Cultivation throughout the void

"In life I sought only the pleasures in life. Treasures of luster, power to rule above others, wealth to enrich my life further, woman of all types to warm my bed. Now I look at the world with melancholy now I only seek survival"

-Unknown human cultivator ~ Nascent soul stage

Northern Quadrant of the vast tree realm.

Glory year port, one of many space ports in the north able to house thousands of flying ships from across the universe allowing them to rest and resupply along their journey.

With the main use of these ports to act as a gateway to allow access into the void river, a series of passages which enabled extremely quick travel across the Vast tree universe, without these passages it could take normal flying ships hundreds of millions to billions of years to travel from one end of universe to the other.

These passages had spread across the entire vast tree universe like cracks on a mirror being the quickest way to travel large distances where precision isn't required.

Sadly not all passages connected with each other, multiple void rivers leading to different zones exist independent of one another and not all passages were considered safe to traverse.

Those that are traversable were controlled by various factions in order to profit off of their use, of course access to these void rivers was not a matter of simply waltzing in, certain things had to be built in order to force open a path after which only those granted access by the owners would be allowed entry.

Those whom choose to build a space port have to spend countless resources to even track one down as void rivers are not always stationary, shifting or fold onto itself causing major damage or delays in travel times but luckily it can take thousands of years for this to happen normally.

Once a path has been opened they must also clear away any potential hazards that may be inside the void river and more often then not several hundreds years had to be spent as a general estimate before it could be considered 'passable' so it was quite an investment to build.

Once one built the void port invitations could be sent out for certain guests to use the ports and spread word of its location.

As void rivers are constantly shifting one must always be informed as to the new location of entry.

Generally such information never reaches the ears of the lower realms keeping the existence of void ports and void rivers unknown to the general public but as things progressively got worse in the universe the information was spreading like wildfire.

Currently thousands of flying ships were arriving from all over the the northern quadrant using this chance to rest or trade for rare materials of the north not widely available in other parts of the universe.

One such new arrival was a fleet of fifty-two Arks which belonged to a coalition of families known as the Five family union.

It was once known as the four family coalition but with the rise of a new powerful family the four major families decided that it was time for a change amongst their ranks, which was greatly welcomed by many of the lower families while the opponents of that particular family were not so happy.

"Ed! Ed! Lets go, hurry up! Lets go!" A child spoke excitedly

"Im going im going" another young voice sounded

These children no older then five or six accompanied a group of elders on a trip towards one of the many markets inside the glory year port which currently had a massive boom to business.

"Look at this Ed! Doesn't this look similar to that hover board you always wanted?"

"Yeah, but it is way pricier" the childs eyes glowed with want, he turned to one of the elders he accompanied as a signal for his attention.

The elder avoided the childs gaze he did not want to spend needlessly, the boy knew he wouldn't get what he wanted this time but he had other options.

Shops had become packed with alien spirit species from across the universe, so much so that they had to take small steps in order not to push one another.

For many it had become a first interaction with an alien species while for others just another day.

Void ports almost never catered to novice cultivators like these simply because void ports are in space, most creatures spirit or not cannot survive in space without special gear or after becoming a godly existence.

Alien spirit species of all kinds looked at the wares in the markets or traded with others seeking all kinds of ingredients, buying pills and materials of all sorts, even hiring various professional crafters to make something for them in haste.

Most beings attempted to buy goods they needed with materials they had no use for but those things wouldn't appeal to everyone so the sellers wouldn't trade for anything besides what they needed or double the cost in spiritual stones, this formed a hostile environment where even the slightest show of force could spark a fight.

Some people even attempted to buy their way onto other larger vessels or fleets in order to increase their chances at survival. Not everyone had built arks after all, most had to rely on flying ships they owned long before or were hitching a ride for a price.

Such modes of transportation may work well on planets and spiritual continents but not for space travel.

"Eddy, Erica don't run off, we don't want you to cause trouble" one of the older people spoke in a low reprimanding tone.

