The outer sea collapsed around them.
Not from destruction.
From contradiction.
The authority of Existence and the authority of the Abyss could not coexist peacefully.
One represented order.
Structure.
Law.
The other represented endless evolution beyond limitation.
An authority capable of surviving even outside reality itself.
And now—
Those two powers collided directly.
Cosmic Suppression
The Primordial of Existence lowered its hand slightly.
Immediately—
Every nearby universe froze.
Stars stopped moving.
Mana flow halted completely.
Even dimensional travel became impossible.
The Primordial's voice echoed across existence itself.
"Kneel."
BOOM.
Cosmic law descended like infinite chains crushing reality itself downward.
The Seraphim were forced back instantly.
Several Legends collapsed to one knee.
Even Liam's undead legion slowed under the overwhelming pressure.
But Jinyoung remained standing.
Barely.
The Abyss behind him expanded violently, resisting the suppression instinctively.
Dark fractures spread through the white outer sea.
The Primordial's countless eyes narrowed slightly.
"Interesting."
The Evolution of the Abyss
The pressure intensified again.
Existence itself attempted rejecting Jinyoung completely.
The outer sea screamed.
Nearby universes trembled violently.
Yet—
The Abyss adapted.
Just like during the battle against the Lord of Beastly Instinct.
Darkness consumed fragments of cosmic law before reshaping itself against them.
The Primordial noticed immediately.
"Adaptive authority…"
Jinyoung raised his head slowly.
His eyes had changed slightly now.
The Abyss reflected within them like endless black oceans.
"You call this existence?"
The outer sea darkened further around him.
"Then your existence is broken."
BOOM.
The Abyss exploded outward.
For the first time—
The Primordial of Existence was pushed backward slightly.
The Seraphim froze in disbelief.
Because something impossible had just happened.
A mortal-born being had forced a Primordial Being to move.
The Five Legends Witness the Impossible
The Flame Legend stared upward speechlessly.
"…He pushed it back…"
The Storm Legend's instincts screamed uncontrollably.
Because the pressure coming from Jinyoung now no longer resembled monarch authority.
Not even close.
It felt deeper.
Older.
Like a power still evolving beyond definition itself.
The Void Legend clenched his fists tightly.
For the first time—
He truly understood the gap between himself and Jinyoung.
The difference wasn't just power.
It was existence itself.
The Primordial Becomes Serious
The Primordial of Existence slowly straightened.
The galaxies rotating inside its body accelerated slightly.
Cosmic frameworks spread across the outer sea endlessly.
Then—
Its voice changed.
Not calm anymore.
Interested.
"Perhaps Yogaroth's rebellion truly infected possibility itself."
The gigantic black spiral behind the Primordial began rotating faster.
Countless Eldritch Gods screamed in response.
Suddenly—
Massive cosmic chains emerged from the white void.
Each chain carried enough law pressure to suppress entire universes.
The Seraphim reacted instantly.
"MOVE!"
The chains descended toward Jinyoung simultaneously.
Reality shattered from the impact.
Abyssal Resonance
Jinyoung closed his eyes briefly.
Then—
The Abyss behind him transformed.
The darkness compressed infinitely inward before expanding again like a cosmic ocean swallowing existence itself.
The chains touched the Abyss—
And slowed.
Then parts of them began disappearing.
Consumed.
Adapted against.
The Primordial's countless eyes widened slightly again.
Because the Abyss was learning how to devour cosmic law itself.
Not fully.
Not perfectly.
But enough to matter.
Jinyoung opened his eyes.
And moved.
First Strike Against a Primordial
BOOM.
The outer sea exploded behind him.
Jinyoung crossed impossible distance instantly and drove his fist directly toward the Primordial of Existence.
The Primordial raised one hand calmly.
Their collision ruptured nearby universes.
The shockwave alone erased multiple dead realities surrounding the battlefield.
The Seraphim immediately shielded the Legends and the army.
Even they looked shaken now.
Because this battle existed beyond anything they had ever witnessed.
The Primordial blocked the strike successfully—
But cracks appeared across its cosmic arm.
Silence spread instantly.
The Primordial slowly looked at the damage.
Then back toward Jinyoung.
"…You damaged fundamental structure."
Jinyoung's Abyss spiraled violently around him.
"Good."
The Eldritch Gods Descend
The black spiral behind the Primordial suddenly opened wider.
Dozens of true Eldritch Gods emerged together.
Not fragments.
Not Apostles.
True forms.
Gigantic cosmic horrors descended across the outer sea simultaneously.
The Seraphim immediately moved.
Golden authority exploded outward.
"Protect Jinyoung!"
Liam drew his cursed blade instantly.
"Death legion advance!"
Millions of undead soldiers surged forward across the outer sea.
Haru's cataclysm magic formations covered nearby universes completely.
Riku vanished into dimensional fractures.
Riyomi disappeared into shadows.
Brute roared loud enough to shake nearby realities before charging directly into the Eldritch swarm.
The outer war began instantly.
War Beyond Universes
Chaos consumed the battlefield.
Seraphim clashed against cosmic horrors.
Undead legions devoured corrupted armies endlessly.
The five Legends joined the battle for the first time beyond Earth.
And immediately realized how terrifying outer beings truly were.
One Eldritch God's scream distorted causality itself.
Another corrupted dimensional laws simply by existing.
The Flame Legend unleashed massive infernos—
Only for the corruption to regenerate again.
The Iron Legend smashed apart gigantic outer creatures physically.
The Void Legend fought desperately just to survive.
Meanwhile—
Above them all—
Jinyoung continued fighting the Primordial directly.
The Question
The Primordial of Existence blocked another Abyss strike calmly.
Yet more cracks spread across its cosmic framework.
It looked toward Jinyoung silently.
Then finally asked:
"Why do you resist inevitability?"
Jinyoung answered instantly.
"Because lives matter."
The Primordial tilted its head slightly.
"Temporary creations."
"Still matter."
The Abyss surged harder around him.
"That's something Yogaroth understood."
For the first time—
The Primordial became silent.
Its countless eyes watched Jinyoung carefully.
As if analyzing him differently now.
Then finally—
It spoke quietly.
"Exactly like him."
The Hidden Reaction
Deep inside the black spiral—
Something reacted.
Another presence.
Far larger.
Far older.
A pressure so immense even the Primordial of Existence paused briefly.
The outer sea trembled unnaturally.
Even the Eldritch Gods became still for a moment.
The Seraphim immediately sensed danger.
One ruler whispered fearfully:
"…Another Primordial?"
The Primordial of Existence looked toward the spiral briefly.
Then back at Jinyoung.
Its voice became quieter.
More serious.
"You have attracted attention."
The Abyss behind Jinyoung pulsed violently.
And deep beyond the spiral—
Something ancient began awakening fully