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The Sea of Emptiness.
A concentration of pure void. Liquified by the imnse pressure of the thousands of universes that composed this Dinsion.
It was said to be a place of no return. Touching it ant death. Not even the strongest Overseers or Constellations could escape if they fully subrged into their depths.
Right now, Kireina drifted in those deepest reaches of compressed, liquified void.
She saw countless gleaming stars; each one was a universe.
Abyssian's attack had been too powerful. It had flung her all the way here.
Half her body was gone. Her arms were missing except for one, which weakly clutched her sword. Its light was slowly fading.
Her eyes gazed upward. Her consciousness began to expand, drifting slowly…
"Why do I fight?"
The question rose again and again in her heart the longer she battled.
"Why do I live?"
She constantly questioned her own choices. Why persist when all life brings suffering?
"Why do I… bother?"
Kireina slowly closed her eyes, surrendering to the endless nothingness.
And that would have been the end of her story.
…
"You fight for those you love."
"You live for those you love."
"And you bother because you genuinely care."
A voice echoed through her mind. A gleaming, eternal galaxy of pure chaos stared down at her from above the Sea of Emptiness.
Several stars at her side extended their hands toward her.
But they could not reach her. She was too far down.
It was over for her.
"Don't give up, Kireina."
That voice—the voice of soone she loved—resonated through her soul and heart.
"We love you."
She continued.
"Please… only you have the power to decide. After coming so far, will you really forget why you ca this far to begin with?"
"…"
Kireina slowly opened her eyes.
BA-DUM!
Her heart…
BA-DUM!
…was evolving.
Every beat.
BA-DUM!
Every single beat.
BA-DUM!
…poured power through her body.
BA-DUM!
BA-DUM!
BA-DUM!
BA-DUM!
BA-DUM!
Her heartbeat faster and faster.
The Sea of Emptiness no longer felt terrifying.
"Ah… that's right."
For a mont, Kireina had forgotten why she fought so obsessively.
Beyond those she loved.
She was also doing it for herself.
But why?
Because she refused to let her life beco aningless.
Thus, two words reverberated through her mind.
Repentant Enlightennt.
The Sea of Emptiness gathered into her sword, fusing with it.
FLUOSH!
Kireina pointed her blade toward the high cosmos.
And swung.
SLASH!
A single slash was all it took.
BOOOMMM!!!
The Sea of Emptiness split open.
A feat never seen before!
Kireina slowly regenerated, rising higher and higher.
Her mind felt clearer than ever. Tears stread down her face as the Sea of Emptiness responded to her will.
In that mont of Enlightennt—when she reinforced her ideals, determination, and goals—Kireina had "tad" this sea.
It resonated deeply with her as soone bound to Void, Chaos, and that Pillar of Light.
The Sea of Emptiness rose, flowing infinitely toward her.
rging with her.
A long black dress of stars and void eternally flowed around her. Her hair turned dark purple and black. Her eyes glead with gold and red.
The Sea of Emptiness vanished.
And beca one with Kireina!
"Kireina…!"
"You're back!"
"Sister! Are you… okay?"
Before her stood Khaos—her mother—and her children, Kireina's siblings: Chaos, Ervas, and Veronica. Also present were those who accompanied Chaos: Abyss and Kosmos.
The mont they saw her falling; they had fled the universe and found her.
Kireina smiled warmly.
"Thank you for coming after …" she cried. "I have sothing to do now… Soone I must defeat, and a catastrophe I must end."
"I know. We all know it," Chaos nodded. "We can feel it. Let us go with you."
"Are you sure?" Kireina asked.
"Yeah, that's why we ca with you to begin with!" Veronica nodded.
"We saved Khaos. Now it's ti to face them—those targeting you," Ervas said. "Until we do, they will never stop coming after you, this universe, and anything beyond it."
"As your mother, I have been absent this entire ti. So please, let finally do sothing for you, my dear child," Khaos said.
"Okay," Kireina nodded. "Thank you."
She gripped her sword tightly. Everyone around her transford into stars within her black dress. Prepared to fly back toward her destiny.