The children only looked back with a mischievous smile.

A middle aged man wryly smiled and simply hoped these kids didn't cause trouble.

The five family unions home was no stranger to inhumane beings gracing their doorstep but most inhabitants are primarily human.

Their home continent and even the surrounding spirit continents in their local area all had a predominantly human population, alien species like these in such high numbers was simply unheard of to them.

These children may be part of the direct family line of one of the Five family unions families holding just enough influence to keep themselves afloat but that influence was only applicable within the five family union and its surroundings, this however was far outside of that area.

As a whole the five family union could not be considered powerful among the human race, but they could at least ensure the survival of their own. A singular family like this would truly be better off not causing any trouble otherwise they may not be able to avoid a loss.

The current situation of the port could only be said to be chaotic, races of all kinds traveling across the realm was nothing new but so many of them at once was truly a spectacle, especially witnessing so many cultivators at the doorstep of godliness being treated like commoners.

One in three cultivators walking shoulder to shoulder had achieved deity transformation, the rank right below a godly being.

As the title implies one has entered the final stages of transforming into a god-like being that can travel space without worry.

The other two thirds being mostly nascent soul cultivators whom would be considered big shots in most planets, while anyone else was irrelevant.

For cases where one was unsure as to the power of another, it was often best to act with caution.

In the five family union few could ever claim to have seen such a sight before them and even less could claim to be able to compete with the higher ranked cultivators.

From the seven million inhabitants onboard the flying ships of the five family union at best 1,350 nascent soul cultivators inhabited the Five family union (FFU), with 260 of them being deity transformation stage cultivators and a miniscule 49 Body reformation stage cultivators (rank above deity transformation) spread across the fifty-two arks they collectively owned.

There are three soul integration stage cultivators (rank above body reformation) onboard but they could not be counted as part of the union itself.

If any conflict broke out one would think no one would dare mess with them, but this time the odds were against them.

Any one of the fleets docked in the port at this particular moment could lead to outright annihilation for either party, none wanted to tempt such a result.

While inside the port and its vicinity, no one was allowed to be over 15 feet tall(4.57 meters/457cm), this allowed for it to be easier to cater to the wider populace and for no one to become an eyesore or hindrance of sorts.

So if you didn't know any shrinking spells all you could do was watch from afar as others frolicked about.

Flying was an option as long as you keep to designated fly zones but certain speed limits are in order, many shops being only accessable via flight required careful maneuvers so the children would have to be carried by their elders in these instances.

Many guards attempted to keep the peace in the port even if it was too crowded making it difficult to keep track of everything going on, but non the less they tried to keep the peace.

The average strength of these guards was the peak of deity transformation, more then enough to handle most guests. Normally the strength of the guards would be above deity transformation but the calamity war had left few other choices.

The port was a space city, from restaurants to hotels, from luxury shops to raw materials shops, it catered to godly beings on a daily basis and as such most of the things found here was beyond the grasp of normal spirit people.

The floating city with the docks included was only 5 kms across, miniscule by comparison to all the vessels surrounding it.

This did not mean they didn't carry goods for those in lower realms after all godly beings often brought clansmen or disciples along their journey or maybe they wanted souvenir, a moment of rest and thrill was often needed after long voyages.

Moving out towards the docks one could see ships as small as 20 feet long to over 400 kms in size floating in space making for a truly staggering scene.

Like moons in the sky these arks covered the nearby space creating a gravitational force equivalent to several planets, the surroundings started to become a little crushing to those in the center.

Any arks or flying ship larger then 500 kms in size would not be able to use this portion of the void river in general, the current passage was only considered safe for ships of a little over 200 kms in size but should one be willing to risk it then larger ships could enter the passage.

This would normally be a bad idea as parts of the void river had major obstacles tens of kilometers large that would certainly smash into the vessels attempting to cross.

