Clark hovered in midair, his silver-white body radiating light.

He looked down at Earth, a complicated expression flickering across his face.

"Does this count as protecting it?"

Levi turned to look at him.

"For now."

Those two words silenced everyone.

Thor gripped Stormbreaker tightly. Residual energy from the battle still crackled along the axe blade.

"You mean there’ll be a next time?"

Levi nodded.

"The Supreme Squadron was just the appetizer. The true nature of the Incursions isn’t two worlds trying to destroy each other—someone is manipulating everything from behind the scenes and treating us like pieces on a chessboard."

The Eye of Agamotto on Strange’s forehead pulsed as he attempted to peer into the future.

But every timeline was blurry, as if something had deliberately obscured them.

"I can’t see anything."

His voice was low.

"The future is being blocked."

Levi wasn’t surprised.

"Because the ones pulling the strings operate on a level that’s too high. The Beyonders are conducting experiments on a multiversal scale. The Incursions are merely a method of filtering civilizations."

His gaze darkened.

"The Death of Everything is their true objective."

Wanda approached carrying Adam.

The child slept peacefully in her arms, one tiny hand clutching her clothing.

"What do we do now?"

Levi was about to answer.

Then Adam suddenly opened his eyes.

Those eyes no longer held the innocence of an infant. Instead, they glowed with an eerie blue-white light.

The child’s head snapped toward a distant point in the void.

His small finger pointed into empty space.

Wanda’s expression changed.

"Adam?"

The child didn’t respond.

He simply stared in that direction.

Energy began fluctuating within him. Crimson Chaos Magic and blue-white Void energy surged simultaneously, forming an unstable field around his body.

Levi appeared beside Wanda instantly and placed a hand on Adam’s forehead.

Golden-red energy flowed into the child, forcibly suppressing the rampaging power.

Adam’s eyes returned to normal.

Yet he continued pointing toward the same location.

"Daddy... over there... there’s something..."

Levi followed the direction of the child’s finger.

The edge of the universe.

The boundary of the DC Universe.

The Source Wall.

Ancient cosmological texts described it as the end of the Multiverse—the ultimate forbidden zone.

Countless gods and powerful beings who had attempted to uncover the secrets beyond the wall had ultimately become trapped within it, eternal prisoners.

But now Adam’s Void energy was resonating with something.

That wasn’t normal.

Levi turned toward Clark.

"Can you feel it?"

Clark frowned, his silver-white body glowing faintly.

"Something is calling out."

He narrowed his eyes.

"It’s far away, but it’s clear."

Thor tightened his grip on Stormbreaker.

"I feel it too. There’s a power in that direction that makes me uneasy."

Levi nodded.

"We need to investigate."

Tony’s faceplate flipped open.

"Hold on. You’re talking about going to the edge of the universe? That’s the Source Wall! Even gods get trapped there!"

Levi looked at him.

"Which is why only Clark, Thor, and I are going."

He glanced around.

"The rest of you stay in the fortress and hold the line."

The Eye of Agamotto pulsed again.

"I tried examining that region’s future."

Strange shook his head.

"I couldn’t see anything. Some force is concealing it."

Levi smiled faintly.

"Then we definitely need to go."

Walking over to Wanda, he gently patted Adam’s head.

The child had already fallen asleep again, but his finger still pointed toward the same distant location.

"Take care of him."

Wanda bit her lip.

"You’ll come back, right?"

Levi kissed her forehead.

"Of course."

His voice was gentle.

"I promised you. I’m not going anywhere."

He turned toward Clark and Thor.

"Let’s move."

Golden-red light appeared in his palm.

Space twisted.

A crack tore open before them.

Beyond it lay endless darkness.

Clark inhaled deeply, silver-white radiance intensifying around his body.

Thor tightened his grip on Stormbreaker as lightning danced across its blade.

The three stepped through the rift.

The people of the Void Fortress watched silently as it closed behind them.

Tony turned toward Strange.

"What do you think they’ll find?"

Strange shook his head.

"I don’t know."

His expression was grim.

"But I’m certain of one thing."

"The power in that direction is older than anything we’ve ever encountered."

Natasha walked over to Wanda.

"He’ll be fine."

Wanda said nothing.

She held Adam tighter.

She could still feel the Void energy stirring inside the child.

Something was calling to him.

And Levi was heading straight toward the source of that call.

---

On the other side of the rift—

Levi, Clark, and Thor emerged into absolute darkness.

There were no stars.

No energy fluctuations.

Even space itself seemed distorted and unstable.

