"I'd love to fight you in an all-out battle!"
Cyttorak's enormous eyes blazed with fighting spirit.
He had been invincible for countless years. He thought nothing even of the Colored Celestials and had killed more than one of their members.
Even the Five Great Creator Gods were weaklings to him, especially Galactus.
Cyttorak possessed an independent super-universe. In terms of standing, he was on par with supreme beings like the Five Great Creator Gods and the Living Tribunal, but his strength far surpassed theirs. He was only a notch below Above All, OAA.
Now that he had witnessed Lu Chen's unfathomable combat prowess, he felt an urge to battle him.
"What in the world was that..."
Set slowly regenerated his shattered body, still shaken.
For that brief instant, he had felt himself on the verge of death.
Yet in the end, the Lord of the Ming Realm had actually held back instead of destroying him completely.
"Serpent God Set, I acknowledge your strength. You're powerful, but compared to me, you're still lacking," Lu Chen said.
"Kill me if you've got the guts!!!"
Set was utterly enraged.
At that moment, just like Arishem the Judge five hundred years ago, he lost his composure...
As the oldest Dimension Demon in the super-multi-universe, he was immensely powerful, belonging to the second tier beneath Cyttorak.
Yet today, another Dimension Demon had defeated him within his own dimension!
What a crushing humiliation!
It was a true, indelible humiliation!
Lu Chen suddenly remembered a passage spoken by the protagonist of a fantasy novel he had read in his previous life. He felt it suited this moment perfectly.
"An enemy defeated by my hand will never again be considered my rival. I'll give you time to catch up, until you can no longer even see me in the distance!"
With that, Lu Chen laughed heartily and punched open a passage.
"He's coming out?!"
"Who won?"
The gods of the multi-universe awaiting the outcome immediately held their breath.
Hum!
A streak of azure divine light shot out of the Sea of Serpents dimension.
The sight of the Wind Eagle Armor stunned the gods!
"The Lord of the Ming Realm won!"
"My heavens, am I dreaming?"
"He actually defeated a Dimension Demon inside his own dimension!"
Lu Chen stood at the pinnacle of the multi-universe and dismissed the Hurricane Sacred Eagle armor covering him.
"My devout and sincere believers, I, the Lord of the Ming Realm, have scattered armor throughout the universe!"
"Go and seek it out! If you find it, you will gain supreme power!"
Then Lu Chen descended among the Eternals.
Hum!
The Wind Eagle Crystal floated over to Horton.
Lu Chen wore a warm smile. "Young man, this Wind Eagle Crystal belongs to you."
Horton reached out to take it, and the Wind Eagle Crystal immediately transformed into a stream of azure energy that merged into his body.
His eyes burned with fervor, and he dropped to one knee. "Supreme Lord of the Ming Realm, from this day forward, I will be your most faithful believer!"
Lu Chen's smile remained unchanged. "Go. Make good use of the Wind Eagle Armor. Once you can upgrade it to the Hurricane Sacred Eagle, it will guide you to the Ming Realm Dimension."
"Yes!"
Under Horton's reverent gaze, Lu Chen drifted away in his white Daoist robe.
Soon, news that Lu Chen had defeated Serpent God Set within the Sea of Serpents dimension spread throughout the universe!
The entire super-multi-universe was instantly shaken!
All the gods who had watched the battle could tell that even when fighting within another Dimension Demon's domain, the Lord of the Ming Realm's strength had not diminished in the slightest. That was a terrifying fact!
Meanwhile, Lu Chen, the man responsible for it all, was wandering aimlessly through the multi-universe.
Just then, a dense aura of death caught up from behind.
Death? What's she doing here?
Lu Chen frowned, for the one approaching him was none other than Death, one of the Five Great Creator Gods!
She was a super-universe-level powerhouse!
He was curious about what this Creator God wanted with him.
Hum!
Spatial barriers overlapped, and a gray passage appeared ahead.
This was the Death Passage. Entering it would lead straight to the realm where all things met their end.
Lu Chen stepped straight inside.
Immediately, a terrifying sensation of falling swept over him!
Lu Chen's expression remained unchanged as he let his body plummet.
When Lu Chen opened his eyes again, he found himself in a gray space.
This was the Land of Death.
This was the end of all things. Any living being who arrived here would turn into a skeleton.
Naturally, Lu Chen still had his human body, entirely unchanged.
As a Dimension Demon, he was an undying, indestructible existence and therefore outside the jurisdiction of the laws of death.
"Lord of the Ming Realm, welcome."
A melodious female voice reached him.
Lu Chen turned to look and saw a lovely young woman approaching.
"Goddess of Death, what do you want with me?" Lu Chen asked.
The Goddess of Death he referred to was certainly not Hela. She did not qualify.
Death came right up to Lu Chen, her delicate body almost pressing against his.
Lu Chen looked down at her exquisitely beautiful face without any change in expression.
He knew this was not Death's true appearance.
Death was the end of all things and possessed the likenesses of everything in existence.
"There's something hazy about your soul, as though it didn't originate in the omniverse. It fascinates me..."
Gray storms flickered in Death's eyes, as though she wanted to see through Lu Chen's secrets.
"I..."
Lu Chen was about to say something, but Death interrupted him.
"I like you..."
As she spoke, Death pressed herself against him and sucked hard on his neck, an intoxicated expression appearing on her exquisite face.
Lu Chen was speechless. She's a goddamn hopeless romantic!
Still, this certainly fit Death's personality.
In the original story, Thanos had worn the Infinity Gauntlet and wiped out half the life in the universe to win Death's affection. Yet Death had ultimately chosen Deadpool, leading Thanos to curse him with immortality.
Lu Chen, however, felt there was nothing wrong with immortality. In the Shrouding the Heavens World, those Great Emperors would surely have been delighted to receive such a curse.
After all, for the sake of eternal life, a whole group of Great Emperors had willingly severed their own cultivation and turned themselves into Forbidden Zones, waiting for the Road to Immortality to open so they could ascend to immortality in an instant!
Feeling the faint pain in his neck, Lu Chen asked, "So what exactly did you summon me here for? Just to take a sip of my soul?"
Death released him and looked at the hickey on his neck, nodding in satisfaction. "Nothing, really. I just wanted to meet the renowned Lord of the Ming Realm. After all, you've caused quite a stir since you came into existence."
"You smashed through Eternity's Divine Kingdom, killed Celestials, and defeated Arishem the Judge. Your Disciple Xi Zhao repelled invasions by Dormammu and other Dimension Demons, and now you've defeated Serpent God Set inside the Sea of Serpents dimension. Tsk, tsk. When it comes to making a stir, probably only those two, Knull, the First God of Symbiotes, and Cyttorak, can compare with you."
"All right, I admit I've made quite a stir."
Lu Chen smiled helplessly, then asked, "Is there anything else you wanted?"
"No. It's just that your soul is so captivating. Could you come by every few days and let me have a sip?"
Lu Chen nodded without hesitation. "No problem."
"Really?"
"Don't worry. I'll come whenever you call. If there's nothing else, I'll be going."
"Mm-hmm! Make sure you come!"
As happy as a little girl, Death said goodbye to Lu Chen.