Poison God's Heritage

The Darkest Sun turned toward my projection, fury and disbelief flashing in his eyes. "Who are you to tell me what to do, Shen Bao?" His voice thundered through the communicator like a storm breaking the heavens. His anger was palpable, scorching like the solar flares of a star about to erupt.

My heart pounded, but I stood firm. This wasn't the time to mince words. "You damn fool!" I snapped, my own frustration bubbling over. Even as the words left my mouth, I knew the audacity it took to talk back to a Sun Stage cultivator like that, but the stakes were too high to be polite. "If you exile that thing into the Vast Expanse, do you know what will happen?!

It will turn everything—everyone—into Rakshasa!"

For a split second, the battlefield fell eerily silent, like the pause before a guillotine dropped. The tension was thick enough to cut through. The other Suns glanced at the Darkest Sun, waiting for his response, and the air buzzed with the weight of my accusation.

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The Darkest Sun's glare softened ever so slightly, though his brow was still furrowed in confusion. "Explain yourself," he demanded. His voice no longer had the thunderous edge, but there was still a simmering anger beneath the surface.

Taking a deep breath, I forced myself to calm down. "The Vast Expanse might not be as powerful as the Beyond, but its population is... astronomical. If this thing gets there, it won't take long before it consumes every single living thing. It'll spread like a plague, converting people into Rakshasa and growing stronger with each soul it devours.

And when it's finished with the Vast Expanse, it will return here—with an army millions of times larger than what we faced today."

The enormity of what I was saying hung in the air like a dark cloud. Even the Darkest Sun, who rarely second-guessed his actions, faltered at the weight of the potential consequences.

"Do you think we can stop it then?" the Red Sun asked, his voice tense but more pragmatic.

The Darkest Sun's silence was answer enough. There was no telling how many lives would be lost if this abomination was unleashed upon the Vast Expanse. It wasn't just about protecting the Beyond anymore. It was about stopping a threat that could destroy multiple universes.

"Then what do you propose?" the Darkest Sun finally asked, his voice begrudgingly calm.

"Imprison it," I said firmly. "We can't defeat it yet, not while it's immune to Qi. But we can contain it. We'll trap it here, study it, and figure out a way to destroy it later."

The Red Sun scoffed. "We couldn't even seal it with Qi. How do you expect to imprison something like that?" He gestured at the twisted, mangled mass of flesh still writhing in space. Even in its battered state, the creature was terrifying—a living weapon of destruction.

"Because you tried to seal it using Qi," I explained. "We're not going to use Qi this time. We're going to imprison it physically, until we can figure out how to deal with it properly. Think about it: we know that while it's immune to the direct effects of Qi, it's still vulnerable to physical forces. The Flamboyant Sun's flames still caused heat damage, and the tungsten rods tore through it.

We can build something to trap it, but it'll have to be something it can't touch or destroy."

There was a murmur of consideration among the Suns. Even the Flamboyant Sun chimed in with agreement.

"And how exactly are we going to do that?" the Red Sun asked, his skepticism clear. "There's no material strong enough in the Beyond to cage something like that."

"We won't use ordinary materials," I said, my mind racing as the plan formed. "I've been thinking about it, and it's thanks to the Bastion's Reactor and the way the Flamboyant Sun applied heat that I came up with this. The key is gravity."

"Gravity?" The Wisest Sun's curiosity was piqued, though there was still a tinge of confusion in his voice. "What exactly are you suggesting?"

"The strongest natural force in existence is a black hole," I said, meeting their gazes one by one. "A black hole's gravitational force is so strong that not even light can escape it. We'll create an artificial one—small enough to trap the creature, but not large enough to destroy the Beyond."

A stunned silence followed my words.

The Darkest Sun's expression darkened as he processed what I was suggesting. "A black hole?" he repeated. "Shen Bao, do you realize the consequences of creating even a small one? It would be uncontrollable. We'd risk the destruction of the Beyond, and everything in it."

I shook my head, determined. "That's why it has to be artificial, and precisely controlled. The Bastion's Reactors generate an immense amount of Qi, but more importantly, they also generate gravitational force. If we could amplify that gravitational pull, we could create miniature black holes—just strong enough to imprison the creature without pulling the entire Beyond into it."

The Suns exchanged glances, the weight of what I was proposing slowly sinking in. It was a gamble, no doubt about it. But it was a calculated one.

