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In the Sun and Moon Heavenly Domain, only five Multidinsional Clusters existed, each ruled by a Multidinsional Paragon. Together, these Clusters ford the entire Heavenly Dinsional Domain, governed by a Reality Monarch.
And right now, out of nowhere, Kireina had completely refined and claid this entire Reality for herself. The original Dinsional Rulers, Multidinsional Paragons, and the Reality Monarch were left reeling from what had just happened.
Their Authority and power had been stripped away. After billions of years spent idling and obeying every command from the Empyrean Throne, they had all been reduced to crownless cosmic gods.
The six crowns, now Kireina's, were freshly distributed to those she deed worthy of such power—those she wanted by her side.
When she ascended through the Cosmic Staircase and vanished amid the celebrations of the Sun God's death, so of her family and friends noticed first. Word spread quickly until everyone knew sothing monuntal had occurred.
Then they saw her battling the Spider, climbing higher and higher still. Kireina's Heart expanded without limit as the thorny vines of her Heart Essence spread everywhere—encompassing Universes, then the Multiverse, Dinsions, and finally the Multidinsional Clusters themselves.
Thus, the Sun and Moon Heavenly Dinsional Domain was enveloped by her Heart and internalized, allowing her to ascend to the Empyrean Throne while remaking this Heavenly Dinsional Domain to her will.
To shed the ill-fated na of Sun and Moon, she renad it the Eclipsing Garden Heavenly Dinsional Domain.
Gardens, thorny vines, and flowers blood across reality, transforming it into a breathtaking new Realm. Even the forr rulers stood in awe that, after so long, sothing was finally changing.
"Kireina has ascended…" Zehe murmured beside her son.
"I see…" Ryo muttered, gazing upward. "Buddha-sama, do you think we can do anything?"
"Hmmm, it seems unlikely we can help," Buddha sighed. "We are Constellations… but reaching such lofty planes feels utterly impossible. Only Kireina herself, a Fragnt of a Great Being, could climb so far in so short a ti."
"She is rely reclaiming her birthright," the voice of Primordial Yggdrasil echoed from afar.
"No…" Flora interrupted gently. "Kireina said she would not use that power. She rejected it."
"What? Then how?" Aura wondered, not far from them.
"It is not that she abandoned it—she completely rewrote it," Wasp explained with a sigh. "Her awakening to the Heart Path, her training until now—everything she has achieved is her own effort, her own accomplishnt."
"Exactly!" Brontes declared. "Calling it all birthright, just power she was born with, is wrong! She earned every bit of it!"
"Our dear daughter has truly grown so quickly, though," Khaos sighed. "Now we can do nothing but watch."
"Hmm…" Lord Chaos sighed, clasping Khaos' hand. "Kireina… to think you carried such a vast fate. Please, be safe… please…"
"The Planet Earth is stabilizing…!" Erika exclaid, noticing the world had suddenly healed completely.
"Indeed, it seems the power Kireina shared with us has repaired the damage," Charlotte said. "The planet is even stronger now…"
"Mother Earth seems satisfied," Flora added. "Yet she wishes to help Kireina. It was thanks to her that we ca this far…"
"Without her, we would all have been annihilated," Harumi murmured. "And… um, big brother, were you always an angel?"
"I am not an angel! I am a Nephalem—half Angel, half Demon— Wait, I guess I never explained that either…" Mammon muttered, embarrassed.
"I am well aware that the great beings here are largely powerless, so what can we even do ourselves, Vessel of Mother Earth?" the Dragon King of the East Seas asked.
"Even our ocean feels so small compared to everything else…" Gaby sighed.
"We… could find a way though! Co on!" Valentia insisted.
"Sister… maybe we should sit this one out, don't you think?" Aarae asked.
"We fought so much… but still, the fact that we can't go with her… I guess there would co a day when we'd be left behind," Lilith said quietly.
"…Not exactly."
FLAAASH!
A colossal Pillar of Celestial Enlightennt manifested before everyone, glowing with radiant beauty and startling them all.
The voice that erged belonged to Astraea, who stepped forth from within. Her existence had fused with the Pillar alongside Androda, Origin, and Asteria, transforming them into Gods of this Heart Dinsion.
"Astraea!" Charlotte cried. "So that's where you were…!"
"Sorry for disappearing," Astraea said. "We've been occupied. Kireina-sama's power has grown trendously, and she insists on fighting alone because she believes it is the right path. However, that is utterly wrong. We must help her—and I will, even if she does not want us to."
"But how?!" Rimuru asked desperately. "Guuu… I'm so worried too, but what… what can we even do?!"
Astraea opened her radiant palms, summoning seven distinct crowns. Five shone blue, while the sixth glead with pure white light.
Behind her floated seven hundred more crowns in a dazzling array of colors.
