[Stop your futile struggle, insignificant Earth lifeforms...]
Above the heavens, the dark crimson Celestial figure that blotted out half the sky, representing the final judgment, slowly lowered Its indescribable head and cast down an indifferent, icy gaze.
"Judge... Arishem..."
On the ground, Thor stared in horror at the towering, incomprehensible figure in the sky and muttered instinctively. As the son of Asgard's king of gods, he understood better than anyone present the terrifying weight carried by the word "Celestial"!
After the brief shock, Thor clenched his teeth and raised the Eternal Spear high, its tip pointing at the heavens. "Why?! Arishem! Why have you appeared in Midgard?!"
[For the birth of the Celestial Tiamut.]
[This is also the meaning of this planet's existence, and that of every intelligent lifeform upon it!]
Arishem's voice rang out again, calmly answering Thor's question.
"Emergence?"
Nearby, the heavily injured Zombie Ikaris lay sprawled on the ground. His decayed face instantly filled with disbelief when he heard the term. "So... the true meaning of 'Emergence'... is the birth of a new Celestial? At the cost of destroying an entire planet?!"
[Every billion years, new Celestials must be born in the universe to maintain its balance and growth,] Arishem replied slowly, his voice utterly devoid of emotion.
[I scattered countless Celestial seeds throughout the universe. Earth is one of them; it is the mother planet where the Celestial Tiamut will be born.]
[The birth of a Celestial requires the spiritual energy of intelligent lifeforms... When enough energy has accumulated, the Celestial seed will awaken deep within the planet's core, hatch, and be born...]
"So this is the 'Emergence'?!"
In midair, Miles listened to Arishem's cold explanation and muttered in horror, "Sacrificing an entire living planet, along with every intelligent being on it, just to provide for