Earth-404 was well, but the Multiverse was fraught with peril.
Initially, the Celestials's decisive action had achieved good results.
For some unknown reason, the Dark Celestials were unable to muster forces comparable to the Celestials and were repeatedly defeated by them.
This greatly deterred the other cosmic beings in the Multiverse.
Just as One Above All, the leader of the Celestials, believed everything was going well, an unexpected situation occurred.
As the Dark Celestials declined, another force joined in.
The Beyonders.
The Beyonders, creations of the Celestials, born from the Second Cosmos.
They brazenly betrayed the Celestials just as the Celestials gained an advantage in their struggle with the Dark Celestials.
Although the Beyonders did not directly cooperate with the Dark Celestials, and would even indiscriminately attack the Dark Celestials whenever conditions allowed, this still placed immense pressure on the Celestials.
After the Beyonders joined the war, the Celestials's situation rapidly deteriorated.
For a time, countless cosmic beings were shocked by this news.
When a wall falls, everyone pushes it. Subsequently, chaos emerged like mushrooms after rain.
And while the attention of many cosmic beings was drawn to the three-way battle between the Celestials, the Dark Celestials, and the Beyonders, another event capable of changing the current pattern of the Marvel world was quietly unfolding.
Galactus's evolution into Lifebringer was a good thing for him personally and for countless civilizations in the Multiverse, but not everyone thought so.
At least, Lord Chaos and Master Order didn't think so.
They believed that Galactus, having evolved into Lifebringer, threatened the balance of the Multiverse, so they attacked Galactus.
But Lord Chaos and Master Order were no match for Galan in his Lifebringer form. They were defeated by Galan and fled.
In desperation, they brought Galan before the Living Tribunal, hoping that the Living Tribunal would intervene to transform Galan from his Lifebringer form back into his Galactus form, to maintain the balance of the Multiverse's creation and destruction forces.
The Living Tribunal refused and was killed by the combined efforts of Lord Chaos and Master Order.
Afterward, Lord Chaos and Master Order approached their creator, the In-Betweener, and the three merged into a trinity, forming Logos, a new cosmic law avatar, to replace the Living Tribunal.
...
On Earth-404, Chthon, who was indulging in revelry at a manor, suddenly frowned.
A message came from the eavesdropping device he had left on Lifebringer's flagship, Taa II.
Lifebringer was attacked and reverted to Galactus by an abstract entity calling itself Logos.
For Chthon, this was undoubtedly bad news.
Lifebringer would remember Eternity's entrustment and, even if lacking in ability, would try everything to investigate the mastermind behind Eternity's imprisonment and their reasons for doing so.
But Galactus would not.
Galactus would only be drowned in an insatiable hunger and an endless craving for energy.
Thus, Chthon lost an important source of information.
To protect this information source, Chthon came up with a plan.
That day, Chthon contacted Lucas through the darkhold, his tone boasting. "Sorcerer Lucas, want to cooperate with me? I've received another piece of news."
"Oh, meet and talk?"
Chthon said without batting an eyelid, "I'm in a special place right now, not convenient to go out."
Lucas replied, "I can come to you."
Chthon refused again, "This place might not be suitable for you, Sorcerer Lucas."
Lucas said, displeased, "God of Black Magic, if we don't have any trust in each other, how can we cooperate?"
Chthon's eyes faintly lit up, he was waiting for Lucas to say exactly that.
"To show my sincerity, I am willing to share this information with you, without charge."
"Lifebringer was attacked and reverted to Galactus by an abstract entity calling itself Logos."
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"Galactus was attacked? What does that have to do with me?" Lucas asked.
"Didn't you owe Galactus a favor before?" Chthon countered.
"When did I ever owe Chthon a favor?" Lucas likewise countered.
Chthon was speechless and could only remind him, "Galactic Glaze."
"Galactic Glaze? What's wrong? Is Galactic Glaze worth a favor from me?" Lucas said, self-righteously.
Chthon paused, then said, "The point isn't that, it's the person who attacked Galactus, Logos."
"Logos? Is there a problem?" Lucas asked, puzzled.
Upon hearing this, Chthon fell silent. He realized at this moment that Lucas didn't know much about the relationships between the Cosmic Beings.
So Chthon patiently explained, "Previously, there was no powerful abstract entity named Logos in the Multiverse. His origin has two possibilities."
"One possibility is that he is like the Creator, a remnant from a past Multiverse."
"The other possibility is..."
At this point, Chthon paused, his voice filled with uncontrollable excitement. "The other possibility is that this is a newly born abstract entity. Based on my observations, it's very likely the latter."
