When Chthon began forcibly collecting his debts.
The entire Multiverse descended into chaos.
Deep in the Universe, countless lives ended in an instant.
Whether they were powerful figures or ordinary people, anyone who had touched Black Magic turned into a pile of dry bones in an instant. Even their souls were ripped away.
Not even the technologically advanced Kree Empire or the Nova Corps escaped unscathed.
There were always greedy fools who tried to trade a few sacrifices for power. Today, they all paid the price.
Chthon frantically drew in vast numbers of souls and torrents of dark essence. His oppressive presence grew stronger by the moment.
Star systems across the Universe fell into unprecedented turmoil.
Even civilizations that suffered no immediate deaths could only huddle trembling inside their defensive fortresses when they felt that world-ending pressure.
As terrible as it was elsewhere, the Universe Ren occupied had become a living hell.
The Kree Empire's homeworld had lost every trace of its high-tech splendor.
Crushed beneath the Elder God's terrifying might, the Artificial Intelligence known as Supreme Intelligence crashed and shut down.
With their command gone, the Kree descended into civil war under the weight of their oppressive rule.
Residents of the slums at the base of the skyscrapers raised their weapons, eyes bloodshot, and began slaughtering the nobles above.
Within minutes, corpses had completely filled the lower floors of the hundred-story towers.
Of the thirty billion Kree, one-tenth died in an instant!
And that was only the tip of the iceberg.
Chthon's Divine Power was steeped in darkness, magnifying the evil buried in the hearts of intelligent beings.
Tainted by that power, interstellar citizens who prided themselves on their advanced civilizations turned into crazed beasts.
Xandar, the jewel of the Universe.
Protected by the Nova Corps, it had once