Not long after, Ego sought out Star-Lord alone again.
After a heartfelt confession and expression of remorse, Star-Lord was deeply moved and completely forgave his father who had abandoned his wife and children.
After that, Ego patiently taught Star-Lord to sense the primal power of the planet beneath his feet, successfully helping him awaken the Celestial power within him!
Star-Lord was overjoyed to personally wield such terrifying power, feeling that his life had completely turned around and he was now set for life!
But in the blink of an eye, harsh reality plunged him into despair.
He had just awakened his divine power when he turned around and found that all his companions had been injured and imprisoned by this seemingly kind father.
And he himself is about to be used as Ego's personal super battery.
Ego plans to use Star-Lord's Celestial power to devour the planets he has sown and multiplied across the universe over billions of years, thereby rapidly expanding his own power. Earth is also on the list of planets to be devoured.
Ego was an underdeveloped Celestial who had wandered the vast universe for hundreds of millions of years. Endless loneliness had long since eroded all his humanity.
His true form is a living planet, and his sole obsession in this life is to assimilate all things in the universe, infinitely strengthen himself, and become a true Celestial.
He traveled throughout the universe, sowing seeds everywhere, and even paid Yondu to find his blood relatives.
Of course, he never wanted to find relatives; he only wanted to find the one and only living vessel that could contain the essence of the Celestial and provide him with energy.
For billions of years, he has given birth to countless mixed-race offspring, but none of them possess the genes of Celestial. They were all ruthlessly devoured and refined by him, turning into nutrients for the planet and leaving behind mountains of bones.
Star-Lord is the only one among his billions of offspring who possesses the Celestial Bloodline, resonates with his origin, and is the only living battery that can provide him with energy.
"I was the one who planted the tumor in your mother's brain. I killed her with my own hands. She was only a hindrance to my grand scheme and couldn't be allowed to live."
When Ego casually uttered those words, Star-Lord went completely berserk, launching a furious counterattack without regard for anything else.
However, faced with an absolute disparity in strength, his resistance was completely futile.
Just as Star-Lord was about to be completely overwhelmed, Yondu suddenly arrived in his ship, crashing it into the main hall and annihilating Ego's energy avatar in one fell swoop.
But this offensive posed no threat to Ego at all.
In the blink of an eye, Yondu's signature Yaka Arrow was snapped in two, and he was blasted away by the immense Celestial energy, sustaining severe injuries.
Star-Lord was powerless to resist and was quickly taken completely by Ego, who forcibly dragged him to the Earth's core, preparing to begin his ultimate plan to devour and assimilate billions of planets and strengthen himself!
Just as Ego was in high spirits, about to unleash his supreme divine power and devour billions of planets...
Wenwu, accompanied by Wanda and Clarice, whose faces were flushed, passed through the portal and quietly descended into a dark blue space.
Within this space, the enormous blue brain of a Celestial is slowly pulsating.
"My dear, is this the core of the Celestial Ego you spoke of?!"
Wanda spoke with a look of utter surprise.
"It's just a brain? And there's no protection?"
Clarice couldn't help but be speechless, unsure how to describe it.
A dignified Celestial, yet his core weakness is so blatantly exposed, without even the slightest means of protection.
They arrived silently, making no attempt to conceal their presence, and Ego remained completely unaware.
"That's right, this is the core essence of the Celestial Ego. Such an obvious weakness is perfect for me."
Wenwu smiled, his eyes full of anticipation.
"You all step back and protect me. I intend to completely devour the essence of this Celestial being. I have a premonition that after consuming him, I will undergo a complete transformation and attain the status of a God-King!"
Wenwu spoke solemnly, full of anticipation.
"Alright! We'll protect you immediately!"
Upon hearing this, the two women tacitly took a few steps back, scanning their surroundings warily, on guard against any unexpected situations.
Wenwu's gaze locked onto the enormous blue Celestial brain, and he instantly unleashed his full power, spreading his Life Control abilities to begin devouring!
"Who?!"
Just as Ego was about to unleash the power of the Celestial to assimilate billions of planets, he suddenly sensed that someone at the core was even attempting to devour his very essence!
In the critical moment, he immediately relinquished control of Star-Lord, his primordial consciousness retracting with all its might in an attempt to counterattack and defend.