Lucas asked curiously, "Oh, so you're saying?"
Chthon explained, "Before Logos attacked Galactus, Master Order and Lord Chaos attacked Galactus for the same reason. It's just that Master Order and Lord Chaos were no match for Galactus and were defeated by him."
Lucas frowned slightly, vaguely sensing that something was amiss.
Chthon seemed particularly concerned about Galactus and was very knowledgeable about his recent situation.
In a trance, a guess flashed through Lucas's mind — Chthon had been monitoring Galactus and obtaining certain high-value things from him, such as information.
Thinking of this, Lucas chuckled and said, "Chthon, thank you for sharing this story with me, but it doesn't seem to have much to do with me, does it?"
"One Galactic Glaze is not worth me going up against Galactus and another unknown abstract entity."
On the other end of the darkhold, Chthon seemed a bit anxious and quickly replied, "Sorcerer Lucas, I'll emphasize again, this is no longer Galactus's problem, it's Logos."
"Master Order and Lord Chaos can be promoted to new, more powerful cosmic abstract entities, and so can we."
Lucas said, "Not us, you. Chthon, I wish you good luck."
Chthon advised, "Sorcerer Lucas, chaos is coming, and no one can stand alone. You don't have to worry about our factional relationship. All things are always in opposition and unity, developing through contradictions, and so it is with black magic and white magic."
The birth of Logos had completely ignited the flame of ambition in Chthon's heart.
Even though he had only recently escaped the Flickering Realm with the Creator's help and had not fully digested what he had gained, he had already set his sights on another, fatter piece of cake.
Trapped in the Flickering Realm for billions of years, Chthon yearned for progress.
However, before Chthon could continue to persuade him, Lucas cut off the communication, demonstrating with his actions that he had no interest in cooperating with him.
While Chthon's information was somewhat helpful to Lucas, he clearly hadn't understood Lucas's true need—energy, infinite energy.
In this regard, Chthon was not as sensible as his father, Creator.
Ending the communication with Chthon, Lucas's brow remained furrowed.
As Chthon said, chaos was coming, and no one could stand alone, not even Lucas.
Unless he left the Marvel world.
Taking a step, golden sparks flashed, and Lucas passed through the portal to the Octopus Dimension.
The current Octopus Dimension had been transformed by Lucas into an energy storage pool.
Looking up, one could see rivers of galaxies flowing in the distant starry sky, these galaxies circling the stars beneath his feet.
From time to time, small streams would appear out of nowhere and merge into the galaxies. Every time Lucas saw this scene, a smile would involuntarily appear on his lips.
These galaxies were the energy from the World Tree that the Creator had sent over the years.
To deal with the mastermind behind Ragnarok, Lucas had once converted the energy from many Universes' Ragnarok energy pools.
Initially, whenever converted energy appeared, Lucas would measure the total amount of this energy and compare it to the total amount of the corresponding energy pool in his memory.
After multiple checks, the ratio was indeed fluctuating slightly around twenty percent. The Creator had not cheated him.
It was precisely because of this consistently good cooperative relationship that Lucas had previously helped the Creator attack the Celestial team and allowed the Creator to use a favor as an exchange condition.
Coming back to his senses, Lucas carefully sensed the total amount of galaxies in the starry sky and compared it to the largest amount of energy he had absorbed before—the Primordial Dark Energy from the Abyss.
The conclusion was terrifying.
Twenty percent of the World Tree's energy flow for one month was several times, almost ten times, the accumulation of the Abyss over countless years.
Thinking of this, Lucas suddenly realized that he didn't need to fine Chthon eighty billion points at all. A mere eighty billion points was only half a day's income for him.
Hmm... Half a day, then he'd still fine him.
After appreciating it for a moment, Lucas began to work.
To avoid provoking reality and exacerbating its rejection of him, Lucas had not used any more points to increase the Sacred Body stat, but this did not prevent him from converting this energy first.
Therefore, Lucas would take time once a month to absorb this energy first.
First, green light flashed, and Lucas used time magic to accelerate the flow of time within the Dimension.
Then, the talent [Energy Absorption] activated, and Lucas, with a wave of his hand, separated the unconverted energy from the already converted energy.
Afterward, he swallowed these unconverted energies. An energy vortex instantly formed, and these unconverted energies disappeared at an extremely fast rate.
At the same time, streams of converted energy flowed into the luminous white space within Lucas's body, which existed and yet did not exist. Under the scour of these energies, the energy ocean within the luminous white space stirred up waves of turbulent fury.