A chase!

A chase across the Primordial Cosmos as multiple Hegemonies chased after the Holder of Tenebrosity!

"Dark Shadow, you're making this harder than it needs to be. All for what? A Paragon?!"

RUMBLE!

One of the Hegemonies called forth by the Oathkeeper spoke as his voice traveled across the folds of space.

He was among the many Universal experts thinking something larger was at hand as Dark Shadow continued to run without even giving an excuse as to why he acted against a being of a lesser level!

But why run? The Primordial Cosmos was vast, but it was still surrounded by a Sea of Ruination as nobody could step out of it! There was nowhere to run, and Dark Shadow should know this more than anyone!

WAA!

But the Hegemony in question gave no answer as with his usage of the Cosmic Dao of Tenebrosity, crossing the folds of space was as easy as it could be as he escaped from multiple Hegemonies.

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Within the enclosed hand of the Holder of Tenebrosity, Noah's Tyrant Dragon form was actually lazily lying down with his eyes closed, the chains of darkness all around him seemingly meaning nothing to him as he gave the demeanor of not caring!

But his mind was buzzing with possibilities as he was still carrying his Cosmic Treasure within this Primordial Ruination Clone, and the voice of this treasure was ringing out in his mind at this moment.

[Master, we have passed the boundaries of the Liberated Universe, Necrotic, and Microbial Universes already. This Dark Shadow is purposefully changing his course as he moves across the Cosmos as he makes sure to enter the bounds of these Universes before proceeding to another as soon as more Hegemonies from that Universe join this chase.]

Noah nodded silently within his mind as with the information he had obtained when he sat in the conversation between Ambrose and Solerno, he priced together a lot of the information and had a rough idea for what the goal of this Dark Shadow was!

If he was working with Ambrose, it meant the shocking topic of conversation he had heard before- the thing known as Universal Amalgamation...would be happening soon.

RUMBLE!

Waves of Destiny and Fortune swirled all around Noah silently, his main body in the Dark Universe looking over this wondrous scene as he quickly made his decision and took out Valentina's Golden Mirror, his mana flowing into it as he called out to Valentina!

"Stop the chase, you should return back to the Animus Universe right away."

…!

Valentina was among the many Hegemonies chasing after Dark Shadow, so she didn't pull out the Golden Mirror as she only listened to the message, its contents shocking her as while all other Hegemonies were bright streaks of light chasing after Dark Shadow, she came to an abrupt stop as she was very quickly left behind.

This drop dead gorgeous Hegemony actually stopped the second after the words of a mere Paragon told her to!

Noah was surprised at this as he at least expected her to question him, but he didn't know that Valentina was simply furious at the fact that someone of her caliber would actually stoop down low enough to break an Oath, and also thought his Primordial Ruination Clone meant a great deal to him as if it was destroyed, it might harm a portion of his soul!

She didn't know that Dark Shadow had already tried killing Noah multiple times, and this was why she was giving chase!

"This Dark Shadow is working along with Ambrose and most likely other Hegemonies. They are hatching a plot...that involves multiple Universes!"

RUMBLE

Noah began to slowly feed information to Valentina as her expression changed, her figure turning into a streak of light as she headed back towards the Animus Universe.

At the same time as Valentina turned back, Ambrose appeared silently in front of the Slaughter Star Monolith he had established within the Animus Universe, his body shining brightly as the Universal Construct in front of him also began to shine.

He was ready to initiate the process of Amalgamation as soon as the other 8 Constructs spread across 8 other Universes were activated, this action causing the start of something nobody within the Primordial Cosmos could have imagined!

The action of pulling Hegemonies out of these targeted Universes had its own Agenda, and Ambrose would find it even easier to carry out things on his end as the only other Hegemony within the Animus Universe had left it to chase an unreachable Hegemony.

Never would Ambrose have thought that Valentina was already on her way back to this Universe, a shocking battle destined to bloom between these two beings as they would finally clash to settle their differences!

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The Liberated Universe, Necrotic, Microbial, Automaton, Chthonian, Euthenia, Omicron, and the Abyssal Universe...the Holder of Tenebrosity crossed the boundaries of all of these Universes in a short period of time as it seemed like he took the aggro of a few Universal Hegemonies everywhere he went.

These 8 Universes and the Animus Universe included...made it 9 Universes that each held the Universal Construct that was the Slaughter Star Monolith within them.

Silently as other Hegemonies left, new ones arrived as they appeared beside the Slaughter Star Monolith of these Universes, other Universal Realm experts even being locals of these Universes already even though they were moving with Ambrose's group!

For this exact day, they had planned and gone over a great deal of possibilities as they moved swiftly to achieve their goals. This was something that was in the works for an entire Epoch, and it was finally taking place at this time!

THRUM!

Across the boundaries of Universes, Dark Shadow continued to move as after crossing the Abyssal Universe, he changed directions once more as this time...he made way towards the Elysian Universe!

…!

Such an action caught even the chasing Hegemonies by surprise as this was where one of the most powerful Hegemonies was, the being who told them to pursue him as he couldn't leave his Universe at this moment.

Many of them were suspicious, but they wanted to see the end of this play as they continued the chase.

Very rarely did something happen in the Primordial Cosmos, and the breaking of an Oath that broke the order created within the Cosmos followed by the action of Dark Shadow on this day...these Hegemonies all wanted to know what it was all about!

More than half of them were only chasing for curiosity, the other half following the words of Oathkeeper as this entire party of Hegemonies made their way towards the Elysian Universe.

Far away from the 9 Universes where Universal Constructs were established.

Far away from the Universes that would be affected by Universal Amalgamation!