Chapter 163: The Emperor retains his persona, billions of Ultramans cleanse the Warhammer universe!

The Emperor's gaze fell gently upon his offspring.

Then he raised his head, gazing toward the sky above Terra, where a sea of light formed by billions of Ultramans stretched.

He slightly bowed his head toward the center of that light sea, toward the will of Ultraman King and Saga, showing the utmost respect.

Finally, his will, full of compassion and hope, reached the depths of every human's soul with unprecedented clarity and warmth.

【My children, I have returned.】

【The darkness of ten thousand years has ended.】

【From today onward, humanity will no longer pray in despair.】

【Because……】

The Emperor extended his hand; a sphere of light, formed of pure hope and shimmering with color, slowly rose in his palm, illuminating the entire universe.

【I am your hope!】

Boom!!!

King of Hope!

Return to position!

At this moment, all realms fell silent.

All spectators, whether human or alien, divine or mortal, were shaken to the core of their souls by this epic scene.

The halo expanded.

The dome of the Terra Imperial Palace shattered completely.

The Emperor slowly rose before the throne.

At this moment, his black hair hung over his shoulders, his face young and resolute.

The armor of the Great Crusade era reattached to him, no longer a battered relic but a suit of gleaming gold armor.

Light radiated from within him; this light had no heat, yet it instantly stilled the storms on Terra's surface.

The desiccated corpse that had once sat upon the Golden Throne for ten thousand years was gone.

Roboute Guilliman knelt on one knee.

He lifted his gaze, his vision filled with golden light.

He had witnessed his father's majesty ten thousand years ago.

But the Emperor now, compared to ten thousand years ago,

lacked a fraction of the suffocating cold divinity, and gained a measure of vibrant vitality.

This vitality pierced the gloom of ten thousand years.

Imperial officials prostrated themselves on the ground.

Their robes trembled, foreheads pressed against the cold stone.

The Space Marines dropped to their knees in unison.

Bolters hit the ground, emitting a dull impact sound.

The Astartes' impregnable inner defenses were breached by this warm breath, and many veterans had tears welling at the corners of their eyes.

In the Mortal Auxiliary Army's ranks, soldiers dropped their lasguns, mouths agape, chests heaving violently.

After a moment,

Roboute Guilliman spoke:

"Father… have you ascended to godhood?"

His tone carried a hint of uncertainty, a hint of inquiry.

He dared not be certain, wondering whether the Emperor, now restored to vitality, was still the father who clung to his ideals.

As soon as he spoke,

the entire Human Empire, including all realms, turned its gaze toward the Emperor.

At this moment, everyone awaited the Emperor's answer.

Mars.

The headquarters of the Adeptus Mechanicus.

Belisarius Cawl's mechanical eye flickered wildly, torrents of data streaming across his logical core.

"……No anomalous warp energy was detected."

Cawl's electronic voice shifted,

"Sacred geometry reconfiguration."

"The basic laws of physics remain intact; this does not conform to the apotheosis sequence."

Cawl connected to the Omnissiah network.

"According to the results, the status of the Omnissiah Messiah… has not been deified."

This news was transmitted back to Terra.

Roboute Guilliman sprang to his feet.

He fixed his gaze upon the Emperor.

He had not become the Fifth Chaos God.

He had not shed his mortal coil.

Is this true?

Everyone looked toward the Emperor.

But the Emperor merely stood upon the steps.

Within his body, the gene spiral remained double-stranded.

His blood was still red.

He became the King of Hope, but he was still human.

The Emperor looked down upon all beings.

Finally he spoke, his voice spreading across the galaxy.

He gave the answer.

"I……have not abandoned flesh and blood."

"I……refused the divine throne."

"I……am still the Emperor."

"I am now the King of Hope belonging to humanity."

"I……"

"Still human."

The Warp.

Four newly born True Gods gazed upon the real universe.

The God of Wisdom opened the Book of Light in his hand. Countless truths leapt across the pages.

"What?!"

"This is illogical!"

The God of Wisdom spoke,

"Abandoning the flesh and embracing pure law is the most efficient path of evolution."

"Why does he retain that fragile carbon-based body?"

The God of Courage sat at the center of the arena.

He stroked the blade of the great sword.

"Madman!"

"This guy is a complete madman, but we must admit he is also quite brave."

The God of Courage laughed loudly,

"Carrying the law of hope in a mortal body always risks bodily collapse. Isn't he afraid of death?"

The God of Life brought forth a forest of light.

"Life takes many forms. He chose the most primitive one."

The God of Life shook his head,

"Hard to comprehend. But full of vitality."

The God of Love and Beauty carved a marble statue.

