Vlad’s eyes were cold as he watched the massive body of the Devil Lord collapse, its soul draining away until nothing remained. The titan’s life was extinguished, and silence filled the chamber. A complicated feeling stirred within him. He had just slain two Lords—beings regarded as the superpowers of the universe—yet the sense of triumph did not bring him comfort. Instead, it deepened the chasm within. If even after consuming their power, he still felt dwarfed before the figure of Metatron. "How vast must the true peak of creation be?" Those words echoed in Vlad’s mind. It was as though every step higher up the food chain only revealed how far away the summit truly was. He shook his head and forced the thought aside. Introspection was a luxury he could not afford in this place. Hazon and Barkial were dead, their souls and memories devoured, but their bodies still remained. And their corpses were not simply flesh—they were vessels of immense vitality and Law-forged matter. The Devil Lords had walked the titan’s path, and their bones, blood, and organs were saturated with cosmic rules. To consume them was to consume reality itself. Vlad exhaled and released the fused True Depravitas from within his soul, returning to his natural form. Without hesitation, the other Depravitas nodded in silent agreement, and the feast began. It was a grotesque and primal scene. They tore into the corpses with reverent hunger, ripping open chests large enough to house cities, drinking marrow that could drown oceans, gnawing on hearts the size of mountains. Every swallow flooded their veins with vitality and power. It was not dignified. It was not glorious. But the rulers of Xaos Kingdom could not care less about manners in a moment . All that mattered was strength, and this grotesque banquet was a step closer to it. Overlord did not join them. His Divine Avatar body could not absorb flesh and Law-energy in the same way. But his Nightmare Eye Devils were another matter entirely. He unleashed them, and the horrors descended eagerly upon the remains, devouring everything the Depravitas left behind. Chittering mouths sprouted across their warped flesh, hundreds of eyes drinking in the feast. Less than an hour later, Hazon and Barkial were erased completely—no flesh, no bone, not even a drop of blood left behind. Their existence had been undone, their legacy reduced to fuel. Vlad, Jormungandr, Freya, Fafnir, and Overlord rose together, their mouths wet with gore, their eyes blazing with newfound power. The feast had elevated their physical bodies, deepened their pools of energy, and refined their connection to the Laws that governed the Third Layer of Hell. The Nightmare Eye Devils had also evolved, their forms grotesque beyond imagining—bodies sprawling with new mouths and spiraling eyes, their auras surging to the level of Half-Step Lords. They could now massacre low-tier Sector Masters with ease. Overlords did not smile, but he was very pleased with their growth. With a single gesture, he pulled the creatures back into the Nightmare Universe, fusing their power into its abyssal fabric. Quantity no longer mattered. From this point on, only quality would carry weight as they were facing entities that could crush Lords with ease. When Vlad had finished acclimating to his strengthened body, he turned to Jormungandr, Fafnir, and Ouroboros. The three gave no words, only solemn nods, before fusing once more into his soul. From here onward, there would be no half-measures. Vlad needed to be ready to explode into full power at a moment’s notice. The burden of housing so many True Depravitas was immense, the strain heavy, but he could endure it without backlash. He considered calling upon the True Depravita of Lust as well, but instinct warned him against it. Three was his limit for now. Everything was set. Vlad gestured sharply, commanding Overlord and Freya to take their positions behind him. Together, they marched into the vast circle, following the path Metatron had taken deeper toward the tomb of the Primordial God. It did not take long before they reached the place where the Archangel and Orous had clashed. Even after so much time, the battlefield still burned with divine radiance and infernal might. The air reeked of ruptured creation, as though reality itself had been scarred by their confrontation. The very fabric of existence had quivered beneath their might. Vlad’s solemn gaze hardened. To face foes of such caliber was to dance on the edge of annihilation. As he prepared to continue forward, Vlad’s eyes narrowed. In the distance, he spotted two burned husks—the corpses of the Devil Lords who had accompanied Orous. Their bodies were charred and blackened, consumed by the Lord of Sector Three to fuel his duel against Metatron. At first, they seemed worthless, no more than spent shells. But something glimmered faintly in one of them. Without a word, Vlad’s figure vanished. He reappeared above the scorched body of Moroir, the Devil Lord of fiery spells that Jormungandr had once faced in the death garden. With no hesitation, Vlad drove his sword straight into the skull. The corpse convulsed. Moroir’s eyes snapped open, blazing with phantom fire. His body and soul dimension had been shattered, yet the Devil Lord had lived up to his name. He had carved out a safeguard, a shard of soul hidden deep within, ready to resurrect him as a specter. In a few more hours, he would have risen again. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢•𝓷𝓮𝓽 But Vlad’s blade pierced that fragile remnant, destroying it utterly. The fragment of Moroir’s soul was consumed by the Eye of Gluttony, absorbed into the Red Sun of Wrath. There was little left—no great flood of power, no immense well of soul force. But there was something else, something far more valuable. Vlad’s body shuddered as the Devil Lord’s final recollections sank into him. Images and knowledge spilled into his mind. His eyes widened in shock, and then, slowly, in joy. A grin spread across his face—wide, bloody, and triumphant. He turned to Overlord and Freya, his voice ringing with dark satisfaction. "I know where the portal is."