Morning sunlight fell over the clan capital.
Rien sat calmly on the Clan Court's throne, one leg crossed over the other, his expression completely peaceful—as if nothing in the universe could disturb him.
"Are you waiting for the attack from the Titan Realm?" Rien asked quietly.
Kuto snapped his fingers with excitement.
"That's right! With you here, we don't need to be afraid of anything," Kuto said proudly.
Miss Yin smiled with confidence.
"As the Empress of the Han-Huo Empire, I personally inspected every cultivator formation. All four directions are guarded, and the capital is protected by multiple defensive arrays."
She folded her arms elegantly.
"Our defenses are perfect."
At that moment, the court doors suddenly opened.
Lan Xia walked in quickly, her expression tense.
"We need to prepare… someone is coming."
Kuto's expression changed instantly.
"What?!"
He rushed toward the door.
Miss Yin followed behind him with a calm smile.
"The responsibilities of an empress are always complicated."
She stepped outside.
Rien slowly stood up from his seat.
"As expected."
He walked toward the entrance of the clan.
The moment they stepped outside—
The sky tore open.
A gigantic cosmic portal appeared above the capital, twisting space itself.
From inside the portal emerged a massive cosmic dragon, its body blazing with purple, blue, and black flames. Its roar released terrifying waves of cosmic energy across the sky.
Kuto stared upward.
"That's… interesting."
Rien nodded calmly.
"Yes."
Lan Xia looked at the two of them with disbelief.
"You two do realize this is happening above our capital, right?"
Miss Yin turned toward the cultivators and raised her hand.
"Formation!"
Thousands of cultivators immediately moved, creating a massive Flame Dragon Formation that spiraled toward the sky.
Kuto grinned.
"Well, we also have a big anaconda."
Suddenly—
Something even larger began emerging from the portal.
A colossal warship.
The moment it appeared, an overwhelming cosmic pressure flooded the entire capital.
Lan Xia's eyes widened.
"That… that's intense."
The pressure slammed into the ground like an invisible mountain.
CRACK.
Cultivators collapsed instantly.
Bones cracked.
Many fell to their knees, unable to stand.
The entire capital violently trembled.
In the streets, ordinary people looked up in fear.
"What is that?!"
Miss Yin tried to stand straight, but her body trembled under the pressure.
"I… can't even stand properly…"
She grabbed a nearby pillar for support.
Kuto collapsed to the ground.
"That's… really heavy…"
His bones creaked under the force.
But Rien?
He simply looked up at the sky.
Calm.
Unbothered.
The sky darkened as the warship descended.
"That looks interesting."
Rien casually walked toward the landing point.
The ship crashed onto the ground with a thunderous impact.
The ramp opened.
Several massive muscular Titans stepped out.
Behind them stood a gigantic figure covered in cosmic armor.
The Lord of the Titan Realm.
Rien looked up at him without a hint of fear.
"Titans… and the Lord of the Titan Realm."
He tilted his head slightly.
"I thought all of you were still hiding like puppies in some corner of the Ninth Universe."
The Titan Lord looked down at him, red cosmic energy burning in his eyes.
"You're quite fearless."
Rien smiled.
"Nothing scares me."
The Titan Lord laughed loudly.
"Since when did children start talking like that?"
Before his laughter even ended—
Rien moved.
BOOM.
His fist slammed into the Titan Lord's face.
The impact crushed him straight into the ground, carving a gigantic crater across the land.
Shockwaves ripped through the entire capital.
Dust and debris blasted outward.
Rien stood inside the crater with his fist still pressing down.
"What a joke."
His voice remained calm.
The Titan Lord's head was completely destroyed.
Only fragments remained.
Blood splattered across the ground.
The other Titans froze.
"L-Lord…"
One of them whispered.
Miss Yin slowly forced herself to stand.
"R-Rien…"
Rien wiped the blood from his hand using the Titan Lord's torn clothes.
He looked down at the corpse.
"Where are your eyes and skin?"
He spoke casually, as if discussing weather.
The Titans looked away in horror.
"That's terrifying…"
A female Titan whispered.
Rien turned toward them.
"So… who's next?"
His voice was peaceful.
One Titan suddenly panicked.
"I don't want to die!"
He ran toward the portal.
Rien appeared in front of him instantly.
Teleportation.
Rien grabbed his throat.
"I didn't give you that option."
CRACK.
He crushed the Titan's jaw.
Blood burst out as his hand ripped through veins and arteries.
Kuto watched from the ground, eyes wide.
"That's brutal…"
Rien disappeared again.
He appeared in front of another Titan and punched straight through his stomach.
His arm burst out of the Titan's back, covered in organs and flesh.
He slowly pulled it out.
Another Titan charged toward him in rage.
"Too slow."
Rien grabbed his arm and ignited blue cosmic flames.
The Titan burned to ash mid-scream.
A female Titan teleported above him and punched toward his head—
But her fist stopped mid-air.
Frozen.
"What the—?"
She stared in confusion.
Rien looked up.
His eyes burned with blue cosmic fire.
"I don't hurt women."
He gently waved his hand.
An invisible force threw her far across the battlefield.
Rien then stood between two Titans.
"Let's try a small experiment."
In the next moment—
All three disappeared.
They reappeared in the dark vacuum of space.
The Titans looked around in fear.
"Where… where are we?!"
Rien smiled calmly.
"Don't worry."
"A vacuum decay is about to happen."
One Titan frowned.
"What's that?"
Rien folded his arms.
"That's why parents tell children to go to school."
He spoke casually.
"It's a sudden phase transition where the fabric of space shifts from a high-energy state — a false vacuum — into a lower, more stable one called a true vacuum."
The Titans stared at him blankly.
Rien sighed.
"Fine. Let me simplify it."
He pointed into the darkness.
"Imagine a ball stuck halfway down a mountain. If it slips and falls to the bottom… that fall is vacuum decay."
The Titans grew nervous.
"What happens then?"
Rien smiled.
"It starts through something called quantum tunneling."
"A particle slips through a barrier it shouldn't be able to cross."
"And once it reaches that lower state…"
He raised a finger.
"A bubble forms."
A small glowing bubble appeared in front of them.
"That bubble expands at the speed of light."
His smile widened.
"As it expands… it rewrites reality itself."
"The old universe gets erased."
"Everything inside it disappears."
The Titans began to panic.
"RUN!"
They tried to move—
But their bodies froze.
"Why can't we move?!"
Rien looked at them calmly.
"Because it has started."
The bubble expanded.
In a single instant—
FLASH.
The Titans vanished.
Their existence erased.
Rien looked around the newly formed cosmic region.
"Hm."
"Where did they go?"
He shrugged.
"They were very weak."
Rien teleported back to the clan entrance.
The battlefield was silent.
All the Titans were gone.
Lan Xia stared at him.
"You didn't leave a single one alive."
Rien smiled gently.
"So… did they leave?"
Lan Xia gave him a flat look and walked away.
Miss Yin stumbled toward the building.
"Someone… please take me to the hospital…"
Kuto collapsed completely on the ground.
Several women rushed toward him.
"Master Kuto! Are you okay?!"
Kuto looked at them confidently.
"Relax."
"This is normal in my life."
Rien tilted his head slightly.
"That's interesting."
With a peaceful smile, he walked away toward the park.
As if he had just finished a casual morning stroll.