

In time there arose the Kree and the Skrulls, whose galactic empires were in conflict for millions of Earth years. The Symbiotes are also among the primordial species of the cosmos, having been created at the beginning of the universe in order to corrupt and destroy it. Another significant race to appear was that of the Watchers, who took upon themselves the task of observing the other races but were sworn never to interfere with them.

Īmong the earliest races of beings to evolve and build mighty civilizations in the expanding new Universe were the various races of the Elders of the Universe.

The dark god Knull - one of several entities embodying the primordial void - declared war on them and all existence, and it is at some point during this time that Ego the Living Planet was created and Galan - the last survivor of a dead cosmos - emerged from the Lifebringer One as the Devourer of Worlds, Galactus. The Seventh Cosmos came into being with the Big Bang, where the Celestials appeared and began creating planets, stars, galaxies, and life itself. Because of the abnormal nature of the most recent death and rebirth of the Multiverse, some of the Abstract Entities argue that the current incarnation is still the seventh, while others claim it is indeed the eighth.

The intervention of Mister Fantastic in its rebirth caused the eighth incarnation to be a direct continuation of the seventh, instead of being a completely new version. The seventh iteration of Earth-616 suffered from an early death as a consequence of the multiversal phenomena known as the incursions. This seventh incarnation is the most widely known of them all, where the Earth existed, protected by heroes like the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men. When the sixth incarnation was destroyed by an entity called the Black Winter, it left an existential void in its wake until the universe was eventually reborn as a consequence of the Big Bang. The fifth is said to have been a dark cosmos of deep magic, and the sixth was the universe where the paradise-like planet of Taa existed. Little is known of most of Earth-616's incarnations. The reality of Earth-616 has gone through eight different incarnations, all triggered by different instances of multiversal renewal, which constitutes in the destruction and re-creation of everything there is.