While the owner of the port may be in charge of clearing the void river of obstacles the cost of doing so was simply astronomical, so most simply cleared what was needed for general use.

Luckily this passage already had many brave captains that steered their ships over 300 kms large into the void river clearing the way for future travelers, should even one fail however it could create kilometers long minefields for future travelers.

One had to be absolutely confident that their choice of action was the right one otherwise everyone suffered.

Spirit cultivators able to own flying ships of that size must all be extremely powerful just to build it let alone defend it, otherwise wouldn't it simply be inviting trouble?

The expansion of the void rivers would generally be a cause for joy for the owner of the void port as this would keep the void river more stable in the long run allowing for more traffic to flow but with the collapse of the vast tree universe at hand it would be a short lived joy.

The dock workers tirelessly moved from the city to the port crossing the nearby void to set up teleportation platforms for the larger ships to use since they could not anchor at the port itself due to their size, while smaller vessels were directed to other parts of the dock.

Many of the larger arks and flying ships also carried smaller flying vessels used for this occasion while they waited for their own turn to use the void river.

The void river which was currently at max capacity with no less then fifty ships entering in at any given time was dangerously packed such that even the smallest mishap could lead to catastrophe.

The gateway was all but invisible to the naked eye, the ships entering simply disappeared like one sinking below water.

The void river was not a one way path however, one could enter or exit from any of the millions of void ports across the universe. Should any vessel try and exit via this void port at the current time it could lead to a major disaster.

It could take around seven hours for a one way trip in the void river to the closest exit from this location, to travel further it could take weeks to even months of travel inside the void river, with every moment increasing the chances of something going horribly wrong.

For now this void port would send messages through the void river to other docks about the situation hoping that all goes well but nothing was guaranteed should you take any longer then required to exit.

This particular port operated one way lanes for 200 hours straight with an extra 10 hours in-between each switch of receiving and sending as to give any stragglers some extra time to traverse the void river or in case problems arose along the way.

<+== Intermission ==+>

Lower-western quadrant, Huhil void port.

A group of flying ships traveling without signs of slowing down looked ahead with apprehension.

"Sir Gregory is that the void port you speak off?" The captain of the flying ship looked ahead to a hardly noticable speck of dust far in the distance.

"Yes, we are in luck that it hasn't moved" sitting on the rails of the flying ship the swordsman named Ian Gregory sighed in relief. To his side several others exuding powerful auras had gathered.

Having just escaped the destruction of his home spiritual continent with this group of spirit cultivators, Sir Gregory had taken it upon himself to act as their guide and protector for the foreseeable future.

As for the others they simply followed him to repay a debt.

"From here we will take the void river across the entire lower-western quadrant all the way to the west-central quadrant, the trip should be around 3 months long. At least that's the plan" Sir Gregory explained.

"From this place? I am sorry if I sound rude Sir but that place can't be more then one or two kilometers in size, where will they get the power for such lengthy travel?" The captain asked.

"They won't. The only thing the void port does is open up the passageway, the void river is a natural phenomena of heaven that they have no control over"

"And it's only accessable from here? Or can you enter from anywhere? Will they just let us use it?"

"No, there are many void ports and it's not for free"

"This is, I just don't understand. Why hasn't the existence of such passageways been spread far and wide? Such passageways are revolutionary!" The captain knew far too well what such passageways meant, such a thing could revolutionize trade, travel and the dynamic of power everywhere! He had never left the vicinity of his home continent simply due to the difficulty of traveling in space, it was simply too vast.

"Because it would cause chaos. If anyone can use the passageways what would stop foreign army's from causing havoc across the universe? Those yet to cross the threshold from mortal spirit to godlike spirits desire too much, it may be difficult to understand now but soon you will see" Sir Gregory knew the explanation was lax but he didn't want to explain the history of the vast tree realm.

<+== Intermission end ==+>

"Is this news true?" A woman spoke while looking over documents.