"He loves his people more than he loves supreme power."

The God of Love and Beauty set down his chisel,

"This is an ultimate sense of beauty."

The Four True Gods fell silent.

They had once been exalted evil gods, viewing all things as straw dogs.

Now they have fallen to goodness, yet still cannot fully comprehend humanity's complex emotions.

But they soon came to terms.

Even beings like them, born from extreme emotions, can be forcibly reshaped; a human monarch refusing divinity is thus natural.

Above Terra.

The phantom of the King of Ultraman and Segar hovered above the sea of stars.

The King of Ultraman nodded slightly.

It was in the final second of his turmoil in the Warp that he poured a stream of pure light energy into the Golden Throne.

【King's Divine Power】

This energy did not alter the Emperor's will; it merely protected the source of his soul, granting him the right to choose.

To become a god,

or to remain human.

The Emperor made a decision.

He chose humanity.

In the Warp.

Segar gazed upon the Emperor.

This incarnation of miracle showed a hint of respect in his eyes.

Miracle favors only the unyielding.

The Emperor proved humanity's resilience with ten thousand years of suffering.

The Emperor turned around.

He faced the two Ultramen on the horizon.

No words.

The Emperor bent down.

He bowed deeply to the King of Ultraman, to Segar, and to the 16 billion Ultraman warriors.

Guilliman followed suit, bowing.

The hundred billion citizens of Terra simultaneously bent over.

They expressed deep respect to the Ultramen.

The myriad worlds trembled.

Cybertron.

Optimus Prime gripped the Leadership Module with both hands.

"The power of Ultraman lies not only in destroying darkness, but also in protecting the original heart."

Optimus Prime looked toward the starry sky,

"They gave humanity in that universe a chance to be reborn, and they also preserved the soul of that leader. This is true strength."

Megatron kicked and shattered the nearby alloy pillar.

"A bunch of weak reptiles!"

Megatron roared,

"If my Decepticon fleet could pass through that gate, I would take the bones of those interdimensional demons and assemble them into a warship!"

"Ultraman stole my prey!"

Trisolaran World.

The Führer's thought waves surged.

"Praise the Supreme God! Praise Ultraman!"

The Führer issued orders,

"Record the logic of the Supreme God's civilization. They even protect the physical forms of leaders of lowly civilizations."

Stellar People's Union.

Grand Marshal Sidney stood at attention on the bridge and saluted.

"Humanity supreme!"

Sidney proclaimed loudly, his voice full of admiration,

"That emperor set the perfect example."

"What are gods? We humans don't need gods!"

"We rely on our own hands, on human will, and can likewise control the laws of the universe!"

"Like the emperor!"

Marvel Universe.

Top floor of Stark Building.

Tony Stark tapped the arc reactor on his chest. He stared at the emperor on the holographic screen.

"With a mortal body, to stand equal to gods."

Tony took a sip of whiskey,

"I always thought this was a line exclusive to my kind of genius."

"He packed the hope of the entire universe into that fleshly body, well done."

Warhammer Universe.

The crisis has not been resolved.

Although hyperspace has been purified, the real universe is still filled with countless terrifying aliens threatening human survival.

In the Ultraman Star Sea,

Ultraman Father waved his red cape behind him.

"Belonging to the Land of Light."

"Ultraman King and Seiji have already taken action to purge the universe; we cannot continue to sit and wait for death!"

Ultraman Father issued the military order: "Everyone, act immediately, sweep away all remaining aliens and darkness in this universe!"

"We need to return to this universe a clear and bright sky!"

"Yes!"

160 billion Ultramen responded in unison.

The sound wave shattered the asteroid belt on Terra's orbit.

The Ultraman Star Sea dispersed.

They turned into countless colored meteors, rushing toward every corner of the Milky Way.

Extreme Star Domain.

A massive Tyranid fleet is devouring an agricultural planet.

The insect swarm blocked out the sunlight.

Millions of Ultraman warriors descended.

Zoffy stood at the forefront.

"M87 Beam!"

Zoffy raised his arm.

A dazzling light beam capable of destroying a planet slammed into the alien mothership.

There was no explosion sound.

The alien mothership instantly vaporized in the extreme heat.

"M87 Beam!"

Zoffy raised his hand and fired another beam, sweeping away a large area of aliens.

"M87 Beam!"

"M87 Beam!"

……

In the Warhammer universe.

Several tens of billions of Ultraman warriors simultaneously fired rays.

The rays intertwined into a giant net covering the entire star system.

The Tyranid swarm vanished in the light net, not even leaving a trace of its genetic material.

Storm Star Region.

The WAAAGH! of the green-skinned orcs.

