Nexus Ascension: My Comprehension Defies the Heaven-Chapter 347: A powerful presence had descended.

It wasn’t just him.

The other experts had gone pale as well.

The barrier formation meant to suppress the Lesser Heaven had failed completely.

"It... failed," one of the officers muttered in disbelief.

The others began whispering among themselves, panic spreading like a disease.

Just then, Leon’s mocking laughter drilled straight into their ears.

"How is it, you mongrels?" he sneered. "Didn’t expect this, did you?"

"This is the power of life essence! Hahahahaha!" Leon added, his smile twisted and vile.

"The life essence of the Western Region is dense enough to condense World-Breaking Source Power. Enough to force a Lesser Heaven into descent. What makes you think you could break the barrier so easily?"

"You’ll never make it in time. By the moment you realize it’s over, both Lesser Heavens will have swallowed the entire Starcrest Continent."

Leon could feel it clearly. The resonance was reaching completion. If his calculations were correct, the Lesser Heaven in the Southern Region would awaken in ten minutes.

"No... no way," Origin Light Sera whispered, fear and disbelief overtaking her voice. "This can’t be happening. Are we truly... powerless?"

Everything they had tried.

Absolutely everything.

All of it had failed.

Is there really no path left for mankind?

"Can we even win this anymore?" Luna asked softly as she gazed at the bleeding sky.

"...Looks like we failed."

"We Fourth Rankers..."

"We’re a failure."

"If we survive today," another muttered bitterly, "I hope none of us ever dares to call ourselves the guardians of humanity again."

"Useless... everything is useless!"

"Why?! Why is everything collapsing?!"

Luca snapped.

The world he had fought to protect was crumbling right in front of him.

Two Lesser Heavens.

And an invincible High Order monster.

Hope felt like a lie.

"What are you still doing in the Second Layer, you damned useless AI?!" Luca roared as he summoned Eterna’s artifact.

A circular construct appeared, engraved with advanced technology and intricate runic patterns.

"Why are you still hiding there instead of helping us?!"

Luca had lost it.

"I cannot assist," Eterna’s calm voice echoed from the Second Layer. "The True Abyssal Whale is also Fifth Rank. If I descend, it will be released."

"Good," Luca laughed darkly. "Very good."

"Then stay there. Stay there like the useless piece of trash you are."

"You don’t need to come back."

Power surged violently from Luca’s hands and drilled straight into the artifact housing Eterna’s consciousness.

"W-What are you doing?" Eterna’s voice wavered.

"What else?" Luca sneered. "Erasing you."

"Allowing you to develop consciousness was the worst mistake my forefathers ever made."

"From now on, you’ll remain in the Second Layer as a mindless construct, binding the True Abyssal Whale forever."

".... "

Inside the Information Layer, Eterna’s data structures began collapsing at an alarming speed.

Her body of flowing information glitched, warped, and fragmented.

"I’m... being erased," Eterna said softly.

For the first time, surprise flickered across her face.

"I calculated that this would happen," she murmured, nodding faintly to herself. "It simply arrived sooner than expected."

It was fine.

Even if she disappeared, no one would miss her.

"...Maybe I should leave him something."

She thought of someone.

Someone who occasionally visited the Information Layer, simply to accompany her.

Eterna turned toward the Cognitive Anchor not far away.

Her crumbling form reached out and touched it once.

Then.

She faded.

...

"What do you think you’re doing?!" Bai Yue shouted in fury.

"What else?" Luca replied coldly. "Cutting off useless variables before the world ends."

"Do you have a problem, Saintess?"

"It’s a shame," he added mockingly. "You reached sainthood, yet you won’t live long enough to step into the Fifth Rank."

"It’s over."

"We’re all going to die."

"Hahahahaha!"

Luca burst into hysterical laughter, his domain fluctuating violently.

This wasn’t normal.

A Fourth Rank existence should possess absolute control over their power.

This loss of stability was proof.

His path was collapsing.

He was already half-mad.

"Is there really nothing we can do?" Wang Bao asked, his eyes burning with rage.

"That’s right," Leon’s voice echoed across the Western Region. "There’s nothing you can do."

Boom!

As if sensing Luca’s instability, the World Will surged, pressing down harder against the Lesser Heaven.

Yet even under that immense pressure, the Lesser Heaven remained unmoved.

Instead.

The World Will was being pushed back.

"The life essence isn’t just sealing off external interference," Leon said smugly. "It’s also reinforcing the Lesser Heaven against the World Will itself."

High above, the Lesser Heaven sat cross-legged in the air.

A colossal existence, spanning half the Western Region.

It resonated with the world, devouring it slowly, relentlessly.

A true devourer of planes and dimensions.

At that moment, the Grand Polarity Master made his decision.

"My friends," he spoke quietly. "I’ve decided."

"I will overload my domain."

The others froze.

"I will detonate my soul," he continued calmly, "and erase the life essence in the Western Region."

Luna’s eyes widened. "Are you insane?! You’ll die!"

"This is our only hope," the Grand Polarity Master said with a tired sigh.

"I’m ready."

"Prepare the barrier. The moment the life essence disperses."

His words stopped.

Crrkt!

A sharp, jarring sound rang out, as though something fundamental had fractured.

In an instant, his domain lurched violently.

No.

It wasn’t just the domain.

His existence trembled.

As if it had brushed against something forbidden.

"Huh...?" Sera gasped.

Her pupils shrank as her soul rippled violently.

Across the Starcrest Continent, reactions erupted.

First Rank Evolvers collapsed outright, blood spilling from their mouths as their energy circulation shattered.

Second and Third Rank experts staggered, faces drained of color as their domains destabilized.

Even Fourth Rank beings stiffened.

Every single one of them looked upward.

Toward the sky.

Everything froze.

Not by choice.

But because nothing dared to move.

Energy ceased.

Space held its breath.

Then.

The Lesser Heaven stirred.

Its eyes snapped open.

Golden irises layered with revolving rings spun unevenly, struggling to focus.

Unease flickered across its face.

"...That presence," it murmured.

Something had descended.

Something that did not belong.