Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-1406

Within the Maxima Universe, enormous galaxies spiraled around a cluster of gigantic Dao Essence, an enormous Dao Star, it packed millions of Dao Essence, and it was several times bigger than entire Galaxies. This gigantic Dao Star illuminated a large part of the many Galaxies rotating around it, and it bathed the rest of the Universe, or this area of it, with wondrous Dao Essence… of the Dao of Summoning.

The enormous and brilliant white star, so big it distorted space and time itself and generated colorful rainbow-like nebulas around it, making the universe of Maxima rather colorful instead of just being an empty black void with stars and galaxies adorning the surroundings, shone brightly and gave a small click, as if something happened, so small and unnoticeable that nobody would realize.

Except a being at the level of the Universe itself, who lived atop this gigantic star inside a temple of pure materialized Dao Essence, the furniture was made of materialized Dao Essence, the curtains, the beds, everything.

And this old man rested sitting atop a glorious white throne made of such materialized essence, sculped through billions of years, it was beautiful and radiant, so radiant it illuminated the entire Universe alongside the star.

This entity of incommensurable power seemed to eb made entirely out of white and gray light, which took the form of a humanoid entity sitting over it. It had a long white beard and wore regal white and golden clothes resembling those of Chinese culture, for some reason. It had a large crown made of glorious golden thorns, with many stars resting atop his head, as if they were mere accessories to him.

His eyes were closed and dormant, sleeping for eons without much to do, he was such a supreme being that even the conflicts that ended entire civilizations in the galaxies around him were of no importance, a being that maintained the Universe as a pillar, he was a being akin to a Primordial Deity.

However, the moment he suddenly felt the "clicking", his eyes opened widely, illuminating the vastness of his Universe, his eternal gaze looked into a single direction immediately, upwards. His vision crossed across the veils of space and time, the Universal Membranes, and reached the Outer Sea of Emptiness, where Universes floated above them like islands.

Amidst the dozens of Universes within the Sea of Emptiness, one in particular had begun to do a taboo, they had found a fragment of his precious creation, and had been overusing it to steal the Maxima Beasts of his own Universe… an unforgivable act. However, the Hegemony of Summoning, as he called himself, remained in silence as he looked into the distance, he had not done anything because it was not yet the time for it… Not yet.

Until now.

"Arrogant outsiders, daring to use my creation to your own selfish goals, not only you have picked those beasts we have personally sealed due to their dangerous powers, but you even dared to steal the Key from all things. What drives you to such madness? Do you want me to wage war against your Universe so badly?"

Unlike the three Pillars of the Universe where Kireina was, who were mostly peaceful and dormant, the Hegemony of Summoning was a natural warrior and conqueror. He had annexed three other Universes to his own, making it vaster, and had three other Hegemonies from such Universes below his jurisdiction, after having defeated them and stripped them away from their freedom. …It was so much so that he could even use them to hold his universe, while he traveled outside to wage even more war against those bold enough to provoke him.

It has been eons since anybody did so, but a certain group of individuals in the Lesser Universe had dared to go against him and stole his fragment somehow, using it for their own nefarious purposes. Perhaps he would had forgotten them before, but now that they even took the Key with them, he couldn't help but feel deeply offended.

However, he did not rage, he was too old and wise for that, he remained in silence while looking upwards as his eyes pierced through all of creation.

"You've stolen the Key, the Radiant Viscous Axolotl from my hands in a second, you dare think you can just do as you please? As we are right now, I cannot possibly let you be anymore reckless, you're all going to pay for such an enormous offense." Said the Hegemony, as he seemed to slowly move from his throne, walking through the vast corridors of his temple, as enormous beasts wandered around the giant Dao Star of Summoning, roaring, and devouring small stray galaxies that held little life on them. The man looked at them as he nodded.

"I must retrieve those troublemakers that were freed before they dare threaten the rest of the Universes… Or should I pay the overseers to do so?" He wondered, as he looked into the outside Universe itself, three figures emerged around him, floating. They all emanated gigantic auras that encompassed the entire Universe, and were colorful and overwhelming, these were Hegemonies as well, just like him, of the three Universes he had conquered.

"You three, stay here for now, this will take a while, but we'll get what they took away from us." Said the Hegemony of Summoning.

"Yes, my lord…"

"We shall wait."

"But… My lord, what about the rebels? They're continuing to fight against the Hegemony's Clan Galaxies and-"

"Rebels? They are nothing but clowns, they divert me a bit, but they're nothing but insects at the end. Nothing I should care about… Leave my eldest son in charge until I come back."

"Understood…"

The Hegemony slowly began to fly upwards, as enormous beasts, and near-endless swarms of monsters emerged around him, alongside many other Maxima Summoners…

Within the Universe of Kireina, The One suddenly felt something… His radiant eyes looked across the Universe and then below his Universe, there were four other Universes very close to one another, which had been merged together into a massive Universal Cluster… It was also called the Maxima Universe, although it was already on its way to become a Multiverse.

"I-It can't be… The Hegemony of Summoning is coming here…?!"