"These are Crowns of Authority," Astraea explained. "After Kireina-sama absorbed this entire Heavenly Dinsional Domain, she claid these crowns but never used them. I propose we do. Five of you will beco Multidinsional Paragons, one will beco the Reality Monarch, and everyone else will receive a Dinsional Ruler Crown. Once we all beco Dinsions ourselves, we can aid Kireina—even as small Dinsion Spirits within the Summit of Existence—as long as we remain bound to her soul."
"That's possible?!" Lilith exclaid.
"A-Amazing!" Amiphossia said. "Then we have to do this!"
"We have to help her—she can't face the three sisters alone!" Zehe declared.
"I know so of you have little connection to Kireina and simply crossed paths with her, but…" Brontes murmured. "You're free to return to your lives. Don't burden yourselves with us."
"Hahaha! What are you talking about?!" Susanoo laughed heartily. "Kireina is part of my life now! She's the woman I love."
"I agree," Obhedhrur nodded. "She's the only woman who ever stirred anything in , and she helped awaken my Heart Essence… I owe her a debt I must repay."
"My sister is gone, but thanks to her we avenged her," Tsukuyomi said. "And perhaps, once this is over, we can find a way to bring her back with her powers… For that reason and many more—and perhaps as an apology for the trouble we caused her before—we must help."
"I…" Matsuo muttered, staring in awe at everything unfolding. "I couldn't do a single thing in the end… I'm the most useless…"
"No, Matsuo," Frank said, reaching his friend. "You carry the power of Amaterasu-sama's final will. You will definitely be able to help."
"That's right, man! Cheer up!" Evan nodded. "We might be eting for the first ti, but you've got the potential to be a real Hero! And I know that better than anyone."
"Since when have you been such a gloomy idiot?" Erika teased. "Co on, Matsuo—you've gotta lock in!"
"Hm," Harumi agreed with a nod. "Let's do this together like we always do—as friends."
"Everyone…" Matsuo began to cry. "T-Thank you for never losing faith in … I will… do everything I can to help her, to atone for all the stupid things I did and said…!"
As the group shared this heartfelt reconciliation, Matsuo's father and Hinata smiled from behind, gently holding an orb containing the Great Ancestor's Soul—who was sobbing uncontrollably.
"Uuughh, Matsuo, I'm sorryyy… it's all my fault, guuuuhhhh…" she wailed pathetically.
"Crying won't help now, Great Ancestor," Matsuo's father sighed. "Please—this ti, help us."
FLASH!
The orb shattered and she erged fully restored. Slowly she floated toward Beowulf and Clentine—she had been ant to fight alongside them, yet caused endless trouble and ultimately contributed nothing.
"I'm sorry I couldn't help," she apologized to them.
"Shouldn't you be apologizing to that brat instead of us, girl?" Beowulf laughed. "Bwahahaha! Look at her face—she's really sorry this ti!"
"It's the first ti we've seen you look so sad," Clentine said with a gentle smile. "Maybe you've truly changed? I wonder. There's soone else you should apologize to."
"…"
The Great Ancestor drifted toward Matsuo, watching the young man chat happily with his friends
"Matsuo."
"Great Ancestor?"
She struggled to speak at first. "Amaterasu-sama is no longer with us, and I am deeply sorry for that… At the sa ti, I… I feel I owe you an apology. What happened to you must have been my fault—my lack of insight, my fear, perhaps everything and more… I know this is not the ti, now that we see how vast this conflict has beco, but…"
"I know," Matsuo said with a soft smile. "It's fine… There's no point holding grudges. That's sothing my friend here taught . So… I want to think the sa way he did. I forgive you."
"Oh, Matsuo," the Great Ancestor sighed in relief. "You're a good child… Thank you… I promise to do better from now on."
While this unfolded, Astraea continued explaining the plan to the gathered groups. Noah's party, Chaos' group, Ervas and Veronica listened intently. Genesis and her Supres remained silent, absorbing every word.
"I like your idea, but how can we possibly grow strong enough so quickly with just a crown?" Noah asked. "Won't it take many years to master these powers?"
"Yeah, I was thinking the sa," Iris agreed beside him.
"…Maybe we can be given ti to train?" Clentina—the blue-haired vampire by Noah's side, the frozen moon once used as a pillar in the Dinsional Labyrinth, whom Noah had rescued and whose torntors he had destroyed—asked.
"You will," Astraea confird. "We are not outside right now—we are within Kireina-sama's Heart. There is significant Ti Dilation here. We have billions of years to grow stronger and prepare. While seconds pass in the Summit of Reality, billions of years unfold here."
"That's incredible…!" Frank exclaid. "Now we can take our ti and grow strong enough to catch up to her—no matter how long it takes!"
"Yeah!" Matsuo said, suddenly excited.
"But who will receive the crowns?" Chaos asked.
"Even with billions of years, the crowns themselves are the most critical," Abyss noted.
"I agree," Ervas said. "Astraea, has Kireina decided who should hold them?"
"No," Astraea replied.
"She hasn't?! So it's up to us? What—do we have a wrestling match to decide or sothing?" Veronica wondered, rubbing her ghostly chin.
