The flagship drifted at the edge of the First Huanyan's corpse, where the remnants of the 12 Eras had gathered. They had been hiding for 100,000 years, waiting for the Scorpion King to die, waiting for the Throne to consume him, waiting for their chance to escape. They had not escaped. They had grown fat on the suffering of New Hope's people. They had believed themselves safe.
They were wrong.
[THE 12 ERAS REMNANTS — COMPLETE ASSESSMENT]
Era Survivors Highest Realm IF (Suppressed) True IF
1st Era 10,000 Eternal Sovereign 9 9 Sextillion IF 9 Septillion IF
2nd Era 8,000 Eternal Sovereign 8 8 Sextillion IF 8 Septillion IF
3rd Era 12,000 Eternal Sovereign 8 8 Sextillion IF 8 Septillion IF
4th Era 9,000 Eternal Sovereign 7 7 Sextillion IF 7 Septillion IF
5th Era 11,000 Eternal Sovereign 7 7 Sextillion IF 7 Septillion IF
6th Era 7,000 Eternal Sovereign 6 6 Sextillion IF 6 Septillion IF
7th Era 13,000 Eternal Sovereign 6 6 Sextillion IF 6 Septillion IF
8th Era 8,000 Eternal Sovereign 5 5 Sextillion IF 5 Septillion IF
9th Era 10,000 Eternal Sovereign 5 5 Sextillion IF 5 Septillion IF
10th Era 6,000 Eternal Sovereign 4 4 Sextillion IF 4 Septillion IF
11th Era 15,000 Etherial God 3 300 Septendecillion IF 3 Octodecillion IF
12th Era 20,000 Etherial God 5 500 Septendecillion IF 5 Octodecillion IF
TOTAL SURVIVORS: 129,000
HIGHEST REALM: Etherial God 5 (500 Septendecillion IF suppressed, 5 Octodecillion IF true)
LOCATION: The First Huanyan's heart chamber, 10,000,000 km diameter
Kafu stood at the entrance to the heart chamber, alone. His 9 clones guarded the exits. His wives waited in the flagship. His shadows surrounded the chamber. The Warden knelt beside him.
"Master, there are 129,000 of them. They have Etherial Gods. They have Eternal Sovereigns. They have been hiding here for 100,000 years, growing stronger, waiting for their chance to escape. You cannot fight them all alone."
Kafu smiled. "Watch me."
He walked into the heart chamber.
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THE CHAMBER OF THE DEAD GOD
The First Huanyan's heart chamber was vast—10,000,000 km in diameter, large enough to hold a thousand worlds. The remnants of the 12 Eras had built a city there, a fortress of black iron and crimson light, where they had hidden for 100,000 years, where they had grown fat on the suffering of New Hope's people, where they had believed themselves safe.
They saw Kafu walking toward them, alone, and they laughed.
"The Scorpion King comes alone? He has no army? He has no shadows? He has no wives? He has come to die."
Kafu stopped in the center of the chamber, his gold-red eyes sweeping across the 129,000 beings who had escaped the first harvest. Eternal Sovereigns. Etherial Gods. The strongest of the 12 Eras. They had been hiding for 100,000 years, waiting for him to die. He had not died. He had become something they could not imagine.
"You had 100,000 years to escape. The Miniature Universe is a Type VI civilization. You are suppressed here to 1/100,000,000th of your power. Outside, you would be free. Outside, you would be gods. Outside, you could crush me with a thought."
He raised the Dream Devourer.
"But you did not escape. You stayed here. You grew fat on the suffering of my people. You thought I would die on the Throne. You thought the Throne would consume me. You thought you were safe."
He smiled.
"You were wrong."
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THE TAUNT — THE STUPIDITY OF THE REMNANTS
The Etherial Gods stepped forward—25,000 of them, their power suppressed but still immense, their forms flickering with the light of existence itself. The highest among them, an Etherial God 5 from the 12th Era, spoke.
"You are Epoch Forging 7. You are a World Master. You have no divine body. You have no holy continent. You have no god kingdom. You have no civilization. You are nothing. We are Etherial Gods. We have existence bodies. We have holy god kingdoms. We have Type VII civilizations. We can crush you with a thought."
Kafu laughed. "Then crush me."
The Etherial God hesitated.
"You cannot crush me. Because you are suppressed. Because the First Huanyan's corpse holds you. Because the Primordial Supreme has bound you. You are gods in a cage. And I am the keeper of the cage."
He walked toward them, his golden threads blazing, his body a 24th Grade Supreme Treasure, his will on par with the Almighty Supreme God.
"You had 100,000 years to escape. You did not escape. You stayed here, thinking you were safe. You were not safe. You were waiting for me to come. And now I am here."
He raised the Dream Devourer.
"You will serve me. You will fight for me. You will spend eternity undoing what you have done. Those who fight will become shadows. Those who kneel will become servants. Those who run will be hunted. There is no escape. There is no mercy. There is only the Scorpion King."
