Chapter 1037 - CHRONOS I

Outside of the boundary of the Necrotic Universe, there was first a single Hegemony watching the scenes of the shocking battles within and broadcasting them to others.

After a few minutes passed since the first appearance of Incarnations of Chaos, even more Hegemonies from the vast array of Universes within the Primordial Cosmos appeared outside the boundary of the Necrotic Universe, their gazes upon the new form of horrendous warfare they had not come across before!

Creatures ingesting the Origin of Hegemonies as their power far exceeded anything that the rank of Paragon had to offer!

Yet…

What about the Paragon that had not ingested any Origin Essence of a Hegemony and was somehow still releasing the same battle power as these existences known as Incarnations of Chaos?

What exactly gave him the strength to propel his power to a level no other Paragons in the Primordial Cosmos could reach?

The Hegemonies watching right outside of the Necrotic Universe looked at each other with somber expressions as they had no answer.

Those observing the broadcast from illusory screens in far away universes looked at those around them silently, not having the slightest idea why as one thing was confirmed on this day.

The Paragon that many had dismissed before or didn't give too much attention to in the past had stepped into their spot light today!

As Many Hegemonies looked at his regal figure that was taking in attacks from 13 Incarnations of Chaos, they couldn't help but burn this image deep into their eyes!

BOOM!

In the Necrotic Universe where the terrifying battle was taking place, 13 purple clocks were floating permanently in the skies as their purple aura covered the 13 Paragons, their bodies flitting through the river of time as they appeared to attack Noah from different time points with every single move..

It was extremely hard to describe the workings of the Dao of Chronos into words, but the Paragons were shuttling through time with a difference of a few seconds as from the current time, they appeared a few seconds in the past and released shocking attacks, and some appeared a few seconds in the future to release even more deadly attacks.

It meant that when time came together, the figure of the Demonic Lich Emperor would be receiving attacks from the past and the future as such attacks...were not ones that an existence could defend against!

That was... unless they had the dao of Chronos as well and they could also shuttle a few seconds in the future and the past to defend against attacks they didn't even know of.

It meant that with utter precision and accuracy, their deadly attacks all landed on the Demonic Lich Emperor as he could only take them from three different time points, with the only thing he was capable of doing being to just defend with his body!

This method...would have worked and worn down any Paragon as after just a few seconds of receiving unseen attacks from different times would have shattered their defenses and brought them that much closer to death.

But against Noah...it mattered not whether they came a few seconds in the future, past, or present as his Arch Demon Lord Form and boosts from a myriad of different skills were still active during this time as none of them could penetrate his defenses!

All that mattered to him was a certain value.

[Chronos Integration Value] :: 68/100

His eyes lit up with immense fervor every time this value rose, his body still feeling the tingling pain from the strikes of beings that were exceeding the Parameters of Paragons!

But he himself was already on the process of exceeding the power of Paragons long before them, as he was already connecting the galaxies within his Origin at a rate that they couldn't even begin to imagine.

The Conquest of the Necrotic Universe was already half complete as his subordinates had also covered a significant portion of the Automaton Universe.

He had left behind many Galaxy clusters with trillions upon trillions of Undead Clans that pledged Fealty to him, only taking a few Paragons to add to his Undead Legion as at this moment, all of them were still on stand by with the Legion that held a swirling Necrotic Ring of Death behind Noah and the Seven Deadly Sins!

The uncountable number of undead that had pledged Fealty had now also contributed to the Marks of Antiquity he formed, these Marks going on to create another 1.5 Billion Dao Galaxies as the total number now came to 3 Billion as they were still rapidly increasing.

His Origin was bubbling with power as this contributed to the reasons why he could withstand the incarnations right now- he was already making great strides towards forming his Universal Seed as he was 6% of the way there!

BOOOM!

Space twisted again as the purple clocks above the void circled endlessly, attacks seemingly coming from all sides at this moment as his body got thundered with them even more vigorously, his tough skin and muscle made from the very essence of Ruination beginning to crack and tear.

But even to this...he only smiled as he saw the essence of Chronos sink into him deeper!

[Chronos Integration Value] :: 81/100

The Value he was looking at so dearly continued to rise as he could almost taste a new Cosmic Dao, his flaming skull rising up jovially as during the magisterial scene of being swarmed by 13 Undead Paragons with the colorful waves of Cosmic Essence flying out all around him...he laughed boisterously.

KEKEKE!

The dreary laugh of the Demonic Lich Emperor rang out clearly as it caused the Origins of the 13 Incarnations to tremble with wrath, one of the Primal Winged Undead Emperors bellowing out as his body lit up brightly, the purple clock he controlled shining brightly as getting even larger as he was utilizing an enormous amount of mana for an ultimate skill that utilized the Dao of Chronos!

But…

CRACK!

A second later, a horrendous sound rang out that could be heard across all the explosions resounding across the deathly chaotic void.

It came from the Paragon that was just bellowing out and utilizing enormous amounts of mana, the flaming eyes of this existence looking down on its chest as it peered deep into itself and saw that its Origin...had an enormous crack bisecting it in half.

…!

The Incarnation had overworked his Origin until it could no longer handle the Origin Essence of the Goliath within him!

Due to his anger and wrath at the Demonic Lich Emperor that laughed at the face of their attacks, he had actually brought the death that was supposed to come a month later as it arrived on the same day, the strain on his origin being too much as this would be one of the first beings who would literally die from anger due to the words of a certain Lich Emperor.

CRACK...BOOOM!

With an expression of shock, the Origin of this Paragon imploded as the powerful Paragon was turned into countless bones shooting out everywhere, the center of explosion leaving behind a pulsing unstable obsidian mass that seemed used up and nearly depleted!

…!

All that he left behind was an unstable Seed of Chaos!

The other Incarnations of Chaos looked at this scene with somber expressions as their hearts trembled, seeing the fate awaiting them as the fast pace at which they churned their mana within their bodies were slowed down unconsciously.

As all of them merely stared at the unstable mass of Origin Essence that had imploded a Paragon apart, only a single being could still move with clarity.

WAP!

The figure of the cackling Demonic Lich Emperor appeared at the spot where a Paragon had just perished, his eyes shining brilliantly as his hands reached out towards the unstable and nearly depleted Origin Essence of a Hegemony!

He was moving naturally as he only had a single thought in his mind.

'This should work as well, right?'

Just an instinct...but he followed it to completion!

[Devouring].

…!

THRUM!

A black mass erupted from Noah as it took in the unstable Origin Essence under the ability of the Sin of Gluttony, very quickly breaking it down as a vast amount of differing Dao Essences within this unstable origin were broken down into pure mana and vitality.

All Dao Essences...except for the one that Noah was currently integrating!

It was seamlessly sucked into his Origin as under the shocked gazes of Paragons and Hegemonies, Noah alone saw two prompts appear in front of his eyes.

[Chronos Integration Value] :: 100/100

…[Commencing the process of the Emergence of the Cosmic Dao of Chronos.]

"..."

Noah's eyes glimmered with light as he felt as if all sound became blocked out at this moment.

As if he was alone in a world of silence, only a singular light beginning to bloom in his eyes!

At this moment...

A regal purple light shone!