After learning all of this, Hikaru began transporting everything from the Fractured Dimension into the alchemy workshop.
Although Professor Banner's workshop appeared small on the outside, in reality, that subdimension, under Hikaru's continued study and experimentation, had been revealed to be its true form: the Grand Universe.
Hikaru had long wondered where Professor Banner's most powerful "card," the Macro Cosmos, had disappeared to in canon.
Occasionally, he would search the workshop like he was hunting for a Philosopher's Stone, thinking it might be hidden somewhere. But as his knowledge of alchemy deepened, Hikaru gradually came to realize: the Grand Universe Workshop was the Macro Cosmos.
Although the workshop's planets weren't the size of real celestial bodies, each could only house two or three people, the Grand Universe Workshop had plenty of space.
Within this Fractured Dimension, besides the unconscious Duel Spirits turned puppets, there were also many materials tainted by dark power. These were premium crafting components for "Shaddoll" monsters, which Hikaru planned to synthesize into lower-level Shaddolls later.
Beyond that, he also re-inspected the machines inside the Fractured Dimension.
After a full day's work, even with his body now far beyond human limits, Hikaru felt some fatigue. Thankfully, the area had already been sealed by that unit leader, and Hikaru himself used alchemy to seal off the Fusion Army's dimensional gate so no one could enter.
Finally, after dismantling all of the Fusion Army's gates, Hikaru could finally leave with peace of mind.
Before returning to the workshop;
Tierra turned back and glanced at the wreckage-strewn, desecrated Fractured Dimension, its original form completely unrecognizable.
She raised her hand gently and snapped her fingers.s
Then, under the effect of the Return Gate, she and Hikaru returned to the Grand Universe Workshop together.
"What did you just do?" Hikaru asked Tierra.
Tierra's sudden gesture left him confused and wary.
Tierra calmly folded her arms in front of her chest. Without showing any discomfort at being suspected, she earnestly explained to Hikaru, "You did a very good job erasing your tracks, Hikaru, still, you left those Shaddoll-affected humans behind.
"Even if it's because you didn't care enough to deal with them, they would still become tools and cores for the very humans you oppose."
Hikaru raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Yes, you also used alchemy to seal off all standard methods of entering that dimension… but that's too troublesome." After saying this, Tierra floated off to the side and began unsealing a cup of instant ramen, pouring in hot water as she added, "So I simply 'returned the Fractured Dimension to its origin'."
What stunned Hikaru wasn't that she had acted on her own, but that she had actually been able to use that kind of divine authority.
"That dimension was already in ruins. Of course, it wanted to return to its origin," Tierra explained gently while closing the lid on her ramen and turning back to Hikaru. "Just as Spirits can feel pain, worlds themselves can feel as well."
"As for the energy required, that Fractured Dimension was tiny to begin with, and there were a lot of puppet humans to use as material. Using this ability was easier for me than boiling a cup of ramen.
"All I had to do was accelerate the natural entropy that was already within that broken world."
'So that's how it was.' Hikaru understood.
After all, Tierra was the Source of Destruction Goddess, who governed death, rebirth, and natural evolution. Even if only a tenth of her body was functioning, she could still do such things. It wasn't surprising.
So he didn't find it strange.
Instead, it was the surrounding Spirits, those onlooker types, who were stunned speechless upon realizing that Tierra could do something like that. They had already held her in great reverence, but now they were even more awestruck.
Even though they'd tried to imagine the extent of this goddess's power, they hadn't expected her to be a literal god-tier being.
After all, in the Spirit World, plenty of spirits had "god" in their name, yet very few actually were divine.
The "Blade Brothers" were fine, they had never seen a god before, but they had trained under the "Primordial Chaos Warrior" for a long time. They had little concept of gods, but a solid grasp of god-level power. The other Spirits could only gasp in amazement.
Not far away, A-Assault Core, who had spent the entire day helping Hikaru transport materials, watched the others gaze upward in silence, beep confusedly, and rolled its treads forward to continue working.
"Take a break, Assault Core," Hikaru called out.
His next task was to examine Captain Crystal's body and, using low-risk methods, transform it into [El Shaddoll Grysta]. So he no longer needed Assault Core running around.
Although Assault Core appeared to be a robot, Hikaru understood very well: it might be mechanical, but it was still a spirit, a spiritual being at its core. It couldn't be treated like a lifeless tool.
On the other side, Tierra had already started eating her ramen.
She had never once worried that Hikaru might react negatively to her acting on her own, might try to restrain her, or might limit her freedom to travel.
Having spent so much time with him, Tierra had come to understand Hikaru in many of her own, unique ways.
Even though he possessed a powerful card, Hikaru was a "conservative" person, not in personality or in dueling, but in how he used that card.
He never actively used it to eliminate evil; he never wielded Shadow Games to dispose of his enemies.
Of course, if someone were asking to die, he wouldn't hesitate.
So when Hikaru saw those soldiers turned into puppets by Shaddoll power, he felt no sympathy or pity. To him, it was what they deserved. Even so, he also wouldn't use their remains to fuel his own power.
Tierra had seen this many times. She understood this mindset well, a being of tremendous power who imposed limitations on themselves to avoid becoming swollen with ego, losing control, or going mad.
What she admired about Hikaru wasn't just his pursuit of Fusion or his trust in his friends, but his clarity about himself and the world. He knew what he should do. He understood what the world should be.
So when she "disposed" of those humans, at most, Hikaru might be annoyed that she acted unilaterally despite that, he would never fault her for eliminating them.
As a goddess who had lived and died and lived again and again, Tierra had seen too much of such cycles. She didn't want the next time to involve a row of puppets facing Hikaru with Duel Disks and Sacred Beasts, wasting time and ruining his mood.
Turning them all into fertilizer for the world was the only way she could be at peace.
After all, her divine champion had far more important things to do, he had no time for petty cleanup.
Besides, tidying up after her champion was part of her divine role.