Epic Of Caterpillar

Chapter 2919 - 2920: Heaven-Surpassing Infinite Self

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Kireina closed the distance between where she stood and where she had been moments before.

With Chaos and her siblings empowering her even further, and after absorbing the Maxima Universe…

Kireina possessed the strength to do this effortlessly!

Thus.

SLASH!

With a single slash, she reappeared in Yomi—or rather, in the void left after Abyssian had destroyed half of it, erasing it from existence.

She wasted no time. She tore into his face and inspired everyone else with her words, echoing what she had heard on her way here.

Everyone present was fighting to protect something precious.

Abyssian sensed her approach—an overwhelming force he could not halt.

An endless darkness that spread in every direction, then blazed brightly as a crimson moon eclipsed the blackness cast by a black star.

When he had hurled her into the Sea of Emptiness, he had only made her stronger!

”Heaven And Earth Defying Soul Heart Style.”

”First Form – Crimson Eclipse Bloom!”

Kireina roared, swinging her sword downward. She twisted her very existence into countless petals—each petal a fragment of her soul, each fragment a bold defiance against despair. Every petal struck at Abyssian, who resisted with all his might. Yet his Spacetime Chaos Barriers shredded into countless pieces

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

”D-Damn it! Why?! Just whatʼs wrong with this damned dimension?! Every single lowly worm is an anomaly that can fight me?!” Abyssian roared. He hardened his body and distorted reality itself, wielding existence as his weapon. He pummeled Kireina with countless punches capable of obliterating entire galaxies.

BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!

Yet every blow scattered harmlessly. His eyes widened as he realized Kireinaʼs dress was the Sea of Emptiness itself—woven into a Cosmic Relic, a Maxima Summon, and a living Cosmic Spirit Ego. It served her with absolute loyalty.

”N-No way!”

Abyssian could hardly believe it. The Sea of Emptiness negated all the force behind each strike and weakened him further at the same time.

”I have to aim where her dress isnʼt covering!”

His fists ignited with Spacetime-burning Chaos Flames. He struck Kireinaʼs face relentlessly. Meanwhile, her blade continued carving through his body. A garden of eternal cosmic radiance bloomed—beautiful flowers of every color unfurled.

And…

”Ah?!”

Abyssian felt a chill race down his spine. Kireinaʼs face remained completely unscathed. He instinctively stepped back, then another, swallowing hard as he realized she was no longer the same.

”You done?”

Kireinaʼs sword transformed into a pillar of light and darkness, fusing the Sea of Emptiness with her Myriad Forms and Connections and her Blossoming Defiance.

”Second Form – Defiance of the Nine Heavens!”

”Third Form – Pillar of Celestial Enlightenment!”

”Fourth Form – Heaven-Surpassing Infinite Self!”

Kireina unleashed three techniques simultaneously. Defiance of the Nine Heavens shattered the starry sky, revealing nine colossal heavens stacked above the Sun and Moon Domain. Her sword cleaved through them—not to destroy, but to rewrite their laws.

Each heaven cracked. Rivers of light and darkness, chaos and blessing poured from the fissures, entwining into a single stream that became an endless sword. Her Infinite Heavens Sword revealed its true form.

Her Pillar of Celestial Enlightenment manifested massively, glowing across the planes. Then Kireina infused the nine broken heavens with the Sea of Emptiness, achieving the fourth form: Heaven-Surpassing Infinite Self.

While Abyssian tried to rewrite and erase her existence with Spacetime Manipulation that bordered on Reality Manipulation, Kireina endlessly reproduced herself—stacking infinitely across the countless planes and dimensions her sword pierced.

Thus.

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

”Gaaaahh?!”

With the strength of dozens of stacked dimensions and planes, Abyssian was cut millions of times at once. His body rapidly scattered into dust.

”IMPOSSIBLEEEEEEEE!”

Abyssian fought back desperately, rewinding time and clawing his way from the brink of death. Even as Kireina unleashed everything, he kept crawling back from the abyss, roaring in fury. His knight-like form warped into an amorphous monstrosity.

”As long…! As long as I possess this Heart Path power I can…!”

He smiled viciously as hundreds of Heart Avatars swarmed Kireina from every angle, attacking with Spacetime-burning Chaos Flames. She sliced them apart easily, but their sheer numbers began to slow her.

