The Universe is vast and boundless.
The four directions and up and down are the Universe; the past and present are the World.
Any origin of life is the greatest miracle between heaven and Earth.
Following the guidance of her instincts, at the end of the World, where time was infinitely thin, after almost traversing half a month, Rimuru finally sensed the inseparable connection with her in the ethereal realm.
She finally found it!
Rimuru was overjoyed, no longer able to hold back, and immediately opened a space-time passage, rushing towards the place guided by destiny.
Boom!
The void shattered, and Shadow of Rimuru appeared in a Land of Nihility composed of chaos.
When she saw the existence whose body was almost shattered by the spatial fragments, Rimuru's eyes couldn't help but turn red.
Who else could he be but Storm Dragon Veldora?
Rimuru waved her hand, parting the chaotic energy, and opened up a safe place in the void.
Seeing Veldora's broken, almost annihilated body, Rimuru's entire heart couldn't help but tremble.
Veldora is a Dragon Species from the Cardinal World, an existence that is almost immortal and indestructible.
How could he have suffered such terrifying damage? Was it Thanos?
Rimuru immediately thought of him!
Thanos is a truly powerful villain, and with Rimuru being expelled by Living Tribunal, if he truly found the cosmic heart, perhaps no one could control him.
Rimuru frantically poured the magicules from her body into Veldora's body.
The more magicules she poured in, the more Rimuru could feel the dimming of Veldora's life.
This even made Rimuru wonder if Veldora had already died once.
Time passed.
After three days and three nights, Veldora, whose soul was almost annihilated, finally woke up.
Seeing Rimuru, Veldora was immediately overjoyed.
"My friend, I finally found you, I finally found you!"
As he said this, Veldora's entire dragon body trembled.
Although Veldora's willpower wasn't very strong, he was, after all, a rare Dragon Species in the World. It was truly hard to imagine what kind of catastrophe he had experienced to be so agitated now.
Veldora: "It was too tragic, truly too tragic. Not long after you left, the damned Thanos made a comeback, and he annihilated the entire World!"
Hearing Veldora's words, Rimuru's body couldn't help but tremble.
"When you say 'annihilated', do you mean?"
Veldora: "Space collapsed, all things perished, the Universe completely came to an end!"
Rimuru trembled, and couldn't help but recall everyone and everything she had seen in the Marvel Universe.
Did they all head towards annihilation?
Heart-wrenching pain!
At this moment, Rimuru somewhat understood why, after breaking through her limits, her deepest instincts had been warning her that this journey might be a one-way trip.
Thanos, possessing a complete cosmic heart, was completely superior to her in strength!
"Oh, right. My friend, this is a recording made by a little friend, showing the final scene of the World's extinction!"
Veldora remembered something and took out a broken, unrecognizable core.
Seeing this core, Rimuru instantly discerned its origin.
Under the power of the Time Stone, Rimuru even traced back to her past.
"Aiya, is it Aiya?"
Rimuru never expected that Aiya, as an artificial intelligence, would break the limitations of machinery and intelligence and give birth to true emotion due to her strong longing and yearning for Rimuru.
Rimuru had never felt so ashamed as she did now!
After creating Aiya, Rimuru later traveled constantly throughout the Universe due to various matters.
Later, she returned to Earth several times but never went back to see her.
Just one glance, just one glance, and she would have discovered Aiya's transformation.
But she never went back to look!
Her original intention was gone!
Rimuru kept questioning her inner self, and she found that ever since she became the King of Jotunheim, some of her former dreams had left her.
It was like a fickle child who, upon getting a new toy, forgot the toy she had once cherished.
But what she didn't know was that those toys she once called dreams had been waiting bitterly for her return!
"Aiya, I'm sorry!"
The Time Stone in Rimuru's hand continuously emitted a soft green light, and on Aiya, time continuously reversed.
Aiya's injuries began to disappear, her body began to repair, and eventually, a loli who looked about twelve or thirteen years old appeared before her.
Seeing this loli with her beautiful eyes slightly closed, Rimuru's heart felt even more ashamed.
She remembered. Once, she had solemnly promised to help Aiya create a physical body.
But later, she broke her promise!
