Chapter 158: Returning Home.

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The Realm of the Void. The reason why this place got this name was because of the infinite emptiness of this realm after its downfall.

But, today, the once endless vast expanse of nothingness that was empty for eternity was now covered with a few planets and a few stars. An entire solar system and millions of stars and planets to adorn the void, like a canvas with a mess of colors being slowly filled with forms and shapes.

Near a certain blue planet with one red line of mountains encircling the said planet, a floating mountain-size rock resembling an asteroid was calmly floating in space. On top of it, a humongous and magnificent palace was rooted there.

Overseeing this solar system from outside the Void Palace, a humanoid-like existence could be seen, watching the solar system accompanied by one bird.

"Hah… we end up taking an entire universe… isn't that too much…?" 

"Well… on another thought, there could be unforeseeable consequences if we were to take just the solar system…?" Edam mustered a faint smile. Just like how cars and machines need all their pieces to work, if something was taken out, problems could occur in the future, he didn't want to risk it.

"It's fine now, my Lord, shall we go back home?" Yamote asked curiously and eagerly, looking forward to going home too, having missed it for a while now.

"Hmm, yeah, I guess, but before that…" Edam nodded slightly before his naturally cold blood-red eyes darted in a certain direction. "Let's greet some guests..."

CRACK…!

In the emptiness of the Void realm, a small and nearly unnoticeable golden crack appeared followed by the reverb of a furious human male voice.

"How dare you!" The crack expanded to a few kilometers wide as a human figure rushed out furiously with a black sword engraved with mystic runes of some sort on it.

Swish! He reached Edam in an instant and violently swung his sword downward. The black sword shone a frightening and ominous black light as it slashed down without mercy.

However, just as it was about a meter away from Edam, the black sword that seemed to be unstoppable stopped dead in its furious tracks with a strident and heavy sound.

Tung! A thick and seemingly unshakeable wall of blood-red ki materialized and covered every inch of Edam's body.

Being stopped in his course took the stranger by surprise and shock because it's been an eternity since someone stopped his strike. One has to know that his sword and his swordsmanship was not to be trifled with, easily capable of severing the flow of time and space and bringing parallel dimensions to ruin, however, the man snorted coldly and pressed forward as his sword burst an even more ominous ebony aura. 

Crack! The wall of ki finally knew some changes as it cracked up. The void around too seemed to crack as spatial rifts appeared and stretched out.

Edam, who was looking at this from the corner of his eyes, broke into a faint chuckle as he turned abruptly.

Swoosh!

His Ki burst out furiously and rose up to another level as his clear black eyes turned bestial yellow. His jet black hair quickly followed as they rose up and turned into a magnificent golden in color. His monkey tail too turned the same color as it swung around freely. He kicked out his Super Saiyan form instantly to face the man.

Now facing the stranger, Edam charged a fist and punched out with all his strength. His fist met the sword and…

BOOOOOOOOOM….!!!

A humongous mass of energy burst out as if a million of stars were exploding at the same time.

The tremendous and terrific power behind his punch was no joke at all. 

Along with the clash of the sword and his punch, the resulting energetic cosmic force was probably enough to raze a universe out of existence. Thankfully, this was the world of the Void or else, this wouldn't look good. 

But the two beings were completely fine, clearly demonstrating their might.

After the clash, the handsome stranger stopped and looked around with glowing eyes, respect and deterrence filled his eyes as he spoke.

"So, this is the legendary World of Eternal Void, the first Realm born ever…" The handsome stranger's eyes then shifted to the universe that was recently stolen. It currently looks like a bubble with countless stars and galaxies forming it, looking beautiful.

"...Incredible, it only shudders slightly, in comparison, ours would have suffered countless disasters…" His voice was solemn as he turned again toward Edam, ready to go for another round. 

But, just as he was about to go, a voice called out to him. "Enough, fighting longer than that won't benefit you, you're just gonna benefit that brat to grow stronger…"

"..." Glancing at Edam who was giving a faint smile back at him quietly, the handsome man kept his silence as his body slowly faded away leaving quietly.

Seeing this, Edam mumbled with a grin as his hair and eyes returned to their normal black color. "What a pity, I was just having fun…"

"As soon as you wake up you're already causing trouble… again…" The echoing voice was powerful and imposing and did sound a little angry, no fact was, it was angry.

"Heh… Sorry, whoever you are, I don't remember you, I didn't inherit all my former reincarnation memories… but cough, cough… let's not get angry too soon alright, how about we just negotiate a bit first?" Edam coughed a bit and gave a bright smile.

"What?" The voice beyond the Void Realm was a bit taken aback by his words but didn't dwell on it too much as he asked instead.

"Negotiate you say? You steal one of our universes right under our noses and you still dare to mention a negotiation…? You little bastard, you better give me back my universe in its entirety right at this instant!"

"My my, for obvious reasons, I won't give it back… plus…" Edam had a small smile on her face. "Sure, my current divine body is maybe not a match for you in your Realm right now but… will you dare to enter my World of the Void…?"

"…You really think I won't come? You just awaken, don't push your luck…"

"Go ahead then…" Edam said with a rather deep voice sounding very serious unlike previously. "Great Immortals like you all entering my "World" against my will? If you do want to die for a single universe, I welcome you very much…"

"You little…"

The voice sounded extremely angry at this kind of response but in it, a helpless kind of feeling seemed to echo out of his voice.

Hearing this defeated sound, Edam smiled at that and spoke. "However, fret not, I won't take advantage of you all, I'll just give you a universe back, how about that?"

"You? Does someone like you even know how to create anything, much less a universe…?" The voice was filled with ridicule and mockery.

"Well, thanks to you all for having raised me in your Realm, my body grew out of the norm and retains all the powers of a Creation God, you have all my gratitude…and I won't give it back anyway, I'm just being polite, so just accept it Mister Immortal…" Edam said without a care.

"You damn thing! You truly think you're so great?! You're only hiding in there like a tortoise! Coward!"

"Heh… do you want me to come over to your side then?" Edam smiled calmly, looking completely serene.

"..." The voice stayed silent for a while, truthfully, he didn't want this monster back here, who knows what could happen. "Alright, it will be a high-ranked universe for us…"

He oddly felt like he was ordering a fast-food menu instead of a universe.

"A high ranked? This universe here is worth a lower-ranked one at most, who are you kidding?" Edam pointed out a problem asked with an annoyed expression.

"You bastard, do you know how many years this took me to create and grow?! With more time, it could have potentially reached the Omni-King's verse! And you just had to ruin it all!"

"Okay okay, no need to shout like that…" 

"A high universe and no less, or else, hmph…"

"Mm… Alright!" Edam beamed a smile happily. "See, there's always a solution…"

"..." The voice kept his silence before asking in a puzzled tone. "You… can you even keep this universe by your side… in this World…?" This time the voice seemed to ask carefully lest he infuriates this little monster.

To which, Edam replied softly. "...it will be fine… thank you for worrying for me…"

"Hmph… I'm not worrying for you but for everything else…"

"Heh, anyway, I will call you in due time for our deal, bye-bye…" Edam turned around without a care and faced the small bubble universe floating near his Palace.

His blood-red eyes glow with tenderness at the sight of the blue planet. "Finally…"

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