Epic of Caterpillar Chapter 2934 2935: Ascension

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Swiftly, The One inside Kireina's Aura raised his colossal hand. A huge white fan emerged, releasing fierce Dimensional Winds that ripped across space and time, utterly demolishing the pocket dimension.

"Thank you for the assist!" Kireina exclaimed.

"If you will not claim my legacy, then—as I am now—I will aid you in whatever way I can," The One responded. "Kireina… I must say, you are an admirable being. Long ago, I believed all of Reality was predestined—until you were born. You are the Child of Defiance, destined to shatter the predetermined fate of everything and grant true freedom to all."

The One took the form of an elderly man with a beard and a massively muscular build, dressed in billowing white robes topped by a radiant, broken white circlet. His eyes burned with pure white light, resembling twin supernovas.

Employing the Heaven and Earth Cultivation Immortal Arts, he rapidly grasped Existence itself and extracted the two entities the Spider Queen had hidden away during her confrontation with Kireina.

"Wait, wait, wait! Give them back to meeeeeee!"

With a furious hiss, she charged at Kireina using her massive scythes. Her speed was horrifying as she dodged Kireina's blows, yet Kireina chased her without mercy, spreading her Dimensional Aura wider and warping the surrounding reality.

Far more concentrated, dense, and powerful than that of typical Dimensional Rulers, her Dimensional Aura allowed such incredible actions even against a Multidimensional Paragon—someone a whole Realm superior to her.

"Where do you think you're going?!"

Kireina trapped her inside the Dimensional Aura, pulling her back using Attraction Force before unleashing a mighty sword swing that cut straight through the Spider Queen's form!

"Heaven And Earth Defying Soul Heart Style!"

"Fist Form – Crimson Eclipse Bloom!"

Her initial form had advanced with her to a completely new height. Dimensional Aura wrapped around Kireina's frame as the Crimson Moon appeared—formed from her very own Dimension—with the Star of Misfortune blocking it from the rear.

Boundless eternal gardens across innumerable universes expanded outward. Trillions of petals squeezed into deadly sharp waves of slashes, overwhelming the Spider Queen with ceaseless attacks.

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

"Now that I have you, I won't let you escape!"

Kireina bellowed while relentlessly slicing into the Spider Queen without mercy or respite. Desperately, the Spider Queen countered, but her strikes were weak, devoid of skill, refinement, or genuine insight.

"S-Stop…! STOOOP!"

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

The barrage could not be stopped. Rapidly, the Spider Queen's body tore apart, quickly crumbling into cosmic particles.

Though she resisted fiercely, once caught by Kireina, all struggle became pointless.

Moreover, after The One pulled out the two hidden beings, her strength dropped dramatically—her bond to the Plane of Fate nearly broken off.

"This is the end!"

Kireina surged ahead. Her Infinite Heavens Sword broke into myriad shards—each one a separate universe—then recombined into her body, turning her essence into a living blade.

SLAAAASH!

"I-Impossible…! AM I DYING AGAIN AGAINST YOUUUUUUUU?!"

In agony, the Spider Queen shrieked as her schemes unraveled. Her form cleaved in half; eyes bulging in shock, cosmic blood erupted from the gashes. Both sections exploded ferociously before she could speak again.

BOOOMMM!!!

Upon the demise of the Multidimensional Ruler, Kireina saw a crown made of universes floating her way. It merged with her Sword Soul Heart, surging her with amplified might. Dimensional energy circuits ignited over her physique.

Through defeating her, Kireina gained the Multidimensional Paragon Crown, instantly elevating to that level. Her True Immortal Status became unbreakable.

"It's done, but… who are they?" Kireina wondered.

"I knew it. So this is where they were…" The One breathed a heavy sigh. He freed the two beings from the spiderwebs, unveiling the Mountain Monkey King and the Gale Bird King—missing since their revival in Helheim, ages before Kireina's demise and rebirth in Terra. "So this is where you were!"

"Great Master…" With a deep exhale, the robust Mountain Monkey King dropped to his knees before The One. "I have done as you commanded. Kireina is… here now, and you have been freed from your fragmentation."

"I see…" Kireina murmured, moving closer. Every step bridged trillions of light-years across the enormous Outerdimensional Expanse. "So he was serving you? Did he orchestrate everything in the Grand Forest to guide events in my favor—so I could reach this point?"

"Yes. Events unfolded precisely as my remaining will had planned," The One clarified. "I apologize, Kireina, for using you in this way."

"Well, you should be apologizing to someone else. And honestly, I was using you too," Kireina shot back. "So let's call it even."

"Ugh… So you went ahead and killed everyone for this… huh?" the Gale Bird King grumbled, his eyes growing wide with sorrow. "Haaa… Hahahah…"

He seemed completely shattered. His dearest companion had massacred his family to disrupt the Grand Forest's order—sparking the power void that Kireina seized, fueling her explosive ascent—making it feel somewhat reasonable, but the priceless lives gone forever haunted him.

"Go now," The One commanded, wrapping them in glowing light. "This battle is not yours. You have fulfilled your duties. Live freely."

In an instant, both disappeared, transported to the universe below where onlookers stared in shock.

"The Spider Queen was using them to exert control over the Plane of Fate," The One elaborated. "That was how she remained so invincible during your fight. The moment I claimed them with my own authority over Fate, her power crumbled, and she fell to you swiftly."

