**Chapter 5: Interlude: A Cosmic Misstep**
The Abyssal Lord arrived at the Nexus of Fractured Realms, a chaotic multiversal crossroads. Before him emerged Voryn, the Shatterer of Realms, a horrifying mass of broken universes whose tendrils devoured shards of reality.
"I will shatter every realm you claim!" Voryn roared.
The Abyssal Lord stood unmoved as the tendrils surged toward him, only to halt, unable to approach. The Nexus itself was bending to his will. He glanced back at his dragon, Eternal, his tone shifting from divine authority to casual exasperation. "Ah, damn. Wrong realm."
Voryn's countless eyes blinked in confusion.
"I want to conquer the Sea of Consciousness," the Abyssal Lord continued dismissively. "Eternal, fetch that lowly bastard and rip it out of existence."
Eternal chuckled, summoning a Void Rift that consumed Voryn, erasing the Shatterer from existence with a final, echoing scream.
"That's better," the Abyssal Lord said with a smirk in his voice, before stepping through a new portal, leaving the Nexus in stunned silence.