The air shattered.Eleleth flared his aura—and the effect was cataclysmic.A blinding shockwave erupted from his being, tearing through space and violently scattering all of Joseph’s duplicates like leaves in a storm. The sheer force cracked the air itself, while the light of his aura burst asunder, clouding the battlefield in a thick, choking fog.The entire Ultraverse trembled.From within the murk, Eleleth vanished—only to reappear in midair, a blur of godly speed. Before Joseph could react, the celestial being had already closed in on one of his scattered clones. With a single strike, laced with raw omnipotence, Eleleth obliterated the duplicate—sending it flying like a broken comet across the smoky void.Then he turned on the rest.One by one, Eleleth cut through Joseph’s remaining clones with terrifying grace and merciless precision—punching, slicing, blasting. He clapped one between his palms like swatting a gnat, vaporizing it instantly. The Ultraverse echoed with the thunder

Her Final Offer EchoesShe offered Joseph a choice:She could craft a being to replace him—one who would fall in love with Yukio, or…She could grant Joseph his own desire—to live out his days with Yukio himself. Either as an Unkillable, or simply as a mortal man, growing old in peace. A normal family. Children. Love. Simplicity.> “Take my hand, Joseph,” she said gently.“Let us end the illusion of separation. Become the singular. The source.Let go of the narrative's shackles… and in return,I shall grant you peace, love, and truth... even Yukio.As a god. As a mortal. Or even something greater... or lesser.You decide.”She even confessed that the children beyond her reach were still her children. Children of all their infinite variants. And one day, those children would either choose to take their place in all of creation… or rule over it.Her very presence had brought time to a halt. All that remained were Joseph, M.O.T.H.E.R., and herself—each tethered to the same Infinite Tier.