But the next second, a vast and boundless Mind Stone power suddenly surged in, instantly surrounding and imprisoning his entire consciousness.
All his resistance was futile in the face of Wenwu's ever-growing Mind Stone strength.
"No! You can't do this! I'm willing to submit to you, please don't devour me!"
In the realm of consciousness, the arrogant Celestial Ego was utterly crushed by Wenwu's Mind Stone power, forced to kneel and beg for mercy in a sorry state.
Wenwu remained indifferent and unmoved.
A vast and pure Celestial essence continuously flowed into his body, which he rapidly refined and absorbed!
The Celestial essence is a top-tier tonic in the universe. The already extremely rich divine power within Wenwu's body surged rapidly at this moment, and his genetic essence underwent a transformation layer by layer.
Every inch of his flesh and blood, every bone and tendon, was undergoing a divine sublimation, and even the origin of his soul was constantly being elevated, surrounded by a dazzling divine radiance.
"No...!!"
In the realm of consciousness, Ego let out a shrill, desperate roar.
From the outside world, his energy, which permeated the entire planet, surged wildly into Wenwu's body.
The enormous blue core brain rapidly shrank and withered, and endless, pure Celestial energy poured into Wenwu's body.
Outside the planet's core, Star-Lord, now freed from control, slowly regained consciousness.
He could clearly sense that the energy of the entire planet was frantically converging and dissipating towards the Earth's core, and even his newly awakened Celestial power was being forcibly stripped away.
But he had no time to worry about the loss of his own power.
The entire planet trembled violently, the earth shook violently, and countless boulders and soil collapsed and fell.
Star-Lord could only dodge awkwardly, barely managing to protect himself.
When the last trace of Celestial power within him was completely stripped away, he was utterly exhausted and powerless to dodge. He could only close his eyes and await death.
At this critical moment, Yondu rushed over with his flight pack, grabbed Star-Lord, and with all his might, broke free from the collapsing underground space.
Just as the two narrowly escaped death and burst out of the ground, Gamora, Rocket, and their crew's spaceship happened to be hovering overhead. The ship's belly hatch suddenly opened, catching the two as they escaped the perilous situation.
The spaceship ascended at full speed, completely escaping the atmosphere of Ego the Living Planet.
In the starry sky, everyone turned around and gasped in unison.
The once vibrant and lush planet is losing all its vitality at a visible rate, as if a terrifying entity deep underground is plundering all the planet's energy.
" Quill, what's going on? Is something wrong with your cheapskate father?"
Rocket turned to Star-Lord, his face full of confusion, and asked.
Mantis and her group also looked over, their eyes full of curiosity.
"I don't know the specifics, but I can guess that there's an unknown powerful being at the planet's core, devouring the planet's primordial energy. All the Celestial power within me has been completely stripped away and drained."
Star-Lord, sensing his return to his ordinary body and his original mortal appearance, sighed helplessly.
"Haha, that's great! It's so much better that we're all just ordinary people. I'm really not used to you suddenly becoming a god!"
Seeing Star-Lord's miserable look, Rocket showed no sympathy whatsoever; instead, he looked on with schadenfreude.
"Shit! That's just naked jealousy!"
Star-Lord cursed angrily.
"Yes, I'm jealous! Jealous that you have a man-eating devilish father!"
The Rocket joked with a laugh.
Star-Lord was speechless for a moment, unable to say anything.
He never imagined that the super-rich father he had finally managed to acknowledge was actually a terrifying demon who fed on his descendants and the planet.
"Look! The planet is about to completely collapse!"
At that moment, Gamora pointed out the ship's porthole and shouted in shock.
"That's terrifying... Who on earth has the ability to devour the energy of an entire planet? Quill's dad is definitely dead now, isn't he?"
Drax looked on in amazement.
"His true form is this planet; when the planet is destroyed, he will also perish completely."
The Mantis beside her explained softly.
"It would be best if he were dead!"
Star-Lord breathed a long sigh of relief upon hearing this, feeling a surge of satisfaction.
Although his biological father had died, he was still secretly grateful to the unknown, mysterious powerhouse. If the other party hadn't intervened, he and all his companions would surely have perished here today!