Epic Of Caterpillar

Chapter 2885 - 2886: Genesis

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Genesis.

Perhaps the most ancient living world in the Nameless Universe.

It had endured countless calamities, undergone profound transformations, and even survived its own destruction at one point.

Originally a parallel Earth, Genesis changed forever when an alien lifeform—the Daughter of a Primordial—invaded its surface and absorbed the planet. Its core held the largest Fragment of the Origin World within the entire Heavenly Domain.

The young Primordial parasitized the world and devoured it entirely. Humanity fled to the stars, while those who remained and survived the catastrophic upheaval absorbed the essence radiating from the alien entity, mutating in the process.

The planet, once called Earth, transformed irrevocably. New mystical lands emerged, fresh oceans and continents took shape, countless beasts, spirits, and other beings appeared. The surviving humans rose and became cultivators of these divine energies.

Through eons, the planet continued to expand, swelling as the entity within grew larger until it could no longer contain its own size.

It reached nearly the scale of a galactic core before the constant wars among the gods, combined with overwhelming power, caused the planet to explode.

Yet that was not the end.

The entity, now known as Genesis, commanded all gods born from her power to obey her and take responsibility.

With their divine and supreme might, they rebuilt Genesis into something unprecedented: a macro-universe that kept expanding endlessly.

Each fragment of the shattered planet became a Realm. These Realms developed their own unique forms, appearances, vastness, atmospheres, lifeforms, and even new gods.

The Realms continued to grow, and the Core along with its fragments became even greater.

The Sun and Moon were absorbed into the creation of this macro-universe, further reshaping everything into what would now be called a Great Heavenly Domain.

Thus, Genesis—the most ancient Great Heavenly Domain in the entire Nameless Universe—became the center of fate and countless pivotal events.

Heroes and Demon Kings rose in endless cycles. Gods clashed for supremacy. Yet the Supremes themselves remained eternally at the pinnacle, growing stronger over millions of years.

Then something went terribly wrong.

A Chaos Spawn—the daughter of Khaos, one of the three Primordials of this universe—was forcibly reincarnated into these lands.

From that moment, the world of Genesis began its descent into a relentless spiral of madness, despair, and destruction as catastrophe after catastrophe struck.

But its ruler, Genesis herself, refused to yield.

Even when the Chaos Spawn ascended to Supreme Goddess and imposed the Law of Chaos upon the Great Heavenly Domain, altering its very structure forever.

Even when Dimensional Cracks tore open, connecting Genesis to countless hungry Planes eager to devour its Origin World Fragments and rich energies.

Even when the strongest beings from those Planes, along with ancient humans returning to reclaim their homeland, threatened total annihilation, while the one responsible for the chaos, Kireina, remained absent...

Genesis never surrendered.

She turned the gods to her purpose, for the sake of the world and the Great Heavenly Domain that bore her name.

She triumphed by pitting her enemies against one another.

She repeated this strategy time and again, summoning the aid of a bloodthirsty King of Destruction from the Chaos Plane, who delighted in battle, and letting powerhouses tear each other apart.

With the support of Hades and his family, gods across countless Realms, and the new Supreme Gods Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi—not the ones from Earth, but bearing their names and myths, ruling over suns and moons so vast they were Heavenly Domains themselves—Genesis claimed victory after victory.

After four consecutive triumphs, the forces of the Spirit Plane and the Demons of Purgatory finally began to retreat, abandoning territory as Genesis refined everything with her Grand Power and Trait ”Refining Heavens.” This ability allowed her to refine anything with raw Primordial Power and turn it into an extension of herself.

Yet the Chaos Plane, the Dream Plane, and the Netherworld pressed their assault with unrelenting fury, operating on an entirely different level.

The human civilization from the stars remained a formidable threat. Even after losing many forces and having an entire mothership refined, they continued to deploy more advanced technology, seemingly too vast to be defeated.

Hades had still not located his wife among them, but he joined every raid in desperate hope of reuniting with his beloved Persephone. Meanwhile, his children and their allies grew stronger, striving to reduce casualties in these battles to protect Genesis.

The human civilization intensified their tactics, seizing new Realms, extracting resources, and developing increasingly adaptive technology.

At the same time, the Chaos Plane invaded in force with massive Chaos Vessels, summoning millions of Chaotic Beasts.

The Dream Plane spread its Living Dream Clouds, each one concealing unspeakable horrors...

Nevertheless, Genesis and the Supreme Gods worked tirelessly to halt these threats, forcing their enemies to clash and seizing victory at the final moment.

Their current target was Golden Garden, a vast Realm where many gods had perished during the ancient war known as Ragnarok. Their deaths had infused the land with Divine Realms that merged into the surface, creating a powerful Heavenly Domain-like atmosphere filled with Divine Treasures and formidable Divine Beasts.

Months earlier, a large human space civilization mothership had landed there and begun relentlessly extracting valuable Divine Crystals and other resources.

Powerful Mechanical Titans, born from the latest adaptive technology, guarded the site, led by an ancient Titan whose core operated on Universal Essence.

Genesisʼ troops lured the Dream Clouds to the area while Chaos Plane monsters followed.

The Demons and Spirits, seeking revenge, cooperated to create grotesque Demonic Spirit Monstrosities.

In the midst of this chaos, the invaders began fighting one another. The humans, distracted by the onslaught from other Planes, left an opening.

Hades and his children, now far stronger from countless battles, transformed a refined mothership into a Mechanical Titan. They broke through the main vessel in the Realm, searching for Persephone.

At the same time, Genesisʼ forces—many of them ”refined” invaders now enslaved to her—planted several white crystals inside the mothership while the gods wreaked havoc within, battling mechas and advancing swiftly.

”Mother! Where are you, Mother!”

Zagreus and his companions raced through the mothership, shattering mechs and cutting down anyone in their path.

”I can feel her...!” Hades said at his side. ”Zagreus, your mother is here!”

”Really?!” Zagreus exclaimed with joy. ”We have to hurry! Nngh! Damn it, surrounded again! Lady Genesis, can you hurry with the Refinement Process?”

”It takes time, child,” Genesis replied calmly. ”All in due time. Youʼve grown stronger training with the Supreme of Souls, so do not disappoint me.”

”...Very well,” Zagreus said, his expression hardening as he faced dozens of mechas. The humans unleashed lasers and divine swords.

Millions of souls erupted from Zagreusʼ aura, merging into a colossal mass of screams and spectral force. The wave surged forward, obliterating mechas one after another.

His companions, the gods from the Moon and Sun, supported him with blazing flames, radiant moonlight divine magic, powerful barriers, special divine skills, and complementary abilities.

”Weʼre almost there!”

Hades summoned his army of Undead, their bones rattling as they charged. With a swing of his scythe crafted from Demon Duke Bones and far stronger than before, he cleaved open the massive metallic door.

Beyond it lay a vast laboratory of experiments and studies.

At the center, inside a tube filled with green liquid, floated a pale Persephone. Tubes riddled her body. Her eyes remained closed in silent torment.

”PERSEPHONE!!!”

The sight of what they had done to his wife shattered Hadesʼ composure.

But this was only the beginning of the end.

”...?!”

Genesis suddenly sensed strange fluctuations rippling across the entire world. Her focus shifted abruptly.

”Whatʼs going on?”

The Planes and Dimensions deeply connected to Genesis began to stir violently. An immense Attraction Force pulled them elsewhere.

Genesis, caught in the center of it all, was dragged through space and time.

”W-Whatʼs happening now?! This tremendous Authority...! What is the meaning of this?!”

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