At an immeasurable distance from the Grave God World, beyond dimensional veils and cosmic barriers that could not be measured in numbers, lay a realm that defied all conventional understanding.
There was no up or down, no left or right, no concept of time passing—only eternal Chaos and terrifying forms that writhed beyond the limits of life's comprehension.
This was the core of the Cthulhu Universe, the dwelling place of the Outer Gods.
At the exact instant Ming Xin shattered the Evil Heavenly Dao's core eye with the Sword of Slaughter's End and utterly annihilated its will...
At the center of that Chaos, an immense dark aggregate large enough to contain countless galaxies, endlessly writhing and proliferating, radiating a dense scent of life and the cloying sweetness of decay, trembled slightly.
This was one of the true bodies of Shub-Niggurath, the supreme Outer God revered in the Cthulhu Mythos as the "Black Goat of the Woods" and the "Mother of All."
Then, a sound beyond description "rang" through the Chaos.
It did not travel through vibrations in the air, but acted directly upon perception itself.
It was filled with maddening static, nauseating viscosity, mind-warping corruption, and chaotic whispers capable of making any orderly soul lose itself completely.
The sound seemed to be formed from the prayers of demons across hundreds of millions of dimensions, the death cries of countless dying worlds, and the wails of the most fundamental particles as matter broke apart.
"...The mark... has been destroyed..."
The speaker was indistinct, but the will contained within the voice clearly conveyed displeasure and a trace of... piqued interest.
"Interesting..." The blasphemous voice continued to echo, as if savoring the faint residual information transmitted from the far end of time and space. "The being that destroyed the Destruction Mark...
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