Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 382 Thanos's Insistence on Destruction (Third Update!!!)

Thanos's spaceship is called Sanctuary II.

It is enormous; on the scale of the universe, it resembles a colossal, walking stellar fortress.

But its interior is very quiet.

The moment Hawke's announcement rang out, the Templar II came to an instant halt, and its power engines were cut off in a flash.

This wasn't out of fear, but out of instinct.

The instinct to revere a supreme deity.

The legions led by the members of the Dark Order, namely Black Dwarf and Supergiant Star of the Obsidian Five, were all silent as they watched their leader, who seemed to be sitting on a throne surrounded by stars in the universe.

Thanos!

Thanos, sitting on his throne, is over two meters tall. His deep purple skin has rough wrinkles and a rock-like texture, with light gold patterns on his neck, arms and other parts, like natural armor.

His features are striking and angular, suggesting a rebellious streak.

His chin looked as if it had been neatly combed.
Thanos's eyes were bright yellow, cold and menacing, and at that moment, one image after another was flashing through his mind.

Just as those endless dimensional rulers, countless planetary gods, and galactic deities, upon hearing Hawke's declaration after the phoenix's cry rang out, also "saw" the past value of Phoenix.

same.

Thanos saw it too.

He saw Hawke, and with a single blow, destroyed the vibranium-based energy shield, then wiped Wakanda off the face of the earth.

He also saw Hawke confronting the enemy on the sea, facing off against Poseidon.

but……

Thanos witnessed Hawke's expressionless face as he utterly annihilated the entire Heaven dimension, leaving no one alive.

no doubt.

Thanos also grasped the deeper meaning behind Hawk's declaration.

It seems that Nidavi can no longer be used forcefully.

Thanos quickly overturned his newly decided battle plan in a flash.

He originally planned to launch a bloodbath on Nidavellir after the dwarves made the Infinity Gauntlet he wanted.

Well known.

Thanos had a dream.

He wants the universe to last forever, but according to his algorithm, if the universe continues to maintain its current number of life forms, then in the foreseeable future, the resources of the entire universe will become completely depleted.

after all……

The more life forms there are, the more new gods will be created in the Celestials, and the birth of each new god is accompanied by the destruction of a habitable planet.

How can this be allowed?

The universe doesn't belong to your Celestial Group alone; it belongs to everyone.

As the saying goes, protecting the universe is everyone's responsibility.

Why are you, the Celestials, able to wreak havoc on the universe? Is it because the eternity of time created you and promised you to maintain the balance of the universe?

Yes!
The eternity of time may promise you the maintenance of the balance of the universe, but the eternity of time does not promise that the Celestials can create new members on their own.

Well known.

Heaven is ruthless, but Hongjun (the Primordial Lord) is compassionate.

The same applies to time and eternity.

Therefore, Eternity, the abstract embodiment of time, created the Celestials to prevent itself from interfering with time, defining them and allowing them to maintain Eternity.

As for Eternity, he disappeared completely after creating the Celestials.

With high emotional intelligence, Yongheng chose to retire in order to uphold the fairness of time.

Low emotional intelligence; eternity has vanished.

But this is not the point.

The key point is that Eternity created only three members of the Celestials at that time.

Arithm, who was in charge of the trial.

The eradicators responsible for carrying out the eradication.

The searcher responsible for the search.

A search, a trial, an execution.

result……

I don't know when it started, but the fourth, fifth... and so on, celestial beings were born.

However, they are not eternal creators, and each of their births is accompanied by the destruction of a life-bearing planet.

Is this right?
If the Celestials are allowed to continue developing like this, in the long run, will there be any other life forms in the universe besides the Celestials?

and so!
This is not right.

I forgot to mention that the progenitor of the Eternals on Titan was a rebel against the Eternals.

Simply put, they were bitten by an aberrant being, survived, mutated, but also gained the memory of those erased by the Celestials, thus defecting from the Celestials and taking root on Titan as members of the Eternals.

and so--

As a descendant of the mutated Eternals, Thanos, who often spoke out and whose people only wanted to survive in silence and did not know how to resist, looked up at the brilliant starry sky and, without realizing it, clenched his fist and made a vow.

But Thanos knew he couldn't fight the Celestials.

No one can handle it.

But Thanos knew he could slow down the existence of this universe by eliminating life, keeping the number of life on each inhabited planet below the threshold that would trigger the awakening of the Celestials. In this way, life would continue to develop, and the universe would endure.

Win-win.

As for the Celestial Group?
Let's not talk about the Celestials.

Anyway!

Thanos originally planned to go to Nidavellis, obtain the Infinity Gauntlet he wanted, and then wipe out half of the life on Nidavellis.