"I see. So because you chose them, they were linked to this Plane?" Kireina inquired. "Hmm… the old me would have certainly tried to exploit them. But I don't care anymore."

Kireina lifted her eyes to the Primordial Cosmic Nebula Heaven covering the Outerdimensional Expanse—the realm the Spider Queen had ruled and overseen the Dimensional Cosmic Labyrinth from.

From there, the three presences of the Three Fragments watched overhead. They had seen the full clash. Kireina discerned their emotions plainly: astonishment, reverence, anxiety, and total incredulity.

"To reach the Empyrean Throne, I must cross this, right?" Kireina questioned.

"Yes," The One affirmed. "Do you intend to proceed alone? You will die. The Empyrean Throne is the summit of Existence. Any who step upon it are crushed by the sheer weight of Existence itself—unless you ascend further to become a Reality Monarch, seize authority over the Sun and Moon Heavenly Dimensional Domain from its current owner, and acclimate to that weight for at least one trillion years. You won't— Hey! Are you even listening?!"

"Do you think I have time to waste, old man? Right now, this entire Heavenly Dimensional Domain is being torn apart by them!" Kireina retorted sharply. "I have no time left. And judging by their silence, the cowards won't even descend to face me…!"

Kireina absorbed her Infinite Heavens Sword and started splitting herself—thousands, millions, billions, trillions of versions—via Heaven-Surpassing Infinite Self.

Next, she stacked one billion of those versions into one body, doing so repeatedly with the others until she formed one hundred stacked versions, each holding one billion split selves.

"That must be your Immortal Art…!" The One exclaimed in surprise as Kireina erected a light pillar through her one hundred combined forms.

"I will pave the road ahead," Kireina proclaimed. The pillars blazed with dazzling golden light.

"Heaven And Earth Defying Soul Heart Style…"

"Fifth Form – Heaven-Defying Celestial Path!"

SLAAASH!

A hundred overlapping sword-energy strikes—each powered by one billion selves—merged into one catastrophic blow that split the Primordial Cosmic Nebula Heaven in two.

TRUUUMMM!!!

All of Reality quaked. Kireina advanced along the freshly carved route, her every step leaping vast unmeasurable voids with ease.

While progressing, the Primordial Cosmic Nebula Heaven pulled toward her irresistibly. Immediately, she refined it, her Immortal Art merging it into her Heart Essence.

In just seconds—to the utter amazement of The One, all Dimensional Rulers, every Multidimensional Paragon, and the single Reality Monarch—Kireina seized the Sun and Moon Heavenly Dimensional Domain, absorbing it as the heart of her Heart Essence.

FLAAASH!

Shining like a fresh-born star, Kireina rose to True Immortal heights, climbing ever upward to the limitless peak of Reality—the Empyrean Throne.

Before she could take in the scene, a colossal, crushing, all-consuming pressure slammed down, poised to erase her in a flash.

But since it failed to slay her right away, she withstood it. Her Pillar of Celestial Enlightenment—from the System's supreme evolution—let her adapt and strengthen amid any ordeal.

This stood as one of her Heart Manifestation Abilities, vastly enhanced upon entering the True Immortal Realm.

"Haaa…"

Gasping in an airless domain, she reeled dizzily on death's brink—yet survived.

Gradually, her Pillar of Celestial Enlightenment materialized. Here, it resembled a mere rapier; the immense scope of the Summit of All Existence defied comprehension.

Each "molecule" here formed its own multiverse.

Having surged ahead so rapidly, Kireina adapted bit by bit.

The One appeared next to her as the Grand Father of the Three Thousand Heavens, recovering about half his former authority and strength. With all fragments of himself gathered in her, manifesting physically at the Summit grew simple.

"Kireina, I told you," he stated, approaching her.

Silent, Kireina stared at her image in the perfect, boundless glass underfoot.

Infinitely extending—an everlasting mirror. No stars filled the skies; stars resided below. The glass reflected endless cosmos—endlessly generating, perishing, regenerating.

Overhead stretched Beyond Existence: the Eternal White.

Utterly pure, blank white. Nothing dwelled there. This marked Non-Existence—a void canvas amid the All. Empyrean Thrones molded Reality by will here, crafting Heavenly Dimensional Domains, birthing legacies, lives, tales.

The expansive glass surface teemed with activity. Myriad shattered Realities blended, crafting fluid visions: deserts, icy summits, violet meadows, deep shadows, fiery volcanoes, starlit evenings, moonlit plains, misty gas giants, odd plastic life realms, zones where time lived, and infinities more.

Here lay the Summit of Existence, accessible solely to supreme True Immortals.

"Welcome to the Eternal Summit Of All Things That Are And Will Be, 'sister'. It is pleasing to see you have reached this place on your own."

"…!"

The commanding voice from above startled Kireina. Three fairies—akin to her but made of everlasting light, hues, shadows, dimensions, galaxies, universes—looked down.

"I am indeed finally here, just as you desired," Kireina declared with a bold grin. Her hundred selves merged into unity. Abruptly, the oppressive weight lightened.

"How was your journey through the Saha World?" one inquired. "Did you enjoy it?"

"Now that you have suffered enough, let us reunite as one," the second urged.

"You carry the fourth within you—the impatient one," the third noted. "Nothing remains to stop you from becoming Complete with us."

Her smile broadened as Kireina clutched her Pillar of Celestial Enlightenment.

"I refuse."

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