One Week Later.

Outside Nicolas's Universe.

Nicolas was standing, gazing at the countless universes layered, intertwined, and parallel in all directions — without any end in sight.

The scene was incredibly majestic and shocking, even leaving Nicolas slightly stunned.

Nicolas: "So many Universes!"
"Even though my vision has been enhanced to the point I can see thousands of trillions of galaxies away as clearly as if they were in front of me, I still can’t see the end..."

"So why was my Universe chosen?"
"Is it some absurd probability? Or is this a bug in the system..."

While Nicolas was pondering this, a memory suddenly surfaced.

Nicolas: "Oh right! Maybe I should visit another Multiverse for fun?"
"Yesterday, Agene suddenly contacted me and gave me the [Mark of the Elder God], saying only with this mark can I enter and exit other Multiverses!"

As soon as Nicolas activated the mark, an invisible force pulled him out of his own Multiverse.

Outside the Multiversal System — a vast, hazy void, nothing but endless blackness.

Nicolas floated in place. In front of him were countless arrows — each pointing toward a different Multiverse.
With a mere thought, he could enter any one of them.

While observing, unsure of which to choose, one particular Multiverse caught his attention.

It was unlike the others — which shone brightly with vitality.
This one still had light, but part of it was shaded in black, as though something was slowly gnawing away at it.

Nicolas could feel it — this Multiverse was being devoured.
And one day, there would be nothing left — just total void.

With just a thought, Nicolas was pulled into that very Multiverse by an invisible force.

Upon entering, Nicolas immediately sensed a chaotic and bizarre atmosphere.
As if... nothingness itself was present before his eyes — yet he couldn’t see it...

But then... Nicolas disappeared.
Completely gone.

All abstract aspects — erased in the instant he entered this Multiverse.

But from within nothingness... Nicolas returned.

As he reemerged, for 10 seconds he became completely untouchable — even by absolute erasure.

[Gluttonous Blessing] activated!

Although he couldn’t feel, see, or affect whatever was present before him, anything within the radius of the Gluttonous Blessing — no matter how abstract, or even if it didn’t exist — would be consumed.

Slash—
Something was devoured by him.
Then... his physical body began to vanish?

It wasn’t being erased — it was becoming nothing, losing its very essence.

Upon absorbing this “something” — which Nicolas guessed to be the Nothingness Agene had spoken of — he had taken in its non-existence property.

Then he felt it—he was becoming more "empty" by the second.
He was less real than before.

The blessing was ravenously devouring the surrounding Nothingness.

And with each one consumed, Nicolas became more void-like, harder to touch, harder to affect.

Nicolas: "Looks like this Multiverse is really being attacked by Nothingness... Just how many of them are there?"
"To be able to attack so many Multiverses at once..."
"I wonder if there’s anything interesting in this Multiverse?"

Nicolas then constructed a pseudo-physical body for himself — though in truth, his essence had already become Nothingness.

He also discovered he could now adjust his Blessing — changing it from conditional activation to always active without a trigger.

However, to avoid harming innocents, he configured it to only “consume” those who genuinely intended to kill him, or those he personally allowed.
Otherwise, he could stop it anytime.

Outer Void Beyond Reality

A large group of people — dressed in ancient Chinese robes — were counterattacking the wave of Nothingness.

The Moon Sovereign Emperor wielded an Ultimate Emperor Weapon — the Moon Sovereign Mirror.

He used it to summon reinforcements across all Heavens and Myriad Worlds (Infinite Universes).

Any being — even those dead for tens of thousands of years or many eras — were revived at that moment.

The Heavenly Saint Physique was fighting billions of Nothingness entities alone.

With Perfect Emperor cultivation, he rampaged across the battlefield.

With the support of the Multiverse’s Will (Heavenly Dao), the Emperors were protected from total erasure across all aspects.

The Multiverse was trying to save itself.

This was a Multiverse where beings cultivated immortality and sought the Dao — not awakened superpowers or mutant abilities.

Even with the Will of the Dao protecting them, the number of Emperors was limited.

But the Nothingness? They were endless — seemingly infinite.

An Emperor could fight trillions of Nothingness creatures at once —
But their stamina was limited.

Without reaching Immortality, they were still mortal.

At most, they could last a few more eras — before their lifespan ran dry and they could fight no longer.

In the moment of deepest despair—
Slash — a crisp sound echoed.

The Outer Void shattered — replaced entirely by the Void Beyond All Things.

All the Nothingness vanished in an instant — completely consumed.

What had just happened?
How did the infinite time-space collapse like that?

And yet... nothing happened to us?

Just what level of power was that?

The people murmured in shock and confusion.

Suddenly, a handsome young man appeared out of nowhere —
Immediately, everyone went on high alert.

"Hello!"
"I'm Nicolas!"
"Pleasure to meet you all."

End of Chapter 10