Vrrrrm—
It was a vibration that transcended the physical plane.
The originally empty and silent deep space of the Universe suddenly seemed like clear water into which various pigments had been dropped, beginning to bleed and distort wildly.
The starlight dimmed. In its place were four wills grand enough to fill an entire dimension.
No portals, no flashy special effects. They simply "emerged" out of thin air.
To the east was Eternity.
His body was like a cutout of the night sky, within which the birth and death of billions of stars flickered, he was the ultimate manifestation of time.
To the west was Infinity.
A golden radiance formed her silhouette, representing the extension of space and the sum of all possibilities.
To the south was Oblivion.
It was an undefinable void. One look and it felt as if one's soul would be sucked in, representing the antithesis of existence.
To the north was Death.
The skeletal goddess draped in tattered black robes was currently staring coldly at this sector of space with her hollow eye sockets.
The four cosmic deities of the Universe. Or rather, the four executive directors of this real estate company called the "Marvel Universe."
They surrounded Frieza in the center.
"Oh my..."
Frieza hovered in the center, surrounded by the four gods. He crossed his arms, his white tail flicking gently.
Facing a lineup grand enough to make even Thanos kneel and tremble, a look of annoyance appeared on his face, as if he were seeing debt collectors at his door.
"Is this... the parents being called in after those Celestials were broken?"
Frieza's gaze swept across the four magnificent figures, finally resting on Eternity, the largest of them.
"You're quite large, and the patterns on your body aren't bad either. It just so happens that my palace is missing a few decent pieces of wallpaper."
"Mortal." Eternity spoke.
The voice did not travel through the air but boomed directly within Frieza's consciousness, as if the entire Universe were speaking.
"You have overstepped."
"You have broken the boundaries between life and death, trampled upon the meaning of existence, and even erased the Celestials who maintain order."
"Your existence has become the greatest tumor in this Universe."
Infinity followed immediately after. Her golden phantom form rippled slightly, her voice carrying an unquestionable authority.
"Hand over the six Infinity Stones."
"Relinquish your illegal occupation of those star systems and release all the souls you have enslaved."
"Restore everything to the state it was in before your arrival."
Death did not speak, she merely extended a withered skeletal hand and pointed at Frieza.
The meaning was clear—comply, or die.
"If you do so..."
Oblivion's ethereal voice rang out, carrying a sort of condescending arrogance.
"We can allow you to linger on as an ordinary lifeform in some corner of this Universe. This is the final mercy granted to you by the rules."
These words were spoken with such righteousness and superiority, as if they weren't here to fight, but to give a child who had made a mistake a chance to turn over a new leaf.
"Pfft..."
Frieza lowered his head and his shoulders began to shake violently.
"Oh-ho-ho-ho..."
"Hahahahaha!"
The laughter grew louder and more manic, eventually drowning out the noise of the cosmic microwave background radiation. He laughed until he was almost in tears.
"Mercy?"
"Allow me to linger on?"
Frieza snapped his head up, his face now filled with extreme sarcasm and ferocity. In his crimson eyes, killing intent gushed out like something tangible.
"You old geezers, have you been sitting in these positions for so long that your brains have rusted?"
Frieza slowly extended a finger, pointing rudely at Eternity's face.
"The stones I seized with my own power, the territory I conquered with my own strength..."
"You expect me to spit it all out just because of a few words?"
"And you have the nerve to call it 'rules'?"
Frieza spread his hands, the pure white aura around him beginning to stir restlessly. (He is in Final Form right now.)
"Let me tell you a secret."
"In my home, only those with the biggest fists have the right to make the rules."
"And you..."
Frieza's gaze suddenly turned cold.
"...are nothing more than a bunch of remnants from an old era who should have been swept into the trash heap of history long ago."
"Do you think you can command me with just a few conceptual phantoms?"
"Command the emperor of the universe?"
Eternity sighed, his voice filled with disappointment, as if looking at an irredeemable insect. "Stubborn and incorrigible."
"Since you have rejected the mercy of the rules, let the rules correct this error that is you."
Boom!
The four cosmic deities moved simultaneously.
Eternity locked the timeline, Infinity folded the spatial dimensions, Oblivion began to devour the foundations of existence, and Death issued a "termination" command directly to Frieza's life essence.
At this moment, the laws of the entire Universe were rejecting Frieza.
The surrounding vacuum began to collapse, and Frieza's pure white final form body actually began to show signs of becoming transparent, as if he truly were about to be "formatted" by the Universe.
"Is this the power of gods?"
"Directly modifying the settings?"
Frieza looked at his gradually transparent palm. Far from panicking, a more frenzied smile curled at the corners of his lips.
"How interesting."
"But..."
"Have you forgotten one thing?"
"My current power level..."
Vrrrrm—
A golden light so brilliant it was impossible to look at suddenly erupted from the core of Frieza's vanishing body.
The light was overbearing and unreasonable. It brutally tore through Eternity's time lock, burst Infinity's spatial folds, illuminated Oblivion's void, and even forcibly pushed back Death's curse.
"...has already broken through the limitations of dimensions."
"Roar!!!"
Accompanied by a roar that shattered galaxies, the petite white figure disappeared.
In its place was a deity with a body flowing with the luster of liquid gold, with only his hands, feet, and face retaining a noble purple.
Golden Frieza!
And this time, the six Infinity Stones within him were also resonating wildly, plating this golden power with a layer of seven-colored divine radiance.
Boom!!!
A terrifying airwave centered on Frieza swept outward frantically in all directions.
The four cosmic deities, who had just been so high and mighty, were actually forced back tens of thousands of kilometers by this pure aura.
On Eternity's massive body, a crack even appeared.
"This... what power is this?!" Infinity exclaimed in shock.
This energy level had completely surpassed the limits of a single Universe.
"Phew..."
Golden Frieza slowly raised his head and cracked his neck. Those crimson eyes, now like two burning supernovae, were locked onto the four deities before him.
"What? Surprised already?"
Frieza extended a golden finger and beckoned them.
An extremely cruel and greedy sneer appeared on his face.
"You just said you wanted to correct me?"
"Just as well."
"I also feel that this Universe's board of directors..."
Frieza's figure vanished instantly.
"...is due for a reshuffle."
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