The Ninth Cosmos is the denomination given to theMultiverse following the end of theEighth Cosmos. It is a future Multiverse that does not exist yet. In one possible rendition of it, analternate Hulk possessed by theOne Below All passed on from the Eighth to the Ninth Cosmos upon killing theSentience of the Universe. As the Breaker-Apart, this Hulk destroyed all life in this cosmos with one refugee, a modifiedTiding-fly retreating into the former cosmos. However, this was not supposed to happen.^[1]

Franklin Richards, likeGalan ofTaa andMoridun before him, is the actual person destined to pass on from the Eighth Cosmos to the Ninth as itsGalactus-like being.^[2][3][4][5]Mister Immortal supposedly has the same destiny, although the One Below All clarifies that he is the contingency plan in case Franklin irrevocably dies.^[4]

In another possible rendition of it, theEventuality shows what could come to pass ifEddie Brock were to reunite with theVenom symbiote. EmulatingKnull and taking up the mantle of theAnti-All, Eddie rampages across the universe leading a horde of insectoid symbiotes similar toSymbiote Dragons in order to find and test a worthy successor to the role of theKing in Black, declaring his intent to destroy the Ninth Cosmos should none arise.^[6][7]

Inhabitants

• Unnamed alien race^[8][6]
  • Par%l
  • Farys
  • D%nel
• ADevourer of Worlds; a survivor from theEighth Cosmos, possibly one of the following:^[1]
  • Franklin Richards (the "appointed prince")
  • Mister Immortal (Franklin's backup)
  • Breaker-Apart (in apossible, averted future)
• Tiding-flies^[8]
• Anti-All^[6]
  • Anti-All is from the Eighth Cosmos. Formerly theKing in Black of the previous cosmos, he passed on to the Ninth Cosmos to pass on his title.^[6]

Notes

• Although individual universes within theSeventh/Eighth Cosmos have perished and returned,^[9][10][11] these instances do not change the cosmos numbering because theMultiverse is the same. In amultiversal renewal cycle, the personification of the Multiverse (currentlyEternity/Infinity) dies and isreplaced by a brand new being, and the new Multiverse will be different from the previous one.^[12][13] (Seventh to Eighth is an exception, but it still counts because theMultiverse was destroyed.^[14][12])

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