Chapter 149: Galactus Arrives 

Within the absolute boundary of Dormammu's Dark Dimension, the colossal Dimensional Lord was continuously, aggressively siphoning massive quantities of foundational dimensional energy directly from his realm. His raw power and physical mass were expanding exponentially, rapidly overpowering Luke in the brutal, close-quarters brawl. 

Dormammu's physical avatar had violently ballooned to nearly three hundred meters tall! Every single punch he threw carried apocalyptic kinetic force. 

Conversely, Luke, having aggressively expended massive amounts of his internal energy reserves to forcefully match Dormammu's initial size, was rapidly approaching a critical energy deficit. 

Realizing the tactical situation was completely unsustainable, Luke wisely decided to temporarily retreat. He aggressively engaged a highly evasive maneuver, violently breaking the grapple, and rapidly fled back into the absolute safety of his own Dark Dimension to resupply. 

Because Luke had explicitly, fundamentally revoked Dormammu's localized access to the ambient dark energy within the material plane and his own dimension, Dormammu was completely incapable of rapidly pursuing him outside his realm. The colossal giant was forced to simply hover near the rift, watching Luke retreat, unable to follow without sacrificing his massive dimensional advantage. 

Arriving within his own realm, Luke immediately aggressively consumed massive quantities of highly compressed Dark Energy Crystals, rapidly completely restoring his internal reserves to absolute maximum capacity. 

As he absorbed the energy, Luke frowned deeply, analyzing the fundamental tactical flaw in the engagement. 

As long as Dormammu remains physically anchored within his own Dark Dimension, he possesses virtually infinite, instantaneous access to his realm's foundational energy. He is functionally invincible in a war of attrition. 

If I genuinely intend to permanently defeat him, I absolutely must discover a viable method to violently, physically drag his colossal avatar entirely out of his dimension and force the engagement into neutral territory! 

Fully recharged and his tactical objective clear, Luke aggressively charged back through the rift, returning to Dormammu's dimension. 

Seeing Luke return, Dormammu roared mockingly. "You actually possess the profound stupidity to return?! I honestly assumed you had cowardly fled for good." 

Luke completely ignored the arrogant taunt. He aggressively flared his massive skeletal wings and violently charged directly at the colossal Dimensional Lord! 

Dormammu aggressively planted his feet, preparing to violently punch the incoming Luke completely out of the sky. 

However, the absolute microsecond Dormammu pulled his massive arm back, Luke aggressively, violently triggered a massive, highly concentrated burst of dark energy propulsion! He instantly broke the sound barrier, crossing the massive distance in a fraction of a second, completely bypassing Dormammu's defenses, and violently tackling the colossal giant directly in the chest! 

Caught completely off guard by the blinding acceleration, Dormammu was violently knocked completely off balance and crashed heavily onto his back! 

Instantly pressing the advantage, Luke aggressively summoned his dual Death Scythes! He violently slammed both massive blades deeply into Dormammu's shoulders, securely pinning him to the ground! 

"Now you're coming with me!" Luke roared! He aggressively grabbed the hilts of the scythes and began violently, relentlessly dragging Dormammu's colossal body across the ground directly toward the dimensional rift! 

Dormammu roared in absolute fury and agony! He violently struggled, desperately attempting to pry the massive blades out of his shoulders. However, Luke aggressively channeled massive torrents of highly concentrated dark energy directly through the scythe hilts! The energy violently manifested as massive, incredibly thick magical chains that rapidly wrapped around Dormammu's torso, completely, securely binding him! 

Furious and panicked, Dormammu aggressively, desperately siphoned massive, catastrophic quantities of foundational energy directly from his dimension, channeling it into his physical strength in a desperate attempt to violently shatter the magical chains! 

The chains violently groaned and began fracturing under the immense, apocalyptic pressure! 

Furthermore, due to Dormammu's absolutely reckless, catastrophic energy absorption, the entire Dark Dimension began violently vibrating and emitting terrifying, deep, groaning sounds of severe structural stress! 

