Owen Reece slumped on the sofa, clutching his head with both hands. His body was still trembling slightly.
Thirty years. A full thirty years.
For the first time, he felt the raging energy inside him go completely still.
It had not been suppressed or sealed. A part of it had truly vanished.
It was as if someone had drained boiling lava from his veins and replaced it with cool water.
He raised his head and looked at the baby sleeping peacefully in his mother's arms.
The little boy's eyes were closed, a satisfied smile still on his lips, as though he had just eaten something delicious.
Owen shuddered.
He knew exactly what had happened.
That baby, that seemingly harmless little thing, had just eaten the Beyonders' energy inside him—enough to blow up an entire universe—as a snack.
Chu Hang stood by the window, gold-red and silver-white light slowly swirling in his eyes.
He could clearly sense the changes inside Adam. The Beyonders' source energy Adam had devoured had not disappeared. The Void Origin had broken it down completely and transformed it into a purer, more stable power.
It was like purification in alchemy: the impurities were removed, and the essence remained.
The root of Adam's void was growing steadily too, turning what had once been insubstantial into something increasingly solid and remarkably stable.
Wanda lowered her head and stared at the son in her arms, her eyes full of emotions she could not untangle.
She could feel the void energy inside Adam growing stronger. The increase was small, but the way he was growing left her both relieved and worried.
She was relieved that her son had the power to fight the Beyonders. She worried about where that power came from and what it was.
The Void Origin, true to