Noah was sure that an immortal level or even immortal venerable level being might come to his door next.

He wasn't afraid of his enemy being too powerful, it was on the contrary, he was afraid that the enemy might be very weak and would be boring. Besides he wanted to see how a supreme being normally used his power.

Noah was very new to this level of powers.

He felt like a man who had suddenly been given the keys to a kingdom but didn't yet know all the secret rooms.

Noah went to his cultivation session again.

He sat on the floor of the small bakery, the smell of fresh bread still lingering in the air.

He closed his eyes and activated his Eye of the Primordial.

The world changed.

The walls of the room vanished.

The floor disappeared.

He wasn't looking at wood and stone anymore; he was looking at the code of the universe.

He saw strings of light that made up gravity, heat, and time.

He started comprehending these laws, weaving them into his own soul like a weaver making a blanket.

Noah was also waiting for the earthlings to come out from the realm of infinity.

He was eager to know what happened after he was banished.

He remembered their faces.

The friends who had fought by his side, and the enemies who had tried to occupy his empire.

He wondered if they had changed as much as he had.

.....

In the Chaos Temple, Grand Elder Vartha was sitting on his seat.

The chair was carved from the bone of a giant beast that once ate planets.

In front of him stood nine entities.

They were tall, wrapped in robes of shifting shadows, and they were all radiating an Immortal level aura.

The air around them vibrated with power.

"Grand Elder, may we know why you have summoned all of us at once?" one of them asked politely.

He was an Immortal of the Third Rank, a man who could destroy several galaxies with a flick of his wrist.

"You nine are my most trusted generals," Vartha said.

His voice was deep and oily.

"I have a very, very secret mission for you. Would you accept it?"

"Of course, sir. Anything for you," they replied in unison.

They did not know that Vartha had already tasted the blood of the High Priest.

They did not know that to Vartha, they were just expensive fuel.

"Good."

Vartha gave them a rough idea of his plan.

He told them he wanted to capture the entire galaxy where Earth resided without letting anyone else from the Temple know.

He claimed there was a treasure there, a source of energy that could make them all immortal venerables instantly.

He lied and said he wanted to share it with them.

He told them that to ensure the "special being" on Earth won't be able to escape, he would need a 9-Star Heavenly Sealing Array.

He wanted their assistance to be the anchors of the array.

The nine immortals' eyes were also glowing with dangerous light.

To them, this sounded like a chance to gain ultimate power.

"As you wish," they agreed without a second thought.

"Very well then. You should go and take these positions as the anchors."

Vartha waved his hand, sending nine sets of space coordinates into their minds.

The nine of them vanished instantly, tearing through the dimensions to reach the edges of the Milky Way.

As soon as they left, Vartha's face twisted into a dark smile.

He licked his lips.

"For satisfying me, you should all sacrifice yourselves. It would be your honor to die for me. Your immortal souls will be the bridge I walk on to reach the next level."

Three Days later

On Earth, Noah was finishing a cup of tea.

He suddenly looked up.

He felt a prickle on his skin, like the air was getting heavy.

"So finally someone made his move," Noah muttered.

He could see them through the layers of space.

Nine immortal beings had appeared around the galaxy.

They were standing at specific points, forming a giant shape that looked like a spider's web made of dark stars.

"He is using immortals as his pawns. This being must be powerful."

And then Noah saw him.

A man appeared right in the center of the galaxy, where the massive black hole, Sagittarius A*, was located.

The man was dressed in simple gray robes that flowed even though there was no air in space.

This was Vartha.

He was extremely powerful, an Immortal Venerable.

In the hierarchy of the universe, he was a king among kings.

As soon as Vartha appeared, a pattern started to form.

Glowing lines of purple and black energy shot out from his heart, connecting to the nine immortals at the edges of the galaxy.

It was a 9-Star Heavenly Sealing Array.

It was designed to lock down a sector of space so tightly that not even a thought could escape.

"So an Immortal Venerable has come," Noah said, his voice calm.

"Let's see what he wants to do."

Noah's strength was also at the Immortal Venerable level right now, but his power was "top tier."

It was the difference between a man who owns a sword and a man who is the sword.

Vartha stood at the center of the galaxy and laughed.

His laughter sent ripples through the stars.

