The universe is a cemetery of fallen stars and the Real Emperor was its gravedigger. Still suspended thousands of miles above the earth, frozen in the absolute, freezing emptiness of deep space, Alex did not panic. His localized Twilight aura spared his blood boiling and lungs collapsing, but it could not conceal the pure, indefinable horror of the creature that appeared before him.The Real Emperor of the Heavenly Realm ceased to lurk behind the gateways. God entered the physical universe entirely when the Heavenly Anchor was cut.He was not a creature of innocence and blind radiance as Valerius, or the Archangels. Absolute power does not require to blind its subjects but just to squash them. The Emperor was a gigantic, cosmic monster. His bodily shell had been made of throbbing dark nebulae, the molten, killed ashes of slain constellations. He was without a face, but was a swirling, churning nebulus of deep-space material, here and there pierced with those two huge, dark eyes, whic

The universe has doors that must not be opened even by a god.And the black sand of the western beach lay silent, it seemed, after the winged messenger had uttered his last, frightening words. The angel breathed his last, and became a heap of yellow dust. The white flag of peace was only left.His face hard, Alex stared at the dust. He resorted to General Talon. The elderly general was as white as a sheet. His massive sword was trembling in his hands."What is the Tartarus Gate, Talon?" His voice was low and grave, Alex asked. Use simple English. What are we dealing with.Talon swallowed hard. He gazed up at the sky, and it seemed to him that it might burst at any moment. It is not a portal, my King,--it is a prison. A cosmic cage.The General waged a tremulous, armored finger upwards. Before the present Emperor came to the throne, the universe was untidy, there were earlier things, gods of pure chaos. They could not be killed and so the Universe waged war against them, and carried it

The Gate BreaksThe silver wave of Void energy struck the huge iron gate with inconceivable force on the part of Orion. The spell was too powerful. With a loud, ugly CRACK that echoed across the world, the huge hinges of the Tartarus Gate broke completely.The iron door was rusty, the size of a continent. The huge gate started to drop out of the blood-red sky, without the heavy chains and hinges that supported it. A huge, black shadow enveloped the boiling ocean and the Dragon Capital. When the iron that large hit the ground it would not only destroy the city. It would crush the whole Earth like an egg.The CatchAlex stared up at the sky that was falling. He was familiar with the mojo of the city and the World Serpent was powerless to stop something so heavy."I've got this!" Alex shouted.He kicked his feet in the black sand and shot up in the air as quick as a rocket. He laid aside the World Blade, and lifted his naked hands over his head. He had stretched his power of gravity to t

The First CreatorThe seated man on the radiant throne was not aged, but his eyes bore the burden of millions of years. The first emperor was not just another normal god. He was the first of his kind. He was the one who had created the magic that all Celestials used. He gazed at Alex, and at Orion, with complete, furious contempt.The God of War and the new Prince of the dark were dirty bugs who had risen out of the mud to the First Emperor.You believe you are a great man, because you drove away a poor boy that took my throne, explained the First Emperor. His voice was not echo, but a slice of a knife in their heads. but you are ignorant of true strength. You know only the dirt.The First Emperor did not stand up. He had drawn no sword, nor any spear. And he just stretched out his perfect, white, shining hand, and snapped his fingers.The huge crystal throne room transformed. The air turned into a deadly oven. The First Emperor did not use normal fire. He summoned pure, original Aeth

The Living BombA father's love is a stronger force than all existing gravitational forces. Alex experienced total mental collapse when he observed the First Emperor's ancient, burning hands that were trying to kill his son. The tactical mind of the God of War completely shattered after Alex saw the First Emperor's ancient burning hands strangle his son. The planning process stopped and the calculation of mass and permanent protection of the structural integrity of the environment ceased. The only thing that existed in that moment was unfiltered celestial rage.Alex shut his eyes while he released control over the reins.He ended his control of the colossal universe that was spinning inside his chest. He released the Twilight Singularity from all of its controlling limitations.The entire universe of pitch-black and molten-gold galaxies that normally revolved in his eyes, began to erupt, spilling beyond his pupils, into the surrounding atmosphere. The physical body of Alex started to