As the mastermind behind all of this, and the very person Moro had just questioned, Levos merely waved a hand and turned a pile of charging Zamasu clones into dust. He could not even be bothered to answer him directly.
At this moment, Levos had poured all of his focus into the space within him.
That originally silent, time-frozen inner world was now undergoing a heaven-shaking transformation.
At the core of one of the God of Destruction planets, the true body of the Universe Seed floated in suspension.
Its roots pierced through the walls of space itself, ignoring distance and dimensional boundaries as they plunged straight into the very core of the Supreme Kai Planet outside.
All the energy Moro and Zamasu had painstakingly drained from everyone, along with Moro's infinite magic and Zamasu's immortal divine power, had become the purest nourishment, greedily devoured by the Universe Seed.
As that massive flood of power poured in, Levos's inner world began expanding violently.
Time, which had once been completely still there, now began to move under the combined influence of the Universe Seed and the Power of Time.
One second. Two seconds...
The flow of time accelerated more and more, as though if this continued, it would eventually become fully synchronized with the outside world.
With the Supreme Kai Planets and God of Destruction Planets he had collected as their cores, countless nebulas began to swirl and condense around them.
Then, within those nebulas, the first ray of starlight appeared.
Then the second. The third...
One star after another ignited, and soon other worlds began to take shape as well.
Drawn by gravity, the planets began their first revolutions around their newborn suns.
A brand-new universe was being born and taking shape inside him at an inconceivable speed.
Levos could even feel that with the birth of this universe, a higher-order power of law, something impossible to describe with words, had begun to spread through his body.
It was the law of creation, the mystery of life, the origin of the cosmos.
Though he could not yet fully comprehend it, he could sense that so long as the Universe Seed continued to receive a stable supply of energy, his inner world would soon evolve into a true universe.
Levos had vaguely touched a higher-order principle, as though his hand had brushed against the gate to an entirely new world.
Unfortunately, at his current level, he still could not fully push that gate open.
"So that's how it is..."
A smile curved at Levos's lips.
Fu's judgment had been right after all. The level touched by the Universe Seed truly exceeded the ordinary hierarchy of life by far too much.
And the Supreme Kai Planet, corrupted by Fused Zamasu and fused together with Moro, a world that possessed immortality and inexhaustible energy, was the most perfect cradle imaginable for the Universe Seed to create a universe.
Outside, Moro's panic had reached its peak.
He could clearly feel his power falling away at a terrifying rate. At this pace, he would be completely drained dry in just a few minutes.
Worse, he would soon lose the ability to absorb anyone else at all.
"This absolutely cannot continue!"
The instinct to survive crushed everything else.
Moro's eyes darted wildly around, searching for a way to save himself.
He needed a greater energy source. A source so vast that it could let him break free from this crisis, and perhaps even suppress the unknown devouring force inside him in turn.
Very quickly, his gaze locked onto a colossal metallic planet firmly attached to the surface of the Supreme Kai Planet.
Big Gete Star.
Cooler's central stronghold.
With the last of his magic, Moro transformed the earth, stone, and magma of the planet into tendrils that coiled around it.
At the same time, Cooler's face changed drastically.
In an instant, a cold alien will forcibly severed his connection to Big Gete Star.
The planet he had personally raised, the one he was proudest of, had betrayed him.
"No!"
Cooler let out a cry of unwilling rage.
But nothing could be undone now.
Ever since discovering the nascent Big Gete Star amid the ruins in the Cosmic Graveyard, Cooler had entered into a partnership with it.
Back then, Big Gete Star had been no larger than a head.
It was Cooler who had helped it consume countless planetary cores while it was still weak, nurturing it step by step as it grew.
Until today, when it had become strong enough to devour stars and even a Supreme Kai Planet.
Without Cooler, Big Gete Star would never have become what it was now.
Though the two had later grown in mutual dependence, Cooler had always believed he had treated the mechanical planet extremely well.
And yet today, he had been repaid with betrayal.
"We agreed we'd rule the universe together, didn't we?"
It made all the years of his painstaking cultivation feel utterly ridiculous. His whole spirit dimmed.
"In a single day, I've lost everything. Cold machinery truly is a heartless thing."
Moro himself had not expected things to go this smoothly.
He had assumed he no longer possessed enough strength to absorb this mechanical planet.
Yet the will of Big Gete Star's main processor had actually accepted him willingly.
The enormous metallic body of the mechanical planet began actively merging into the core of the Supreme Kai Planet, saving Moro tremendous effort.
A look of wild joy spread across Moro's face, the joy of one who had escaped certain death.
Without hesitation, he opened himself completely to receive this new power.
Two planets, one the extreme of life, the other the pinnacle of machinery, began a fusion unlike anything ever seen before.
Massive metallic structures began emerging across the planet's surface. Countless mechanical patterns spread like blood vessels over the entire world.
The fusion of the Supreme Kai Planet and Big Gete Star continued.
Endless intricate circuits linked together with the planetary veins like nerves.
Until at last, a bizarre planet, half machine, half living organism, was born in full.
Mechanical modifications began appearing on the bodies of Fused Zamasu's clones. Not only had their power stopped declining, it had begun steadily rising again.
Big Gete Star's terrifying computational power instantly flowed into Moro, giving him a far clearer understanding of the battlefield.
"So that's it. Anything can be calculated with precision. From this moment onward, I am omniscient and omnipotent!"
A proud smile spread across Moro's face.
"Levos, whatever trick you used, my calculations show that your chance of victory is only ten percent!"
"And now, I have a ninety percent chance of defeating you!"
"Hahahaha! Despair!"
"I now possess not only infinite magic and an immortal body, but also Big Gete Star's limitless computational power!"
"Your every movement, every attack, even your thoughts, will all be predicted in advance!"
"This is the perfect union of science and magic!"
Yet just as Moro was basking in his triumph, a sudden change occurred.
"Integration complete."
A cold voice echoed inside Moro's mind.
"Now it's my turn to take control."
Moro's expression changed abruptly.
"What do you mean?"
"It means that you, Fused Zamasu's consciousness, and this perfect planet will all become nourishment for my evolution."
"Impossible! I am the master of this planet!"
"No. The master now is me."
At that moment, all battle stopped.
Whether they were Earth's warriors, the Time Patrol, or Fu's faction, everyone stared in shock at the scene before them.
This planet had become something beyond their understanding.
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