Meanwhile, somewhere in deep space, an Observer watched the battle's conclusion.
Seeing the outcome, he simply smiled.
Then he vanished from the location.
Elsewhere, Karl's body collapsed slightly after using Kaioken with a thousandfold amplification.
The strain on his body had been enormous.
Fortunately, the Horse Talisman and Dog Talisman activated automatically.
In an instant, Karl's body returned to its peak condition.
He calmly collected the remains of the Celestial's limbs and stored them inside his system space.
Then he returned to Yan, Black Phoenix, Ganata, and the others.
"Let's return to the warship first."
Karl gently patted Red Crystal on the head as he spoke.
In the next moment—
Everyone appeared beside the Skyblade VII.
May, Raven, Helen Zhao, and the others immediately rushed over.
Their expressions were full of concern.
They examined Karl carefully to make sure he wasn't injured.
Karl smiled reassuringly.
"I'm fine."
"I wasn't hurt."
Then his expression grew more serious.
"However… this might only be the beginning of our trouble."
"That giant was a member of the Celestials."
"The Celestials are both a race and an organization."
"Every single one of them possesses Single-Universe-level power."
Karl paused briefly before continuing.
"To this day, no one knows exactly how many members exist within the Celestial Host."
He then revealed something even more shocking.
"In ancient times, the Celestials once invaded Earth."
"At that time, Earth was inhabited by many gods."
"Those gods fought the Celestials…"
"And almost all of them perished."
Karl finally spoke the most important secret.
"There is still a Celestial embryo gestating inside Earth's core."
After hearing this information, May, Raven, Helen Zhao, Wanda, and the others all looked at Karl with worried expressions.
According to Karl's explanation—
The Celestials were an extremely terrifying cosmic force.
Karl simply smiled.
"It's fine."
"We would have to face them sooner or later."
"As long as the leader of the Celestial Host doesn't intervene personally, there's nothing to fear."
"Even if we can't defeat them…"
"We can always retreat."
Then Karl teased Red Crystal slightly.
"However…"
"Little Crystal will have to travel with us."
"Otherwise the Celestials will come looking for you again."
Red Crystal hesitated slightly.
"But…"
"What about the little beasts…?"
She was referring to the energy-producing creatures on her home planet.
Karl had helped her.
He had even offended the Celestials because of her.
She was naturally grateful and willing to follow him.
However, she was still worried about her people.
Without her protection, the creatures might eventually go extinct.
Karl smiled.
"Don't worry."
"I'll bring the entire planet with us."
Everyone blinked in surprise.
Karl explained calmly.
"I'll create a dimensional pocket space."
"The planet will be placed inside it."
"Then I'll construct a simulated star to provide sunlight."
Red Crystal's eyes lit up.
"Really?!"
"Yes."
Karl nodded.
Red Crystal smiled brightly.
"Then it's perfect!"
Soon afterward, everyone boarded Skyblade VII.
Karl also retrieved Juggernaut and Speed from the battlefield.
Inside the warship, Karl extracted several samples of Celestial flesh and tissue.
He handed them to Samuel for research.
Samuel was ecstatic.
He had personally witnessed the Celestial's terrifying power earlier.
Now he possessed samples from that being.
For a genetic researcher like him—
It was a priceless opportunity.
Over the years, Samuel had filled the warship's gene bank with countless biological samples.
He spent nearly every day studying new genetic structures.
Despite being constantly busy, he was extremely satisfied with this life.
Soon afterward, Yan piloted Skyblade VII out of the planet's orbit.
Karl then exited the warship.
Floating in space, he activated the powers of the Space Stone and the Self Stone.
A massive dimensional pocket space formed.
Karl then placed the entire energy-crystal planet inside it.
In an instant, the planet vanished from the normal universe.
But Karl wasn't finished yet.
He began casting numerous space-stabilization spells onto the pocket dimension.
Some of them were spells from Kamar-Taj.
He even used revitalization magic to accelerate the planet's ecosystem.
Plants grew rapidly.
The planet's ecological balance improved.
Finally—
Karl used a data engine designed by Yan, combined with his own creative abilities.
He created a simulated star inside the dimensional space.
The star required only energy input to generate sunlight.
Karl set its orbit and rotation.
Then he injected energy from the six Infinity Stones.
The simulated star now possessed enough power to shine for one thousand years.
Soon, warm sunlight illuminated the energy-crystal planet.
Karl then brought Red Crystal into the dimensional space.
She looked around.
Everything was exactly the same as before.
The only difference—
The planet could now travel with her.
Karl handed her a blue spatial key.
"This is the access key to the dimensional space."
"Inject energy into it and you'll be able to enter."
He pointed toward the artificial star.
"The simulated sun will operate for thousands of years."
"You won't need to worry about it."
Red Crystal nodded happily.
"I can feel it."
"The little beasts are very happy."
She looked at Karl seriously.
"Thank you."
"I will become stronger."
"And one day…"
"I will help you destroy the Celestials."
Karl simply smiled.
Then the two returned to Skyblade VII.
Soon afterward, Yan piloted the warship away from the star system.
However—
About three hours later, two enormous figures appeared in that same star system.
Two Celestials had arrived.
They silently observed the half-destroyed star system.
Then they entered it.
One Celestial raised its hand.
Instantly, every remaining Celestial fragment in the system gathered together.
This included:
The remains of the Celestial Karl had destroyedFragments of its armor
The second Celestial condensed white temporal energy within its hand.
The energy spread across the entire galaxy.
A vision of the past began forming before them.
They were attempting to use time-vision to identify the killer.
However—
The image was blurred.
They could not clearly see the figure responsible.
Karl's presence had somehow disrupted the temporal observation.
The two Celestials looked at each other in confusion.
Then the vision vanished.
Meanwhile—
Karl had no idea that other members of the Celestial Host had already begun searching for him.
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