Cosmic Ruler
Chapter 493 - 493: Fate XII

The Divine Overseer recoiled slightly from Aiden's strike, golden ichor leaking from the cut in its armor. But instead of anger or surprise, it simply tilted its head, eyes flickering with unreadable emotion.

"Intriguing. A mortal who does not obey the Divine Order."

Its halo flared, and the wound instantly healed. The very fabric of the Divine Realm itself rejected the idea of damage upon an Overseer.

Aiden exhaled sharply. Figures.

The Overseer raised its spear once more, but this time—it didn't attack.

Instead—

"Kneel."

—𝘞𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

A sudden, invisible weight crashed down on Aiden.

Not just his body—his very soul was being forced to submit.

[Divine Authority: Absolute Dominion has been activated.]

[All lower beings must bow before the Divine Overseer.]

Aiden felt it.

His bones creaked. His mind blurred.

It was a force unlike anything he had ever experienced. This wasn't just power—it was a command from the very laws of existence.

And for a moment—his knees buckled.

His vision flickered.

No.

His aura flared violently, and for the first time in eons, something impossible happened.

Aiden resisted.

He straightened.

He stood.

[Reality Unchained: No Law May Bind Aiden.]

The weight shattered.

The Divine Overseer's eyes narrowed.

"Impossible."

Aiden cracked his neck. "You guys keep saying that, but here I am."

His golden sword and reaper scythe flared to life.

"You want me to bow?"

"Make me."

—𝘍𝘞𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘏—!

He charged.

The Overseer's halberd clashed against his weapons, the shockwave of their battle ripping through the floating lands of the Divine Realm.

Aiden's attacks no longer hesitated. No longer held back.

His fists shattered divine barriers.

His blades carved through divine defenses.

For the first time, the Overseer was forced to fight seriously.

"Then you leave me no choice, Mortal."

Its halo shattered. Its armor peeled away.

And its true form emerged.

Aiden's golden eyes burned.

"Finally."

The Divine Overseer's form shifted, its golden armor cracking apart like a false shell.

What emerged was not an angel. Not a god. Not even a being of flesh and blood.

It was a concept given form.

Its halo shattered into countless floating rings, each inscribed with divine laws written in the language of the cosmos. Its body became a blazing silhouette of pure authority, shifting between humanoid and celestial.

Six blazing wings unfurled behind it, each one large enough to split the heavens. Its eyes—no longer mere orbs of light—became golden suns, radiating power that could reduce any lesser being to dust.

"You were not meant to step foot in this realm."

"And so, I shall erase you."

Aiden grinned.

"You can try."

—𝘍𝘞𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘏—

The Overseer vanished.

Aiden's instincts screamed.

—𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘈𝘈𝘈𝘒—!

A golden blade of divine law materialized behind him, slicing toward his back. Aiden twisted—but he was a fraction too late.

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—

The attack connected, cutting through his aura and slashing across his ribs. Divine energy burned through his body, trying to erase his very existence.

[Warning: Damage Inflicted by Absolute Law.]

[Reality Unchained—Overriding Divine Damage.]

Aiden gritted his teeth, pain surging through him—but he didn't fall.

Damn. He's fast.

Before he could react—

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The Overseer struck again, this time from above, sending a column of golden light crashing down on Aiden.

Aiden raised his sword, but the impact was too much.

The ground beneath him shattered, sending him plummeting through the sky.

He flipped midair, skidding to a stop on a floating landmass below. His golden sword pulsed, flickering from the sheer force of the attacks.

The Overseer descended slowly, its presence bending space around it.

"Kneel."

It wasn't an attack.

It was a command.

A divine law enforcing absolute submission.

The sky itself crushed downward, the Divine Realm itself trying to force Aiden to yield.

His bones creaked. His vision blurred.

[Reality Unchained—Overriding Divine Authority.]

[Immunity to Forced Submission Granted.]

Aiden exhaled.

Then—he stood straight.

And he laughed.

"Is that all you've got?"

The pressure shattered.

The Overseer's golden eyes narrowed.

Aiden's golden aura burned brighter, intertwining with abyssal energy, becoming something new.

He stepped forward.

"I don't care what laws you throw at me."

"I don't care what this realm wants."

"You don't get to decide whether I belong here."

His Reaper Scythe and Golden Sword fused, becoming a singular blade of defiance.

"I do."

And then—he charged.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

Aiden met the Overseer head-on, his blade carving through the very concept of divinity.

Aiden's twilight blade met the Overseer's divine halberd, and the very fabric of the Divine Realm shuddered under the impact.

Golden light and abyssal fire clashed violently, splitting the sky in half. The collision wasn't just physical—it was a battle of concepts.

The Overseer represented absolute order. A being forged from the divine laws, unshakable in its existence.

Aiden was the embodiment of defiance. A man who had broken the Abyss, rewritten fate, and refused to kneel to any law.

"You are an anomaly."

"An existence that should not be."

The Overseer's voice was absolute, filled with the weight of the Divine Realm itself.

But Aiden grinned.

"Damn right I am."

—𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘈𝘈𝘈𝘒—!

Aiden pushed forward, his blade cutting through the Overseer's defenses. Divine ichor splattered across the sky. The Overseer's golden wings cracked, its celestial energy dimming.

For the first time—it staggered.

Aiden didn't hesitate.

𝘍𝘞𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘏—

He vanished—reappearing above the Overseer in an instant.

His blade burned with absolute power.

And then—he struck downward.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The impact sent the Overseer crashing through the floating islands below, divine flames erupting in all directions.

Aiden landed gracefully, rolling his shoulders.

"Had enough?"

The silence was heavy.

Then—

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—

The entire Divine Realm trembled.

From the ruins below, the Overseer rose once more.

But it was different now.

Its form had changed.

The six wings were gone—replaced by an endless void of pure golden light. Its divine armor had shattered—revealing a core of celestial power that burned like a newborn sun.

The Overseer raised its head.

"Very well, Anomaly."

"If you will not obey the Divine Laws…"

The sky darkened. The Divine Realm recoiled.

And the Overseer spoke its final decree.

"Then I shall erase you from existence itself."

—𝘞𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

Aiden felt it instantly.

The air vanished. Time itself froze.

It wasn't an attack.

It wasn't a technique.

This was the full power of the Divine Realm.

A conceptual erasure.

Aiden's very existence was being denied.

His body blurred. His soul flickered.

The world was trying to reject him.

[Warning: Divine Law of Absolute Erasure has been activated.]

[All beings who do not belong shall be erased permanently.]

Aiden's smirk faded.

He could feel it. This was real.

If I don't act now—

I will cease to exist.

For the first time—Aiden wasn't sure if he could survive.

And the Overseer descended, preparing to deliver the final strike.