Arc 8Chapters 176–187

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Ch. 176The Primordial Reality Stone, a Fierce Battle with Chthon!

Lu Chen attacked Chthon to seize the Primordial Reality Stone, and their battle destroyed a hyper-multiverse. Chthon fled into his dimension as the Living Tribunal appeared.

  • Lu Chen demanded the Primordial Reality Stone from Chthon and attacked him when he refused.
  • Chthon fought back with chaos force, while Lu Chen used the Basic Emperor Armor and matched his assault.
  • Lu Chen used Di Huang's Shield to absorb Chthon's punch, then struck him with the Di Huang Demon-Sealing Fist and Demon-Subduing Kick.
  • Chthon unleashed his full chaos force, and the collision with Lu Chen's shield destroyed a hyper-multiverse.
  • The Living Tribunal appeared, and Chthon fled into his dimension.

Ch. 177The Four Great Dimension Demons Meet!

After losing to the Lord of the Ming Realm, Chthon healed in his dimension and summoned Set, Eye-Beast, and Mephisto to discuss their lack of a way to defeat him. Mephisto warned that the Lord had no apparent weaknesses and revealed the formidable strength of his generals, while Set recognized a connection to the beyond-the-framework worldview.

  • Chthon returned to his dimension, healed in the sea of blood, and resolved to meet with his old allies after failing to fully analyze the Primordial Reality Stone.
  • Chthon found Set in the Sea of Serpents Dimension and told him that the Lord of the Ming Realm had defeated him; Set said he had been sleeping and claimed not to know about the fight.
  • Chthon summoned Eye-Beast and Mephisto to ask whether they had found any weaknesses in the Lord of the Ming Realm.
  • Mephisto said the Lord relied on absolute strength and described how Phoenix and The Ancient One could defeat the Dimension Demons, with Phoenix able to reach the hyper-multiverse-level peak.
  • Mephisto warned Chthon not to target the Shadow Great Emperors, and Set connected his past encounter with a strange consciousness to the beyond-the-framework worldview.

Ch. 178Lu Chen and the Gods of the Vishanti

Lu Chen visited the Vishanti and demanded that they join the Ming Realm Dimension, warning that the Omniverse faced destruction. After they agreed to submit, the Shadow Great Emperors and Knull discussed a dangerous plan to possess the Asura Armor.

  • Chthon called for the Dimension Demons to form an alliance against Lu Chen, and Mephisto, Set, and Eye-Beast agreed to seek out the Dark Universe's Ancient Gods.
  • Lu Chen visited Agamotto, Oshtur, and Hoggoth in the White Magic Dimension and asked them to join the Ming Realm Dimension.
  • Lu Chen warned the Vishanti that the Omniverse was headed for destruction, then left them to decide whether to submit.
  • Oshtur and Hoggoth urged Agamotto to join Lu Chen, and Agamotto later told Lu Chen that the Vishanti would join the Ming Realm Dimension.
  • The Shadow Great Emperors questioned Knull's plan to possess the Asura Armor, but Knull warned that they would lose their chance if Lu Chen acquired it first.

Ch. 179Man-Thing Unsealed!

The Shadow Great Emperors gave gamma energy, the power of the One-Below-All, to Man-Thing beneath Asgard’s abyss, allowing him to reach early hyper-multiverse-level and escape his seal. Loki alerted Hela, who announced the breach to Zeus at Eternity’s Divine Kingdom.

  • Knull told the Shadow Great Emperors about hell power, fairy force, and the light of creation, then revealed he had found a small amount of the One-Below-All’s gamma energy.
  • The Shadow Great Emperors brought the gamma energy to Man-Thing beneath Asgard’s abyss, and he recognized it as the source of evil and negative emotions.
  • Man-Thing devoured the gamma energy and rose to early hyper-multiverse-level as its power stained Asgard’s sky green.
  • The Shadow Great Emperors noticed Di Huang’s lingering fire and earth powers, then left for the Shadow Dimension with Man-Thing after he broke free of the abyss’s seal.
  • Loki emerged in the Destroyer Armor with Gungnir and notified Hela, who interrupted Zeus at Eternity’s Divine Kingdom to report that Man-Thing had been unsealed.

