Within Bloodmoon Legion territory in the North Galaxy stood a shattered life planet. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

A white haired, purple skinned muscular giant sat arrogantly atop one of the broken planetary fragments, casually eating fruit.

The rich sweetness bursting across his tongue clearly pleased him immensely.

Silver white earrings hung from both of his ears, making his alien appearance look even stranger.

"What a nostalgic taste!"

The giant sighed emotionally.

Nearby stood two other aliens with the same purple skin, though their genders and appearances differed. Clearly, they belonged to the same race as him.

"How does it feel, Zorvak?"

A voice suddenly sounded nearby.

The speaker was none other than Kebi, the same old man who had taught Derek and Guy the Fusion Technique.

As always, he appeared like a ghost, wearing that unsettling smile.

"Hahahahaha!"

Zorvak burst into wild laughter.

"I haven’t felt this good in millions of years! Though speaking of which, if you managed to break my seal, that means the previous North Kai is dead, right?"

Kebi nodded.

"The one who sealed you was the former North Kai. That old fool died long ago. Otherwise the sealing power wouldn’t have weakened enough for me to break it."

Zorvak looked Kebi over curiously.

"Why is your power so weak?"

"Hmph!"

Kebi’s face immediately darkened.

Grinding his teeth, he said bitterly,

"Because that damned old fossil Grand Kai is still alive and kicking."

Zorvak’s eyes widened in shock.

"That old monster is still alive? Just how long has he lived? Five million years? Ten million?"

Grand Kai was the superior deity above the four Kais of East, West, South, and North.

His role was overseeing the Four Grand Kais and ensuring balance throughout the galaxies.

Both his authority and power stood above the Kais by an entire level.

"No idea."

Kebi’s expression twisted with hatred.

"As long as that old bastard remains alive, my seal cannot fully break. The power I can use is extremely limited. Even releasing your seal required me to manipulate others into doing it for me."

"With the three of us here, that should be enough."

Zorvak rose to his feet, aura surging violently around him.

"Kebi, enough about that. Tell me where the Spirit Tree is."

Kebi answered directly.

"With the Pajero Legion."

Meanwhile...

On North Kai Planet along the Path of Sumeru...

North Kai was practically losing his mind.

He paced back and forth anxiously, muttering to himself with panic written all over his face.

"AHHH!"

He grabbed his head in despair.

"There’s absolutely nothing I can do now!"

If Knox hadn’t casually mentioned that Redstar was gone, North Kai never would have remembered the truth.

Redstar was not merely an ordinary life planet.

It also served as a crucial medium for sealing three extremely dangerous beings.

Now that the planet had been destroyed, the seal itself had broken apart.

Those three monsters had undoubtedly escaped.

Combined with the mysterious interruption of his Telepathic Communication with Knox earlier, North Kai was completely certain that Kebi was behind everything.

If someone’s ki was simply too powerful, a Kai might lose the ability to monitor that individual specifically.

But an entire region being cut off from Divine Sight entirely?

Only a god could accomplish something like that.

And the roots of all this traced back millions of years.

At that time, North Kai had not yet inherited the title.

The ruler of the North Galaxy back then was the previous North Kai.

And the South Galaxy’s Kai at the time...

Was Kebi.

Though technically a god, Kebi had never been fit for the role.

His greed and ambition surpassed even the galaxy’s worst villains.

Rather than managing the galaxy...

He wanted to rule it.

Rule the entire galaxy.

So...

Kebi abandoned his role as South Kai and secretly left the Path of Sumeru.

Within the mortal universe, he combined divine power with magic and mystic arts to create a strange tree known as the Spirit Tree.

The very same Spirit Tree now in Caelum’s possession.

Using the Spirit Tree, Kebi continuously increased his own strength.

Not long after, he discovered an incredibly gifted warrior race in the North Galaxy.

The Mashet Race.

Zorvak’s people.

Kebi immediately began using Spirit Tree fruits to cultivate the Mashet Race, intending to build an unstoppable super army capable of conquering the galaxy.

Their strength expanded rapidly.

However...

The North Kai discovered Kebi’s activities first.

Knowing he was no match for Kebi, he immediately reported everything to Grand Kai.

Grand Kai was utterly enraged.

The outcome afterward was simple.

Kebi’s dream of galactic conquest was crushed.

Grand Kai sealed away his power and exiled him into the depths of the galaxy.

As for the Mashet Race...

North Kai nearly exterminated them entirely.

Only their three strongest warriors proved impossible to kill.

Left with no choice, North Kai sealed them away instead.

Until now.

With the death of the previous North Kai, the ancient seal gradually weakened over time.

Kebi escaped from deep space first.

Since Grand Kai’s seal still suppressed most of his power, he could not act directly.

That was why he manipulated Derek and Guy into destroying Redstar.

Then he seized the opportunity to free Zorvak and the others completely.

North Kai was absolutely certain of the truth.

After all, among all the Kais throughout history, only one had ever become a traitor.

Kebi.

And the planet destroyed just happened to be Redstar.

The conclusion was obvious.

No one else would have done such a thing.

North Kai was on the verge of a breakdown.

"One Pajero Legion was already bad enough. Now Kebi and the Zorvak trio are back too?! The North Galaxy is going to descend into complete chaos!"

Reality unfolded exactly as North Kai feared.

After escaping the seal, Zorvak spent time destroying numerous life planets, absorbing their life force to restore himself to full strength.

Then...

He came directly for Caelum.

Just as Caelum sensed three powerful ki signatures appear in the universe, the trio instantly teleported before him.

The atmosphere froze immediately.

Caelum’s gaze swept across the three.

A muscular giant.

A young man.

A young woman.

The giant was clearly the strongest.

His battle power reached 200 million.

The other two each hovered around 150 million.

Caelum asked curiously,

"Who exactly are you people?"

Zorvak radiated savage arrogance.

"You’re the one holding the Spirit Tree seeds, right, brat? Hand them over. They belonged to us in the first place."

"Ahem."

A cough sounded.

Kebi stepped out from behind Zorvak, still wearing that disturbing smile.

"If you hand them over peacefully, things can remain simple. Personally, I’d prefer avoiding violence if possible."

Caelum finally understood.

So the original owners had come looking for their property.

No wonder these people were absurdly powerful.

He smiled casually, his own presence even more domineering than Zorvak’s.

"Enough talking."

"If you want them, come take them yourselves."

The instant his words fell...

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Four terrifying auras exploded simultaneously.

The heavens split apart.

The earth collapsed.

Violent pressure swept across the entire planet.

Lightning roared through the skies as the ground trembled violently.

Zorvak unleashed his ki without restraint, laughing wildly.

"Hahahahaha!"

"I told you this would end in a fight!"

"Perfect!"