"We have yet to confirm this and we are unlikely to be able to do so on time. From what we know the port will only be allowing one way travel from now on and will no longer be receiving vessels, so it is likely to be the truth" a elderly man answered

"Than it's probably true, less than twenty-five years left until the vast tree universe's destruction... it Seems our plan of arriving early in the north to make connections was for naught. Have the other families heard of this yet?" said the woman.

She was the matriarch of one of the Five family unions major families, the Nordaine house.

Her name is Dara but most call her Madam Nordaine for she is the current head of the Nordaine family.

"Not yet madam, Should we inform them?" The elder responded, he was also the only elder of direct relation to the Nordaine name.

"No, they will find out before we can tell them" such information was to difficult to hide she knew this.

The current generation of Nordaine's including the matriarch only amounted to eight direct family members, none among them surpassed the rank of deity transformation.

The Nordaine's direct line of descent had always been in low number never having more than 25 people in the family in history but at least back then the Nordaine's were considerably stronger individuals.

Now the current generation struggled to have full control over the lower families under their management, mere servant and guard subordinate families started to consider joining other families while the more cunning ones sought to usurp power for themselves.

With the presumed death of her husband whom was at the early stages of body reformation and her 2 uncles at late and mid body reformation, the Nordaine's were in a difficult situation as of late.

Her husband and uncles had been part of the united armies conscripts having participated in many campaigns, however even upon the disbandment of the united army none of them came back.

She didn't really feel anything toward her husbands death, it was simply a political marriage after all but his existence was at the time something she could rely on.

As for her two uncles, the loss was heavy on the family.

Madame Nordaine was the only remaining direct family member at deity transformation(early) - if you don't include the servants.

While the family had seen darker days in the past, times had changed, the five family union had grown beyond the scope where a single deity transformation individual could hold the family together.

Plus adding on the fact that she had reached deity transformation only recently - less than 6 years ago - the family was in a rut.

"Have we acquired any of the materials we need uncle?" She looked at the last remaining pillar of sanity in her life.

Her last remaining uncle had failed to breakthrough into deity transformation twice, with both attempts forcing him back several stages.

While he may have failed to ascended to a new rank he was still the most experienced when it came to the daily politics of the five family union, if he died she wouldn't know what to do.

"Not all of them, but given we spend another week or so searching the likelihood of someone having what we need will increase" the elder had no emotions of his face, to him the ups and down of the family were all too common.

He knew his current status within the family as an elder was ill deserved, he was the only one left his niece could trust.

As for her sister and cousins they were growing at a good pace given their age but they simply couldn't keep up, while she had entered deity transformation stage most of them had only entered golden core stage just recently.

None showed interest to help the madame lead the family much to the elders disappointment.

"We are about to enter the void river, a holy land of the space path unc- elder. We cannot miss this opportunity to grow!" Madame Nordaine resolutely said.

"I will double, no triple! The effort. We will find what we need" the elder noticed his niece break character so to give her a little piece of mind he put more effort into the tone of his words.

One had to know that to be considered one of the Leading families of the FFU (five family Union) they either had to have a few Body reformation stage or higher cultivators in the family plus fifteen deity transformation stage direct family members minimum, this did not include nascent soul experts as they did not matter in the long run.

If they can't meet those requirements something else of equivalent power must be in place, be it spiritual weapons capable of killing life on planetary and galactic scales or enough backing from other families.

Currently the Nordaine's held both weaponry and the support of other families but only because the current situation did not allow for large political swings that would dethrone them.

Should thing stabilize for the better for the five family union as a whole it was likely that the Nordaine's will be thrown aside.

The closest person to achieving deity transformation stage in the Nordaine family was still her uncle a Mid Nascent soul elder whose age only brought forth questions of future viability.

If not for the fact that the Nordaine house contracted 20+ Deity transformation stage hired servants and guards plus the various lower families backing they would not be able to protect their lives.

This was without mentioning that the loyalty of such bought guards all relied on being able to continually pay them, the coffers of the Nordaine's felt rather light nowadays.