Ch. 180The Vishanti Submit

Hela left Eternity's Divine Kingdom as the gods panicked over the threat of Ragnarok, while the Dark Ancient Gods and Four Dimension Demons allied against the Lord of the Ming Realm. Their alliance was immediately shaken when the Ming Realm Dimension devoured the Vishanti's white magic dimension, and an unidentified voice appeared behind Cyttorak.

  • Hela withdrew from the gods' conference and returned to Asgard, condemning the other gods as useless.
  • Chthon, Mephisto, and the Ancient God Blake persuaded the Four Dimension Demons and Ancient Gods to form an alliance against the Lord of the Ming Realm.
  • Mephisto theorized that the Lord of the Ming Realm was pursuing the entire omniverse and had ordered the Shadow Great Emperors to hunt gods with space-time abilities.
  • The Ming Realm Dimension began devouring the Vishanti's white magic dimension, shocking the newly allied gods and other powers across the universe.
  • Cyttorak watched the Ming Realm Dimension, and an eerie, unidentified voice spoke behind him about the universes it recognized.

Ch. 181Cyttorak's Secret, the Birth of the Asura Armor!

Cyttorak joined a mission to invade the Supreme Primordial World while the Hyper-Omniverse Celestials discussed the Lord of the Ming Realm's growing power. Ten years after the Asura Armor's creation, its consciousness awakened, and Thanos arrived to become its summoner as Lu Chen prepared to begin the fall of the gods.

  • Cyttorak accepted a Main God Space mission to invade the Supreme Primordial World and entered a portal with the Reincarnator.
  • The Hyper-Omniverse Celestials judged the Lord of the Ming Realm to be above Omniverse-level and ordered Seventh Eternity to guard his divine kingdom.
  • Ten years after the Asura Armor was created, its consciousness awakened at the boundary between the Ming Realm Dimension and the Shadow Dimension.
  • Lu Chen ordered the Shadow Great Emperors to summon Thanos so he could wear the Asura Armor and begin the fall of the gods.
  • Thanos received the coordinates, traveled to the Asura Armor, and called for it to combine with him.
  • The Asura Armor answered Thanos, and their combination released a pillar of energy that shattered the universe barrier.

Ch. 182Doomsday of the Gods!

Lu Chen and the Shadow Great Emperors armed Thanos and Man-Thing to slaughter the gods, while secretly arranging for Death, Eternity, and Galactus to draw them toward Eternity’s Divine Kingdom. The gods took comfort in believing their sanctuary was safe, just as Seventh Eternity, Death, and Galactus arrived outside the universe to face Thanos and Man-Thing.

  • The gods and ancient deities reacted with alarm as the Asura Armor fused light and darkness, and a Hyper-Omniverse Celestial confronted Lu Chen and the Shadow Great Emperors before leaving.
  • Thanos gained the Asura Armor, reached mid hyper-omniverse-level strength, and collapsed a black hole into an explosion that destroyed countless galaxies as he declared the gods’ doomsday.
  • Lu Chen instructed Death to reveal the divine kingdom’s location and pretend she could not defeat Thanos, then empowered Galactus and told him to join the attack.
  • The Shadow Great Emperors gave Man-Thing the Chaos Armor and Necrosword, while Knull revealed that he had parasitized the Asura Armor and a Celestial and discovered the Celestials’ location.
  • Thanos and Man-Thing set out together to slaughter the gods, while Zeus reassured the panicking gods in Eternity’s Divine Kingdom that the Five Creation Gods would protect them.
  • Seventh Eternity, Death, and Galactus arrived outside the universe before Thanos and Man-Thing.

Ch. 183Thanos vs. Eternity!

Thanos and Man-Thing fought Seventh Eternity, Death, and Galactus, with the battle spilling into Eternity’s Divine Kingdom. As Thanos protected Man-Thing, Shadow Great Emperors discovered Primordial Darkness inside the Divine Kingdom and learned it could help her reach early omniverse-level.

  • Thanos attacked Seventh Eternity while Man-Thing, wearing the Chaos Armor, battled Death and Galactus.
  • Thanos overwhelmed Seventh Eternity and punched him through the Universe Barrier into the Hyper-Multiverse containing the Divine Kingdom.
  • Death and Galactus wounded Man-Thing, but his Chaos Armor let him survive and return to the fight.
  • Thanos blocked Death and Galactus’s combined attack on Man-Thing, then punched both gods away, shaking the Divine Kingdom’s ward.
  • Shadow Great Emperors arrived outside the Divine Kingdom, judged its gods corrupt, and discovered Primordial Darkness within it.
  • Knull told Shadow Great Emperors that the Primordial Darkness could help her break through to early omniverse-level, and she resolved to claim it.