Luke frowned deeply, feeling the dimension destabilizing. If I allow him to continue uncontrollably absorbing foundational energy to break the chains... he will likely successfully overpower me before I can drag him out of the dimension. 

Thinking rapidly, Luke executed a highly risky, counter-intuitive tactical maneuver. 

He consciously, explicitly canceled the localized dimensional override he had previously imposed on Dormammu! He officially restored Dormammu's capability to actively manipulate ambient dark energy! 

Sensing the sudden, unexpected restoration of his magical authority, Dormammu paused, highly suspicious. This is undeniably a highly complex trap. 

However, regardless of the potential trap, regaining his absolute magical authority was a massive tactical advantage he absolutely could not ignore. He desperately wanted to avoid completely permanently cannibalizing his own dimension's foundational energy if possible. 

Instantly actively manipulating the ambient dark energy, Dormammu violently shattered the magical chains binding him! He aggressively pushed himself off the ground, rapidly levitating into the air to establish a superior tactical position, glaring furiously down at Luke. 

Luke gracefully hovered up to meet him, his massive dual scythes ready. 

"I have absolutely no idea what pathetic, localized trick you are attempting to execute by restoring my magic," Dormammu sneered confidently. "However... I sincerely thank you. As a token of my profound gratitude, I will ensure your execution is relatively swift!" 

Dormammu aggressively swept his massive arm! Massive, unfathomable torrents of ambient dark energy violently condensed around him, forming hundreds of highly destructive, apocalyptic magical arrays that instantly unleashed a devastating barrage directly at Luke! 

Luke aggressively flared his wings, executing flawless, highly evasive aerial maneuvers, dodging a massive volley of lethal, homing energy spikes. He was forced to aggressively cross his arms and rely on his dense armor to absorb several direct hits. 

Fortunately, because they were both utilizing dark energy, the localized damage was relatively minimal; Luke merely expended a small amount of internal energy to perfectly regenerate the localized armor damage. 

Facing the overwhelming, continuous magical barrage, Luke adopted a highly aggressive, tactical retreat. He rapidly flew backward, actively drawing the highly aggressive, overconfident Dormammu directly toward the dimensional rift! 

As Luke violently crossed the threshold, instantly exiting the Dark Dimension and returning to the material plane, he expected Dormammu to blindly follow. 

However, Dormammu, remembering his severe vulnerability outside his realm, wisely halted his advance directly at the rift boundary. Instead of physically pursuing Luke, he remained safely within his dimension and aggressively utilized the rift as a massive, localized firing port, unleashing a continuous, apocalyptic magical bombardment directly at Luke! 

Luke frowned, hovering amidst the chaotic magical crossfire. He's refusing to leave the safety of his dimension. 

Calculating the exact distance between Dormammu and the rift threshold, Luke made a highly aggressive, instantaneous decision! 

He violently, aggressively charged directly back through the massive barrage of dark magic! 

Dormammu aggressively intensified his magical bombardment, anticipating a brutal collision. However, Luke completely ignored the superficial dark energy damage, aggressively absorbing the hits, and violently closed the distance directly to Dormammu's colossal avatar! 

Instead of utilizing his scythes, Luke violently, aggressively tackled Dormammu, forcefully pushing the colossal giant backward! However, as Dormammu attempted to utilize his magical superiority to instantly repel Luke... 

Luke aggressively, instantaneously re-imposed the absolute, localized dimensional override! 

He instantly completely revoked Dormammu's access to the ambient dark energy again! 

Suddenly entirely, completely stripped of his magical authority mid-flight, Dormammu's massive avatar violently sputtered, and he immediately entered an uncontrolled, highly embarrassing free-fall! 

What the...?! 

While the colossal Dimensional Lord was completely disoriented and helplessly plummeting, Luke aggressively, flawlessly utilized the localized tactical advantage! He violently maneuvered directly behind the falling giant, aggressively grabbed Dormammu's massive shoulders, and brutally, relentlessly shoved him forward! 

