Not long after the Black Queen established the three major departments, trouble broke out on Zodhis's end.
At that moment, Zodhis was facing a great terror!
A clear, lingering phoenix cry rang throughout the universe!
The cry ignored the barriers of the cosmic void, exploding in Zodhis's heart.
He sensed a mysterious force brimming with infinite vitality.
That force was so powerful it inspired dread. It carried destruction and creation, as if it were the very incarnation of life's most fundamental concept. A crimson radiance shot into the sky as flames grew and burgeoned. A pair of colossal, sky-shrouding wings slowly unfurled.
Light blazed throughout the void. The wings stretched out completely, and surging energy swept across everything around them.
Wherever it passed, space trembled violently, darkness faded without a trace, and after destruction came rebirth, giving birth to a new world.
Only then did it become clear: it was a phoenix phantom manifested from unknown energy. It was not pure fire magic, but a kind of...
Rule!
Or rather, something he could not comprehend, an extremely primordial force.
Zod recognized this power.
The Phoenix Force!
"I never expected you to actually attract the Phoenix Force..."
The Ancient One's voice sounded behind Zod.
"Ancient One, stop appearing and disappearing like a ghost. It's way too easy to scare someone to death."
Zod spoke without turning his head. With the Phoenix Force staring at him, he didn't dare look back. He was afraid that the moment he turned, the Phoenix Force would annihilate him.
After seeing the Phoenix Force with his own eyes, Zod finally understood why it was so terrifying.
The Phoenix Force originates from the primordial universe, born at the very beginning of all things. It is a chaotic yet immortal, eternal yet impermanent existence, the child of the universe. It is the embodiment of the life force and psychic power of the primordial universe, symbolizing life and emotion.
It is the nexus point that links the spirits and minds of all things that exist or will ever exist throughout the infinite multiverse, the creator and source of all psychic power. It is the storage vessel and governor of the life and emotional energy of all future generations in the infinite multiverse.
It can create and manipulate the coordinates of spatial dimensions and any point on the timeline, allowing it to travel to and from any point in spacetime. It can also destroy or delete any spatiotemporal coordinate on the timeline or within spatial dimensions. It can permanently erase one or more parallel universes within a certain dimension.
The Phoenix Force is one of the most fearsome existences in the multiverse. Its passion can manifest as the Phoenix's Judgment, used to bring rebirth or destruction to everything in the universe, even the universe itself. The Phoenix Force is the conceptual embodiment of life and emotion. The Phoenix's Judgment burns away the sins of the flesh, for it carries all the emotions of living beings.
However, the Phoenix Force does have its drawbacks. Once the Phoenix uses its power beyond a certain threshold, it will consume the energy meant for the continuation of life and future generations.
As the embodiment of life and emotion of the primordial universe, the Phoenix possesses the highest level of cosmic perception and cosmic intuition. This allows it to perceive everything that has happened, is happening, and will happen in the future.
As the nexus point linking all minds across the entire multiverse, it possesses immense psychic power and can perform every form of psionic ability, such as multiverse-level telepathy and mind transference.
With it, there would be no need to worry about the threat of the Mind Stone. The Mind Stone might not even be a match for the Phoenix Force.
It is also the container and governor of the future generations' energy of the infinite multiverse. It can wield the power reserved for the lives of future generations, thereby negating their very existence.
It can use this ability to produce immense destructive power. Therefore, the Phoenix Force possesses infinite energy. (When the Phoenix uses its power beyond a certain threshold, it will consume the energy meant for the continuation of life and future generations. It is precisely because of this realization that the Phoenix has sworn never to use its power excessively.)
Its matter manipulation reaches the subatomic level or even higher. It can easily alter the elements of objects themselves (for example, turning wood into gold, stone into crystal, etc.), achieving material restructuring, mass-energy conversion, and virtual creation. It can do all of this: from life to universe, it can freely decompose, transform, restructure, and create at will.
This far surpasses the atomic-level matter manipulation Zodhis currently possesses.
It can freely manipulate space and time, including spatial teleportation, spatial stasis, time travel, temporal stasis, manipulation of spatial dimensions, manipulation of the timeline, and shuttling to and from any point in spacetime. By folding the energy of spacetime, it can create a portal similar to a black hole, allowing it to travel through space or time at will. It can easily destroy spatial dimensions and timelines (from one to infinite dimensions) and freely roam any dimension, sub-dimension, or universe.
It possesses the power to dominate causality, weave destiny, and manipulate all things. It can ignore the law of causality and modify history at will.
It has the ability to destroy, distort, modify, or restart reality at will. Its influence on reality can reach the universal, parallel-universal, or even multiversal level. (Depending on the completeness of the Phoenix Force, a fully complete Phoenix Force's level of influence could even reach the omniversal level.)
The Phoenix Force can manipulate any form of energy within the multiverse (absorb, convert, and release all energy).
It can directly absorb energy sources, such as devouring Cyclops's optic blasts, absorbing neural impulse waves, and consuming everything to recharge itself. For example, it can devour an entire sun (including its system), or even a galaxy or universe, to replenish itself. It can also absorb energy and life force from its enemies.
Likewise, the Phoenix's passion can manifest as the Phoenix's Judgment, used to bring rebirth or destruction to everything in the universe, even the universe itself.
...
Of course, these are all things only the complete Phoenix Force can do.
The Phoenix Force drawn to Zodhis was merely a fragment, just one fragment gathered from who knows how many among tens of billions of pieces.
Just as the Phoenix Force was staring at Zodhis, the Divine Dragon Force within him suddenly manifested. Hundreds of dragon souls slithered across Zodhis's body.
These divine dragon souls had always been dormant, but after being stimulated by the Phoenix Force, they awoke.
Then Zodhis immediately felt his power skyrocketing at a terrifying speed!
"Each of these divine dragon souls has its own strengths. When they all gather in a single person, that person becomes an invincible existence..."
The Ancient One remarked with a sigh of wonder.
Even if each divine dragon soul only granted Zodhis one kind of power, when stacked together, Zodhis could still reach an invincible level.
Wisdom!
Strength!
Speed!
Zodhis could feel the power the divine dragon souls were granting him.
Strength! (His physical power increased. Even though he was a Kryptonian, he felt his strength grow considerably.)
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