No Longer an Ant

I fly above the realm of immortals, and create another secret realm. This realm will house the voice of the world, as well as my own abyssal palace. Beings that become Z-rank will be teleported here at the foot of my palace. I plan on making the stairs to my palace another sort of stairway of trials. The way it'll work is, the first step will only require you to be Z-rank. If you aren't Z-rank and you somehow managed to make your way here, you'll be crushed to death on the first step.

As the steps go up, they increase in strength before the last step requires you to be at the mid-level of Z-rank. I can't make that just yet, so I'll have to save that for later. I make the palace next. The entire place is made of black jade and black marble, with glowing golden strips running throughout the entire palace, creating a Z-rank cultivation array. This array essentially just creates "spirit energy" aka magicules.

The golden strips are actually made from the highest rank "spirit stones" that are used in the immortal realm. Just want my palace to exude an aura of expensiveness. I also make the palace gigantic. Spanning for hundreds of thousands of kilometers to fit my wingspan. Of course, I probably won't extend my wingspan that far, but I just thought it would be interesting to see. Next, I create the life-forms that will live here and be guards here. All of the guards are Z-rank with about 200b energy. Now, this doesn't mean that they themselves are true demigods, as they're essentially mindless servants who exist just to show off pretty much. Living golems of sorts.

These guards are plentiful, existing in the hundreds of millions. Each of these guards has two black wings with white tips, essentially making it look like they're not completely converted to being like me. Then, I create about a billion servants. They're just here to fill the place out and make it look like it's not just dead. These servants are Z-rank with about 100b energy. They have no wings at all. Then, I create some "spirit beasts" that'll roam about. Each of them are only X-Y rank. I create another pseudo-phoenix whose only job is to fly over a person if they get teleported here, creating a Ho-oh moment.

Alrighty, that's about it. With that done, it's time for me to make something that'll turn someone into the protagonist.

I go to the lower world and open up a cave near the bottom of a gigantic ravine I cut with a wave of my hand. The way to get down there is damn near impossible, so you would have to have plot armor to even hope to make it there. Even if you manage to get on the platform by the cave, you'll then have to almost pass out in front of it while bleeding. If you manage to keep yourself conscious for long enough, the cave will open. Inside this cave will be…

1. A spear created from one of my feathers. It has the "dao of space" imbued into it, due to my wings being black holes. This weapon will be damn near unbeatable up to the immortal realm, but it grows with the person. Meaning, if you're E-rank when you pick it up, it'll be E-rank too.

2. A vial of my essence. This'll give you my bloodline. Of course, this doesn't make someone related to me, just that they have a stronger bloodline. I'll instantly feel when someone gets this. You'll be damn near unrivaled in cultivation.

3. A cultivation method created by me. I call it, [Cultivation of the Divine Phoenix of the Abyss]

(Thank you Dark_OwOLord for the suggestion. While it was meant to be used for a church, I felt that it would also work when creating a cultivation name lol)

This method will be completely unrivaled when paired with my bloodline. If someone doesn't have my bloodline, they'll die while cultivating it as it requires you to slowly eat away at your body with abyssal qi.

And that's it!

That's the last thing I'll leave. I also create a few other inheritance caves with various levels of strength. None of them are stronger than this one, or as hard to get. I want the person who finds this to be at the worst moment of their lives and close to death so they feel a sort of worship for me.

Alright, with that out of the way, let's get back to Tensura. I open up the portal and flop down onto my bed in my temple. Hooo. I'm a little tired now, heh. Time for a nap.

I feel that same sense of dread that came over me after meeting that eldritch being. It's weaker now, not completely overwhelming my senses. I feel my soul start being pulled from my body, towards whoever is pulling me. As I wake up, I'm greeted by that same inky darkness of the void. That same eye opens up and looks at me, but this time I don't shake in fear. I'm still scared, but I can take it this time.

I hear a voice echo in my soul. This time, it's not an unrecognizable series of clicks.

"Hmm. You've grown quickly. Very well, abyssal one. I recognize your talent. Here's another gift."

A tentacle waves in front of my face as I feel something being engraved into my soul. The ability to absorb suns and black holes is replaced…

[Ability gifted]

[Abyssal Galactic Devourer: You are now able to fully absorb galaxies. This is a lengthy process, taking thousands of years to accomplish this feat. These galaxies will then be added to your realm. Note: any beings stronger than you that are held in your realm will possibly be able to cause true death, as your realm is inside of your soul.]

Wait, it is? How the hell haven't I noticed?

[Most beings only create their own realm at the Inner God realm where they have complete control over their souls. Veldanava is a good example of this. Tensura used to be encased in his soul, and even after his death, he left a soul remnant in the multiverse to keep the worlds alive.]

Oho? So, you're saying I'm special, huh?

I smirk as I tease the system.

[Negative. Several demi-gods have created their own realm, though it is rare, and a demi-gods realm is weak compared to others]

…

I eventually wake up back in my bed. This time, my sheets aren't soaked from sweat! I'm no longer an ant! I'm a rhino beetle!

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AN: stone me daddy! ahn~

im sorry.

no im not.

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heres your regular battle report.

The Battle of Azanulbizar was fought in the year TA 2799 and was between the Dwarves and the Orcs. It was the greatest battle of the War of Dwarves and Orcs, and was a decisive, if pyrrhic, victory for the Dwarves. The battle claimed the lives of many, including Frerin, the second son of Thráin II and younger brother of Thorin Oakenshield. Fundin, father of Balin and Dwalin, also fell. Náin, son of Grór was slain in a fight with Azog. Azog was then slain in turn by Náin's son Dáin Ironfoot. After the battle the casualties among the Dwarves were so high that there were not enough left to bury all the dead, so the fallen were assembled into a pyre and burned. Subsequent generations would say 'he was a burned dwarf' and nothing more needed to be said.