The collapse of a universe; a truly enigmatic problem after an unknown amount of eons can and will take place. I personally witnessed the collapse of my own. Unable to breakthrough into the universal master stage and stabilize the universe in time causing an endless amount of lives ended in my hands. On the bright side, it wasn't painful for them since they didn't know it was coming and it was instantaneous for them. Just like an experienced doctor applying a shot and you are still waiting for the doctor to shove that needle in.
This is where I believed my potential was truly exhausted and my legend would end, but upon witnessing the collapse of an entire universe a sight which can't be imagined, light bending at every angle, matter inverting, atoms exploding, and the neurons in my brain running faster than the most advanced artificial ai comprehending all of this in the split second the universe collapsed. I stepped into a new stage of power that would signal an era of prosperity as a being of untold power...
Haha, just kidding. I didn't make a miraculous breakthrough. I was shredded in the many forming spacial cracks and then instantly vacuumed into one of the black holes formed nearby by a white dwarf collapsing. The universe collapsing along with everything in it was truly behold a sight to see, but I won't let that get in the way of the more interesting stuff. Just so you know being shredded down to the atoms is so fucking painful but it lasted for only a brief moment. The odd thing was that although I had lost my mortal coil, I was able to process the thoughts the same way which was odd, considering I didn't have a brain to bounce around thoughts through neurons....
Ah... this is an interesting sight. No one knew what would happen after the universe was gone while some just believed it would just be a blank white slate. The split second all of this happened, another universe formed upon the collapsed ruins of the old universe as if someone swapped out the torn up wrags for a shirt and put on a fresh clean shirt with no stains.
Well shit, I guess all I can do is observe. No reason to cry over spilt milk or well, universal collapse in this case.
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I assume a lot of time had passed but I don't have a sense of time other than my knowledge of how long a star may take to form as I witnessed stars forming and observing planets form and explode at the end of their lifespan. Nebulas formed all over, mysterious galaxies formed entirely of crystals, water, rocks, who would even know what the properties of these are without samples. My perception of space was expanding to proportions unimaginable and I wasn't just looking from a small bubble anymore, I could see farther and wider than I ever could have when I was alive. Actually what even determines you are alive? Having a beating heart or sentience? I assume the latter but it really depends on the person if there was anyone alive that is.
More time passed and I started to see habitable planets form including beings similar to humans evolve into being as well as many other oddities I couldn't have imagined in my past life. You may wonder, how have I not went insane from being able to perceive a large amount of the fresh universe when I don't even have a body? I credit this to the strength of my soul and willpower forged from much longer time spent witnessing this universe form and grow. Talking to myself may be a form of insanity though but it is one of the only things I can do for my own personal entertainment.
Eventually I got to the point where I had enough energy to waddle or I suppose haha swim through space although at a very slow rate. I had apparently invisible tendrils which let me wiggle through space. Even me a sociopath at this point had gotten tired of only observing. It was time to crawl my way to a planet that had sentient life with a decently advanced era. Hey, I could even help them out on their way a bit. Bored and on a journey which would take many biological lifespans of mortal humans in my previous universe, I went into auto pilot mode and just shut off all thought.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, releasing a thunderous clearly insane laugh at the entrance of the atmosphere of the blue and green giant I charged in ready for anything. I needed this, I couldn't take it any longer. Shutting down your thoughts for that long while dreading at the speed of an infant isn't healthy. Luckily it was one of the closer ones :). Well, I don't have a face but just imagine my giant blob of a soul in that shape.
I wondered if this had any possibility of me dying but considering I survived the collapse of a universe I dived through the atmosphere at the speed of a crawl. Oh gravity, how I have missed you. Freefalling soul in action, actually more like a meteor plummeting. A giant invisible to the naked eye blue meteor. Landing straight into a corner of what looks like a rickety bridge version of a city. Ah, this is probably not the best place to land, shit, shit, I'm plummeting into what I assume is a gladiator or dueling arena unless different universes have different society standards for what appears to be four human-like oddities with horns on their head facing off a giant scaled rhino with a fully spiked back and hedgehog tail. Now imagine an ankylosaurus, stegosaurus, and a rhino all in one supersized to the size of a brontosaurus.
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I understand what you guys are thinking, be open to new stuff buddy, this is a new world and universe afterall.. but hahaha, you are not on my end, this thing looks wack in every way. The spikes on the back are as big as it's head and it has legs that define leg day being skipped multiple times.
