was Bully Spider-Man, not Saint Spider-Man.
If anything, Toby intended to profit from the disaster.
He planned to use this catastrophe sweeping the entire Multiverse to gather its Rule Fragments!
With those Rule Fragments, he could break through to Omnipotent Universal Level, a limit almost impossible to surpass within this