The Outer Chaos leaked into reality.
And existence screamed.
The massive fracture behind Chaos Tenno widened endlessly as incomprehensible energy poured into the collapsing cosmology. Entire universal structures distorted violently under its presence.
Colors ceased behaving normally.
Space folded into impossible angles.
Concepts glitched.
Even time itself fractured into disconnected moments.
The faceless army froze again.
For the very first time—
The Hollow Beyond hesitated.
Millions of faceless entities trembled unnaturally as the Outer Chaos expanded behind Chaos Tenno like a living abyss staring into existence itself.
????:
"Containment failure catastrophic."
"Reality destabilization accelerating."
The Overseer immediately reacted.
All gigantic eyes ignited simultaneously.
Massive beams of absolute erasure descended toward the growing fracture.
The Hollow Beyond was trying to seal the Outer Chaos away.
Holy Astoria's expression darkened.
Holy Astoria:
(Serious)
"They're panicking."
Paxton looked upward quickly.
Paxton:
"…Because even THEY fear what's beyond that fracture."
The beams collided against the Outer Chaos—
And vanished instantly.
Not resisted.
Not blocked.
Simply consumed by unreality itself.
The gigantic eyes immediately cracked further.
The Overseer recoiled violently.
????:
"Impossible."
But then—
The Outer Chaos expanded again.
This time the instability spread across Heaven itself.
Fragments of reality started collapsing indiscriminately.
Not just the enemy.
Everything.
Luna suddenly felt the ground beneath her disappear.
Entire sections of Heaven dissolved into chaotic distortion.
Rowena nearly fell into the collapsing void.
Rowena:
(Alarmed)
"AH—!"
Before she could fall—
A streak of golden lightning flashed across reality.
ZZZZZZRAAAAAKK—
Leon Felix caught her instantly and reappeared safely atop a surviving fragment of Heaven.
Leon Felix:
(Smirking)
"Careful."
Rowena exhaled shakily.
Rowena:
"…Thanks."
But Leon's expression quickly became serious again.
Leon Felix:
"The battlefield is destabilizing too fast."
He was right.
The Outer Chaos wasn't distinguishing allies from enemies anymore.
Reality itself was starting to lose coherence.
Holy Astoria immediately understood.
Holy Astoria:
(Coldly)
"Chaos Tenno has lost partial control."
Chaos Tenno floated silently in the distance.
The chaotic aura around him continued growing larger and larger.
Fragments of universes formed and collapsed around his body continuously.
The faceless army began retreating instinctively.
Yet despite the danger—
Several of the entities still charged toward him.
????:
"Primary anomaly must be eliminated."
The entities lunged simultaneously.
Then—
BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM—
A colossal crimson dragon erupted across Heaven.
Finn Zhao stepped forward.
The celestial dragon behind him expanded infinitely larger than before, covering massive portions of the battlefield.
His crimson aura shook the remaining cosmological layers violently.
Finn Zhao:
(Coldly)
"You're not touching him."
The dragon roared.
Reality split apart from the sound alone.
Then Finn Zhao attacked.
Finn Zhao:
"Celestial Dragon Art—"
Ancient symbols ignited across his body.
The dragon opened its jaws.
Finn Zhao:
"Apocalypse Rend."
FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHHH—
A massive crimson beam tore across Heaven.
Not merely energy.
A draconic force capable of severing dimensional structures themselves.
The attack engulfed millions of faceless entities instantly.
This time—
They did not regenerate.
Entire sections of the Hollow army disappeared permanently.
Even several gigantic eyes shattered apart under the blast.
Maximum stared in amazement.
Maximum:
"…That was awesome."
The Overseer's voices distorted.
????:
"High-threat entity detected."
But before it could react—
Vorthax moved.
The shadows surrounding him expanded infinitely outward, consuming entire regions of fractured Heaven.
Yet unlike before—
His darkness now stabilized collapsing reality instead of corrupting it.
Paxton immediately noticed.
Paxton:
(Shocked)
"…He's anchoring existence."
Vorthax's glowing green eyes narrowed.
Vorthax:
"The Outer Chaos destabilizes structure."
Dark tendrils spread across Heaven like roots.
Vorthax:
"So I'll give reality something to cling to."
BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM—
His shadows fused into the battlefield itself.
The collapsing fragments of Heaven immediately stopped disintegrating.
Even the spreading distortions slowed dramatically.
Holy Astoria looked genuinely impressed.
Holy Astoria:
"…Remarkable."
Vorthax smirked faintly.
Vorthax:
"I refuse to die in a collapsing cosmology."
Then the faceless army surged toward him.
Thousands of entities descended simultaneously.
Vorthax simply raised one hand.
The shadows behind him transformed into massive abyssal spears.