The Nordaine family's line had been unbroken since the founding of the Five family union, which at the time only consisted of three families the Bell family, the Nordaine family and one more family no longer in the history books.

If either of these families ever encountered a bad situation that endangered the family legacy as a whole the other would step in regardless of losses, this could not be said about the rest of the families in the FFU which truly spoke to the trust the Bells, Nordaine's and the other family held in one another.

At least until one of them was wiped out. The Nordaine's and Bells had a strained relationship for a few generations now, while they had mended the relations partially things weren't the same anymore.

Many lower families had thoughts about the Nordaine family's weak position but luckily the Nordaine's were not the only leading family facing a difficult problem in the Five family Union.

All 5 leading families currently lacked high grade cultivators due to the mandatory call to action, slightly alleviating the pressure.

For now the Nordaine's were protected by the collective whole, none of the internal turmoil could be shown to outsiders lest they attract the attention of unsavory individuals, that was simply a fact.

Among the fleet there are 49 Body reformation stage cultivators three of which came from subservient families of the Nordaine's allowing them to on the surface look strong but their loyalties were being tested with the change of an era.

As for the three Soul integration stage cultivators who were not part of any family from the FFU none of them held any actual power to influence the politics of the FFU since they simply hitched a ride for the journey thus far.

It was not expected that any of them should choose to stay with the FFU and would be leaving upon reaching their desired location, at least in the best case scenario.

After all no one in the FFU had comparable power to a soul integration godly one, if they had to fight it would cost them dearly.

This wouldn't stop many families from approaching these individuals with offers for permanent stay after all desperate times often required desperate measure's.

While madam Nordaine contemplated doing the same her available finances said otherwise, building the arks was a financial blow like no other.

Just as madam Nordaine was conversing with the elder about such prospects, she received a message.

The elder sitting in front of her read the message after she tossed over the communication jade "It seems that the other families have received the news, they are calling for a emergency meeting. It seems they are more worried then we are to react so quick" the madame tossed her head back in annoyment.

"Meeting after meeting after meeting, in the end I will just be sitting there waiting to be called upon only to agree to whatever decisions they make, how long will it be before they start asking for our foundation?" She vented.

Saying so she stood up and bade farewell to the elder before heading away from the Nordaine family's area of control not even bothering to take a guard with her.

The elder could see her hardship, if only he had been more talented early in life maybe then he could have helped.

His own son and daughter held more talent then he did but they only entered the golden core stage thus far, the same could be said of his nieces and nephews.

Most of them were even older the the madam his youngest niece yet she had surpassed them all in half the time, a monstrous talent.

"If we must make a deal with a devil to survive, then so be it" the elders eye had conviction beaming out of them.

Just as the elder was experiencing a self high an explosion in the distance caused the void to ripple and shake a huge ark of over 110 kms in size had been split in two thousand miles away.

The elder stood shocked before remembering the madam had just exited the protection of their own arc.

"Dara!" He rushed towards the exit only to be stopped by a pair of deity transformation guards.

"Let me go! The madame is outside!" He shouted.

"We know but we can't let you risk your life aswell, the madame should be strong enough to survive this" one of the guards said.

"Damned it!" The elder cursed.

The guards felt the shockwaves spreading through space, for such a thing to be possible in the void the one's causing trouble had to be insanely powerful.

The explosion burned brightly attracting the attention of all the ports inhabitants.

"What happened?"

"Wow now that is a scene you don't want to see every day"

"Looks like someone got in a fight they couldn't talk themselves out off"

"You'd think people would be more level headed considering our situation"

"Sometimes people forget they may be immortal in name but not reality"

"Hey you never know some heaven breaking lord could have been sleeping inside"

"Hah yeah right, if there was would they let such a thing happen?"

The next moment a spear made of fire launched out of one half of the burning ark, the spear was aimed at a large alien figure standing in the nearby space.

The spear hit its mark repelling the alien figure several miles back.

