In the depths of the shattered world, among the ruins of what once was the grand garden of the High Angels, the throne of vengeance was born. A golden radiance flickered through the darkness, casting monstrous shadows on the crumbling walls of broken palaces and sacred temples.
There, sitting atop a twisted throne made from the bones of fallen gods and angels, was Etern.
The monster once betrayed, once exiled, now reborn in glory.
His body — hulking, purple-skinned, covered in ancient golden armor that glowed with an ominous light — emanated an aura so heavy that even space itself trembled around him. His eyes, twin stars of predatory hunger, burned with an endless grudge. His massive arms were crossed over his bloated but heavily muscled chest, a terrifying symbol of both strength and madness.
Above him, the System Panel, which governed all worlds, had cracked. New rules were being written — rules authored not by the gods, but by a Devourer King.
[WORLD SYSTEM NOTICE]Warning: Dungeon "The High Angels Garden" has collapsed.Warning: New Dungeon Core Detected.New Dungeon Registered: [The Abyssal Throne of Etern]Dungeon Class: [King - Potential for Emperor Ascension]
Current Status: Expansion Phase (Phase 1 of 7)
Warning to All Beings: [Dungeon Master Etern] has overridden Natural Laws.
The world had no time to react.
Etern's plans, crafted through centuries of hatred and patience, were now unfolding like a black lotus swallowing all light. The air itself screamed as fissures spread across the dimensions.
"No longer shall I be a mere pawn in your petty games," Etern growled, his voice deeper than the void, heavier than collapsed stars.
He stood up slowly, and the mere act shattered the marble platform under him. His golden gauntlets glistened with raw power, each finger twitching in hunger.
[ETERN STATUS UPDATE]Race: Abyss-Touched SovereignTitle: Devourer King, The Banished TyrantLevel: 9989HP: ???Mana: ???Damage Output: CataclysmicDefense: Beyond DivineCritical Rate: 85%Critical Damage: 720%Dodge: 22%Agility: ColossalSkills:
[Power Devourer: Absorb skills and stats of any defeated enemy.]
[Abyssal Domain: Corrupts the battlefield, weakening all foes by 80%.]
[Wrath Reincarnation: Upon death, revive with +200% power once per collapse cycle.]
[Sovereign Devour: Devour Divine Items and grow permanently.]
Passive:
[Supremacy of Hunger: Cannot be weakened by external effects.]
The sky above Etern split open like torn cloth, and from the abyss fell countless corrupted angels — those who once betrayed him, now reborn as his undead minions.
The apocalypse had begun.
Meanwhile, in the fragmented remnants of the multiverse, the surviving heroes and last champions gathered.Their faces pale. Their hearts cold.
They watched the vision of Etern from the shattered Divine Mirror, and knew — this was not just a dungeon boss.
This was an extinction-level god.
"Even if we all gather... can we really defeat that monster?" whispered one among them, a Sword Saint whose blade had slain hundreds of monsters.
The reply was only silence.
Etern did not wait. He sent forth his generals — titans of ruin, knights made of molten shadows, dragons stitched from dying stars. Each one stronger than the last. Each carrying a piece of Etern's endless hatred.
The multiverse fell, world after world swallowed by his dungeon that expanded with each conquest.
[NEW SYSTEM ALERT]Etern's Dungeon Expansion: 12% Universe Engulfed.
Phase 2 Initiated: Cataclysmic Conquest.
The ground under the heroes' feet cracked and boiled. Gravity distorted. Time trembled.
There was no more time to plan.
At the center of it all, Etern laughed.A cruel, rumbling sound that echoed into the farthest corners of creation.
"You who once looked down on me... now look up in fear."
With a casual snap of his fingers, a nearby conquered world folded inward, collapsing into a black jewel that floated above his palm.
"My dominion shall be endless."
Then, the golden crown above his helm cracked open like blooming steel, revealing another hidden artifact: The Sovereign Core — an artifact so ancient, so powerful, that even the gods of old had locked it away fearing its might.
Now, it belonged to Etern.
[WORLD SYSTEM URGENT NOTICE]Etern has activated: [Sovereign Core: Genesis Mode].Effect: Ability to Recreate Reality.
Estimated Multiverse Survival Rate: 0.03%.
The heroes, standing on the last surviving continent of their world, prepared their final assault.
Led by the last Star Priestess, the Dragon Vanguard, and the Blade Monarch, they charged into the swirling abyss that was Etern's throne room.
Etern sat calmly on his throne of bones, waiting.
And smiling.
"You come at last. Brave. But foolish."
As the first attack landed — a sword that could slice through galaxies — Etern caught it with two fingers.The sword shattered like glass.The wielder screamed as his soul was devoured.
One by one, they fell.One by one, their powers, their hopes, their dreams were devoured by the bottomless hunger of the Devourer King.
Until nothing was left but Etern and silence.
Finally, with a flick of his wrist, Etern stood alone under a shattered sky.
He raised his hand high, and with a simple whisper:
"Begone."
The universe obeyed.
Galaxies burned out.Stars collapsed.Dimensions fell like dominos.
The great cosmic game ended.
But deep in the heart of nothingness, something stirred. A fragment. A whisper. A seed of resistance.
The story was not over.
For beyond the end, there is always...
A new beginning.
[SYSTEM NOTICE]Etern's Ascension Completed.Status: Demi-Omniversal Being.New Dungeon Class Unlocked: [Omni-Sovereign Cataclysm Dungeon].
To be continued in the next Arc: "The Rebellion of the Forgotten Stars"