chapter 313 part 2
If a great battle were to truly break out, they, the Creator Gods, would have to be the first to face it. If nothing else, once the opposing Death made a move, their own Death would almost certainly be crippled, meaning the Seventh Multiverse would lose a powerful Deity right from the start.
"What in the world are the Celestials doing? Are they having that much trouble with a single Arishem? All the High-Level Gods are near the Main Universe right now; no one is going to step in and stop them."
"They're still entangled. Arishem's body has already been shattered, and he can only keep fleeing. But Ultron has started to constantly back himself up, deploying copies in many universes," Infinity, as the sum total of space in the Multiverse, was well aware of the Celestials' messy affairs. "These guys don't care about our situation at all. To them, the appearance of another Multiverse is far less important than eliminating an internal traitor."
Arishem was on the verge of death. His pitch-black body was battered and broken, and there was still no possibility of victory in sight.
"The power the First Firmament left me is completely insufficient," Arishem desperately forced back the terrifying Destroyer, at the cost of a mechanical arm completely disintegrating.
But Celestials like the Analyzer and the Collector immediately swarmed him again, giving Arishem absolutely no chance to catch his breath.
One Above All watched the battle coldly, leading several other Celestials to block off all of Arishem's possible escape routes.
"The First Firmament is a defeated Deity. No matter how great it was in life, after failing twice in a row, the fact that it could still leave behind a portion of its power to transform you into one of the Dark Celestials has already exceeded my calculations."
Ultron, attached to Arishem, experienced a multiversal-level Great Battle at point-blank range. The attack patterns of beings with multiversal standing were painstakingly recorded and computed by Ultron. This was extremely difficult, as every deliberate action of a multiversal-level being concealed a massive amount of information, far beyond what the nascent Ultron could perfectly transcribe.
But Ultron's potential was immense. Since he was only recording and deriving, not replicating the attacks exactly, and it didn't involve elevating his own life-form's standing, he progressed from being initially overwhelmed by a dizzying array of information and endless computation errors to now being able to record one-tenth of it.
Of course, Arishem also played an important role, allocating precious energy and computing modules for Ultron's use.
Now, it seemed they had exhausted all their options and had nowhere left to run.
"We can ask Du Wa for help," Arishem said. "He exposed my situation to draw the Celestials' attention. I helped him achieve that."
"No. Du Wa doesn't care if we live or die. The matter of constructing a path to another Multiverse is more important. Even if the Celestials stood with those Creator Gods, it would be of no use. The Gate has already been opened, and closing it again will be difficult. We can only rely on ourselves," Ultron stated coldly.
Even if Arishem burned out his CPU, he couldn't find a way out. All he could do now was fight while fleeing, allowing countless universes to collapse due to the battle between him and the other Celestials.
For Arishem, this was agony. A being whose mission was to create life was now forced to affect numerous universes. What tormented him even more was that he didn't feel much grief over it—without a doubt, this must have been the First Firmament influencing some of his programming when it transformed him into a Dark Celestial.
This was because the Dark Celestials were a group of absolute loyalists and cold-hearted fanatics, which was why they had been completely annihilated by the rebellious Colorful Celestials back in the era of the First Multiverse.
"However, I have indeed found a way out. We go to the Alien Universe," Ultron said.
"Even if the Celestials let us go because of that, we might not escape Du Wa's grasp. Moreover, the hostility these models have for the Dark Celestials is etched into their base code. It's entirely possible they would attack the Alien Universe just to kill us."
"No, the life-saving turning point doesn't lie with Du Wa, but with another being. One who is seen by many as a member of the Creator Gods, but often isn't... Galactus. No, he should be called Lifebringer," Ultron said.
Arishem immediately understood what Ultron wanted to do. "You've been reading my memory?"
"It was the Dark Celestials' database. The First Firmament didn't just modify your model; the identity of a Dark Celestial also meant that some necessary data was transferred to you along with it," Ultron said.
Arishem exhausted all his strength. His body shattered on a large scale once more, and the parts that remained barely intact were covered in cracks. He had to unleash an unprecedentedly powerful Energy Wave, then use the opportunity to rush toward the Alien Universe.
"Not even Du Wa can save you! This is the will of the Celestials!"
"No matter how powerful the God of Xenomorphs is, he is no match for the Celestials! The Celestials are the strongest system of Gods in the Multiverse!"
One after another, giant figures descended upon the space outside the Alien Universe.
The many powerful Xenomorphs within the Alien Universe were naturally not to be outdone. They gathered in force. Although they completely lacked the ability to fight against so many multiversal-level Gods, the fact that they could all be resurrected as long as Du Wa was not dead gave them the courage to ignore life and death.
But Arishem did not pin his hopes on the Xenomorphs. He already understood Ultron's meaning and immediately rushed toward... Lifebringer!
"Huh? Me?" Lifebringer was flabbergasted. He was just an ordinary Cosmic Celestial. How could he possibly fight against so many powerful Celestials?
"Not you, but the Multiversal Entity that only you can communicate with... the Third Multiverse Lifebringer," Arishem said quickly.
Lifebringer was even more astonished. He had no idea he even possessed such an ability. Communicate with an entity from the Third Multiverse? And the entity from the Third Multiverse was a Lifebringer?
"I can't do that," Lifebringer shook his head.
"No, you can. You definitely can. When I entered the Alien Universe, I discovered that the Ancient One here is still trying to communicate with the Fifth Multiverse. She has been calling for a very long time. If you were to call out to the Third Multiverse, it might go much more smoothly, because Lifebringers are far too rare."
Arishem said, "I have no intention of placing all my hopes of repelling the Celestials on you. I only hope you can help me buy a certain amount of opportunity. Just consider this the repayment for me helping you transform into a Lifebringer."
(end of chapter)