Energy is gathering.

Hundreds of millions of orcs piloting cobbled-together warships of scrap iron are preparing to launch a charge.

Ultraman Taro led the Ultra Guard to arrive.

"Strium Ray!"

A colorful energy storm swept the orc fleet.

The green-skinned orcs' proud 'my thinking power' collapsed before the absolute law of light.

The green-skinned spores were thoroughly purified, and their crude battle cries vanished together in the vacuum.

Misty Star Region.

The tomb world of space undead began to awaken.

Ancient star god fragments roared in the void.

Ultraman Jack threw the Ultra Bracelet.

The bracelet turned into a huge halo, ensnaring a star god fragment.

The halo contracted.

The star god fragment was cut into countless tiny particles.

Tens of millions of Ultramen released purification waves.

The core covenant of the tomb world was forcibly rewritten; those cold metal skeletons lost power and sank back into eternal slumber.

Deep in the webway.

The dark eldritch shivered in Commorragh.

Ultraman Ace wielded the Ultra Beheader, splitting the webway's gate.

"Super beast… bah!"

"Aliens, they have no sense of pain!"

"Vertical beheader! Horizontal beheader! Ring beheader! Spiral beheader! Revolving beheader!!"

Countless light blades ravaged within Commorragh.

This dark city filled with torment and pain was completely dismembered by the light blades.

The demon fragments remaining in the warp tried to escape.

Sevin descended with a clenched fist.

"Damn demons, they've tortured humanity in this universe for so long; let's settle the score!"

Having said that,

Sevin raised his hand and fired a bundled ray stretching millions of kilometers.

The warp demon evaporated before it could even run two meters.

……

Finally.

The Ultraman King raised the king's cape.

The cape expanded infinitely, shrouding the entire warp.

Ultraman Saga released 【Saga Limit】.

The miracle light penetrated the cape, washing every corner of the warp.

The impurity was cleansed.

The distortion was smoothed.

The entire Warhammer universe, from the material realm to the sea of souls, was cleaned spotless.

No pleasure in killing. Only mechanical precision cleaning.

Half a Terran hour later.

The Ultraman Star Sea regrouped above Terra again.

The galaxy grew quiet.

The nightmares that tormented the human empire for ten thousand years all vanished.

Stars twinkled. This universe welcomed true peace for the first time.

The Emperor stood atop the imperial palace. He felt the operation of cosmic law.

Full of hope. Full of vitality.

Warhammer universe, reborn.

Before the heavenly canopy, the myriad realms fell into silence again.

Afterwards, it erupted.

One Piece world.

Marine Headquarters Marineford.

Marshal Sengoku crushed the teacup in his hand.

「What cleaning efficiency is this? 」

Sengoku's forehead veins bulged,

「160 billion god-level combat power! They resolved a universal crisis in half an hour! 」

「If our Navy had this power, the Great Pirate Era would have ended long ago! 」

Akainu chewed on a cigar.

「Absolute justice. 」

Akainu's eyes were frenzied,

「This is absolute justice! Leave no hidden danger, eradicate all evil at the root! Ultraman's modus operandi, I love it! 」

Bleach World

Seireitei

Yamamoto Genryuusai Shigekuni opened his eyes.

「My Flowing Blade Like Fire isn't even one-ten-thousandth of that star sea's majesty. 」

Old man Yamamoto gripped his cane,

「That isn't mere destruction; it's a sanction containing the will to protect. The Land of Light, a terrifying civilization. 」

Naruto World

Kaguya Otsutsuki trembled all over in the primordial space.

「Those giants... 」 Kaguya hugged her arms, 「Their means of clearing extraterrestrials are more thorough than the Otsutsuki clan planting the Divine Tree. If they descend here... 」

Black Zetsu shrank in Kaguya's sleeve, not daring to say a word.

Swallowed Star World

Virtual Universe Company

The Lord of Chaos City stood on the high tower.

「Universe Lord-level combat power, numbering in the tens of billions. 」 The Lord of Chaos City sighed, 「Those two supreme beings surpass even the limit of the universe's strongest. If they come to our universe, the clan pattern will instantly be broken. 」

The Creator of the Giant Axe gripped the giant axe.

「I really want to have a good fight with them. 」 The Creator of the Giant Axe was full of fighting spirit, 「They fight to protect the weak. Worthy strongsters to respect! 」

Super God Academy

Holy Kaisha sat upon the throne.

「The angels' judgment seems too flimsy before them. 」 Kaisha gazed at the sky,

「Their understanding of justice, their inclusiveness of life, surpasses any known civilization's civilization. Yan, remember everything you saw today. This is the true god. 」

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