The great war unfolding across countless dimensions paused for a moment, countless beings felt a tremor deep within their souls, and countless ancient prophets simultaneously coughed up blood—because their prophetic laws could not bear the causal consequences of this collision.
On the fists of the Ruler of the Abyss, black Abyss fire and golden material light collided wildly.
With each collision, a phantom of the Abyss shattered behind the Ruler of the Abyss.
When the first layer shattered, a crack appeared on the Ruler of the Abyss's right fist.
When the tenth layer shattered, His arms began to tremble.
When the fiftieth layer shattered, black blood spilled from the corner of His mouth.
When the hundredth layer shattered, His body was pressed backward by the stone tablet, and the tracks His feet plowed through the Void burned with golden flames.
But He did not retreat.
He gritted his teeth, concentrating all the power bestowed upon him by the Abyss Will into this single strike, even beginning to burn his own Eternity essence, all in an effort to hold out for one more breath before the Mother of the Stars.
"You're very strong..."
The voice of the Ruler of the Abyss was squeezed out from between his teeth, each word like an echo rising from the depths of Hell.
But the Abyss... exists forever!
Black flames suddenly burst forth from His fists, forcefully pushing the stone tablet three inches away.
Within the three-inch gap, the Ruler of the Abyss activated the Heart of the Abyss on his left middle finger.
The dark red ring shattered, and what surged forth was not energy, but a core command from the Abyss Will:
"The Abyss devours everything."
The moment it was pushed aside, the suppression of the stone tablet created a brief gap.
Through that gap, the Abyss phantom opened a huge crack, and on the other side of the crack was the deepest part of the Bottomless Abyss —that absolute chaotic realm that no Eternal had ever set foot in, and which even the Ruler of the Abyss had not fully controlled.
The moment the crack opened, an aura powerful enough to instill fear even in the Eternal surged forth from it.
That is the origin of the Abyss —a pure, unrestrained primordial Abyss, where even the concept of "Destruction" had not yet been born.
This power surged into the body of the Ruler of the Abyss.
His skin began to crack, not because he could not bear it, but because the concept of the "Abyss" was replacing his body. He was no longer the "Ruler of the Abyss," but the Abyss itself.
"Earth Mother Goddess!"
The roar of the Ruler of the Abyss became a resonance throughout the entire Abyss.
"Taste... the wrath of the Abyss!"
He pushed forward with both palms, transforming the power of the primordial Abyss into a black torrent that surged toward the Mother of the Stars.
Wherever the torrent passes, all matter, energy, laws, and concepts are swallowed up, assimilated, and transformed into part of the Abyss.
This is the ultimate method of the Abyss Will —not attack, but "devour".
Transform all existing opposites into a part of oneself.
The Mother of the Stars gazed at the black torrent, the two vortexes of creation in her eyes spinning to their fullest extent.
"Good."
But you're not enough.
The Mother of the Stars raised her left hand, fingers spread, towards the black torrent.
"Matter is absolutely negated."
What is "matter"?
Matter is a form of "existence".
The opposite of "existence" is "nothingness".
The left hand of the Mother of the Stars emits not matter, but "nothingness"—not true nothingness, but a state of "non-existence of matter." It does not devour anything, because it itself has nothing to devour; it does not transform anything, because it itself has nothing to transform.
The black torrent collided with "nothingness".
There was no collision, no explosion, and no observable phenomena.
The black torrent simply loses its basis for existence in the face of "nothingness." It cannot devour nothingness, because nothingness has nothing to devour; it cannot transform nothingness, because nothingness has nothing to transform.
So, the black torrent... dissipated.
It wasn't destroyed, but rather it scattered because it couldn't find a target to attack.
The Ruler of the Abyss's pupils suddenly contracted.
"This... is impossible..."
The Mother of the Stars withdrew her left hand and gripped the Chaos Stele once more.
Nothing is impossible.
He raised the stone tablet and pointed it at the Ruler of the Abyss.
"It's just that your level isn't high enough."
Earth Titan - The Abyss
The moment the stone tablet was about to fall--
One of the layers of the Abyss suddenly stopped functioning.