"I'LL KILL YOU!" The being that launched the spear ran fourth in space attacking the alien figure with the momentum of a dying star going supernova.

"Oh shit, two soul integration seniors are fighting! Whoever gets caught in the crossfire will regret it!"

"Fuck are they crazy!?"

"If they cause more damage it will simply drag everyone into it, someone stop them!"

The guards looked on in dismay, how could they stop such people? The strongest among them was an early body reformation godly being, an entire rank below those monsters.

Even the caretaker of this port being a soul integration expert wouldn't dare intervene without preparations, let alone them being two entire ranks below at deity transformation.

"Huh isn't something odd?"

"It's a one sided beating!"

"What? How did someone so weak manage to break a ship like that?"

"Weak? Soul integration seniors can destroy entire galaxies let alone a small ark"

This was not an exaggeration, galaxies on mortal scales could not be considered worthy opponents for such beings.

Spirit continents existed exactly to contain such beings.

An attack that would otherwise destroy planets on the mortal realm would only create valleys and mountain ranges in spirit continents.

A cultivator was ranked based on how far they advanced in their spiritual cultivation, the further they delved onto the path of immortality the further ones power would reach.

Qi gathering, foundation establishment, core formation and nascent soul were considered the lower realms of cultivation and the weakest.

The power they can exhibit was still considered in the mortal realm.

Deity transformation was considered a transitional rank, both weak enough to be considered mortal yet strong enough to roam the skies freely.

After that the levels of power reached were beyond human comprehension, such beings also couldn't interact with the mortal world without causing a commotion.

Body reformation experts could spit and a planet will shatter, soul integration elites could scream at the top of their lungs and all life in a galaxy will perish, golden cocoon saints can simply create their own galaxies out of boredom.

After that the heavenly rebirth and void realms are considered so out of the realm of logic that no one truly knew how to accurately define their feats.

"But that ark was protected by another of the same rank, how did it get pierced so easily? Heck even my small ark can take a hit or two"

"Must have been asleep, even my flying ship can take a few hits"

"You guys overestimate the durability of these arks, they are made for void travel not combat, even a normal flying ship can take a hit or two given it's crafted of good heavenly materials"

"Right, the arks are made for speed and Qi retention not defense they are basically glass houses"

"Not quite, the arks outer shell gets stronger over time, given sufficient time they should be able to take a hit from either of them no problem"

"Sufficient time? It would take a million years to even get to that point"

"Yeah that's why it's recommend that you cover the arks in billions of defense formations, otherwise it will fall apart under it's own weight"

As the onlookers discussed the properties of the arks, the alien creature being beaten down broke away from his attacker escaping into the entrance of the void river.

The enraged being wanted to chase but his ark needed to be repaired urgently. The fire was quickly put out simply from the lack of oxygen, the only places aflame seemed to be storage facilities.

"Well that's one way to end things"

"This really opened my eyes as to the perilous future we are headed into"

Many had thoughts of upgrading the defense formations of their respective arks, such a scene made them feel exposed.

The kids Ed(dy) and Erica had gone pale, they couldn't stand properly from the release of vast quantities of Qi, being picked up by their caretakers for protection.

The shockwaves of Qi had spread out crashing into the ports barrier, the barrier had been designed to deal with greater threats than this and had held but the residual Qi lingered in the air affecting anyone below a certain cultivation rank.

The kids had only just started to cultivate the attacks if not blocked by the barrier would have turned them to ash with a simple touch, the lingering fire Qi now caused them to experience Qi deviation.

Quickly their caretakers wanted to rush them back to the families arks for treatment.

"Stop you fools, going outside now would be make things worse, lets find a place to treat them here instead" one of the elders said.

Everyone in the surroundings outside the ports barrier had to rely on themselves to resist the shockwave of the attacks, if one was below nascent soul regardless of the world shaking talent they possessed they would have died instantly.