Realizing Luke's highly deceptive, brilliant tactical objective, Dormammu roared in absolute panic! He violently, desperately struggled, throwing blind, wild punches, aggressively attempting to completely halt his forward momentum! 

However, Luke aggressively gritted his teeth, channeling his absolute maximum physical strength, and violently, relentlessly bulldozed the colossal Dimensional Lord completely out of the Dark Dimension and directly into the material plane! 

Having successfully dragged Dormammu into neutral territory, a highly triumphant, sadistic smirk spread across Luke's face. He instantly attempted to violently shove Dormammu directly into his own, localized 'Shadow World' to establish a massive, absolute home-field advantage! 

However, Dormammu was entirely aware that if he was successfully dragged into the novice's localized dimension, he was permanently, absolutely doomed. 

Driven by sheer, absolute survival instinct, Dormammu completely abandoned all caution! He aggressively, violently burned massive, catastrophic quantities of his core, irreplaceable Origin Essence! 

A terrifying, apocalyptic surge of pure, unadulterated cosmic energy violently erupted from Dormammu's physical avatar! The sheer, devastating intensity of the energy pulse violently warped and fractured the localized space-time continuum, generating terrifying, audible shrieks of structural tearing! 

Being in absolute, point-blank physical contact with Dormammu, Luke instantly felt the terrifying, apocalyptic surge of Origin Essence! 

Realizing Dormammu was officially executing a highly lethal, absolute last-resort, suicidal offensive, Luke violently shoved Dormammu away and aggressively rapidly retreated to establish a safe distance. 

He's officially completely unhinged. I absolutely cannot afford to underestimate him. 

Luke aggressively extended his hands, actively channeling the absolute maximum, unfettered dark energy output directly from his massive, localized dimensional vaults! 

Massive, unfathomable torrents of pure, absolute darkness aggressively violently erupted into the sky behind Luke, forming a terrifying, apocalyptic ocean of shadows! 

Hovering before his massive energy reserve, Luke stared coldly at the violently expanding, burning avatar of Dormammu, preparing for the absolute, final, reality-shattering clash. He absolutely refused to allow Dormammu to re-enter his Dark Dimension. 

The sudden, catastrophic escalation of power instantly drew the absolute attention of every single entity remaining on the massive battlefield. The terrifying, localized spatial distortion generated by Dormammu and the apocalyptic ocean of darkness summoned by Luke were impossible to ignore. 

In fact, the massive, highly concentrated cosmic energy signatures were so incredibly intense they instantly triggered numerous highly classified, global satellite monitoring networks across Earth! Countless high-altitude military satellites desperately reoriented their optics, attempting to observe the apocalyptic conflict. 

However, completely oblivious to the global audience, Luke and Dormammu were entirely focused on each other. 

Seeing Dormammu's colossal avatar aggressively expanding further, his cosmic flames burning with terrifying, blinding intensity, Luke launched the first preemptive strike! 

He aggressively condensed massive, highly volatile torrents of dark energy, violently unleashing a devastating, continuous barrage of highly concentrated, apocalyptic energy blasts directly at Dormammu! 

Dormammu, currently standing atop the violently churning ocean utilizing his cosmic flames for localized buoyancy, stared furiously at the incoming barrage. He aggressively opened his massive, burning maw and unleashed a devastating, highly concentrated 'Roar Cannon'! The apocalyptic energy beam effortlessly, violently obliterated Luke's attacks and continued its lethal trajectory directly toward him! 

Luke's eyes widened in genuine surprise at the overwhelming power! He aggressively flared his wings, executing a rapid, highly evasive maneuver to barely dodge the incoming beam! 

As he dodged, Luke aggressively channeled his massive dark energy reserves and violently dive-bombed directly toward the colossal Dimensional Lord! 

Completely enveloped in a terrifying aura of dense dark energy, Luke violently clashed with Dormammu! 

Dormammu's body erupted in blinding, apocalyptic cosmic flames as he aggressively swung a devastating punch! 

Feeling the terrifying, localized heat, Luke aggressively rapidly condensed his dark energy armor, transforming the outer layer into highly specialized, pitch-black flames specifically designed to actively counter and absorb Dormammu's cosmic fire! 