"No, I will decide," Astraea said. "As the current Administrator of Kireina's Pillar of Celestial Enlightennt…"
Astraea had already made her choice. The six crowns floated around her as she surveyed the vast crowd, everyone waiting in anticipation.
"Six Crowns, Six Chosen Ones. Step forward as I call you."
"The First Multidinsional Paragon Crown goes to Noah."
"The Second Multidinsional Paragon Crown goes to Frank."
"The Third Multidinsional Paragon Crown goes to Chaos."
"The Fourth Multidinsional Paragon Crown goes to Ervas."
"The Fifth Multidinsional Paragon Crown goes to Veronica."
They stepped forward. Many felt disappointnt—even several of Kireina's children and wives looked perplexed at not being chosen—but no one complained. They all agreed these five were the strongest.
"Now, the Crown of—"
"Wait," Veronica interrupted.
"We can wield one crown as we fuse," Ervas explained. "Please give this second one to soone else."
"I see. Then it is decided," Astraea nodded. "The Fifth Multidinsional Paragon Crown goes to…"
Tension rippled through the crowd as everyone closed their eyes and hoped.
Among them, a certain old friend of Kireina simply watched in quiet awe and silence.
Things had truly changed since their days in Vida. Ti marched on, Kireina and everyone else advanced further and further, leaving him—and many others—behind.
He was only an old friend now, though she still cared for him… He had contributed his small part, nothing more.
Yet he felt content. He had witnessed Kireina-sama grow so vast and mighty across the planes of existence, starting from a re caterpillar—or, as he rembered, the tiny butterfly he first t.
"Wagyu!"
As that na rang out, silence fell. Every gaze turned to him—the proud wolf standing among his pack.
"...?"
He looked around, confused, tilting his three massive heads.
He had grown into a powerful Cosmic Beast, yet he still paled compared to many of these titans.
And yet…
Wait.
Did she just say his na?
"…HAH?!"
Wagyu gasped in shock and disbelief, looking everywhere, unable to process it.
"M-my na…! Is this a joke?"
"Hm? No, Wagyu. Please co forward. You have been chosen."
"…"
Wagyu's three mouths fell open in utter astonishnt.
"W-Why ?! I'm so weak compared to soone like her parents!"
"Is that what you believe? These crowns are infused with her Heart. Those who share the oldest history and deepest bonds with her will beco the strongest. Wagyu, you are Kireina-sama's first friend, are you not?"
Wagyu swallowed hard. The wolves around him nodded encouragingly and urged him forward.
"Co on, bro—go ahead!"
"You've earned this title."
"I always believed in you!"
"Let's howl for our King!"
"Awooooo! Awooooo!"
The Cosmic Wolves howled in celebration as Wagyu stepped forward.
Kekensha greeted him with a proud nod.
"You got this, Wagyu! Go for it!"
"…! Yes!"
Tears of joy stread from Wagyu's eyes as he raced through the cosmos to Astraea and received the crown.
FLAAASH!
Like the others, imnse power flooded him. His eyes widened as his perspective shifted dramatically.
"T-This is…! Amazing…!"
Astraea watched in awe—the crown reacted so powerfully it seed made specifically for him.
Once the five Multidinsional Paragons were chosen, the final crown—the Reality Monarch Crown—hovered beside Astraea.
"And the greatest crown goes to the one Kireina loves most deeply…" she said with a warm smile. "Rimuru, step forward."
"G-Guuuh?! M-?!"
Rimuru gasped, hands trembling as she looked around. No one objected—they had always known Rimuru was Kireina's most cherished and pampered wife.
She was also her first love. If Kireina had ever chosen to have only one partner, Rimuru would be that one.
"Yes, you, my dear! Co here—hurry!" Astraea urged warmly. "Take it."
"Guuuuuuhhhh!"
Rimuru expanded into a gigantic sli, reached Astraea, and donned the crown. She bounced happily among universal marbles, making them tremble with joy.
"Wagyu! Wagyu! We were chosen!"
"Yeah! Rimuru! We're back together as a team!"
As they celebrated, Astraea nodded. "Now, to everyone else—take a Dinsional Ruler Crown! There are more than enough for all!"
The Dinsional Ruler Crowns distributed themselves, gleaming brightly above each head.
Everyone felt trendous power surge through them as they claid ownership of a Dinsion.
Because there were more crowns than fighters, most received not one but two—or even three—further amplifying their strength.
"Now, I have modified this dinsion into a vast challenge universe," Astraea announced. "We will train as long as needed and grow as much as possible! Let's begin!"
A giant white portal opened, ushering everyone toward the next phase.
No matter how long it took, they would do it for her—the one who had given them hope and saved them ti and again.
So acted out of deep debt, others out of love, so because she was a friend, a mother, or a revered ruler.
Whatever their reason, they united for one person: the one who believed she had only brought them suffering, who now fought alone to protect them all.
For Kireina.
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