Nexus Ascension: My Comprehension Defies the Heaven Chapter 669: The Unique Existence within the Sea Of Despair

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Previously on Nexus Ascension: My Comprehension Defies the Heaven...
Naraka, a powerful Asura, observes Grey from afar and recognizes him, realizing Grey's strength has grown to rival his own. Naraka flees, unnerved by Grey's presence and questions about his appearance in the Ancient Hell. Meanwhile, Grey senses he was watched but dismisses it. The White Devils, awestruck by Grey's power, learn that the God Empress, Lia, is Grey's girlfriend and has achieved Nirvanic Rebirth. The White Devil King requests Grey take them to Lia to become angels again, which Grey agrees to under the condition that Lia must accept them. Seraphina apologizes to Grey for mistakenly believing Eterna was his girlfriend.

"Actually..."

Her voice was surprisingly low and had something which she rarely showed while speaking and that was her emotions.

"You aren’t wrong about that."

Everyone turned toward her.

Eterna’s face developed a faint blush as she continued.

"Grey have more than one girlfriend."

The entire group stared at her.

Grey’s expression froze.

Seraphina’s eyes widened in disbelief.

"More than one?"

Grey slowly turned toward Eterna.

"...What?"

Eterna avoided his gaze, her cheeks becoming even redder.

"I was only telling the truth."

Seraphina looked between them, clearly struggling to process what she had just heard.

Grey was equally stunned.

"Eterna, what are you saying?"

Eterna gave him a shy look before her physical body gradually began fading.

"I’ll talk to you later."

"Eterna, wait!"

However, her figure had already disappeared into the Information Layer.

Grey stared at the empty space where she had been standing, completely speechless.

Seraphina awkwardly looked at him.

"Did I... do something wrong?"

Grey sighed.

"No. You didn’t do anything wrong."

He glanced upward before connecting his consciousness to the Information Layer.

"Eterna."

There was no response.

"I just want to talk. Come back down for a second."

Of course, what greeted him was complete silence.

Grey waited for a few seconds before trying again.

"Eterna, I just want to clarify what you meant."

Still nothing.

Grey eventually gave up.

"Fine. We’ll talk later."

He couldn’t force her to come back, especially when she was clearly embarrassed.

But her words were pretty clear. He was no longer the dense Grey after all.

With that matter temporarily settled, Grey turned his attention toward the White Devil settlement.

"Alright, enough of that."

The White Devil King looked toward him.

Grey gestured toward the settlement.

"How about I move your entire settlement into my Inner World?"

The White Devil King was briefly surprised.

"Your Inner World?"

"Yeah."

Grey looked around at the surrounding buildings.

"You’ve got an entire settlement here, and I’m planning to take the Mountain of Fate with me anyway. There’s no reason to leave you all behind."

The White Devil King thought about it for a moment before nodding.

"Very well."

The other White Devils quickly agreed as well.

Grey raised his hand, and his Inner World began expanding around the settlement.

A massive spatial force enveloped the entire region as buildings, streets, structures, and even the surrounding land were gradually covered in purple light.

The White Devils watched in astonishment as their entire settlement began lifting away from the Ancient Hell.

Within moments, the entire territory disappeared into Grey’s Inner World.

Grey’s consciousness carefully followed the process, making sure nothing was damaged during the transfer.

Once everything had been relocated successfully, Grey looked around.

"Done."

The White Devil King stared at his new surroundings in astonishment.

The Inner World was vast beyond his imagination, with countless celestial bodies scattered throughout the endless darkness.

"This..."

He struggled to find the words to describe what he was seeing.

Grey didn’t pay much attention to his reaction, however, because his attention had already shifted toward another location.

The Mountain of Fate.

He had one more thing to do before leaving the Ancient Hell.

Grey flew across the corrupted landscape at incredible speed, and before long, the Mountain of Fate appeared in the distance.

The massive floating mountain remained suspended above the Sea of Despair, continuously drawing the black waters upward and converting the despair into pure Fate Power.

Grey’s eyes gleamed as he looked at it.

There was no way he was leaving this behind.

The amount of Fate Power stored within the mountain was enough to help him reach the 13th Rank, so abandoning such a valuable resource would be foolish.

Moreover, Grey still hadn’t forgotten the other reason he had come here.

The Abyssal God had left something behind in this place.

Grey intended to find out exactly what it was.

"I’ll take the mountain first," he muttered. "Then I’ll figure out what the Abyssal God left behind."

However, the moment Grey approached the Mountain of Fate, his expression suddenly changed.

He stopped in mid-air.

Something was wrong.

The atmosphere around the mountain had changed completely.

An overwhelming sensation of despair suddenly filled the surrounding space, and the Sea of Despair below began moving violently as countless waves rose into the sky.

Grey’s eyes narrowed.

"What the..."

The surrounding reality began trembling as the terrifying aura continued spreading outward.

This wasn’t ordinary despair.

The sheer density of the power was enough to make even Grey’s current existence feel uncomfortable.

As he continued observing the phenomenon, cracks suddenly appeared in the space around him.

CRACK!

A thin fracture appeared in the air before rapidly spreading outward.

Another crack formed beside it, followed by several more, until countless fractures covered the surrounding reality like a shattered glass surface.

Grey’s expression gradually became serious.

"What is happening?"

The crimson sky began distorting as the landscape twisted unnaturally around him. Space folded over itself while the Sea of Despair surged violently beneath the mountain, sending immense amounts of despair energy into the cracks.

His source tensed up as his perception spread across the surrounding area, carefully examining every change in the environment.

As Grey continued watching, one of the largest cracks suddenly widened and split apart, revealing a dark void behind the broken space.

A humanoid figure slowly stepped through the fractured reality, its presence becoming clearer with every movement as it emerged from the darkness beyond the shattered space.

An overwhelming aura of despair surrounded the mysterious being, so dense that the surrounding reality continued cracking simply because of its existence.

Grey stared at the figure without moving.

The being eventually stopped several meters away from him and slowly raised its head.

The Sea of Despair continued roaring beneath them while the fractured space slowly twisted around the mysterious figure.

Whatever had just emerged from the broken reality, it was clearly not an ordinary existence.

And judging from the overwhelming despair radiating from its body, Grey had a feeling that this encounter was going to be far more troublesome than he had anticipated.