[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse":3,"chapter-from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-chapter-288":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","From Thunder Breathing to the Multiverse",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1676172,2141,"Chapter 288 288: One Punch of Annihilation!","from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-chapter-288",288,"\u003Cp>Brilliant starlight surged, gathering upon a single raised fist — a weapon of steel forged from cosmic energy itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one tremendous swing, Zenin Kyūjō drove that fist into the god's colossal face. It was like a hammer of divine judgment striking against a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwave from the blow tore through space, and the impact rumbled across the stars — awakening the slumbering god whose dreams had lasted longer than worlds could count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sacred bell-like resonance echoed, its tone so deep it seemed to shake the soul itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound should have been impossible in the void of space — yet it reverberated everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even on distant Earth, faint tremors rolled across the atmosphere. People paused mid-panic, their hearts pounding as if they had just heard the heartbeat of the universe itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant's body shattered. Fragments of divine flesh and golden dust drifted silently among the stars, like shards of glass in a black sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saitama — the Bald God of Earth — blinked. His usually blank face twitched slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that… from just one punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So he actually beat him in a single hit? Then why'd he say I could go next if he couldn't handle it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brow furrowed. \"What was the point of me coming all the way here, then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Annoyance crept into his tone. He started floating forward, planning to confront Kyūjō about it — maybe even throw in a friendly spar to see who really was the strongest man in the cosmos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could say a word, Kyūjō turned toward him. His expression had gone completely serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through telepathy, his calm voice reached Saitama's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>> \"That wasn't enough. The god isn't dead. Don't come any closer, Saitama.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This time… I might not win.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When those words ended, Kyūjō turned back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He inhaled slowly, gathering every ounce of Starforce within him. The radiant energy wrapped around his body like a living constellation, forming a divine armor that shimmered like the night sky itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he knew — armor alone would not be enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stretched both hands forward, manifesting a sword of pure light that extended over a hundred meters long. With a swift step through the void, he lunged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The god's scattered remains were knitting themselves back together, forming anew. Kyūjō struck before the regeneration could complete — his blade carving across the divine mass like a streak of silver lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once. Twice. Again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each strike severed flesh and energy, but no matter how many times he slashed, the god's essence remained untouched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through his Infinity Sense System, Kyūjō could see the truth — every swing only scraped fragments of outer energy. The being's core was eternal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A god's energy, it seemed, was infinite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this battle continued like this, the one who would run dry was not the god… but him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clenched his teeth. This world's laws still felt foreign to him. Though compatible enough to manifest Starforce, his time here was far too short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the Naruto World, he had taken centuries — maybe millennia — to refine Starforce to its current perfection, enough to stand against the Ōtsutsuki gods themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even then, he'd nearly died. He'd opened all Eight Inner Gates, burning his body to cinders to defeat a god that wasn't even fully awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, once again, his foresight — the power of Infinity that could predict the future — began to blur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as it had against Ōtsutsuki Shibai, his future-sight failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That could only mean one thing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This \"God\" was a higher-dimensional existence — one whose very being transcended the plane of reality itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But something puzzled him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, his Infinity system could still partially read Saitama — the bald man standing quietly behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be… that Saitama hadn't yet reached his true limit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If his limiter were ever to break completely, perhaps even Kyūjō's system wouldn't be able to perceive him at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook the thought away. Speculation could wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The god's body had nearly restored itself — massive, divine, resplendent in its rebirth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyūjō exhaled. \"This might be it,\" he murmured to himself. \"I'll probably die here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Death was nothing new to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had died countless times across countless worlds, and not even the gods of those realms could stop his reincarnation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The being that could — the one responsible for his endless cycle — remained forever unseen, existing beyond even his comprehension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The god didn't make him wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In seconds, all fragments floating across the starfield converged, reforming into one perfect, divine body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It said nothing this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it simply breathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that breath — planets shattered. Entire worlds disintegrated into dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the infinite debris, faint specks of golden light shimmered — cosmic particles that drifted toward the god like iron to a magnet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They fused into his form, wrapping him in a radiant shell of molten gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body gleamed like a living star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyūjō's eyes widened. Stellar Essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ancient cosmic material — indestructible, even to black holes. The primal substance from which the universe itself was born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, the god had forged it into his armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning… unless one's power surpassed the very limits of this universe, there was no hope of piercing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the god moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single fist rose — vast, divine, unstoppable — and hurled itself toward Kyūjō.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't flinch. He didn't retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even knowing he would lose, he faced it head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With all his might, he swung his blade of light toward the incoming fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade struck — and shattered instantly, like fragile glass against diamond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A heartbeat later, the god's golden knuckles collided with Kyūjō's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact was absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His armor fractured in an instant, splintering into stardust. His body was hurled across the void like a meteor, trailing fire as he vanished into the endless dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a long moment, the cosmos was silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saitama stood there, motionless. His face unreadable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched the fading light of Kyūjō's fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, slowly, he looked back at the towering god before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No anger. No surprise. Just that same expressionless calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But deep in his eyes — somewhere behind that blank, deadpan gaze — something unfathomable stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A quiet pressure began to fill the void, invisible yet absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the stars seemed to hold their breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>📖 Full Novel Available! 📖\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All chapters are now complete and available in full on Patreon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you want to read the story faster and without waiting, join here 👇\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>🔗 patreon.com\u002FFaaanzKun\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you so much for all your support! ❤️\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —\u003C\u002Fp>",1146,"2026-06-06T13:14:24.001Z",1,"novelbin.me","52eb86b79e6bbbbca4cecd3f4b9cb66581cfcbffb2bff9be85eeeae37203508c","from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-chapter-289","from-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-chapter-287",389,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffrom-thunder-breathing-to-the-multiverse-cover.jpg"]