Clark’s super-vision was useless here.

"I can’t see anything."

Thor swung Stormbreaker.

Lightning illuminated the surroundings.

But the light extended only a few meters before being swallowed by darkness.

Levi closed his eyes.

He didn’t need them.

The thirteen Laws within him activated simultaneously.

A vast sensory network spread outward.

The Law of Space revealed direction.

The Law of Time revealed distance.

The Law of Life told him there was no life here.

The Law of Death informed him this place was saturated with the aura of endings.

He opened his eyes.

"Follow me."

Golden-red radiance erupted from his body, illuminating a path ahead.

The three continued forward.

They moved quickly.

Yet in this darkness, concepts like time and distance became blurred.

Minutes may have passed.

Or perhaps hours.

Eventually—

Light appeared ahead.

Not starlight.

A gray-white glow.

An unsettling one.

Clark stopped.

"What is that?"

Levi didn’t answer.

Because he had already seen it.

The end of the universe.

The Source Wall.

---

Levi didn’t approach immediately.

He floated three kilometers away and expanded his senses.

All thirteen Laws activated at once.

The Law of Space told him the wall’s thickness was immeasurable because it did not truly exist within three-dimensional space.

The Law of Time informed him that some of the beings trapped within had remained there for billions of years.

The Law of Life said they were still alive.

But their existence had stagnated.

The Law of Death said they were neither dead nor capable of dying.

Levi frowned.

The wall was even stranger than he had imagined.

Clark flew beside him.

"I can sense it."

His silver-white body glowed softly.

"Some of the beings trapped there are stronger than me."

Thor gripped Stormbreaker tightly.

"The oldest records of Asgard mention this wall."

He stared ahead.

"They say any god who attempts to uncover the secrets beyond it becomes trapped forever."

Levi nodded.

"Then we’ll only observe."

"We don’t touch anything."

They advanced.

Two kilometers.

One kilometer.

Five hundred meters.

The imprisoned beings became increasingly clear.

Levi saw a giant with six arms, each holding a different weapon.

A woman engulfed in black flames.

A sphere composed entirely of pure energy.

And countless forms he couldn’t comprehend.

Each radiated terrifying power.

Yet all of them were stuck to the wall.

Unable to move.

As though glued in place by some unimaginable force.

Levi stopped one hundred meters away.

He could feel an invisible pull trying to drag him into the wall.

But the Origin Power within him activated automatically, forming a stable barrier that neutralized the force.

Clark and Thor halted as well.

They could feel the pull.

But it wasn’t yet strong enough to overwhelm them.

Levi took a deep breath.

"I’m going closer."

"You two stay here."

Clark wanted to object.

But after seeing the determination in Levi’s eyes, he merely nodded.

Levi continued alone.

Fifty meters.

Thirty.

Ten.

The pulling force intensified.

He could feel the consciousnesses of some imprisoned beings noticing him.

Their minds struggled to convey messages.

Levi blocked every mental signal.

He had no intention of being influenced.

Five meters.

Then he stopped.

Because he finally saw it.

At the center of the Source Wall—

There was a crack.

Not a natural fracture.

A brand-new fissure emitting white light.

It was only finger-width thick.

Yet it stretched from the very top of the wall all the way to the bottom.

Thousands of kilometers long.

Levi’s pupils contracted.

This crack hadn’t been made from the inside.

It had been carved from the outside.

Something beyond the wall had forcibly gouged a wound into the supposedly indestructible Source Wall.

Levi slowly raised his right hand.

Golden-red light gathered in his palm.

Carefully, he reached toward the crack.

The moment his fingertip touched its edge—

A terrifying surge of energy erupted.

Not an attack.

Information.

Residual energy imprints left behind within the fissure.

Levi closed his eyes and began deciphering them.

Images appeared in his mind.

He saw a gigantic white figure standing outside the wall.

It possessed no fixed shape.

Countless geometric forms merged together into a single existence.

The figure raised its hand.

And casually sliced across the Source Wall.

The wall split open.

Then the figure vanished.

But before it disappeared, Levi noticed something.

It was trembling.

Not from exertion.

From fear.

It was running.

Something was chasing it.

To escape, it had carved open the Source Wall, attempting to enter.

Yet it never crossed through.

Because the laws inside the wall wouldn’t permit it.

Levi’s eyes snapped open.

Cold sweat covered his forehead.

The energy emitted by that white figure vastly surpassed his current level.

That was a Beyonder.

And something capable of terrifying a Beyonder to that extent...