Effortlessly parrying Dormammu's massive punch, Luke aggressively summoned his colossal Death Scythe! The pitch-black flames rapidly spread up the handle, igniting the razor-sharp blade. With a devastating, violent swing, Luke aggressively hacked directly into Dormammu's chest! 

Dormammu roared furiously! He aggressively opened his maw, preparing to unleash another devastating point-blank 'Roar Cannon' directly into Luke's face! 

Anticipating the lethal attack, Luke aggressively violently shoved a massive, highly condensed sphere of pure, solid dark energy directly into Dormammu's open mouth, completely violently interrupting the energy buildup! 

With his primary ranged attack neutralized, Dormammu aggressively condensed a highly volatile sphere of Origin Essence in his hand, preparing to violently slam it into Luke! 

Luke ruthlessly countered! He aggressively utilized his massive dark energy reserves to instantly conjure dozens of incredibly thick, highly durable magical chains, violently wrapping them around Dormammu's arms and legs, completely immobilizing the colossal giant! 

With Dormammu highly restrained, Luke aggressively raised his colossal Death Scythe, preparing to deliver a devastating, absolute final decapitation strike! 

Dormammu roared in absolute, cosmic panic! He aggressively, violently detonated a massive pulse of Origin Essence, desperately attempting to violently shatter the bindings and repel Luke! 

However, Luke absolutely refused to yield! He aggressively channeled his absolute maximum physical strength, violently pushing through the apocalyptic energy blast, and brutally, cleanly severed Dormammu's colossal head completely from his shoulders! 

However... Dormammu still absolutely refused to die! 

His severed, burning head instantly dissolved into pure Origin Essence, rapidly flowing back toward his torso, desperately attempting to rapidly regenerate! 

"How exactly do I permanently terminate this entity?!" Luke yelled in profound frustration, staring at the rapidly regenerating Dimensional Lord. He quickly established a localized mental tether to the Ancient One. 

"To permanently, absolutely terminate a primordial entity of Dormammu's specific classification, you must either fundamentally, completely destroy his core dimension... or completely, aggressively exhaust his absolute, entire reserve of Origin Essence! Otherwise, he will continuously regenerate!" the Ancient One replied urgently. 

Understanding the tactical requirement, Luke's expression hardened. Completely destroying the Dark Dimension was currently mathematically impossible. However, aggressively exhausting Dormammu's Origin reserves was entirely viable. 

Watching the rapidly regenerating head, Luke aggressively waved his hand! Massive, unfathomable torrents of pure dark energy violently swarmed over Dormammu's body! 

Under the relentless, highly corrosive, continuous friction of Luke's dark energy, Dormammu's Origin Essence was rapidly, aggressively being depleted! 

Just as Luke genuinely believed he was about to successfully grind Dormammu into cosmic dust, a massive, highly concentrated burst of Origin Essence violently erupted from Dormammu's core! The blast aggressively repelled Luke's dark energy! 

Simultaneously, a significantly smaller, highly concentrated, newly regenerated version of Dormammu violently slipped free from the magical chains! 

Staring at the significantly shrunken Dimensional Lord, Luke summoned his dual Death Scythes. "Are you aggressively compressing your mass to formally surrender?" 

Dormammu, acutely aware that his highly valuable, irreplaceable Origin Essence was currently catastrophically depleted, glared at Luke with absolute, unfiltered, murderous hatred. 

"Do you have absolutely any concept of exactly how many eons it required to passively cultivate that energy?!" 

Luke offered a highly dismissive scoff. "It's merely localized, generic energy. Get over it." 

He aggressively raised his dual scythes. "However... your absolute reign officially ends today. I will formally assume absolute command of your Dark Dimension, and the title of 'Dormammu' will become a highly obscure, localized historical footnote!" 

Dormammu stared at the descending, apocalyptic scythes, realizing he was genuinely, absolutely defeated. His burning face twisted into an expression of absolute, unhinged, suicidal madness. 