Come anyway.

But that is based on the premise that Nidavi is a life-bearing planet and that Nidavi has lost its patron god.

one more time.

Thanos knew he couldn't provoke the Celestials, and similarly, he knew he couldn't provoke a supreme god. Especially one who was ruthless and decisive, and didn't appreciate reasoning or stories.

Odin, the chief god who previously protected Nidavi, was like that.

However, the World Tree was not in the main universe at the time, so it was not on Thanos's purge list in the original plan.

But everything changed when Odin fell and the World Tree was about to fall into the main universe.

First of all.

Nidavi no longer has a main god to protect them; they certainly don't.

Although Thor is a god, he is not the supreme god.

Second.

Is Nidave a life-bearing planet in the main universe? Of course it is.

After the World Tree fell into the main universe, it was naturally included in Thanos's list.

But not anymore.

After the fall of Odin, the chief god who protected them, the Nidavi once again found a chief god to protect them.

Phoenix.

Moreover, this new chief god, Phoenix, like the former Odin, is ruthless and decisive, and likes to maintain his rule with iron and blood.

But it is not important.

Importantly, Thanos's list does not include any life-bearing planets protected by a supreme god, even if those planets are teeming with life and teeming with all living things.

The reason is simple.

A life-bearing planet protected by the supreme god, even if there are so many life forms on the planet that there is nowhere to stand, there is no need to worry about a new member of the celestial group tearing the planet apart and being born from it.

Because the seeds of the Celestials may be sown on ordinary life-bearing planets, life-bearing planets with dimensions, or even life-bearing planets with a supreme god, but they will never fall on life-bearing planets protected by a supreme god.

therefore--

Thanos, seated on his throne, tapped his equally thick, purple fingers a few times on the armrests of his throne.

The sound is crisp and clear.

The sound of Thanos's fingers tapping rang out.

Standing below the throne.

Ebony Maw, tall and thin with gray-black skin, a sunken face, and deep-set eyes, wearing a black tight-fitting robe; Black Dwarf, with a body as thick as a boulder and dark gray skin; Proxima Midnight, with dark blue skin and wearing a black tight-fitting battle suit; and her husband, Corvus Glaive, with a tall and upright figure and gray-black skin. The four of them looked up at the king sitting on the throne above them.

Their king.

"The route remains unchanged."

"but……"

“The Nidavi have welcomed their new chief god, Phoenix, therefore, the Nidavi will be granted our exemption.”

Thanos came to Nidavellir primarily for the Infinity Gauntlet.

Cleaning was a secondary objective.

Now that the Nidavi have a new god to protect them, they deserve to continue living.

As for other life-bearing planets?

Ah.

If you're so capable, go find a god to protect your planet. If every inhabited planet had a god to protect it, Thanos would feel like he could retire early.

pity……

The universe is vast, gods are few, but life-bearing planets are many.

but!
Thanos's happiness at Nidavellis's absence from his purge was genuine and not feigned.

Because he never sought destruction for the sake of destruction.

He chose the path of destruction in order to survive.

pity!

Few people understand him, especially his adopted daughter.

Gamora.

As Sanctuary II set sail once more, Thanos, seated on his throne, thought of his adopted daughter and murmured to himself.

Actually, the Hawk's Declaration wasn't first heard from Thanos.

After all, he was sending out his first cry after ascending to godhood indiscriminately in all directions from Nidavellir.

therefore……

The main universe is not the first to receive it.

The other worlds on the World Tree were the first to receive his message.

Having also learned of Odin's fall, the Frost Giants, who had long been under Odin's wrath and had lost their leader and the Frost Casket, cheered as they emerged from the ruins, celebrating the tyrant's demise.

As for Hawke's declaration, they ignored it completely and continued to celebrate the fall of the tyrant Odin.

Alheim, the realm of the dark elves.

Belheim, the land of the fire giants.

These two nations, which had long suffered from Odin's iron-fisted sanctions and economic blockade, also ignored Hawke's declaration and continued to celebrate the fall of the tyrant Odin.

As for Helheim, the realm of the dead, it is utterly desolate.

Don't ask why there are still no dead in the Land of the Dead after Hela was released from her captivity.

The reason is simple.

All the dead were taken out by Hela to serve as her army of the dead.

And just as Hawke's voice reached Asgard.

Hela was currently gripping Thor's throat, pinning him tightly against the railing outside the palace.

next moment.

Hawk's voice, accompanied by the cry of a phoenix, echoed over Asgard, reaching the ears of Hela and Thor, whose one eye was beginning to crackle with lightning.

……

(End of this chapter)