Vorthax:
"Abyssal Funeral."
SHHHHHHRRAAAAAKKK—
The spears erupted upward infinitely.
Entire waves of entities were impaled instantly.
Then their bodies collapsed inward and vanished completely.
No regeneration.
No restoration.
The Hollow Beyond was losing soldiers permanently now.
Meanwhile—
Hydra Nova floated high above the battlefield.
His cosmic armor had evolved again.
Entire galaxies rotated around him continuously now.
Stars burned within his body.
He looked less like a warrior—
And more like a living universe.
Hydra Nova raised both arms.
Hydra Nova:
(Deep Voice)
"Cosmic Singularity."
Massive gravitational distortions formed throughout Heaven.
Entire swarms of faceless entities were suddenly dragged helplessly toward gigantic collapsing stars created by Hydra Nova.
The entities tried resisting—
But the singularities crushed them completely.
Even erasure itself warped beneath the immense gravitational force.
Hydra Nova clenched his fists.
The stars exploded.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM—
A cosmic detonation annihilated entire regions of the Hollow army.
Several gigantic eyes imploded under the pressure.
Gray Magpie blinked slowly.
Gray Magpie:
"…Everyone here is absurd."
Then—
Natsu laughed loudly.
Natsu:
"MY TURN AGAIN!"
Crimson flames exploded around him.
But now the fire carried traces of chaotic energy from the Outer Chaos itself.
Even Holy Astoria looked surprised.
Holy Astoria:
"…He's adapting to Chaos Tenno's aura."
Natsu grinned wildly.
Natsu:
"Then let's make it bigger!"
FWOOOOOOOOOSHHHH—
His flames transformed completely.
Black-crimson infernos erupted across Heaven like burning chaos itself.
The faceless entities caught within the flames screamed in distorted static noises before disintegrating permanently.
Natsu punched forward.
Natsu:
"CHAOS DRAGON GOD ROAR!"
A massive torrent of chaotic fire consumed entire battalions instantly.
The Hollow army finally began losing ground.
????:
"Correction forces destabilizing."
Then—
Eiridis stepped forward quietly.
Unlike the others—
Her power felt calm.
Gentle.
Yet terrifyingly vast.
Violet flowers bloomed throughout Heaven once more.
Only now—
They spread infinitely.
Every damaged ally instantly recovered.
Destroyed fragments of Heaven restored themselves temporarily.
Even wounded cosmological layers began healing.
Rowena stared in amazement.
Rowena:
"…She's healing reality itself."
Eiridis closed her glowing eyes softly.
Eiridis Luvie:
(Quietly)
"Life should not end here."
Her aura expanded further.
Countless luminous flowers drifted across the battlefield.
Every ally touched by them felt their power rise dramatically.
Maximum cracked his neck excitedly.
Maximum:
"OH now we're talking!"
BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM—
He launched himself directly into the largest concentration of Hollow entities.
His fists distorted reality through sheer physical force alone.
Every punch annihilated thousands.
Entire dimensional structures shattered around him.
Yet he kept laughing.
Maximum:
"COME ON!"
"I CAN DO THIS ALL DAY!"
One gigantic eye fired an erasure beam directly toward him.
Maximum didn't dodge.
He caught it.
Everyone froze.
The beam pushed against him violently, erasing portions of his arms—
Yet Maximum roared and forced it backward through sheer strength alone.
Maximum:
(Shouting)
"I SAID—"
Reality cracked around him.
Maximum:
"I CAN DO THIS ALL DAY!"
He threw the beam back at the gigantic eye.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM—
The eye exploded.
Gray Magpie stared blankly.
Gray Magpie:
"…That's physically impossible."
Paxton adjusted his glasses.
Paxton:
"Correct."
Meanwhile—
Luna and Zarvoth fought side by side across the battlefield.
Silver moonlight and crimson abyssal energy intertwined beautifully.
Every swing from Luna severed hundreds of entities now.
Every strike from Zarvoth erased entire waves completely.
Together—
They pushed back impossible numbers.
Luna leapt upward gracefully.
Luna:
"Moonfall Eternity!"
Massive silver crescents rained across Heaven like falling stars.
Zarvoth raised one hand beneath her.
Zarvoth:
"Abyssal Catastrophe."
The silver crescents fused with crimson abyssal energy.
Then detonated.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM—
An entire region of the Hollow army vanished instantly.
Even the Overseer reeled slightly.
Holy Astoria observed the battlefield carefully.
And for the first time since the war began—
The Creator God smiled faintly.
Holy Astoria:
"…Excellent."
But then—
The Overseer roared again.
This time in fury.
????:
"Enough."
The gigantic eyes all turned toward the warriors instead of Chaos Tenno.
And suddenly—
A far greater power began gathering.