Even peak nascent soul cultivators had taken near lethal damage, while the weakest of them had died with the rest.

As for those is deity transformation, cracked barriers and broken treasures littered space as they retreated to recover.

Even surrounding arks had slight damage done to their exteriors, such damage would repair itself in most case however several arks had taken greater damage.

"Even if he was avenging his kin, the damage he caused to everyone else will have to be paid back"

"From one problem to the next, truly it makes no sense to fight like this"

Madame Nordaine rushed into flag ship of the five family union, she had used several treasures to resist the shockwaves escaping with minor injuries.

The guard at the gates of the flagship _Bells of hope_ assisted her inside, quickly closing the gates.

"Are you injured madame?" The guard inquired.

"Its just a scratch, I'll be fine" she looked at her broken defensive treasures, 'Another loss'.

<+== Echo's of past ==+>

South-western point, outpost at the edge of the universe.

From here the entirety of the Vast tree unverse seemed to be nothing more then a hazy spark in the distance, here space reached the point of absolute zero.

While not quite at the boarder of the universe this outpost was the furthest object and habitat in the south-western point.

Looking outside towards the unknown beyond the universe towards the darkness of unknown space one would think nothing was there.

After all it was difficult to even find a photon of light all the way out here.

But that wasn't the truth.

Light may too spread out - out here but it did reach, only it did not move in a straight line for much further beyond here, it scattered.

An unfathomable amount of light glittered and scattered itself off of the unseen at all moments but it was simply too far apart to ever be seen.

Light of course shouldn't scatter where there is nothing, an astute observer(reader) would have noticed the abnormality of such a thing upon the mention of it.

Was there an invisible wall ahead?

No. It is open space.

Did space 'bend' here like near a black hole?

No. Light would not scatter like glitter if light had simply been redirected.

Than why?

The answer was simple, the surrounding space had 'frozen'.

That is to say that all motion beyond the edge of the universe had ceased.

While the light may strike at the frozen space full speed ahead it does not pierce said space, only slams into it like a train without breaks hitting a mountain.

Light does not escape, it does not reflect, it does not keep going.

It breaks.

Through this breaking action the frozen space slowly but surely gets chipped away one imperceptible piece at a time, expanding and retaining the universe's boundaries.

While the photons that make up light scatter into the void they create a spark that glitters one last time.

These chips are not uniform the spacial boundary isn't smooth, its jagged and sharp.

As such, nothing should ever exists outside of this universal boundary frozen or not.

At least not nearby.

But today, or on this day one might say things are different.

From outside the universe a beast came passing the frozen blades of space untouched.

As for the watchman overseeing the outpost at the edge of the universe, heavenly Maya.

Quite quickly did she note the change.

Her job was simple, defend the universe from outside threats.

This wouldn't be the first time something from the outside entered uninvited after all, it was already a known fact that other universe's do exist far beyond ones perception.

No help would come, no form of communication would ever be fast enough to ask for help.

All that could be done was to fight till the bitter end.

"Log number 12² 56, unknown being has entered zone 1887. Yet to intercept, energy fluctuations can be felt from zone 328 clearly" heavenly Maya did not waste time instantly teleporting from one location to the next.

The beast from beyond looked like a boar in form but it's fur glittered with light, it did not have hooves instead it had four finger like appendages on the tips of each of its legs spread like a star, it did not seem to have eyes, it was approximately eight meters tall and twelve meters long, at a glance it had a tail then it did not.

Heavenly Maya had fought many extra-cosmic beings so such a sight wasn't particular weird, it was rather tame if anything.

"Log attempt to communicate: Who are you? Why are you here? Are you from |||||||? Please go back"

No answer.

Heavenly Maya used her spirit Qi to probe at the creature, if she could connect with it's mind they could communicate regardless of words.

Attempt failed.

"Log attempt to communicate failed. Unknown if creature is intelligent, has high mental resistance. Creature is examining my actions, I will attempt to chase the creature away with non lethal action"