Death... and me

The twins' group weren't idiots. After seeing the technology available in the Spaceship before Tanxan left with it, anyone could tell that the powers outside their Universe were countless times stronger than the powers in their own Universe. "Are you talking about the risks that other Universes can pose to our Lisan Universe? Like the Lingan Universe?"

Romario looked at Rean with an expression of shock once again. "You know about it? Even the Archangels and the other Divinity Realm and Elder Devils didn't know what our Universe's name was." he then had an idea. "Wait! Are you involved with the other Universes? Was that why you were able to cross from the other side of the Universe to this one?"

Rean was taken aback. "What?! Of course not! First of all, the other Unvierses can't even come to our own Universe anymore because of the events with the Extinction Sphere."

Romario narrowed his eyes. "And how did you find out about that?"

"The Ruins of the Stars," Rean immediately answered back.

"This..." Indeed, if there was one place to learn more about other Universes, it had to be the Ruins of the Stars. "I see..."

Rean was the one curious now. "As for you, I'm sure you were not able to enter that Spaceship. And don't tell me you didn't know it was a spaceship since you came from Earth as well. Anyway, since Archangels couldn't enter the Spaceship, how did you find out about our Universe's name? Are you sure you weren't the one involved with other Universes and used them to get to this side?"

"Bullshit! I would never ally with those fuckers! They wanted to take the Chaos Origin Source away from us. How could I condemn our Universe to its destruction?" Romario immediately denied it as well.

"Sigh..." Rean closed his eyes for a moment before pointing at the formation behind him. "Can you at least pause this formation for a moment? Senior Jeskli outside is a friend of mine, so we can at least try to talk things through. You are no weaker than him, so it isn't like you will be fooled and killed. After so much preparation, I'm sure you can do at least that. Besides, something tells me that you don't really want to kill anyone here."

Romario narrowed his eyes for a moment. Yet, seeing his son's determined expression, he nodded in the end. He quickly took out a seal from his Pocket Dimensional Realm and sent his Divine Sense inside. In the next moment, the absorption of energy of the formation reduced in speed, matching the fragment's natural output. That way, it reached a balance between the formation and the fragment that could be maintained. "Fine. We can talk. However, I must have this fragment at all costs."

[Rean, we also need this fragment.] Sister Orb warned Rean from inside the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm.

'I know, but let's talk things through first. I want to prevent the destruction of the Floating Islands of Time or at least prevent anyone's death due to it,' Rean answered.

Before going out, Rean still wanted to know more about Romario's circumstances. He still had a few minutes before the end of Jeskli's time. "So, Dad, even if you are not colluding with the Universes outside, you definitely got something from them. We already know about the Soul Worms you used to more or less enslave the entire Angel Realm."

Romario pondered a bit and confirmed Rean's words. "Yes. I did find something that allowed me to come to this side. It was also due to that thing that I was able to cultivate all the way to the Archangel Level." Of course, Romario wouldn't be the only one answering questions. "Now is your time. How did you get to this side? You said you had nothing to do with the other Universes."

"I don't," Rean nodded. "But just like you, the reason I got to this side can't be talked about." Even though that was his father, too many secrets were involved.

"Then I guess we got to an impasse. Neither you nor I can talk about our methods, so we should just leave it as is," Romario concluded.

Suddenly, Sister Orb's voice echoed in Rean's mind once again. [Alright, I pieced together a few more of the memories that seem related to your father's circumstances with Roan's help.] Sure enough, there were too many memories. It wasn't like only finding Romario's name was everything they got.

It was then that Rean murmured. "The Emergency Escape Ship of the Ruins of the Stars..."

Romario's eyes opened wide when he heard Rean's words. "How...?"

Rean then pointed at the formation behind him. "You probably didn't notice since it was your own past. The fragment seems to have absorbed many of your past events. When I got here, my mind was flooded with all these pieces of memories, or, to be more specific, pieces of past events. I've been piecing them together. That's how I found out you were my father. Now I put together a few more pieces and finally understood where you got the information about the other Universes."

"Errr... let me see. The Soul Worms were brought to this Universe in the Ruins of the Stars in case there was a need for a quick subjugation. Yet, there had never been a need for their use. Nonetheless, when the Emergency Escape Ship left, they also brought the Soul Worms with them. Not only that but this Escape Ship was also filled with resources."

Rean continued as the events filled his mind. "Yet, the Emergency Escape Ship got into some trouble and fell on a desolate planet. The other Emergency Escape Pods were also lost, so no one knows if anyone survived or where in the Universe they ended up. No, that doesn't make sense. These are your..."

Suddenly, Rean felt like he was struck by lightning. "Y-You!" He looked at Romario with incredulity... "You were the reason the Ruins of the Stars collapsed. You sabotaged everything. You... You are not someone from this Universe!"