*pop* *womp* *womp* *womp*
For those wondering that was the noise of me smushing a middle-aged man's soul with my doomsday meteor sized soul dwarfing his like an elephant to an ant scattering his to the wind. While the womping noise was in this case being me, sucked in his body like a vacuum trying to suck in something way too large for it to handle and getting stuck in the process.
"Bate, you okay there mate?" One of the three left standing (I smushed one of them), an older man with bright yellow eyes, and raven hair bundled into a pony-tail was standing above me. Completely clad in chainmail wielding a circular spiked shield while one handing a broading.
"Yep, I'm in good shape, just tripped on a rock or something." I conferred back while patting myself down in a way showing that i'm okay to him.
"Good, otherwise our already slim chances would be shot down if we were down a good man." He quickly put his hand out pulling me up in a handshake grip while the others surprised me somehow managing to defend themselves from the collosal rhino mutant in all this time.
Witnissing this I realized that there must be a standard method to strengthen themselves unless these human-like creatures are just naturally stronger for some reason. I moved my arms around a little, doing a little jiggy mind me to get used to an actual body. I felt completely weighed down and like a bubble was wrapped around me limiting me in every way. I guess having no body for a long time can do that to someone.
They kept glancing back at me occaisonally after one of them was nimbly avoiding every collision from the giant spiked tail and headbutts that would seriously put you out of commission.
The rhino getting severely agitated being avoided constantly while being slowly cut at making small wounds was thundering around like a clumsy child. Noticing me in the back no longer focusing it's attention on the others, bolted towards me seriously pissed off. The man with raven hair had to avoid the collision as he was several feet infront of me dodging
No matter how much time passed though although I have a weak body, I no longer need be reliant on my body. My soul had grown to the point where while in space I was omniscient of most things happening and could even move in space with just a soul. Now let's see what I can do on land. Waving my arms slowly getting in a palm martial arts stance with a leg behind me bracing for impact. I directed a small of soul quintessence, to the center of my palm, releasing it in a tidal wave towards the thundering demonic white scaled rhino.
*ztt* *cck*
A small beam of soul quintessence lasered through the rhinos brain sending a small hole through the colosseum causing the crowd to scream in panic and excitement as crumbled brick dust came flying out the other end of the hole which went straight through the colosseum.
In total honesty, I didn't even realize there was a crowd while coming down through the atmosphere. I was so excited about the new prospects that I must have missed them. Pretty neglegent of someone who calls himself omniscient.
The rhino flopped forward crunching it's tiny neck compared to it's body and laid motionless other than the twitches from having the brain trying to send signals through a hole in the brain. Everyone was shocked, my allies just standing there in shock after witnessing what they thought would me being stomped into a meat paste.
There was a man wearing a golden crown laid slanted on a throne in the observer box wearing a red and gold robe with a black dragon down the middle. He coughed loudly to get my attention as I relaxed my form and sat on the ground with my hands propping me up from behind.
"Hey." I honestly didn't know what to say, this wasn't exactly my situation. I tended to be a loner in my past life much less receiving attention on this level. Even though I had unimaginable power and had a few large legends revolving around me, there weren't mystical things like sects or anything in my past life like you would see in novels. It was always just me and occaisonal passerbys. Lost in my thoughts the man stepped out for a moment and came back out with a reddish black jade crown bringing me back to the present.
"I, Yeru the fifth emperor, bestow upon you the title of the most lethal man in the Tohra empire for this supernatural feat of power along with previous achievements. Honestly, I know most people probably have a bad opinion of me, i'm not exactly the most honourable emperor in history. Nor do I understand how you harnessed such a power to kill a rhino but every man or woman has their secrets. I sincerely hope for you to help us in our time of need even though my son forced you into these gladiator fights and wronged you." The women in the crowd screeched while the men roared with gusto. He spat out several mouthfuls of bullshit that almost sounded sincere. I don't know or have memories of this guy but I assume he got screwed over by a prince from what I hear. Hey, I know a good idea, let's go to war which is what he is implying I think to gather information about what goes on in my new world!
"Sorry haha, not interested in a title nor helping those who almost got me killed and offended me." I left a message directed at the emperor while slowly tearing open a spacial crack infront of me with a claw grip and then swaggered inside bringing me to the skies above the empire while leaving behind a stunned emperor with a gaping mouth and silent crowd.
I think it's about time I test the limits of what I believe to be what I didn't have to complete the final breakthrough into a universe master. Soul Power.
-(A/N) I will build more upon power scaling and abilities including martial arts.