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THE BATTLE — THE BLOODTHIRSTY SPREE
The Etherial God attacked first. His power—500 Septendecillion IF suppressed, 5 Octodecillion IF true—erupted from his existence body, a wave of pure destruction that could have shattered a Type VI civilization. Kafu did not move. The golden threads—2 billion souls—absorbed the attack.
[THE ETHERIAL GOD — ATTEMPTED ATTACK]
Attacker Defender Result
Etherial God 5 (500 Septendecillion IF suppressed) Kafu (2 billion golden threads) Attack absorbed, threads strengthened
The Etherial God stared at his hands, at the power that had never failed him, at the existence body that had protected him for 100 quadrillion years. It was gone. Not destroyed. Taken. The golden threads had taken it.
Kafu raised the Dream Devourer, and the 39 forms began to manifest. The Yan Shen forms pierced, cut, shattered, bound, absorbed, struck, consumed. The Monkey King forms multiplied, moved, copied, controlled, protected, bent, sensed, raged. The Supreme Forms burned, drowned, crushed, scattered, struck, illuminated, consumed, grew.
[THE DREAM DEVOURER — ALL 39 FORMS]
Form Group Number Effect
Yan Shen 7 Spear, Sword, Axe, Whip, Shield, Dual, Devourer
Monkey King 8 Heaven's Equal, Cloud Step, Hundred Thousand, Elemental Lord, Immortal Body, Reality Bending, Soul Sense, Monkey King's Wrath
Supreme 24 Source Flame, Source Waters, Source Earth, Source Air, Source Lightning, Source Light, Source Darkness, Source Wood, Source Destruction, Source Chaos, Source Creation, Source Space-Time, Source Karma, Source Life, Source Death, Golden Apocalypse, Violet Hurricane, Hermetic Seal, Trio of Existence, and 5 more
He moved through the chamber like a god of death, his golden threads binding the Eternal Sovereigns, his Dream Devourer cutting through the Etherial Gods, his will crushing the remnants of the 12 Eras. He did not kill them. He played with them. He let them attack. He let them hope. He let them believe they might win.
[THE BLOODTHIRSTY SPREE — PROGRESS]
Time Enemies Faced Enemies Bound Enemies Killed (Shadows) Kafu's Status
0-10 min 10,000 8,000 2,000 Unscathed
10-20 min 20,000 15,000 5,000 Unscathed
20-30 min 30,000 22,000 8,000 Unscathed
30-40 min 40,000 30,000 10,000 Unscathed
40-50 min 50,000 38,000 12,000 Unscathed
50-60 min 60,000 45,000 15,000 Minor wounds
He was a candle flame in the darkness, and they were moths. They threw themselves at him, and he burned them. Their divine bodies—10 trillion kilometers in their true form, compressed to mortal size—shattered under his attacks. Their power—9 Sextillion IF, 8 Sextillion IF, 7 Sextillion IF—flowed into his golden threads, strengthening them, making them more perfect.
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THE 13 SECRET SUPREME TECHNIQUES — INITIAL STAGES
As the battle raged, Kafu began to manifest the first 3 of the 13 Secret Supreme Techniques. Not at full power—he was still comprehending them, still learning to weave 10^78 IF into techniques that would not destroy the First Huanyan's corpse. But their initial stages were more than enough.
[THE 13 SECRET SUPREME TECHNIQUES — INITIAL STAGES]
Technique Stage Power Effect
The Golden Apocalypse 5% 5 × 10^76 IF The Golden Sword World Throne, manifested in a single strike, covers the entire heart chamber
The Violet Hurricane 5% 5 × 10^76 IF The power that shattered the Starry Beast Prison, concentrated into a storm, tears through the remnants
The Hermetic Seal 5% 5 × 10^76 IF Seal anything below Almighty Supreme God for 500 years
The Golden Apocalypse blazed. The Golden Sword World Throne, 100 trillion km of absolute control, manifested around the heart chamber. The remnants could not move. They could not attack. They could not flee. They were trapped in a domain where Kafu's will was law.
The Violet Hurricane followed. The storm that had shattered the Starry Beast Prison, that had covered 108,981 star systems, concentrated into a single point. It tore through the remnants, shredding their divine bodies, breaking their wills, preparing them for the seal.
The Hermetic Seal completed. The remnants' souls were sealed. Not for 10,000 years—Kafu had not yet mastered the technique enough for that. But for 500 years, they would not move. Would not speak. Would not fight. They would kneel, and they would wait for his judgment.
[THE 13 SECRET SUPREME TECHNIQUES — RESULTS]
Technique Targets Result
The Golden Apocalypse All 129,000 remnants Trapped, immobilized
The Violet Hurricane All 129,000 remnants Divine bodies shredded, wills broken
The Hermetic Seal All 129,000 remnants Souls sealed for 500 years
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THE 7 TYPE CIVILIZATION REINCARNATION — 1ST EXPLOSION
Kafu raised his hand, and the golden threads began to weave a new technique. The 7 Type Civilization Reincarnation—a technique he had been developing since he learned about the 7 civilization types, a technique that would force his enemies to relive the birth and death of civilizations until their divine bodies crumbled.