It wasn't destroyed, but rather "taken over" by some older, more powerful force.
That layer was originally one of the core layers of the Abyss, only three layers away from the bottom. Its area was equivalent to hundreds of ordinary dimensions, and it was home to countless powerful Demons of the Abyss, as well as a part of the Abyss Will's origin.
But at this moment, the ground on this interface begins to bulge, deform, and reorganize.
It was not the destruction of demons, nor the natural geological activity, but the entire layer was "coming alive"—the ground became muscles, the rocks became bones, the Lava became blood, and the structure of the entire layer was reorganizing in an incredible way into a huge body made of earth.
It was a Earth Titan.
It was not an ordinary Earth Titan, but an ultimate Titan colossus formed from an entire layer of Abyss interface, reaching a height of countless light-years.
The Earth Titan begins from within.
Its hands—two continents—torn open the Abyss's interface from within, revealing the deeper Abyss structure beneath. Its body rose from the remnants of the interface, its head resting on the Abyss's dome, its feet on the Abyss's bottom layer, deforming the entire Abyss's structure.
This was not an attack launched on a whim by the Mother of the Stars.
This was a contingency plan He had laid countless years ago—transforming the material structure of a certain Abyss interface, from its most basic particle level, into a "Titan Embryo" that He could remotely activate.
This embryo slumbered within the Abyss for three epochs, absorbing Abyss energy, growing stronger, and awaiting the day it would be activated.
And that day has come.
The eyes of the Earth Titan opened; they were two eyes formed from solidified star cores, their pupils reflecting the will of the Mother of the Stars.
"Abyss."
The Earth Titan opened its mouth, and the sound did not come from its throat, but rather resonated throughout the entire plane.
"It's time to end this."
His fists pounded from within into the deeper Abyss.
Each punch carried the terrifying material energy released when an entire layer of the Abyss interface was activated, and each punch tore open an unhealable wound inside the Abyss.
The Abyss Will let out a painful shriek.
That was not a sound, but a simultaneous tremor across all levels of the Abyss. Countless Demons of the Abyss died instantly at that moment, not because they were attacked, but because the Abyss's own pain was transmitted to their souls through their connection with it.
The Ruler of the Abyss's body stiffened abruptly.
The Abyss phantoms covering Him began to tremble violently, and the projections of the Abyss interface that were originally clearly visible went out one after another—not because they were destroyed, but because the real interior of the Abyss was being destroyed by the Earth Titan, causing the Abyss Will to be unable to maintain these projections.
The power of the Ruler of the Abyss has begun to decline.
From the peak of Second-Step Eternity, it fell back to the peak of First-Step Eternity.
The destruction of the Earth Titan continues, the wounds of the Abyss continue to widen, the pain of the Abyss Will intensifies, and the power of the Ruler of the Abyss continues to decline.
The Mother of the Stars retrieved the stone tablet and looked at the Ruler of the Abyss, who was struggling in agony. There was no pity in her eyes, which were formed from nebulae.
"I said I would obtain the complete Astral Realm."
"You are merely pebbles in my way, not insurmountable mountains."
"Now, do you understand?"
The Ruler of the Abyss gritted his teeth, wanting to say something, but only black Blood of the Abyss flowed from his mouth.
Abyss Warden witnessed this scene, a look of pleasure finally surfaced in his black eyes.
After countless years of unwavering dedication, the dawn of realization has finally arrived.
The other Eternal, witnessing the methods of the Mother of the Stars, felt an indescribable chill creep into their hearts.
This is not a fair fight.
This is facing a true Lord of the Astral Realm has existed since the beginning of time, who has laid countless traps throughout the long ages, and whose every step is within His calculations.
Dale clutched the wound on his chest, the pure white magical light in his hand flickering dimly.
He looked at the Mother of the Stars, and for the first time, a trace of solemnity appeared in his eyes that even he himself could not deny.
"Is this... the power of the Stars...?"
The Lord of Hell stood beside Dale, dragging his broken body, dark red blood of original sin still seeping from his wounds.
"This is not all of His power."
The Lord of Hell's voice was hoarse, like an echo from the Abyss.