"Do you honestly, genuinely believe you will successfully inherit my realm?!" 

Dormammu roared with terrifying, apocalyptic fury! He violently, aggressively detonated his absolute, final remaining reserve of Origin Essence directly outward, targeting Luke! 

Luke instinctively executed a highly evasive maneuver, and the devastating energy blast flew harmlessly into the upper atmosphere. 

"Is that your absolute, pathetic final attack?" Luke sighed in profound relief, looking back down at the heavily depleted Dormammu. 

However, Dormammu offered a highly sadistic, completely insane laugh. 

"You shall absolutely never inherit my Dark Dimension... and you absolutely will not successfully save this pathetic planet!" 

Luke frowned deeply. Suddenly, a terrifying, massive, highly audible sound of catastrophic structural shattering echoed across the sky! 

Luke violently snapped his head upward. 

To his absolute, mind-boggling horror, the colossal dimensional rift connecting to Dormammu's Dark Dimension was violently, aggressively rapidly expanding, completely exposing the terrifying, infinite expanse of the dark realm! 

Simultaneously, massive, unfathomable, apocalyptic torrents of pure, highly volatile dark energy began violently, uncontrollably pouring out of the rift and plummeting directly toward Earth! 

Luke's heart instantly plummeted. 

Dormammu's Dark Dimension was arguably the absolute largest, most heavily cultivated dark realm in the local multiverse. Luke's localized 'Shadow World' wasn't even a fraction of a percent of its overall volume! 

If Luke hadn't specifically, aggressively restricted Dormammu's access to the ambient energy, Earth would have been instantly, violently consumed! 

Even severely restricted to his Origin Essence, Dormammu had fought Luke to a brutal standstill. And now... Dormammu was actively, violently triggering the catastrophic, complete structural disintegration of his entire, massive dimension! 

Dormammu had barely utilized the actual, foundational ambient dark energy of his dimension during their physical brawl. This meant the realm's internal energy capacity was currently at absolute maximum! 

If that massive, unfathomable, infinite ocean of highly corrosive dark energy fully emptied into the material plane, the entire Earth would be instantly, permanently obliterated! 

Dormammu watched Luke's absolute horror, laughing maniacally. "What does your pathetic, localized physical victory actually achieve?! You should have simply accepted my highly generous proposal to share the planet initially! Now, absolutely everything burns!" 

Infuriated by Dormammu's suicidal, apocalyptic spite, Luke aggressively violently swung his fist, brutally instantly shattering Dormammu's heavily depleted physical avatar into cosmic dust! 

Because he had completely expended his Origin Essence, Dormammu was entirely incapable of regenerating. The ancient Dimensional Lord formally perished, his essence instantly violently crystallizing into a single, highly concentrated, pitch-black cosmic gem. 

Luke didn't even pause to examine the loot. He aggressively snatched the gem and violently launched himself directly toward the massive, terrifyingly unstable dimensional rift actively pouring apocalyptic dark energy toward the planet! 

With Dormammu dead, Luke desperately attempted to aggressively utilize his 'Dimensional Lord' authority to forcefully assimilate and absorb the massive, collapsing dimension to halt the catastrophic leak! 

However, to his absolute horror, Dormammu's final, suicidal command had been specifically designed to violently, aggressively fracture the massive dimension into thousands of highly unstable, localized shards! Even if Luke aggressively deployed his 'Shadow World' to consume the shards, his assimilation rate was fundamentally, mathematically vastly slower than the catastrophic expansion of the rift! 

The apocalyptic dark energy was already breaching the upper atmosphere! 

With absolutely no other viable tactical option, Luke positioned himself directly beneath the massive, gaping breach, desperately utilizing his localized authority to forcefully catch the falling, apocalyptic dark energy! 

Because he hadn't yet fully assimilated the chaotic dimension, his localized control over the foreign dark energy was severely limited. He desperately managed to forcefully redirect the primary flow away from the planet, but as the rift continued to rapidly expand, massive, highly lethal torrents of dark energy began violently spilling past his localized containment field! 