RUMBLE!
A giant Universal Bubble approached her, resonating deeply.
This bubble contained a Universe Kireina had conquered—one now seeking its master.
"The Maxima Universe…"
Kireina extended her hand. The bubble touched her and rged.
FLASH!
With this imnse, newfound power…
Kireina flew through space and ti like a sword of pure darkness.
…
"Gaaaah?!"
Abyssian scread in agony. Evan—incarnated as a legendary sword in this world—combined with Amiphossia's powers, had split the weakened Chaos King in two.
His exposed wounds bled black miasma. He frantically tried to rejoin both halves!
But Lord Chaos erged a second later.
"I don't know who you are, but you have my thanks!"
Lord Chaos roared. He compacted his form into a giant of chaos and began pumling Abyssian's separated halves, keeping them apart.
"YOU DAMN ANOMALIES!"
The furious Chaos King scread and struck back, channeling Space and Ti within his Chaos Elent to unleash devastating, reality-warping attacks.
Yet Lord Chaos contained and weakened them using his unique physiology and power.
In that mont, the King of Chaos and Lord Chaos stood on equal terms—battling to see who would prevail!
But Lord Chaos was not alone.
Amiphossia and Ryo rushed in. They channeled the power of the Kami rged with their Auras—Nanako, Kaguya, her siblings, and many more.
"Evan! Lend your power!" Amiphossia called.
"At first I didn't know why I was turned into a sword in this strange world, but now I truly see—it was to beco useful to you, Amiphossia!" Evan roared. "Wield my Soul!"
"Yes, darling!" Amiphossia nodded with a confident smile.
"Sword Soul Heart!"
"Second Form – Celestial Strikes!"
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
A relentless barrage of slashes struck Abyssian from behind, worsening his wounds and driving him back further.
Lord Chaos kept him pinned and distracted, allowing Amiphossia and Evan to inflict massive damage to his body and soul.
Blindingly bright attacks burned through his skin, lted his flesh, and shattered his armor with ease.
Evan's power was the real deal.
Forged to vanquish Mikaboshi into the depths of Yomi, he was a Legendary Primordial Divine Sword designed specifically to slay Chaos Gods!
Ryo could not stand idle either. He channeled his powers—Sadako on his back—combining the Wheel of Fate, Buddhist Cultivation Practices, and his Heart Path thods.
Sadako infused the Soul of the Great Demon King Shuten Doji into him. Ryo grew imnsely stronger, larger, and more muscular than ever.
"Now go, my ancestor! We must vanquish that great evil no matter what!" Even now, Sadako refused to give up. "We have to avenge everyone who died because of him!"
She blad the Chaos King for being the sa as Mikaboshi. Ryo could not question her—not now.
"Very well!"
His Aura surged. Demonic and Enlightened Divine Power fused, forming a radiant, blazing Yin-Yang Symbol.
He charged. His palms glowed with the symbol and smashed into Abyssian's body, shattering it with explosions erupting everywhere.
At the sa ti, his sister unleashed a storm of slashes. Evan's Heroic Sword Soul manifested many Sword Soul Clones, which she wielded alongside her other blades.
Kireina's eldest daughter and eldest son ford an imnsely deadly pair, as expected.
"Kuuuaaaaaaggghhh?! S-STOP! STOOOOP!"
Abyssian fell into despair. Attacked from every angle in a perfect pincer, he could only fight desperately for his life like never before.
He punched, kicked, summoned weapons, and twisted space and ti.
Yet due to his severed connection to the Chaos Plane, his weakened state from Lord Chaos, and everything else…
He was struggling!
"We can do this!"
"We can!"
"Keep pushing, kids!"
Lord Chaos laughed heartily. He found these two young gods incredibly strong and talented! He already felt like recruiting them into his organization.
But there was no ti for that.
All three pushed themselves to their absolute limits, holding back the strongest being of the Chaos Plane!
"YOU…! DON'T KNOW…! ANYTHING…! ABOUT EEEEEEEE!"
Abyssian roared in fury. His Chaotic Heart exploded, unleashing a massive Spaceti Explosion.
