Marvel: A New God's Reign

Chapter 54: Closed-door 'Cultivation' and a Lost Prince

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"Intelligence will help you build a company; wisdom will help you build an empire."

- Matshona Dhliwayo

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<(Atem POV)>

"This is amazing. I think Earth just became my second favorite planet now." I declared after some time while Zenith began to land on my newly acquired planet slowly.

As soon as my giant city touched the surface of Ego, the planet itself began to merge with the city, absorbing the city into itself like it was its long-lost brother or something.

I could feel that the planet was subservient to my will. It was like a giant spaceship to which I had the remote control. And now that it was merging with the city of Zenith, that control only became more and more prominent as the planet inherited some of the traits of the city.

Truthfully, it was quite an interesting feeling, because I could not only feel the planet evolving but also feel myself getting stronger as I absorbed the energies emanating from the planet. The ego of... Ego had already been destroyed as the sunstone had taken over the planet's brain but that didn't mean the planet was already dead. No, it was still alive and even had some amount of consciousness left in it. In fact, one can even say that it was semi-sentient... like a loyal dog, only less responsive.

"Well, this is no doubt the most beautiful place I have ever seen, and believe me, I have seen a lot of places including Asgard and Alfhein to name a few, but what I want to know is that, is this planet even habitable? I don't see any trees around here, or any animals. The only thing that this planet has which points towards the fact that this might be able to support life is the presence of an atmosphere." Karnilla curiously mentioned as she surveyed the surroundings with a spell.

She was right. There was not even a single animal or plant around us, well, at least not any that appeared normal. Soil still existed but it was completely covered with crystals. There was not a single living being on the entire planet besides the ones in the city. But that didn't mean life couldn't exist on the planet at all.

No. Life always found a way and life here wasn't any different. Even though there currently wasn't a single animal or plant on the planet, it still possessed the genetic code of the thousands of types of plants that Ego had come across or collected for his biosphere during his intergalactic travels. I knew from my connection to the planet that I could grow them on the planet whenever I wanted. A simple command of my will is enough to populate the entire planet with dense and lush forests.

The crystals that now make up the planet's surface would not only support plants and farming but would even gladly give way to the soil underneath if needed.

"You don't have to worry about that. This planet has everything it needs to maintain life. Just focus on making sure that new residents of the planet are properly settled and happy in their new lives while the planet adjusts itself to become completely self-sustainable to support all its new citizens." I answered as a giant tree rose a few kilometers away from where we were standing seemingly verifying my words. "Oh, and start breeding new spikes with the genetic changes I mentioned as well. We will be combining them with para-sentinel technology to create the best cyborg soldiers in the universe. I want the first batch of soldiers to be ready by the time I get back."

"Are you going somewhere?" A female voice suddenly asked as Brunhilde slowly approached us with a stoic countenance on her face.

For the last few days, the Valkyrie had been spending almost all of her time either drinking and celebrating the fall of the Grandmaster or moping around like some sad depressed little girl due to the absence of any real purpose in her life.