Inside Kang's office.
Aron's consciousness left the box.
With the answer he had found, Aron returned to the main universe 19999-FL.
"Whoever comes isn't here with good intentions, yet opens and closes their mouth with 'surrender or die.'"
"Brother, you're the one who came."
After hearing Aron's words, Eternity said helplessly.
The First Firmament was the true culprit behind this multiverse collision.
And Kang was just a pitiful scapegoat whose consciousness had been manipulated.
"That's not what's important, do you know what is?"
"The fact that this inflated bastard called me an ant!"
"And then dared to ask me to replace Kang and help him destroy the remaining parallel universes."
Madness!
Absolute madness!
The last one who was this crazy had already been sent by Aron to the Flood Barren World for re-education.
That's right! I'm talking about you, Eye Demon!
Now Aron had met another one just as insane.
"Tell me, what's the origin of this First Firmament?"
"And… your old man's been kidnapped, so why aren't you as his 'son' panicking?"
Aron looked at Eternity and asked.
In that box, Aron had seen the real Eternity.
If we say that the Eternity before them was only the embodiment of universe 19999-FL,
the one in the box was the physical incarnation of the entire Marvel Infinite Multiverse.
All the individual Eternities, including the one from the main universe,
were merely countless reflections projected by Him.
So by that logic…
Saying that the Eternity of universe 19999-FL was his own son wasn't exactly wrong.
"Aron, I don't deny the connection between me and Him."
"But I am also an individual."
Eternity first answered Aron's second question.
Then he moved on to the First Firmament.
According to what Eternity said,
even he didn't know much about the First Firmament.
The only fragment of information was inherited from the eternal source itself.
"Our universe, the Marvel Universe, has experienced a total of seven reincarnations so far."
"In the earliest days, the universe had no concept of infinite diversity."
"There were no parallel worlds, the universe was a whole."
"And that universe was called the First Firmament."
"He is the embodiment of the first universe, the source of all."
"He created the earliest group of gods, the Dark Celestials. Later, he created the Color Celestials."
"And the latter became the inspiration for every universe that later birthed its own Celestial groups."
"During the era of the First Firmament, a war broke out between the Dark Celestials and the Color Celestials, and that war ultimately tore apart the first universe. The First Firmament fell into a deep slumber, and thus Marvel entered its second universe…"
Through Eternity's narration,
the entire history of the Marvel Universe was told.
After the destruction of the first universe, the body of the First Firmament turned into countless fragments.
Thus, in the later second universe,
the concept of parallel universes was born!
And the newly born second universe created new cosmic entities, new embodied concepts.
After that came the third, fourth, fifth…
Each cosmic transformation birthed a different cosmic entity.
And each generation of cosmic entities introduced new concepts into the Marvel Infinite Parallel Universe.
For example, the third universe created the first hero-messiah.
The fifth universe introduced magic into reality.
The sixth universe was the creator of science.
And the planetary devourer we know as Galactus was the survivor of the sixth universe.
At the same time, he was also the only survivor of the sixth universe.
And now…
The Marvel Universe had reached its seventh life.
The physical embodiment of the seventh universe was the Eternity we know.
Although each generation of cosmic entities brought new concepts to the Marvel Universe,
one thing had never changed.
And that was that the Marvel parallel universes kept increasing!
Once upon a time.
The body of the First Firmament was broken into several fragments.
As the universe changed again and again, those fragments also broke again and again.
Until today,
the Marvel Universe, once a single whole, had evolved into the current state of the infinite multiverse.
But even so…
Even after repeated transformations…
The physical incarnation of the first universe, the First Firmament, had actually never truly died.
His successors, the physical incarnations of the second, third, and even sixth universes, all perished along with their respective universes.
Many never even had names.
But the First Firmament still slept somewhere, still not dead.
"Now it seems that father… ah no… the memory the Ontology left me was wrong."
"At least in one part."
After revealing the origin of the First Firmament, Eternity gave his own judgment.
"The First Firmament never slept!"
"He has always been lurking somewhere, observing and waiting for the timing."
"And that timing is now!"
At this moment, the true cause of the multiverse collision was revealed.
"He intends to recycle the Infinite Multiverse!"
Eternity suddenly turned toward Aron.
"Aron, that's the answer!"
"The First Firmament has seized my body! The embodiment of the seventh universe!"
"He orchestrated this multiverse collision!"
"His goal is to restore the Marvel Universe, shattered into countless parts, back to its original state!"
"To return it to… the First Firmament!"
Eternity suddenly raised his voice.
He, who had never known fear, now felt an inexplicable unease.
Eternity couldn't even describe the feeling…
Only, discomfort.
A greater discomfort than the death of everything.
"Alright, no need to explain, the readers are smarter than you think, they've already figured it out."
"And another thing, why are you yelling so much?"
"I'm not deaf, you know?"
Aron rubbed his ears.
Eternity didn't even need to explain the First Firmament's goal.
Because when Aron had previously traced the First Firmament through Kang, his consciousness had already briefly connected with the First Firmament.
That could be understood as a phone call.
On the call, the First Firmament had threatened Aron to take Kang's place.
To become the scapegoat.
To continue the mission of destroying the Infinite Multiverse.
In order to completely kill the embodiment of this life, the true Eternity.
Then, by logic, the First Firmament would reappear and absorb the original power that once belonged to him from these cosmic remnants, and finally, in another form, restore the First Universe that had long perished.
And become the Eighth Universe.
A Marvel Universe once again reintegrated into a whole.
"I think I finally know what this Origin Power is for."
When he thought of that,
Aron looked at the cosmic wreckage he had defined as evil demons.
He had previously sensed that, although these wrecks looked different on the surface, at their core they revealed a common thread.
Now the answer was clear.
Because those wrecks themselves belonged to one whole.
Once to the First Firmament, now to Eternity.
They were all the owners of those fragments, or… those fragments were them.
If Aron were to absorb all these cosmic remnants in the way Eternity had described,
in a sense, he would simply become Eternity's successor, but through that, he would inherit the earliest property that belonged to the First Firmament, and become the physical embodiment of the Eighth Universe.
But the problem was…
The First Firmament was still alive.
He was the original, and each successive generation of the Marvel Universe was born from the breaking of His body.
As long as even one of those fragments existed, the First Firmament wasn't dead.
And Aron had no intention of being anyone's grandson…
So…
A new plan was born.
"System!"
Aron shouted, but got no response.
Half a day passed.
Then he realized.
"I almost forgot I'm the system now."
"Really hard to get used to."
Not hearing that stiff system reply anymore, Aron couldn't help but chuckle and sigh.
"Khmm~"
After clearing his throat,
Aron imitated the system's voice:
"Hello, host, how can I help you?"
"System, give me all the Origin Power from these wrecks!"
"No problem, host."