Ch. 184The Divine Kingdom's destruction, the Shadow Great Emperors' ascent to omniverse-level!

Thanos and Man-Thing destroyed Eternity's Divine Kingdom, allowing the Shadow Great Emperors to absorb the gods' origins and reach early omniverse-level power. Lu Chen sensed the breakthrough and learned that Death was calling him.

  • Thanos defeated Seventh Eternity, Galactus, and Death, then entered the Divine Kingdom with Man-Thing and slaughtered its gods.
  • Thanos killed Zeus and the remaining chief gods, completing the destruction of Eternity's Divine Kingdom.
  • The Shadow Great Emperors absorbed the gods' origins and left to refine them alongside primordial darkness.
  • Seventh Eternity returned to the Divine Kingdom in human form and absorbed its creation omnipotence.
  • The Shadow Great Emperors broke through to early omniverse-level, and Lu Chen sensed the change from the Ming Realm Dimension.
  • Lu Chen discussed the Shadow Great Emperors' new power with the Ancient One and Wu Fengji, then felt Death calling him.

Ch. 185The First Firmament

Lu Chen learned that the First Firmament had weakened to early omniverse-level and suspected the Lord of Chaos was being used to draw him out. He entered Chaos’s dream, reached the hidden First Firmament, and proposed an alliance against the Colored Celestials.

  • Death told Lu Chen that Di Huang and the Shadow Great Emperors had reached omniverse-level, but Lu Chen said he would deal with them after their collaboration.
  • Seventh Eternity revealed that absorbing the divine kingdom’s creation omnipotence had increased his power by thirty percent and that the First Firmament had only recently reached early omniverse-level.
  • Lu Chen suspected the Lord of Chaos was a pawn meant to lure out the First Firmament and asked Death to locate Chaos and Order.
  • Galactus suggested finding the First Firmament through Chaos and Order’s dreams, and Death provided Lu Chen with their World Coordinates.
  • Lu Chen invaded Chaos’s dream and called for the First Firmament, then offered to work with him against the Colored Celestials.
  • The First Firmament answered and recognized that Lu Chen was using Nightmare’s power.

Ch. 186The merger of the Mutant Universe and the Main Universe

Lu Chen allied with the First Firmament to awaken the Lord of Chaos and reclaim Creation Omnipotence, then merged the Mutant universe’s Earth with the Main Universe’s Earth. The chapter ended with Storm heading to the Sanctum Sanctorum to test her armor, raising hopes that she would awaken Armor Power and help summon Thunder Yatales.

  • Lu Chen revealed his higher Existence Level to the First Firmament, secured his cooperation, and promised to help restore him to peak Omniverse-level.
  • Lu Chen instructed the First Firmament to awaken the Lord of Chaos so Eternity could reclaim Creation Omnipotence.
  • The Mutant universe’s Earth hurtled toward the Main Universe’s Earth, causing disasters and panic as the X-Men watched Earth leave its orbit.
  • Lu Chen stopped the Mutant Earth from being destroyed and merged its timeline with the Main Universe’s Earth, giving both worlds memories of the X-Men as allies of Earth’s heroes.
  • Storm asked Captain America to take her to the Sanctum Sanctorum to test her armor, and Captain America informed Strange that she might awaken Armor Power.

Ch. 187The First Group Member Challenge Tournament!

Lu Chen learned that the Chat Group was holding its first arena tournament, with major rewards that drew eager competitors from across the group. The members gathered in a chaotic space, where Jiang Xiaoyu began explaining the rules before the tournament started.

  • The Chat Group announced an arena tournament and awarded Lu Chen five million points and a tier-nine Dao Artifact for hosting it.
  • The group revealed prizes for the top twenty, prompting Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, Chen Nan, and Lin Meng to declare they would compete.
  • Lu Chen entered the tournament space through a Multiverse-level External Avatar, and the group members greeted him as their strongest member.
  • Lu Chen noticed Ye Fan’s Saint Body had reached great accomplishment, and Ye Fan said he planned to eliminate the remaining Forbidden Zone Supremes after becoming a Great Emperor.
  • Jiang Xiaoyu announced that the Chat Group would draw lots and that deaths in the tournament would not harm competitors in their real worlds.
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