[THE 7 TYPE CIVILIZATION REINCARNATION — 1ST EXPLOSION]
Stage Civilization Type Effect
1 Type I (Planetary) The remnants relive the birth of planets, the death of planets, the cycle of planetary civilizations
2 Type II (Solar) The remnants relive the birth of stars, the death of stars, the cycle of solar civilizations
3 Type III (Galactic) The remnants relive the birth of galaxies, the death of galaxies, the cycle of galactic civilizations
4 Type IV (Universal) The remnants relive the birth of universes, the death of universes, the cycle of universal civilizations
5 Type V (Multiversal) The remnants relive the birth of multiverses, the death of multiverses, the cycle of multiversal civilizations
6 Type VI (Dimensional) The remnants relive the birth of dimensions, the death of dimensions, the cycle of dimensional civilizations
7 Type VII (Existential) The remnants relive the birth of existence, the death of existence, the cycle of existential civilizations
The 1st Explosion—Type I through Type VII—blazed through the heart chamber. The remnants screamed as they relived the birth and death of civilizations, as their divine bodies crumbled under the weight of 100 quadrillion years of existence, as their wills shattered under the pressure of Kafu's judgment.
[THE 7 TYPE CIVILIZATION REINCARNATION — 1ST EXPLOSION RESULTS]
Target Group Number Divine Body Status Will Status
Eternal Sovereigns 104,000 90% crumbled Broken
Etherial Gods 25,000 90% crumbled Broken
TOTAL 129,000 90% crumbled Broken
90% of their divine bodies crumbled. The remaining 10% was enough for Kafu to bind them, to enslave them, to make them his. He reached out with his will, and the golden threads bound their souls.
[THE REMNANTS — ENSLAVED]
Group Number Fate
Eternal Sovereigns 104,000 Soul slaves
Etherial Gods 25,000 Soul slaves
Those who fought to the death 0 None (all surrendered)
TOTAL 129,000 Enslaved
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THE GOLDEN THRONE — PLAYING WITH THEM FOR FUN
Kafu sat on the Golden Sword World Throne, 100 trillion km of absolute control, and he watched the remnants kneel. He had fought them for hours. He had cut through them like a candle through darkness. He had played with them, letting them attack, letting them hope, letting them believe they might win.
Now, they knelt.
He raised the Dream Devourer, and the live stream began.
[LIVE STREAM — THE SCORPION KING'S JUDGMENT]
Channel RVC Network SO Network All Freed Worlds
Viewers 100 quadrillion 100 quadrillion 5 billion
Purpose To show the universe what happens to those who take what is his
"You are watching the judgment of the 12 Eras remnants. They had 100,000 years to escape. They did not escape. They stayed here, thinking they were safe. They were not safe. They were waiting for me to come. And I came."
He looked at the kneeling remnants, at the 129,000 beings who had once been gods, who were now his slaves.
"You will serve me. You will fight for me. You will spend eternity undoing what you have done. Those who fight will become shadows. Those who kneel will become servants. Those who run will be hunted. There is no escape. There is no mercy. There is only the Scorpion King."
He turned to the camera.
"This is what happens to those who take what is mine. This is what happens to those who harm my people. This is what happens to those who think the Scorpion King is dead."
He smiled.
"He is not dead. He is here. And he is keeping his promises."
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THE AFTERMATH — THE HARVEST
The golden text blazed.
[DIVINE GOD SYSTEM — REVENGE ARC: CHAPTER 4 COMPLETE]
Aspect Value
Enemies Enslaved 129,000 (104,000 Eternal Sovereigns, 25,000 Etherial Gods)
Enemies Killed 0 (all surrendered)
Territories Captured 1 (First Huanyan's heart chamber)
Treasures 500 Sextillion UC
Golden Threads 1,950,850,000 + 129,000 = 1,950,979,000
Super Soul Attack Perfected
Body Durability 24th Grade Supreme Treasure (provisional → confirmed)
13 Secret Supreme Techniques Golden Apocalypse: 5% → 10%
13 Secret Supreme Techniques Violet Hurricane: 5% → 10%
13 Secret Supreme Techniques Hermetic Seal: 5% → 10%
7 Type Civilization Reincarnation 1st Explosion: Created
Time 1 day
Casualties 0
Kafu stood in the center of the heart chamber, his golden threads blazing, his body stronger, his techniques more comprehended, his promise burning brighter than ever. The remnants of the 12 Eras were bound. Their empires were destroyed. Their power was his.
He turned to the star charts, to the next targets. The First Varnax. The Royal Families who had attacked New Hope. He had 10 months left before he must go into seclusion. He would use every day.
"Warden. Show me the First Varnax. The one who has been hiding for 10 billion years. The one who thought he could escape my judgment."
The Warden bowed. "As you wish