The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

While Blood Sword’s debut wasn’t that widely heard, like the Renegade Hunter’s, the fact that he openly challenged the Warrior Tower had cemented his name on their kill list.

Within a span of two hours after he issued the challenge, several Immortal Lords from the Warrior tower arrived on Planet Yahmir with a grudge in their eyes.

Their mission was to capture or kill Blood Sword, even if it was at the expense of provoking a war between the underworld and the Warrior Tower.

While a planet like Yahmir is small enough that a single Immortal Lord could raze it down, the reason it still stood despite all the terrible things happening on it was because of the unspoken agreement between the criminal underworld and the righteous faction.

Unlike the Demons, who are enemies of the righteous faction, the criminal underworld operates in the gray zone. This makes them potential allies and, most of the time, the worst enemies.

So, letting them do their thing was tolerated. However, one of them challenging an entire faction isn’t something that can be frowned upon—especially if the one in question is someone who can battle and kill those in realms above him.

Of course, the main reason they came was because of the confession Blood Sword made, announcing to the entire universe that he was the one who leaked the list of spies the Warrior Tower had undercover in the underworld, which led to the deaths of some.

It was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Now, they want him dead.

Unfortunately for them, he was already gone when they arrived.

They tracked him to the hotel room he had stayed in, but all they saw there were the most provoking words a person would ever say to a Supreme, boldly written on the wall.

It read, ”Tell your Supreme to wash his neck and wait for my blade. Until then, he can take sex lessons from a horse since he lacks bed game.”

The anger it provoked in the Immortal Lords caused them to explode their aura, reducing the entire hotel to rubble.

They left, and that was the start of the search that will go on for thousands of years, as long as the one named Blood Sword is alive.

Meanwhile, two hours after he left, Blood Sword arrived on Planet Djin. He didn’t use a spaceship to move since Blue, being a Supreme move, allowed them to travel through space tunnels to this new planet.

According to him, this planet belongs to a friend of his who happens to be a god and also a member of the Criminal Underworld God Council.

He brought him there to prepare an alibi for him, since in the next hour, something shocking happened.

When he arrived on Planet Djin, he didn’t use any disguise, so he was recognized almost immediately, causing the word to spread like wildfire.

The Warrior Tower caught wind of it, and so they dispatched men to his location, unaware that this was all a trap Klaus had set for his big debut.

While they were on the way, the universe was suddenly brought to a halt when a symbol appeared on every screen.

It was a crossbone surrounded by nine stars.

The moment the overlords of the universe saw this symbol, they all panicked.

After all, that symbol, or as many call it, that logo belongs to only one person, and his name is the Paragon of the Nine Stars.

A few minutes after the logo appeared, a masked figure emerged and began speaking.

”Greetings, people of this universe. It is I, your friendly neighborhood spider—just kidding.” He laughs. ”I am the Paragon. Yes, the same Paragon that every last one of you hates. I am back after being away for millions of years.

Can’t say I miss you all, but I most certainly miss the Heavens Court. As you all know, they and I have a complex relationship.” He paused just enough to capture everyone’s attention.

”During the primordial universe, I singlehandedly destroyed the Doom Universe, preventing them from invading this universe. Then I went ahead and fought the gods, losing friends and loved ones in the process.

These two events cemented my name as one of the defenders of the universe. However, in my third life, when the Asura race was at its peak, blocking one threat after another, the Heaven’s Court appeared and took everything from me.

I never expected them to do such a thing, not when we had never done anything wrong to anyone, aside from maybe destroying those who sought to hurt this lovely universe.

Then it got worse from there. Every life I lived was met with hell, and for several eras, I have lost more than you can imagine. I have lost everything dear to me, but one thing is certain: in every life I have lived, I have only done one thing, and it is to protect those who can’t protect themselves.

The Heavens Court sold you all kinds of lies about me, and you all believed them, but guess what, the true enemy is not me, but the Heavens Court.”

If not for the mask on his face, a grin could have been seen on his face. What he was about to say was something Efad told him in their last meeting.

Klaus had been hoping to make his debut by killing Lord Varkos. However, while he would still do that, what he had now was something the Heavens Court would never see coming, not even by a long shot.

His ninth incarnation had accomplished part of their mission, and now he would use it to debut one last time.

”Over the years, many powerhouses have wondered if there was a realm above the Celestial stage. Over time, it was discovered to indeed exist. Later, some people claimed to have set one foot in that realm, calling themselves Pseudo-Primordials.

It was never confirmed, and so for years, we all could only speculate. However, what if I were to say there is indeed a realm above the Celestial stage, and it is called Primordial?

In fact, we have one Primordial in this universe, and guess what, he is the big boss of the Heavens Court.” The entire universe went quiet for the first time since it was created. Not even a bird made a chipping sound.

”I know, folks, it is hard to believe, but deep down, you all know I am telling the truth. You all know there is something wrong in this universe, and now, I am here to tell you it was the Heavens Court all along.

Folks, this universe has been imprisoned by a lone person who seeks to dominate and make it his own. From where I am from, you can say he seeks to make this universe his bitch.

But guess what, when he arrived, he never expected to meet the one person who could stop him. You guessed that right, he is afraid of me, and for years, the Heavens Court has made sure I never rose to the stage where I could finally rid this universe of him.

I now stand on authority and declare with the Nine Paragon Stars as my witness that I will finally rid this universe of the filth it has been in for the past eras.

So I am back, and we are going to have so much fun.”