"After all, over billions of years, there have been countless derivative dimensional universes, so the appearance of a genius is not impossible..."
"Now that I think about it, I was completely wrong. You don't belong to this ecological universe at all!"
"No wonder I couldn't see your timeline."
"No wonder Arishem would immediately execute the 'Cosmic Judgment Order.'"
"Before you, there were others who dared to collect all six Infinity Stones."
"And others who killed members of the Celestial group..."
The Destruction Celestial, whose mouth had already turned into a skeleton, continued to chatter stubbornly, his upper and lower jaws clattering together as he spoke, refusing to give up.
Perhaps beings who have lived for too long always have too much to say. Even at the point of death, they can no longer hold it in:
"I know you hold a great secret, and this secret could very well destroy our entire ecological universe!"
'Secret? Is he referring to the system?'
Upon hearing this, Zane thought to himself. He had long suspected that the system originated from a higher-dimensional universe.
However, he hadn't expected the Destruction Celestial to have also noticed the system's existence.
Recently, the system had been silent for quite some time.
Still, considering that beings like the Ancient One, at the level of Earth's gods, could discover Zane's identity as a traveler, Zane felt at ease, no longer bothered by whether the Destruction Celestial knew about the system.
The key thing was, the dead couldn't reveal any secrets.
Maybe seeing through Zane's thoughts, the Destruction Celestial, whose eyes had been consumed by the power of death, still couldn't suppress the mockery in his gaze:
"If I can see it, the entire Celestial group's leader—Judge Arishem—who is far more powerful than me, won't be able to see it?"
"As soon as even a sliver of the power from that thing within you leaks out, we Celestials, who are most sensitive to the universe's primordial power, will detect its presence."
"What's more, Arishem has already reached the pinnacle of the seventh dimension, just a step away from ascending to the eighth-dimensional level."
"The highest level in the entire ecological universe is the tenth dimension."
"Any energy entity originating from this universe, without exception, is limited to the eighth dimension and cannot break through to higher dimensions."
"So, you tiny worm, just wait for Arishem's punishment. You've already been marked with the 'Cosmic Judgment Order.' There's no place for you to escape!"
After saying this, the giant head of the Destruction Celestial was finally fully consumed by the power of death.
All that remained was a crystalline, radiant godhood floating in mid-air.
"Just like last time, still no soul body..."
Zane ignored the Destruction Celestial's final words and grabbed the floating godhood, examining it closely in his hand:
"It seems that these primordial Celestials are different from the likes of Ego, who joined later. They're purely assemblies of cosmic energy."
"So, killing them leaves no soul, only godhood."
"However, harvesting his bodily energy has allowed me to ascend another level and step into the mid-level of the seventh dimension."
Zane put away the godhood, and the exhilarating sensation from his body confirmed that he had taken another step towards the seventh-dimensional level.
"It seems that reaching the seventh dimension requires a great deal of energy. No wonder he said the seventh dimension is the bottleneck for lifeforms."
In fact, during the battle with the Destruction Celestial, Zane's energy capacity had continuously expanded as the latter drew in several stellar bodies to recharge himself.
It was like a shoreline constantly being battered by the river's water, gradually broadening over time.
Thus, at that moment, under the boost of the 'Magic Furnace' and 'Energy Conversion,' Zane was already on the verge of breaking through the lower level of the seventh dimension.
"I should share this good news with them!"
With a twist of light and shadow, Zane disappeared.
This vast, scarred space was now truly empty.
All that remained were chaotic time-space turbulences left behind by a great battle, growing more intense.
It was foreseeable that, in the near future, due to the loss of its gravitational field, this region would be torn apart and reshaped by the disordered temporal forces.
The originally four-dimensional space-time might, through the quantum entanglement of microscopic particles, randomly transform into seven-dimensional or five-dimensional space.
Of course, it could also shrink to three dimensions or even lower.
After all, the one revered as the Creator is known for playing dice.
Then, this area would become a scar in the entire universe.
It was highly possible that, with the passage of time, this scar would spread throughout the entire Marvel Universe, eventually destroying it.
Just then, a great power suddenly descended.
In an instant, the chaotic time-space turbulence within this region spanning several star systems was smoothed by an invisible force.
Immediately afterward, before the naked eye, the vastness of space rapidly collapsed into a tiny point.
Then, it vanished without a trace, leaving not even the slightest ripple.
"The destructive power of this pawn is beyond my expectations..."
"It seems I'll need to speed up the progress of the entire plan."
A grand voice resounded, then disappeared along with the shrinking space into the tiny point.
...
Inside Zane's Divine Kingdom.
Since the Realm of Dead had been upgraded to the Divine Kingdom, this was Zane's first time entering.
The current Divine Kingdom was now several hundred times larger than before.
Aside from the central area where Zane and Bastis's statues were originally placed,
The land connected to this central region had expanded outward for countless miles.
Like God's Heaven or Satan's Hell,
It had truly become a small world of its own.
According to what the Destruction Celestial had said, this could be called a Pocket Dimension, and above it would be a Pocket Universe.
However, upon entering, before greeting Lorna and the others, Zane noticed many new soul entities that he was unfamiliar with in the Divine Kingdom.
He sensed briefly and realized that most of these new souls came from the lifeforms encountered along the way near Vormir.
"Seems that during the battle with the Destruction Celestial, the Divine Kingdom automatically absorbed the souls of those who died on the surrounding star systems."
Although Vormir was located in the remote outskirts of the universe,
That didn't stop the surrounding star systems from hosting a few lifeforms across many planets.
And, it's highly possible that these life-bearing planets, like Earth in the current Marvel Universe, were just beginning to develop space exploration technology.
They likely couldn't even surpass their own star systems.
Perhaps, they were even more primitive than Earth, still confined to their own planets.
Thus, how could they have discovered the mysterious Soul Stone hidden on Vormir?
"But this also shows that the Destruction Celestial's 'disintegration' power only breaks down the outermost molecular structure of matter."
"Otherwise, so many souls wouldn't have survived his 'disintegration' field."
Zane thought to himself, recalling how he had nearly been disintegrated by that egg-like 'disintegration' field.
At the same time, he winced, thinking about the near-total loss of his weapon stockpile in the King's Treasury.
"I'll need to find some time to buy some cheap weapons and throw them into the Magic Furnace for infinite replication."
"And I'll need to get a better spaceship."
"Forget it, I'll deal with all that later. First, let me check on them..."
As the master of the Divine Kingdom, Zane's presence would remain undetected unless he chose to reveal himself to others.
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