"Huh! You might have already sensed me, little anomaly, but it doesn't matter. This universe can only hold beings at the Immortal King level, and I have just the thing for you. Even if you are an Immortal King, you won't be able to survive this."

Vartha thought Noah was just a lucky native who had found a powerful artifact.

He didn't realize Noah was the source of the power himself.

Boom!

Vartha bit his finger, and a single drop of golden blood fell into the swirling gravity of the black hole.

"O Great Demon of the Void, I summon you to heed my command! I offer you the souls of nine immortals as a down payment! Come and defeat my enemy.

He began to chant in a language that sounded like glass breaking.

Instantly, the entire universe started shaking.

This wasn't just a physical shake; it was a shake of the soul.

On Earth, people fell to their knees.

Animals began to howl.

The sky turned a dark, bruised red.

Something ominous was coming from the "Outside."

The nine immortals, standing as anchors, suddenly felt a cold wind.

They looked at their hands and saw their skin turning to ash.

Their energy was being ripped out of them.

They looked at Vartha in the center of the galaxy with horror in their eyes.

"Vartha! What are you doing?" one cried out.

"The array... it's eating us!"

"Yes," Vartha whispered, his voice echoing in their heads.

"It is. Thank you for your service."

They didn't believe Vartha would dare to sacrifice them all.

They were Immortals!

They were the elite of the Chaos Temple!

But to an Immortal Venerable looking for a breakthrough, they were just snacks.

The life force of the nine immortals was being sucked dry.

Each of them possessed vitality vast enough to rival a universe, yet now that boundless energy was being torn from their bodies and souls without mercy. Streams of immortal essence flowed into the core of the array like rivers feeding a bottomless abyss.

An immortal was meant to be eternal.

Unless they encountered a true catastrophe.

And at this very moment, that catastrophe had arrived.

Their bodies cracked.

Their souls trembled.

Their cultivation, refined over countless eras, was collapsing in real time.

Although the entire galaxy was shaking violently, no one outside noticed anything.

Not the surrounding civilizations.

Not the hidden observers of the universe.

Not even the Chaos Temple itself.

Vartha had never intended to capture Noah with this array.

Its true purpose was concealment.

It cut this region of space off completely, keeping every powerful faction in the dark while he carried out his harvest.

What Vartha was summoning was no ordinary demon.

It was meant to be a royal demon from the Demon World, a being at least at the Immortal King level, or rather in the Demon King realm.

Such entities were not warriors.

They were disasters given form.

Noah waved his hand casually, and the crushing pressure over Earth vanished.

The red sky stabilized.

The ground stopped shaking.

The people could breathe again.

"What is he doing? Summoning a demon?" Noah muttered.

"I wanted him to attack. But it doesn't matter, even if it's a powerful demon."

His expression remained calm.

However, Noah did not realize something crucial.

He did not know that an Immortal Venerable could summon a demon at the Immortal King level.

In his understanding, a venerable could only call lesser demons to assist in battle.

Support tools.

Temporary weapons.

He could not imagine something of that level crossing over.

This misunderstanding existed for one simple reason.

Noah did not know the true origin of the Chaos Temple.

He did not know what kind of beings they were.

Nor did he know what kind of horrors they were willing to unleash.

Soon, the black hole at the center of the galaxy changed.

A massive red door slowly formed within its depths.

Ancient symbols burned across its surface.

Then, a gigantic crimson hand emerged from the doorway.

Then it's entire body followed slowly.

Boom.

The moment that being fully entered the universe, the sealing array shattered instantly.

It did not crack.

It did not weaken.

It was destroyed.

The formation, which had been powerful enough to seal an Immortal King, could not withstand the pressure of the entity that had just arrived.

Vartha's eyes widened in disbelief.

"This was an Immortal King level array," he thought.

"How could it break?"

"What kind of being did I summon?"

Before he could think any further, the red hand moved.

It grabbed Vartha effortlessly, as if picking up a snack.

Crunch.

His body was crushed like an egg.

"Thank you, Void Eater, for summoning me," the demon said, its voice echoing across dimensions.

"I will gladly kill your enemy to show my gratitude. Hahahahaha."

It tossed Vartha into its mouth and swallowed him whole, as easily as eating candy.

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