chapter 304 part 1
Chapter 301: The Gathering of Gods
As a part of the Multiverse itself, the Creator Gods should have been intimately familiar with it. Yet, at this very moment, they felt as if the Multiverse had become utterly alien to them.
This strange sensation wasn't new. Strictly speaking, a recent series of major events had forced them to constantly monitor the developments within the Multiverse, watching as dangerous individuals—the likes of which hadn't been seen for countless eons—emerged one after another.
If one were to carefully trace the source of all this, it would not be difficult to discover that Du Wa was the most likely instigator. By taking the lead in this escalating competition, he had directly or indirectly provoked many ancient and troublesome beings.
"Not this again. The Multiverse is already chaotic enough. The Celestials are still besieging Arishem. Although they've only committed a portion of their strength—holding the rest back in case the First Firmament left behind any contingencies—it's already enough to plunge the Multiverse into disarray. Is a completely new chaos about to erupt now?"
"I can already feel Lord Chaos growing stronger and Master Order weakening. This cannot continue. Once Chaos surpasses the critical point, it will be nearly impossible to reverse... Oblivion, perhaps you should do something instead of always watching on with cold indifference."
More and more ancient beings watched Oblivion's every move, secretly trying to fathom the thoughts of this most powerful yet most discreet Creator God.
To Oblivion, a third-rate entity like Lord Chaos was beneath notice. "Lord Chaos has already broken away from me. He is an independent god, existing as part of the Multiverse just as we do. He is a recognized conceptual god. If you are displeased with him, go and deal with him yourselves. My opinion is irrelevant."
Lord Chaos, whose initial form was Amatsu-Mikaboshi, was once a clone of Oblivion. Only after he had devoured every single World Tree deity in a universe did he undergo his metamorphosis into Lord Chaos, continuing his promotion until he finally became one of the venerable Multiversal Gods.
Oblivion completely ignored Lord Chaos, who was ecstatic about this disastrous situation. His gaze instantly swept past the Multiverse to observe even more distant worlds.
"Something is wrong. An event has occurred that even I cannot interpret... A completely new world has begun to overlap with the Main Universe," said Oblivion.
"Is that so?" Eternity asked, puzzled. "Is this the goal of Loki and that outsider? To build a channel to an unknown world?"
He wasn't surprised by how insane the plan was, but rather by how mundane it seemed.
This is it? Connecting to another multiverse from outside their own? There was nothing special about that. Du Wa had arranged so much, schemed so many steps, and this was the result? But then, why couldn't Oblivion see through it?
Death's laughter was as bizarre as ever. "If even you cannot see it clearly, does that mean the connected world does not belong to this megaverse? Now *that* is very interesting."
The other gods showed expressions of understanding.
That made sense. Oblivion was a megaverse-level being, his power alone rivaling that of a megaverse containing numerous multiverses. The limit of his ability was the limit of the megaverse itself. It was perfectly logical that he couldn't perceive the truth of a more distant world.
But gradually, all the Creator Gods began to show expressions of shock and uncertainty.
When the big bang created by Krona subsided, they saw Du Wa use the power of the Xenomorphs to anchor it, clearly promoting the convergence of the universes. This was a form of contact on a special dimensional plane. Normally, such an unnatural event, which clearly violated the rules of the Omniverse, would correct itself over time. The two distant, touching worlds would spontaneously separate.
However, the fierce conflict between the different rules originating from the intersection zone left them stunned.
Unfamiliar. Utterly unfamiliar. The rules were similar, yet fundamentally different. Moreover, powerful streams of divine will were probing the area, clearly indicating that many multiverse-level beings, no weaker than themselves, were investigating the intersection zone from the other world.
"What is happening? Death... I can feel Death! A being extremely similar to me, but who is clearly not *my* Death!" shrieked Death. She finally took this development seriously and tried to make contact with the unfamiliar concept of death.
But the moment she made contact, her composure shattered. She could feel vast amounts of her own information being passively drained away, as if forcibly siphoned by a more terrifying Death. This was a natural phenomenon; a lower-level god of death is naturally subordinate to a higher-level one.
It was just like Black Hand and the Dark Walker; no matter how powerful they were, no matter how invincible they seemed at their peak, they could only submit to Death of The Endless.
But this was something Marvel's Death could not tolerate. She was horrified. A heart that had remained indifferent for countless generations was now filled with immense disbelief and utter... panic!
"How is this possible? How?! I am Death, the ultimate entity of all that dies! I am the end of all life! Why would a Death more powerful than me suddenly appear? It has done nothing, yet my knowledge and information are naturally being forced to flow toward it!"
Death hastily tried to stem the flow of her information, filled with shock and rage. It was an entirely natural phenomenon, like water in a hollow being irresistibly drawn into a raging ocean.
If this continued, would Death still be Death? Would she still be the supreme god over all other gods of death?
At least, not right now.
Oblivion said coldly, "That being is more powerful than you. The concept it rules is of a higher order. Although I could not perceive its full form, if I am not mistaken, it may be a god on the same level as myself."
"A megaverse-level... Death? A Death superior to our Death?" Infinity wore an expression of utter disbelief, thinking how utterly absurd this was.
How had the world changed so drastically in an instant? All sorts of strange things were happening. The return of the deceased First Firmament was, at least, within the realm of comprehension. But now? Now, things unknown even to the Creator Gods were emerging.
"I also sense the power of Time," added Eternity. "A god of time utterly different from me... and not a singular god of time like Kronos. However, it does not seem particularly powerful, and it is much farther away."
Eternity sensed it for a moment and breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed the various gods of this unfamiliar world also varied in strength.
As for Death encountering a presumably more powerful version of herself... Eternity couldn't care less whether she lived or died. If the Death from the otherworld replaced her, it was of no consequence, so long as it didn't cause any irreversible, disastrous effects on the Multiverse itself.
After all, as long as this multiverse had *a* Death, that was all that mattered.