At this moment, the Empyrean held an assembly that had never been seen since the dawn of creation.
Standing before the throne of Hades were the titans of ten distinct realities: Zeus, Odin, Ra, Lugh, Shiva, Nuwa, Enlil, Amaterasu, Tezcatlipoca, and Michael.
Behind them stood their champions and sages, a sea of divinity that represented the sum total of the Hyperverse's collective history.
Hades stood, his presence now so dense that the floor beneath him rippled like liquid obsidian.
He did not speak immediately. He waited until the murmurs of ten different languages died down into a heavy, expectant silence.