Levi didn’t dare continue that line of thought.

He withdrew his hand and inhaled deeply.

There was one final piece of information remaining inside the crack.

A message left behind by the Beyonders.

Not specifically for him.

For anyone capable of finding this fissure.

A warning.

Levi closed his eyes and read it.

Then his expression turned extraordinarily grim.

"The Death of Everything."

Countdown: 183 Days.

---

Levi slowly lowered his hand.

The message echoed through his mind.

One hundred eighty-three days.

Six months.

That was all the time they had left.

He turned toward Clark and Thor.

Both were waiting.

"We’re going back."

Clark frowned.

"What did you see?"

Levi glanced once more at the glowing crack.

Its white light pulsed like a warning beacon.

"A countdown."

He exhaled.

"In six months, the Beyonders will begin the final cleansing. They call it the Death of Everything."

Thor tightened his grip on Stormbreaker.

"Then we have six months to prepare."

Levi shook his head.

"Not enough."

"Nowhere near enough."

He could feel it.

The power beyond that crack was vastly greater than his own.

The fact that the Beyonders could carve a wound into the Source Wall meant they had already surpassed the laws governing the Multiverse itself.

And even worse—

They were running.

Something was hunting them.

That thing was the true threat.

Levi suppressed the unease in his heart.

"Let’s go."

"We need to bring this information back."

The three turned and headed toward the Void Fortress.

The Source Wall gradually receded behind them.

But the white crack remained etched into Levi’s mind.

He knew this was only the beginning.

The real war had not yet arrived.

---

During the journey back, Clark suddenly spoke.

"Do you think we can win?"

Levi remained silent for several seconds.

"I don’t know."

Then he smiled faintly.

"But we have to try."

Thor snorted.

"Asgardians do not fear battle."

"Even gods fall eventually."

Levi chuckled.

"Then let’s show them something."

His eyes hardened.

"Mortals aren’t easy prey either."

The three accelerated and soon returned to the Void Fortress.

Wanda was the first to greet them.

Adam still slept peacefully in her arms.

"Well?"

Levi gently touched Adam’s head.

The child looked completely unaware of everything that had happened.

"We found the answer."

He looked at Wanda.

"But it isn’t good news."

Wanda bit her lip.

"How bad?"

Levi didn’t answer.

Instead, he turned toward the fortress’s central conference room.

Tony, Strange, Steve, Natasha—everyone was waiting there.

"Gather everyone."

"We need a meeting."

Wanda nodded and followed behind him carrying Adam.

Levi entered the conference room.

Every gaze immediately focused on him.

Everyone was waiting.

Waiting for him to tell them what came next.

Levi stopped at the conference table and placed both hands upon it.

"I went to the Source Wall."

The room fell silent.

"There’s a crack in it."

"A crack carved from the outside by the Beyonders."

Tony’s faceplate opened.

"Hold on."

"Someone can actually punch a hole through that thing?"

Levi nodded.

"And they were running."

"Something was chasing them."

The Eye of Agamotto pulsed.

"What was it?"

Strange asked.

Levi shook his head.

"I don’t know."

"But I know one thing."

He looked around the room.

"Six months from now, the Beyonders will begin their final cleansing."

"They intend to erase every universe that fails their standards."

Silence.

Absolute silence.

Steve was the first to speak.

"What do we do?"

Levi took a deep breath.

"We get stronger."

"As strong as possible."

Wanda hugged Adam tighter.

"And you?"

Levi smiled.

"Me?"

"I’ll go find more allies."

He turned toward the stars beyond the window.

Countless lights shimmered in the void.

"The Multiverse is vast."

"There are always people willing to fight."

Tony stood up.

"Then let’s begin."

Levi nodded.

"Right."

"Starting now."

He could feel the power surging inside him.

The Phoenix Force.

The Power Cosmic.

Everything he had gained.

Yet it still wasn’t enough.

Not nearly enough.

But he would become stronger.

Strong enough to stand against the Beyonders.

Strong enough to protect this world.

---

After the meeting ended, Levi stood alone at the edge of the fortress.

Wanda walked over and stood beside him.

"What are you thinking about?"

Levi stared into the distance.

"What this world will become if we lose."

Wanda took his hand.

"We won’t lose."

Levi turned toward her.

"How do you know?"

Wanda smiled.

"Because you’re still here."

Levi was silent for a few seconds.

Then he smiled as well.

"You know what?"

"You’re right."

He tightened his grip on her hand.

"As long as I’m here..."

"No one is going to destroy this world."

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