”As long as I…! As long as I…!”

As his claws continued crawling away from the abyssal void of death, suddenly…

Someone opened his eyes within him.

”That heart is mine, Abyssian.”

”Guh?!”

Abyssian vomited blood, unable to comprehend what was happening. A massive black mechanical weapon—a gigantic pile driver—emerged from his chest and tore apart his Chaos Heart.

From that wound, Obhedhrur, the Fifth King of Chaos, freed himself. He reclaimed his power after being fused inside Abyssian.

”Kireina separated me from you through her technique! How convenient! I owe her more than you imagine… So please, die already, Abyssian!”

Obhedhrur laughed. He manifested dozens of enormous pile drivers forged from his Chaotic Heart Essence, bombarding Abyssian with relentless, devastating attacks that ripped his body apart alongside Kireinaʼs slashes.

”GUUAAAAHHHH!”

Without the power of the Heart Tribe, his Heart Avatars exploded and scattered into nothing. At long last, his very being ceased to exist in a massive explosion.

BOOOMMM!!!

As the colossal blast erupted behind them, Kireina and Obhedhrur exchanged a confident nod.

”Well done, Obhedhrur. It was a gamble, but it seemed you were still there, somewhere.”

”The moment I awakened my Heart; I stopped being the same as him. Unlike the other Chaos Kings, he couldnʼt fully assimilate my existence—he only held me prisoner inside him.”

”I see.”

Kireina nodded. She descended toward her family and friends. Her father rushed forward alongside her wives and children. At some point her maids had arrived and stood watching everything in utter awe.

”Kireina! Youʼre alive!”

Her father enveloped her in his gigantic arms. The mysterious schoolgirls, her wives, and then her children followed.

”Father…! Yes, I am alive,” Kireina said.

”Kireina, these girls are saying youʼre their wife?!” her father asked a second later. ”A-And those kids, your children?! Whatʼs going on? I-I donʼt get it…”

”Itʼs a long story, but theyʼre not lying,” Kireina smiled. ”Many people from our world reincarnated from another. At some point we remembered our pasts. I am one of them. Those who claim to be my wives and children truly are—reincarnated into this world while retaining those memories.”

”T-Thatʼs even a thing?!” someone shouted from afar. Kireina immediately recognized Erikaʼs voice.

”Yes, itʼs a thing, Erika,” Kireina nodded. ”Weʼve come from far away—from other worlds… Iʼm sorry for never telling you the truth. The worldʼs laws prohibited it and threatened to erase these precious memories. But now that the laws have been twisted, it is possible without penalty.”

”I-I see…” Lord Chaos murmured. ”I… I understand, so thatʼs why…”

Many things suddenly made sense to those around Kireina—why she was so intelligent and gifted, and why she was the way she was.

”Itʼs fine… if you no longer consider me your daughter,” Kireina said with a bitter smile. ”Itʼs only fair if you—”

”What are you talking about?!” her father demanded angrily. ”Youʼre my daughter no matter what, Kireina! Iʼm just happy youʼre here… And if these really are people you loved who reincarnated here, then thatʼs even better! The family is bigger now! Hahaha!”

”Dad…!” Kireina cried happily, hugging him tightly.

”Mom!”

”Mommy!”

Ryo and Amiphossia rushed forward and wrapped their enormous arms around her—arms that now towered far above her own size.

”Y-You two are fine… Iʼm so glad…!” Kireina sighed in relief. ”Eh? Wait, that sword…”

”This is Evan!” Amiphossia said. ”I donʼt know how, but he became a legendary sword when he reincarnated here…”

”Y-Yeah…” Evan muttered, sighing. ”At the very least Iʼm more useful now than I ever was before.”

”Well, Iʼm happy youʼre back too, my son-in-law,” Kireina said. She touched Evanʼs blade and awakened his Heart Path. Suddenly he transformed from sword to solid humanoid form—not mere ether, but divine blood and flesh. ”There.”

”Woah!” The handsome blonde hero appeared, making Amiphossia beam as she hugged and kissed him. ”Hahaha! T-Thank you so much, Kireina-sama!”

”Just call me mother-in-law, darling,” Kireina smiled warmly. ”Iʼm sorry if I was ever cold to you, Evan. I only hope you can forgive me… but even if you donʼt, thatʼs fine too.”

