Abyssal Lord of the Magi World

The Sacred Kings felt their minds freeze as the force behind those eyes was something their souls could not endure.

Ezequiel and Venganza were much better due to the power of their soul force, but even Fourth Realm life forms like them feel a sense of terror and awe in their hearts as they look into those monstrous eyes.

However, that was not the most shocking part. What truly made the hearts of everybody grow cold was the wisdom in those eyes, as if it was looking at them, which made no sense since this was a memory.

The next second, things escalated as they heard a voice inside their mind.

"Resistance is futile. Everything will become one with me."

That voice was so ancient and evil that it almost made the Sacred Kings puke. It was so unclean and disgusting that it could break the mind and mutate the soul of anyone with a soul force beneath Rank 10.

However, that was not all since it was also able to influence their thought, and even Extreme Rank 9 life forms would succumb to it if their willpower were too weak.

The Sacred Kings felt an intent trying to force its way into their hearts. It wanted them to submit, and in return, it promised the power to rise into the Fourth Realm, living forever as part of the Beyonder.

The Revenge Thearch and Emptiness Thearch clench their fists as they understood that the monstrous entity used the memory as a channel to speak with them, despite being so far away. The duo immediately turned toward Zatiel so that this one would shatter the memory and break the connection.

However, the Samsara Thearch looked at the Beyonder with cold eyes before waving his hand, freeing the mind of the Sacred Kings.

Zatiel was aware of the power that a life form like the Beyonder could unleash and knew this one could use a remembrance like a channel, but he did not care. His Omnipotence already cloaked the power and thoughts of everybody present, and the monster could only speak to them.

Allowing the Sacred Kings and Thearchs to feel the aura of the Beyonder was the best way Zatiel could think of for them to understand just how monstrous the power of their final enemy was.

The Beyonder's monstrous gaze left the Sacred Kings and turned toward Zatiel. The light in those eyes went from disdain to solemnity.

"You are the one that killed my Knight."

"I am your end."

Zatiel said nothing else before raising his right hand and clenching his fists, shattering the memory.

The Thearchs and Sacred Kings saw the room return, and the faces of everybody were pale. Some even fell to the ground as they were having a hard time breathing.

"That thing. How can something so monstrous exist!?"

Dante's eyes burned with silver flames as his willpower helped him recover, but it was not easy.

The rest of the Sacred Kings did not say anything about the state of the youngest of their group since all of them felt a sense of utter terror in their hearts when they felt that monster's presence.

Cancer was indeed the perfect description for the Beyonder. It was the antithesis of life itself, and it would not stop growing and mutating until nothing was left.

Such a path was clearly a dead end since if nothing was left but the Beyonder, existence would cease to have meaning. The monster should understand that, but it must not care.

It was a universe that refused its fate and would not accept its end under any terms. If existence must end for it to survive, then so be it.

Zatiel could feel the state of everybody's soul, and he raised his hand, making a golden flame emerge in his hand, unleashing a radiance that calmed their hearts.

That golden radiance did not wash away the fear and dread in their hearts, but something much more impressive. It gave their willpower the strength to fight it, allowing the Sacred Kings to defeat it on their own.

Ignoring something and defeating it were two different things, and allowing the Sacred Kings to overcome their fear would immensely help their future clash.

Venganza stared at the golden flame in Zatiel's hand, and a profound light appeared in his eyes. That was an Eternal Flame, but its powers had already surpassed the limit of the Concept of Justice.

The Revenge Thearch could feel the power of hope in it, a force ingrained in his Samsara of Sin and Man, but the way that Zatiel used it was much more profound.

Although Venganza was full of questions about the Concept Path and how to develop it through the Fourth Realm, there were more important things at the moment.

Zatiel waited until everybody regained their strength before speaking again.

"The Beyonder is an extremely powerful entity, but moving across the Emptiness takes a long time due to its nature and size. The coordinates of our universe are already in its possession since it knew every move that Endless Darkness made.

It might take hundreds of thousands or even millions of years, but it will come to us."

The Thearchs and Sacred Kings took a deep breath and were able to relax a little when they heard that. Unlike the Ultimate Multiversal War, they would have time to prepare this time, and in a million years, the power of the Daybreak Universe would rise to a whole new level.

Unfortunately, Zatiel's next words made it clear things would not be so simple.

"The Beyonder is smart enough to understand the potential of the Daybreak Universe and will not allow us to grow unchecked."

Venganza, Ezequiel, and the others frowned as they understood that the peace the Daybreak Universe had enjoyed for dozens of thousands of years would end very soon.

"The Beyonder might need a long time to reach us, but that dozens meant its Knights would require the same. I don't know how many or their exact power, but I know that Endless Darkness was the weakest of all of them."

Things grew increasingly dire the more they understood about the incoming threat. The Beyonder must have life for dozens of Epochs to have reached such massive size and power, so its forces must be equally powerful.

The Daybreak Universe only had two True Rank 10 life forms, not counting Zatiel, and less than twenty warriors with Rank 10 battle power. It was an immense power, but it might not be enough to equal the enemy army.

Battles against Rank 10 life forms were not new for the Thearchs and Sacred Kings since they had faced many life forms like that in the Emptiness and even led armies of drones into the foreign dimension. Still, all those battles were fought in a position of power and absolute control, which none of them thought they would enjoy against the new enemy.

"Father, how is your power compared to the Beyonder?"

Finally, Dante made the question that was in everybody's mind. The Fourth Realm was still obscure and hard to quantify, even for Thearchs like Ezequiel and Venganza. They could feel that the Beyonder was unlike anything they had faced before, but Zatiel's power was also impossible for them to measure.

Zatiel was not rash with his answer, and it was something he had been wondering since he came to learn about the Beyonder.

"Our paths are too different. The way the Beyonder rose to the Fourth Realm and its cultivation is unique since its existence is unique. According to my knowledge, there had never been something like it before.

From what I can perceive from its aura and the information in Endless Darkness' memories, Beyond must be a Late Stage of the Fourth Realm.

I should be at the limit of the Middle Stage right now. The difference might not seem much, but I assure you, it is immense. If I were to fight against the Beyonder right now, there is 98% of my perishing, with only a 2% chance of leaving it in a draw, with both of us left with severe wounds.

Victory is not something I can achieve right now."

Zatiel's heart was calm as he made that assessment. His willpower had grown too much for him to worry about things that were far into the future.

The Beyonder was an existential threat to the Daybreak Universe, there was no doubt about that, but there was still time, and right now, his focus should be on facing the Knight.

The Samsara Thearch did not have an exact timeline, but he was sure it would not be long before they arrived. He had to be ready to face them without harming the Daybreak Universe.

"I can see that your understanding of the Fourth Realm is still shallow and simple words are not enough, which is why I am prepared to give you a proper demonstration and share my with you my knowledge."