The gray dust of the battlefield settled, but the air inside Ethan's lungs felt like liquid lead. He stood alone in the center of his Ultimate Domain, the space still bruised and flickering with the dying embers of the Law of Entropy.
In his palm, the Primordial Astral Marrow throbbed with a rhythmic, sickening heat. It was the concentrated essence of Rozers the Executioner, a literal piece of the negative universe's authority.
"Nini," Ethan called out, his voice rasping.
"Master, the Marrow is highly unstable. If we are to initiate the evolution to the Chaos Rank, we must begin immediately. But be warned. The energy requirement will be astronomical. I will have to draw directly from your inner dimension."
"Do it," Ethan commanded.
Nini nodded, her form dissolving into streaks of blue data that wrapped around the Marrow. The Space Cube expanded, its geometric faces spinning and unfolding into a complex, multi dimensional tesseract.