”Y-Youʼve really changed…” Evan murmured. ”I forgave you long ago, mother-in-law. Please donʼt worry! More importantly, is our kid fine? Has the egg hatched yet?”

”No,” Kireina shook her head. ”The child has been waiting for their parents. Come to my Divine Realm immediately.”

”Yes!”

”Alright!”

Worried for their child, Amiphossia and Evan flew into Kireinaʼs Realm. Meanwhile, she watched everyone else chatting and reuniting.

Izanami slowly healed, with Frank sitting on her shoulders.

”Kireina! I guess weʼre finally done here,” Frank said. ”But the surface is still a mess. We have to go help them.

”Yeah, I agree,” Kireina nodded. ”Is everyone ready?”

Kireina faced all those who had come to aid her. She noticed some of her lost wives—who, upon being seen, ran toward her.

Nixephine, Nefertiti, Sofarpia, and Sofelaia—all wondrous, beautiful goddesses—stunned everyone anew.

”J-Just how many reincarnated wives does this girl have?!” Erika exclaimed in disbelief. ”And was she this much of a lesbian before? Wow.”

”A-And theyʼre all super-strong goddesses too!” Harumi asked. ”Kireina is sure… frugal, I guess.”

”Uh, well yeah, youʼll get used to it,” Mammon muttered. Harumi, Clementine, and the rest of the Vampires tilted their heads, wondering why he seemed to know her far better than they had imagined.

”Bwahahaha! Thatʼs a big family right there!” Beowulf laughed heartily. ”Ulric! I wish you could be here so we could celebrate together, brother…!”

”He will be greatly missed…” Thyra wept.

”Yes…” Celene nodded. Both sisters clung to their big brotherʼs arms while crying. Beowulf comforted them with a warm hug, gently patting their shoulders.

Though he always appeared energetic and positive, he now hid deep sorrow. He slid his sunglasses back on while tears streamed from his eyes. He smoked his cigar in silence.

”Iʼm glad weʼre finally together,” Sofarpia said.

”Yeah! I missed you!” Sofelaia added.

”Itʼs been a long time… we fought so hard to get here!” Nixephine sighed. ”Is our baby Scarlet alright?”

”Sheʼs fine,” Kireina nodded. ”I didnʼt want to involve her in all these fights for now…”

”Thatʼs a good choice, dear,” Nefertiti agreed. ”Sheʼs still a baby. We adults have to take responsibility and fight to protect them… well, not everyone is a baby anymore, huh?”

Nefertiti glanced at Ryo and Amiphossia, who had grown so much. Though Amiphossia and Evan had gone ahead, Ryo remained—fully matured now, filling Kireina and Zehe with pride.

”Well done, son. You make your mothers proud,” Kireina said.

”Indeed!” Zehe nodded. ”Youʼre my greatest treasure!”

”Thank you, haha…” Ryo laughed, scratching his head in embarrassment. ”Hey, Sadako, itʼs fine if you stop fusing with me…”

”Iʼm embarrassed and donʼt know what to say anymore…” Sadakoʼs voice echoed. Ryo sighed and shrugged.

”Oh well…” he muttered.

Kireina nodded. Everything had been said. It was time to move forward—no more delays. The fate of the world rested in their hands.

”Very well! Letʼs not waste any more time. The fate of our world is in peril! Letʼs hurry!”

She extended her Aura, enveloping everyone, and soared past Yomi toward the World of the Living.

As they moved, Izanami fully healed. Kireinaʼs cosmic soul powers purified her existence, reviving her completely and recreating a new, fitting body from galaxies within her Inner Universal Body—formed from the Maxima Universe.

FLAAASH!

When they reached Earthʼs surface, everyone noticed…

It was eerily silent.

And the sun overhead blazed with unbearable intensity—so bright and hot that even Amaterasu felt her skin burning.

”W-Whatʼs happening?! This scorching heat…!” Kireina muttered, clenching her teeth. ”This is…! YOU?!”

The sun above suddenly opened a pair of glowing blue eyes. It stared at them with absolute authority and power.

”Youʼre finally here, Kireina. I have been eagerly awaiting your return. Welcome to my ideal world—where every living being worships the sun… me!”

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