Desperate, Luke instantly established an emergency, maximum-priority mental tether to Galacta! 

Receiving the highly urgent tactical briefing, Galacta exchanged a highly tense glance with Tony. Seeing Tony nod affirmatively, Galacta instantly, flawlessly utilized the Space Stone to teleport directly to Luke's position! 

Luke urgently pointed toward the massive, cascading torrents of dark energy bypassing his shield. "Galacta! Can you aggressively consume that specific, highly volatile energy flow?!" 

Galacta stared up at the massive, terrifyingly dense, apocalyptic cosmic waterfall of dark energy rapidly descending toward them. She gritted her teeth and aggressively positioned herself directly beneath the massive leak! 

She aggressively opened her mouth and began violently, continuously devouring the highly corrosive dark energy! 

However, the sheer, absolutely incomprehensible volume of energy pouring from the massive, fractured dimension was overwhelming! Within seconds, Galacta was completely, absolutely physically saturated! For the first time in her existence, her internal Cosmic Tapeworm actively, desperately signaled that it was completely incapable of safely processing any additional cosmic mass! 

Currently, Galacta felt absolutely no profound sense of euphoric satisfaction. Staring at the massive, seemingly endless, apocalyptic waterfall of energy, she felt a profound, highly frustrating sense of genuine despair that her current cosmic capacity wasn't even a fraction of her father's! 

Just as Galacta desperately prepared to forcefully, physically intercept the dark energy utilizing her own body to shield the planet... 

An absolutely colossal, terrifyingly massive, unfathomable hand violently reached down from the deep cosmos! The colossal hand effortlessly, casually grabbed the completely exposed, rapidly fracturing Dark Dimension and violently yanked it completely away from Earth! 

Luke and Tony stared in absolute, mind-boggling, paralyzed shock as the entire Dark Dimension was casually removed! The surrounding minor Dimensional Lords also froze in absolute, terrified awe. 

As the localized perspective rapidly shifted outward... 

A truly colossal, incomprehensibly massive humanoid entity was currently standing effortlessly within the solar system! His physical size was so absolutely, mind-bogglingly immense he practically dwarfed the Sun! His sheer, terrifying gravitational mass began actively, aggressively disrupting the highly stable orbital trajectories of the surrounding planets! 

Noticing the catastrophic gravitational interference, the colossal entity casually released highly concentrated, stabilizing pulses of pure, purple cosmic energy, effortlessly securing the planets in their orbits. 

He then looked down at the massive, fragmented Dark Dimension—which was roughly the size of an apple in his colossal hand. 

The entity casually tilted his head back, and simply, effortlessly poured the absolute, remaining entirety of the infinite dark energy directly into his mouth, completely swallowing it whole! He casually discarded the empty, shattered 'shell' of the dimension. 

Having concluded his snack, the colossal entity began rapidly, aggressively shrinking his physical mass. Within moments, he had condensed down to the size of a standard human. He gracefully descended into Earth's atmosphere. 

Luke was still entirely frozen, completely failing to process the casual, absolute consumption of the Dark Dimension. 

The humanoid figure rapidly broke through the clouds, wreathed in cosmic fire, and landed smoothly directly in front of Luke. The entity's cold, absolute cosmic gaze carefully, meticulously evaluated Luke. 

Seeing that the entity possessed no residual, leaking dark energy from the dimension he had just consumed, Luke maintained a highly cautious, defensive posture. He had absolutely no idea who this terrifying, supreme cosmic entity was. 

The entity continued to stare at Luke, his expression slowly shifting into a highly complex, deeply meaningful, highly judgmental stare. 

Luke frowned deeply. The entity was very clearly recognizing him! But despite rapidly reviewing his extensive knowledge of Marvel cosmic lore, Luke couldn't definitively identify the specific character. 

Just as Luke opened his mouth, preparing to cautiously inquire about the entity's identity... 

A familiar, purple-clad figure violently, joyously teleported directly in front of him and aggressively threw herself into the entity's arms! 

"FATHER!"