Lucan destroyed the crystal as he said, "Crystals have a weakness: they are non-living things. Alright, noted down, hehe! Today I got a lot of intel about the crystals."
He saw the shattered Love Crystal, its pieces absorbed by the surroundings, and he muttered, "So this place is not called a lifespan-increasing location, but the Eternal Abyss of Life and Death."
Lucan never knew about the horrors of this place, so he took it casually.
He checked his lifespan; it had increased by several months. He laughed in joy—his hard work had paid off.
"Now it is certain that the more I walk here, the more my lifespan increases! I have to increase my lifespan to at least 10,000 years."
At Org 690's spaceship, she tried to revive Org 700, but failed every time she tried. A pink glow flashed before her eyes.
A voice spoke, "Hehe! You cannot revive him because of the presence of the Fate Crystal. Dead people stay dead."
She sobbed, "But... then how was I revived?"
The light replied, "It is because your life was exchanged for his life with my help. Even you can do that, but you will die instead."
Her eyes shone with a glimmer of hope. She touched the pink halo, and a crystal revealed itself. It was pink in color and divine in appearance.
It was the Love Crystal, or the Crystal of Love.
Earlier, Lucan had destroyed it inside the Eternal Abyss of Life and Death, but that was all part of its plan.
It wasn't able to get out of the place, so it decided to let itself be destroyed to spawn again elsewhere.
The Love Crystal thought of Lucan for a moment and mocked him for being dumb.
She asked, "Then do it! I am ready to die!"
The Love Crystal glowed even brighter. "I knew you had more love than that slime, haha! Alright, when should we start?"
She replied instantly with no hesitation, "Right here, right now!" Her voice echoed throughout the spaceship.
The Love Crystal agreed, saying, "Let me inspect your memories!" She let the crystal do it. After checking everything out, it spoke, "Wow! You aren't like that vile, cruel, insane beast (Lucan). Hmm... I've decided on something else: you aren't going to die!"
She asked, "But... I want to revive him. What else can we do? You mentioned the Fate Crystal, right?"
A smirk could be heard in the pink light. "Haha! Yes, so we are going to destroy the Fate Crystal!"
Destroying the Fate Crystal? She was dumbstruck. Where would she even find it? And destroying it would be even more difficult.
But the Love Crystal spoke, "Look, any crystal can defeat the other crystals, but that is naturally easy because each one gets refined by a person.
However, the Fate Crystal is unique in this aspect: it is fate itself, and nobody can refine it.
It is what determines everything.
But if any of the crystals reach their pinnacle, the situation will be different! So first, let's strengthen you and me!"
At the central space station, the Great Lord sighed, "Hmm! This guy... if I let him out, he will try to destroy me continuously. But with his pride, I am nearly immortal.
What surprises me is that I now possess the strength to destroy the Fate Crystal! Yes, this might work, hahaha!"
It let the Great Lord regain control of his body. The Great Lord roared, "How dare you give me my body back? You are crushing my pride! Now die!—"
The Pride Crystal was expanding at a faster rate. The purple light it emitted surpassed all the stars and even the sun.
Its range widened, and the entire area came under its control.
It asked, "Giving you your body back is a problem?"
The Great Lord snorted, "Hmph! That means I am weaker than you. I should have regained it by myself, ugh!"
The Pride Crystal was filled with joy. The Great Lord's pride was literally the highest amount of pride it had witnessed since its inception.
It said, "Great Lord, it is all because of the Fate Crystal! It determines the fate of everybody and everything, including us."
The Great Lord paused his actions. "What? So I am facing disgrace to my pride because of fate?"
It replied, "Yes, because if it lets your monstrous pride rise any further, you will obtain freedom from its control!"
The Great Lord pondered, "So... if I kill fate... my pride will become unstoppable?"
The Pride Crystal agreed, but a sudden punch knocked the crystal back. It was the Great Lord.
The crystal asked, "Why did you attack me now?"
Then it felt its power increasing and realized the truth. "Because I said 'monstrous pride', you punched me?"
The Great Lord laughed, "Got it! Exactly. My pride cannot be compared to monsters; they are lowly creatures. Only my pride can be used to measure me! Hahahah..."
It also started laughing. "Great Lord is a shitty title!"
The Great Lord asked with a frown, "Why is that?"
It smirked, "Because many others have the title 'Great' in their names, so they think you and they are equals! Are they—"
"Yes! Let me pick a new name," the Great Lord replied as he fell into deep thought.
He got an idea. "Great, Supreme, Divine... countless people have those titles. So having a title is also lowly. I will be Lord! ONLY LORD! HAHAHA!"
The real space station was watching all these events unfold. The Supreme Head was dazed. "Such pride! Such ego! Such strength! The only issue is... why is he not righteous?"
He slammed the table and screamed with intense anger. The others were also gritting their teeth.
Because the Great Lord—no, sorry readers, LORD—had obliterated the entire space station.
That was a fake one, but now, to preserve the righteous path, the real space station had to reveal itself. This was too sudden.
Lord had almost surpassed the realm of solar systems; he was just one step away from truly reaching it.
This meant the demonic path (evil) was rising in strength. The two superstars were Lucan and Lord. If left unchecked, one day the whole righteous path would be completely suppressed.
He shouted, "All of you, come with me! Take out everything we have. With our full might, we can kill Lord!"
Everybody raised their hands and agreed in unison. One alien asked, "Our chances of winning?"
"They will be at least 95%, right?"
"No! They are actually 99%, haha! That wicked demon is going to die now!"
"FOOLS! Who do you think he is? He is the Great Lord...
We have infinite chances of winning, haha! Righteousness is the most powerful path forever!"
A voice shouted, "Idiots! We have only about a 10% chance of winning, in my opinion! Stop underestimating the enemy!"
Everybody turned to look at him; it was the Supreme Head.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he was trembling heavily out of fear.
Another voice echoed, "No, Supreme Head! We have infinite chances of winning, just like the other alien said."
Everybody's gaze shifted toward the voice: it was the All-Seeing Sage. Everybody cheered with happiness.
Even the Supreme Head laughed, "Seems like I was mistaken. He is truly a worm compared to all of us together. But Sage, why is your reaction like that?"
The All-Seeing Sage had a pale expression. His eyes were downcast, the corners of his lips curled downward, and tears filled his eyes.
They fell like raindrops from clouds. He swallowed hard before speaking.
"I said we have infinite chances of winning! But not normal infinity... it is negative infinity chances of winning!"
The entire atmosphere fell silent. The only sound that could be heard was the Sage's sobbing.
Many of them unknowingly retreated several steps.
At that moment—BANG! A loud sound echoed. Warning signs blinked constantly, and alarms beeped loudly.
Nobody lowered their guard. The Supreme Head asked, "Why are you displaying danger signs?"
A blue ray of light flashed as a hologram of an AI appeared.
It said, "An unknown organism is approaching in this direction. Power level and threat level: beyond calculation."
The doors to the room automatically shut tight, and a lethal poison gas began to spread outside—it was the most deadly poison ever discovered.