"It's madness," the Red Sun muttered, shaking his head.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"It's brilliant," the Wisest Sun countered, his eyes gleaming with a newfound respect. "What you're proposing is essentially a suspension seal. The creature wouldn't be able to touch the cage itself because the gravity would constantly pull it back to the center. Its wounds would never heal because it would constantly be torn apart by the forces. It would be trapped in perpetual suspension."

"But how do we create these black holes without destroying everything in the process?" Tao Yang asked, her voice filled with a mixture of curiosity and concern.

I sighed, rubbing the back of my neck. "That's... the tricky part," I admitted. "The Bastion's Reactors are powerful, but they're not powerful enough to create black holes on their own. We'll need to modify them, amplify their output."

"And how do we do that?" the Flamboyant Sun asked, his wings of kaleidoscopic flames flickering with interest.

I looked at the Flamboyant Sun, then at the other Suns. "We'll need the help of all of you," I said, my voice steady despite the enormity of what I was asking. "Your combined Qi, channeled into the Bastion's Reactors, should be enough to increase their gravitational output. It'll take every ounce of strength we have left, but it's our only shot."

The Darkest Sun crossed his arms, his expression still skeptical. "You're asking us to channel all of our remaining Qi into a machine, and hope it doesn't blow up in our faces?"

"Pretty much," I said with a wry smile. "But it's better than letting that thing loose in the Vast Expanse, isn't it?"

The Darkest Sun sighed, the weight of the decision pressing down on him like a physical burden. He glanced at the other Suns, then back at me. "Alright, Shen Bao," he said slowly. "We'll do it your way. But if this fails..."

"It won't fail," I said firmly, though a small part of me was terrified it might.

The plan was set. There was no time for hesitation. We had to move quickly before the creature fully regenerated and made another push toward the Beyond. The Suns gathered around the Bastion, their auras blazing with raw power as they prepared for the monumental task ahead.

I could feel the tension in the air, the weight of what we were about to attempt. It was a plan born out of desperation, but it was the only one we had.

"Tao Yang, can you pull out a few reactors from the bastion?" I asked her.

"How many?"

"A hundred," I said.

"That's enough to almost make the bastion inoperable," she said.

"I'll resupply it with my own reactors later, for new let's just use them," I said, "As for the rest of the suns, I hope you can delay the First Born's regeneration as much as possible… while I need the red sun back here," I said.

"Why?" he snapped back, after all he wanted to battle it out with the rakshasa.

"The Lording Sun needs you, I cannot cut apart these chains by myself, he'll die soon, not to mention he can probably have an idea or two on how to deal with this clusterfuck," I said.

"Red One," the Wisest Sun said to the Red Sun and the later turned, only to see the Wisest Sun nodding apologetically to him.

"Fine! I'm coming down," he said and flew down toward the Sea of Demons.

"The reactors have been expelled out of the bastion," Tao Yang said.

"Please place them at least ten thousand miles apart, shaping them into the shape of a ball around the entity," I said.

"I got that part," the Darkest Sun said as he created ethereal arms of shadow that grabbed the reactors and flew them all over the healing rakshasa.

After some time, the reactors were fully setup.

"Now comes the difficult part, we need to pour Qi onto the reactors to the point they all apply an equivalent amount of force to pull at the rakshasa at the same time and at the same power, since the creature isn't small or ball shaped, some reactors will need to apply more power while others need to apply less, I'm sure you understand what I mean," I said.

"Let me handle the logistical part," the Wisest Sun said as he began channeling his own Qi to the reactors.

They soon began to hum and vibrate as the Qi from the Wisest Sun began fueling them.

The power they generated at first was barely visible, but after the Wisest Sun was more confident in the reactors not simply blowing up as he gave them his Qi they began rumbling as they hungrily consumed more and more power.

The entire space around the massive rakshasa seemed to vibrate as the hundred reactors all manifested a powerful forcefield that distorted space itself.

After some time, the entire formation of reactors began working as one, forcing the maggot like creature to compress against itself, changing form from a long larva to an almost squished ball of rakshasa flesh.

The reactor net contracted on itself, pushing it further and further into itself, forcing it to compress itself further.

The fiend screeched as it was being pressed upon itself more and more. Until it could no longer move.

The reactors couldn't kill it, there was no way that would happen, since the entire thing was just too big, but it could easily seal off its movement and make it unable to even budge form its place.

For anyone in the Beyond, it looked like a new moon had risen. And so far, no issues occurred.