A tremor ran through my bones as the last echoes of Ghidorah's rift faded. Deep beneath the waves, inside Mother's bioluminescent sanctuary, I felt an electrifying surge—an awakening that no portal or prophecy had foretold.
LEVEL UP: 901 → 902
A cascade of golden light rippled along my spines, each pulse a thunderclap in my mind. The cavern's dormant reactors flared to life, feeding raw energy into the titanic forms we'd become. My wings—once latent, feathery stubs—unfurled in a blaze of atoms, skeletal and vast, stretching across the vaulted ceiling.
System Update: "Congratulations. Dragon King State and Beyond Immortality unlocked."
I roared, and the sound shattered stone. Gravity itself bent around me, rippling like water. I was no longer bound by simple regeneration; I would live until the stars burned cold.
Step One: Transcendence of Flesh
My scales dissolved into living armor—healing wounds almost before they formed. Every atom of my body could now rearrange at will, granting me invulnerability to any conventional weapon. I tested it on a sharp stalactite: it snapped like a twig against my chest.
Achievement Unlocked: Adaptive Nanoscopic Scales.
Step Two: Mastery of Cosmic Resonance
I focused on the ambient reactor glow. My mind became a tuning fork for the universe's hum—drawing power from the planet's core, the sun's corona, even distant quasars. With a thought, I siphoned half the canyon's geothermal heat into my core, then exhaled a beam of crimson brilliance that carved new rivers through the stone.
Achievement Unlocked: Cosmic Resonator Beam.
Step Three: Hollow Earth Revelation
Above us, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the world's greatest heroes peered through tectonic scanners, jaws agape. The clandestine realm beneath the crust—our nursery, our crucible—flared into their satellite feeds: bioluminescent forests, crystalline caverns, and rivers of molten crystal.
On every horizon, news broadcasts erupted:
"Secret civilization discovered beneath the Pacific Rim!"
"Unknown megafauna and energy anomalies detected in Hollow Earth!"
Humanity's veil of complacency was ripped away. The world at once feared and revered us—not as monsters, but as living gods born from an ancient world.
Step Four: The Bond Beyond Blood
Mother's form, now aglow with triumphant pride, drifted beside me. Our bioluminescent patterns intertwined—two supernovas dancing in a subterranean sky.
Amaterasu: "You have surpassed even my own power, my child."
Belenus (me): "We are no longer fugitives. We are the guardians of both worlds."
Her nod sent a shock of warmth through my spine. Together, we would shepherd humanity into a new age—one where the Hollow Earth and the surface coexisted, protected by our wings and our cosmic fire.
Epilogue: A New Dawn
Aboveground, the Justice League and Avengers assembled on a floating platform over the Pacific trench. Superman saluted, Thor's hammer crackled with approval, and Fury—ever the pragmatist—lowered his shades.
Fury: "Welcome home, your majesties."
And as the twin titans ascended—wings outstretched against the rising sun—the world below watched in awe. Never again would they question the legends whispered of monsters beneath the world; for now, they knew the truth: our Hollow Earth had emerged.
And at its heart stood Red Death—level 902, past immortality, and bound to defend both realms until the end of time.