Within a mysterious dimension that no one could reach or observe, unfinished conflicts and entanglements continued in silence.
The Godheads of the three deities had shattered and disintegrated, while the freshly formed Godheads of the Six Hold Up the Heavens Members had also turned to powder and merged into the mix.
All power had returned to its most primitive, primordial form. Only faint traces of soul and will remained, struggling to piece together their respective shattered selves within this chaos.
Or rather, they were actually fighting one another for the origin power that formed the foundation of existence, devouring each other in hopes of coming together again.
The universe itself was like a gigantic bomb moving toward detonation at an exceedingly slow pace.
Under the original course of events, the energy of the universe's frenzied expansion would be channeled indiscriminately into every corner of the world, giving rise to countless calamities of every shape and form.
This ever-spreading calamity power would not only allow the calamities themselves to keep growing stronger, but also grant them terrifying power capable of overturning order, ultimately purging this universe completely and returning it to nothingness.
After expansion reached its extreme, what followed would be total collapse in the wake of the explosion.
By then, all calamities would also be swept away without a trace, and the world would return once more to its original state of emptiness and silence.
This had originally been the inviolable law of the cycle preset by the will governing the universe's operation. It could also be called an instinct.
When the destruction of planets in the universe could no longer keep pace with their birth, a one-click reset was the easiest solution.
But now...
The rate of the universe's expansion had been drastically reduced, and that energy was being