Was this the body Aiya had created herself?
With just one glance, Rimuru recognized the material Aiya had used to forge her body—Vibranium.
Presumably, the process by which Aiya obtained these metals was not peaceful, but what did that matter?
The light of the Time Stone disappeared, and the reddish-brown Reality Stone began to glow.
With the support of powerful magicules, Aiya's body began to transform, completing the reversal from death to life.
"I, Rimuru Tempest, in the name of the magicules overflowing between heaven and Earth, help Aiya recast a body that can freely transform and grow between mechanical life and carbon-based life!"
The cost of creation is always high, and moreover, for a life form that can freely transform between machinery and flesh, the cost is even higher.
But given the opportunity to make amends and recast a body for Aiya, what did the cost matter?
At all costs!
Under the terrifying consumption of magicules, Aiya's body was finally reconstructed.
"Aiya!"
"Aiya, wake up!"
Under Rimuru's continuous calls, Aiya, like a sleeping beauty, finally slowly woke up.
The moment she saw Rimuru, Aiya's beautiful eyes suddenly lit up.
"Master?!"
"Am I dreaming?"
Hearing Aiya's words, Rimuru was once again overwhelmed by endless guilt and self-blame.
"It's not a dream, Aiya. I'm truly sorry for before, I completely broke my promise!"
Hearing Rimuru's words, Aiya suddenly threw herself into Rimuru's embrace.
"It's really Master, Aiya missed you so much!"
Smelling the faint scent on Rimuru and feeling the warmth emanating from Rimuru, Aiya was immediately overjoyed.
Before, she had also forged a body for herself, but it was nothing like the vibrant one she had now.
Had Master given her new life?!
Aiya was overjoyed!
"Thank you, Master. From now on, wherever you go, Aiya wants to go with you!"
"Okay!"
Hearing Rimuru's words, Aiya's face immediately bloomed into a smile, and her big eyes curved into two large crescent moons.
Super cute and adorable!
Aiya puffed out her cheeks and said, "Master, you're a lolicon!"
Rimuru: "Beauty is justice. Everyone can't resist beauty and cuteness, right!"
Aiya said happily, "I'm relieved to hear Master say that. Oh, right, Master, this is everything I recorded. Perhaps only Master can reverse all of this."
As Aiya spoke, her two adorable big eyes began to shimmer with light.
In an instant, a projection appeared before Rimuru.
Rimuru recognized it at a glance; this was Earth, but it was an Earth that had completely reached its end.
Not only were all living beings turning to dust and annihilating, but even houses, the land, and the sky were beginning to collapse, turning into dust little by little.
Seeing the final scene recorded by Aiya, Rimuru's small mouth couldn't help but gape wide.
What was the snap that annihilated half the Universe's population compared to the complete annihilation of the Universe?
Thanos was too insane!
Facing Thanos, who directly caused the Universe to head towards annihilation, what could Rimuru do?
At this moment, Rimuru couldn't help but deeply doubt herself.
Even if she gathered all six Infinity Stones, what good would it do?
In front of a complete cosmic heart, the six Infinity Stones were merely subordinates.
Even if she snapped her fingers to restore everything in the Universe, with a single thought from Thanos, the Universe would collapse again.
And her cosmic heart was, after all, incomplete.
If it continued to be a war of attrition, she would definitely be the one to lose in the end!
She had no doubt that as soon as she stepped into the Marvel Universe, she would encounter Thanos.
Although it was just a premonition, Rimuru firmly believed it to be true.
This was her and Thanos's destiny!
Without her existence, Thanos would not have been so insane.
Could she still not avoid Thanos in the end?
Rimuru couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Just then, Storm Dragon Veldora spoke, "My friend, this was given to me by a woman in a black robe holding a scythe before I left. She said it would be useful to you. Perhaps it's the key to the Universe's salvation!"
Seeing the treasure box in Veldora's hand, Rimuru's beautiful eyes suddenly lit up.
Is it Him?
Perhaps, there was still hope!
With an excited heart, Rimuru slowly took the treasure box from Veldora's hand.
Crack!
The moment Rimuru touched the box, the seal on it disappeared directly, and a misty light enveloped Rimuru!