Matter, energy, time, space-even concepts themselves would vanish before him.
"The twelve of us Guardians joined forces to face him." Astra's voice grew heavy.
"But the Chaotic Void's power exceeded anything we could have imagined."
The images showed that devastating war.
The twelve Guardians unleashed everything they had learned throughout their lives, yet they seemed so insignificant before the Chaotic Void.
The Guardian of Aries fell first, his flames extinguished in the chaos.
The Guardian of Taurus followed close behind, the solid earth swallowed by nothingness.
One after another, the powerful Guardians died in despair.
Scopio watched his comrades sacrifice themselves, and the light in his eyes began to dim.
"That helplessness... that despair..." Astra said painfully.
"Even I nearly gave up."
"But Scopio never gave up. He fought harder than anyone."
"To protect the civilizations that remained, he was even prepared to sacrifice his own life."
The images showed the turning point of the war.
When only four Guardians remained, Astra made a dangerous decision.
He began to perform a forbidden technique, converting his own life force into the power of a seal.
The other three Guardians followed his example, and together the four created an enormous seal.
The Chaotic Void was forcibly suppressed by the seal's power and finally fell dormant in the depths of the universe.
But the cost was devastating.
The other three Guardians died on the spot, and Astra was gravely wounded.
Only Scopio barely survived, but both his body and mind suffered tremendous trauma.
"I thought he would choose to live in seclusion and recover, as I did," Astra sighed.
"But I was wrong. That war changed him completely."
The Void Emperor's voice came from outside the temple, confirming Astra's words.
"I spent ten thousand years searching for an answer."
His voice carried a