Nexus Ascension: My Comprehension Defies the Heaven-Chapter 410: Foundation Cluster

Overwhelming strength. That was what Grey held in his hands right now.

But that was not enough.

There were always bigger fish in the sea.

He wanted to keep improving and, maybe one day, find a way back to his old world for answers.

He sought answers about the ancient mythologies. Why exactly did a puny planet like Earth back in his old world, which held absolutely no transcendental energy or Evolvers, know about world-creating beings and divine items like the Pangu Axe? Where did those myths even originate from if there were no Evolvers there to begin with?

The secrets they held, after all, were not limited to just one isolated universe. They spanned across all of endless reality and the Domain of Gods, which was said to be the ultimate gateway to the Ascendant Domain.

For now, his immediate plan was to indulge himself completely in the profound mysteries of the Chaos Source Codex he had obtained to perfect his 5th Rank.

He would take conceptual slices from it and combine them with his own Nexus Path to forge a flawless 5th Rank. He was already at the 3rd Level of the 4th Rank. Only three more micro-levels remained until he officially reached the 5th Rank.

"And I genuinely hope I can actually utilize my domain," Grey muttered, his lips twitching slightly.

So far, there was absolutely no one strong enough to match his base powers in the starry sky. Not even a 3rd Level 5th Ranker could resist him. And he was highly confident that not even a 7th Level 5th Ranker at the peak of Origin Manifestation could do anything to him either.

And if he ever fully unleashed his Nexus Domain...

There was a very good reason he kept it hidden. It was his ultimate trump card. If he fully unleashed it, not even he could easily stop the ensuing destruction. Considering the massive, planetary scale his Mind Perception could reach, the results would be absolutely devastating. It would one hundred percent catch the immediate attention of the hidden peak experts of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Pushing those thoughts aside, he turned toward the submitting experts of the three ring regions.

"What planets are closest to us?"

Now that he firmly held the Three-Planet Alliance in his grasp, it was time to move on to conquering other worlds.

Speaking of that, he eyed the newly formed ring regions of Star Blue. They had once held massive corruption fields, but with his absolute power, they had been immediately cleansed away. To his utter surprise during the cleansing, there had actually been a corrupted entity almost at the 5th Rank hiding within. The dense corruption field that carried it could effortlessly block the external attacks of 5th Rankers. The only conventional way of elimination, after all, was physically entering the deadly field and destroying the core from the inside.

He guessed the expert from the Velmera Planet simply did not want to take that suicidal risk, opting to just seal it away instead.

However, the exact instant Grey’s annihilating light had fallen upon that specific core, he had seen a fleeting vision.

It was a humanoid being with hollow, empty eyes, a gaping hole in its chest, and a jagged black horn growing from its head.

It had actually spoken directly to him.

"S-Save me."

Those were the final, haunting words that fell from the creature when it was finally purified and died.

It honestly made a sharp chill run down Grey’s spine.

That corrupt being, why was it like that? 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Corrupted entities usually held little to absolutely no intelligence, running purely on destructive instinct. But this one seemed fundamentally different. He desperately wanted to find more corrupted beings at that specific rank to study. And if a neighboring planet was big enough, it was definitely possible to find them.

With those thoughts filed away, he listened as the local experts spoke up to answer his previous question.

"Immediately around us are the Three Elements Planetary Alliance, the Darkhold Planetary Alliance, and the Filmora Planetary Alliance."

"Out of those three, the Darkhold and Filmora alliances are a direct subordinate part of the Astral Genesis Citadel. They work exclusively for them and receive their administrative orders directly from the top."

Independent alliances could naturally exist, of course. That was a universal privilege that the Pan-Cosmic Human Alliance granted to everyone, even if the supreme ruling force of a specific star region was heavily imposing their power in that territory.

Which was a very good thing for Grey.

It meant he would not immediately be jumped by thousands of Astral Genesis Citadel battle fleets and their peak experts just for trying to quietly take over independent planets.

Soon, they filled him in on the crucial details regarding the Three Elements, Darkhold, and Filmora alliances.

The Three Elements consisted of three Immortal-focused planets. They held the Immortal Path as their absolute foundation. According to the local cosmic internet forums, everyone living there had a screw loose and eyes that looked down on absolutely everyone else.

It might be because they were still strictly following ancient, outdated traditions. They would casually travel off-world wearing some random, outdated robes they forged out of a magical white spring or ancient tree bark.

Then there was the Darkhold Alliance. They also had a few screws loose, but in a completely different way. This specific place was where the massive black market of the entire Northern Star Region was situated.

It was almost three hundred light-years away, and it was a lawless haven for wanted criminals and cosmic pirates to roam around freely. It was even fiercely rumored that an Origin Seed Realm expert who strictly followed the Magic Evolutionary Path oversaw the territory.

Finally, the Filmora Alliance. They were by far the most normal and tame.

They actively helped lesser civilizations that got swept away through spatial storms by graciously gifting them the power of basic knowledge and the starting fruits of evolution. Notably, one of the supreme High Marshals actually hailed from this exact alliance. The High Marshal of Arcane, John.

Then, he slowly turned his gaze towards the foundation cluster. He had been actively ignoring it up until now.

But he was genuinely intrigued by its profound structure.

Even now, several spatial cracks leading directly to the second layer of space were clearly visible around it. This was the natural habitat where the space beasts resided. Small space beasts were constantly shooting out of the unstable rifts, swarming blindly towards the foundation cluster that glowed as brightly as a white star, allowing the massive structure to endlessly absorb their energy.

With just one single glance, he completely understood exactly how it was created.

[Your comprehension defies the Heavens! By observing a foundation cluster, you have successfully comprehended the ’Flawless Golden Ratio Foundation Cluster Formation Array Technique’.]

[Your comprehension defies the Heaven! By observing a foundation cluster, you have successfully comprehended the ’Infinite Space Beast Trap Technique’]