Lord Chaos instantly wrapped his Dinsional Body around Amiphossia and Ryo, shielding them from the devastating blast.
BOOOMMM!!!
Everything around them was erased instantly.
The Chaos Kings nearby took the damage alongside those fighting them.
Half of Yomi vanished.
Floating in the void left by Abyssian's galaxy-destroying explosion remained everyone.
The Chaos Kings groaned, slowly beginning to move again.
And they quickly realized it.
"A-Abyssian?!"
"Guaaaack?!"
"S-Stop!"
"Stop!"
Giant tentacles ensnared them, dragging them one by one into a massive pulsating maw of countless teeth. They were devoured, feeding Abyssian—who had lost his connection to the Chaos Plane and desperately needed power to survive.
"I kept you around because you were nothing but energy reserves! Now fulfill your purpose and feed !"
"Kuaaaaahhh!"
The last Chaos King scread as he was pulled inside Abyssian's jaws, crushed to pieces, and swallowed.
BA-DUM!
BA-DUM!
BA-DUM!
His Chaos Heart—having expelled all its power to save him—began beating faster. Abyssian recovered completely, taking on an even more refined, lean, humanoid, and "perfect" form.
"D-Damn it…!" Amaterasu groaned. Her fusion had shattered in the explosion. Tsukuyomi stood by her side, but every other god fused with her was too weak—floating unconsciously around her. "T-Tsukuyomi! Save them…! Send them inside your inner realm!"
"Y-Yes!" Tsukuyomi hurriedly gathered as many of the exhausted, unconscious gods as he could while Amaterasu stared at the monstrosity growing larger and stronger than ever before.
Kireina's wives awoke. Their giantess fusion form had protected them, shielding their lives with the power of their combined Heart Essence—but they were at their limit, barely able to move.
"R-Ryo!"
"Amiphossia!"
Zehe and Nesiphae flew toward their children, finding them safe and shielded by Lord Chaos—half of whose body was gone.
"Kghhh…! Hah… I-I've seen better days… that's… for sure…!"
"Sir!"
"You…! Saved us?!"
Ryo and Amiphossia gasped. Zehe and Nesiphae caught them and pulled them into tight hugs.
"Why?" Zehe asked.
"Why? I wonder the sa…" Lord Chaos smiled bitterly, black blood dripping from his mouth. "I don't know… maybe… I just… wanted to be a hero… like my little girl… Ngh…! I just… I don't know… hahah… maybe she has really influenced ."
"My Lord!"
"No!"
"Agh, damn it!"
Suddenly Sakamoto, Mirabilis, Wasp, and Victor reached Lord Chaos. Seeing him in such a terrible state, they panicked.
They imdiately began infusing their power into him, helping him recover slowly.
But without anyone wielding Chaos itself, the help was limited.
Zehe, Nesiphae, Amiphossia, and Ryo already knew who this man was.
He was Kireina's father in this dinsion.
Effectively, Amiphossia and Ryo's grandfather.
"Who is he?" Evan asked, glancing at him.
"I think he's Mom's dad, in this world…" Amiphossia sighed.
"Let's help him," Ryo nodded.
Both flew toward Lord Chaos and infused his body with Chaos Energy.
"H-Huh?"
The dying Lord Chaos looked at them. For a mont, within them… he saw his dear daughter.
"You… who… who are you?" he muttered.
"It's a long story, and you may not even believe it," Amiphossia said with a bitter smile.
"But we're your grandkids," Ryo added brightly.
"…?!" Lord Chaos's face filled with shock beyond belief. "G-Gran… Grandkids?"
RUMBLE!
But before this heartfelt mont could continue, Abyssian had fully recovered.
He spread his many arms wide. His Aura surged with Spaceti Chaos Energy.
Each particle transford into a clone of himself.
"So this is the power of Obhedhrur, the Heart Path thod!"
He smiled viciously. Among the Chaos Kings he had devoured, Obhedhrur had been one.
With hundreds of Heart Avatars, he decided to "harvest" everyone here to sustain himself.
"Now, it's ti. I will devour you all!"
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