Cosmic Ruler
Chapter 540 - 540: Realm V

The golden threads of destiny reappeared, converging toward Aiden like a cage. They weren't just binding him—they were trying to rewrite his very existence.

To turn him back into what he was before.

To make him a mere mortal.

Aiden's eyes narrowed.

"You think fate still has power over me?"

His Golden Sword flared, its edge vibrating at a frequency beyond time.

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

He swung once.

And the threads of destiny shattered.

Elysia's expression shifted. It was the first time someone had denied absolute fate itself.

Aiden smirked.

"Your turn."

A Battle That Shakes Creation

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

They collided.

Aiden's sword clashed against Elysia's divine chains, each strike distorting reality on a fundamental level. Time fractured. Space folded. Entire galaxies exploded from the sheer force of their battle.

Aiden twisted mid-air, his Death Dragon Martial Spirit flaring behind him. The ancient, abyssal energy surged, devouring even the concept of fate.

Elysia retaliated with a single gesture.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

Aiden vanished.

And reappeared at the edge of the multiverse.

A moment later—

—𝘍𝘞𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘏—!

He was back in front of her, his blade cutting through the very force that had thrown him away.

Elysia's eyes narrowed.

"You are learning too quickly."

Aiden grinned.

"Then keep up."

His Reaper Scythe manifested, intertwining with his sword. The very concept of death itself surged forward—aimed at Elysia.

For the first time—

The Warden of Fate moved to defend herself.

The Unraveling of Fate

Their battle raged for what felt like an eternity. Each strike sent ripples through existence, rewriting the very fundamentals of reality. The gods, the cosmic beings, the celestial titans—all watched in silence.

This was no longer a battle between two warriors.

This was a war between two ideologies.

Elysia represented Order. Fate. Predetermination.

Aiden represented Freedom. Chaos. True Choice.

And as their battle reached its peak—

Aiden felt it.

The next step.

Origin Ascension Stage Two.

He was about to reach it—

And when he did—

Even the gods would kneel.

The moment Aiden realized he was on the verge of ascending to Origin Ascension Stage Two, the entire battlefield froze.

Even Elysia, the Warden of Fate, hesitated.

A being of her stature—a guardian of predestination, a weaver of the cosmos' divine order—had never before faced a force like this.

An existence not written in any timeline.

But hesitation was a fatal mistake.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

Aiden surged forward.

His Golden Sword and Reaper Scythe fused, creating a weapon that was beyond mere destruction or creation. It was the embodiment of possibility.

A force that did not obey fate—

It rewrote it.

The Clash of Two Ideals

Elysia raised her hand, summoning the Threads of Causality. These were not mere laws of fate—they were the laws that governed the entire multiverse.

Even deities obeyed them.

Even cosmic horrors feared them.

But Aiden?

He cut through them.

—𝘚𝘏𝘙𝘌𝘌𝘊𝘏—!

The threads screamed as they were severed.

Elysia's divine armor cracked.

Her golden blood spilled into the void.

"Impossible." Her voice wavered for the first time. "You were not meant to exist."

Aiden grinned, his white hair flowing like a celestial flame.

"Then let me show you what happens when the impossible fights back."

He unleashed it.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

Origin Ascension—Stage Two Unleashed

Aiden's body ignited with pure, unfathomable energy. The very fabric of the cosmos warped around him, struggling to comprehend his presence.

In that instant—

He no longer existed within time.

He no longer had limits.

He was no longer bound by the rules of reality.

He was rewriting existence itself.

Elysia saw it.

And for the first time in her eternal existence—

She knew fear.

"You don't understand—" she tried to reason. "Without fate, the multiverse will collapse!"

Aiden tilted his head, his glowing blue eyes gleaming with amusement.

"Then I'll build a new one."

And with one swing—

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

The Fall of Fate

Elysia's divine form shattered.

The golden sea of fate collapsed.

The threads of predestination—erased.

For the first time since the dawn of time—

The multiverse was free.

The Birth of the New Era

Aiden floated in the void, watching the infinite expanse before him. No longer dictated by fate. No longer bound by divine law.

He had become something beyond gods.

The Watcher's voice echoed through the vast emptiness.

"You have undone what should never have been undone."

Aiden smirked.

"And yet, here we are."

A new era had begun.

An era where power was limitless.

An era where the future was no longer written.

An era where Aiden reigned supreme.

The vast void where fate once ruled now stretched infinitely, waiting for something—someone—to shape it.

Aiden floated above the shattered remnants of the Loom of Fate, his white-silver hair flowing in the formless expanse. His eyes, now deeper than the boundless cosmos, gleamed with limitless potential.

This was it.

The new era.

His era.

And yet, for all his newfound transcendence, Aiden felt something stir within him. A question. A realization.

"Now what?"

Even though fate was gone, the cosmos was not empty.

Across the infinite multiverse, great beings still existed.

𝟏. The Primordial Pantheon — A group of ancient entities who predated even the concept of fate itself. Though they had remained neutral, Aiden's actions would not go unnoticed.

𝟐. The Supreme Sovereigns — Rulers of entire omniversal domains, each possessing power that could reshape creation. Some would see Aiden as a threat. Others… as an opportunity.

𝟑. The Forsaken Lords — Entities who had long been imprisoned by the laws of fate. Now, with the Loom destroyed, they were free once more.

𝟒. The Watchers — Beings who observed all, but never interfered… until now.

Aiden had not just freed the multiverse from fate—he had awakened its sleeping giants.

And they were watching.

Aiden's eyes flickered as he raised his hand.

𝘍𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘩—!

A golden-black star ignited in his palm, swirling with raw, untamed power. It was neither light nor darkness, neither creation nor destruction.

It was possibility.

"A world where power is not inherited, but earned."

The star expanded, spiraling outward.

"A world where no being dictates another's fate."

Mountains formed. Oceans roared. A sky was painted in endless hues of dawn and dusk.

"A world where even the weakest can rise."

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The new realm was born.

And in that instant, beings across the multiverse felt it.

A call. A summons.

A challenge.

"Come forth, if you seek true freedom."

The Lords Take Notice

Far beyond Aiden's newly crafted realm, across the infinite cosmos—powerful beings turned their gazes toward him.

𝘊𝘖𝘕𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘓𝘓𝘈𝘙𝘠 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘈𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘕, ruler of the Endless Skies, narrowed his eyes. "A world beyond fate? Interesting."

𝘈𝘉𝘚𝘖𝘓𝘜𝘛𝘌 𝘌𝘔𝘗𝘌𝘙𝘖𝘙 𝘙𝘈𝘎𝘕𝘈𝘙 smirked, his war-hungry aura shaking the heavens. "If he is as strong as they say, I will test his mettle myself."

𝘋𝘙𝘈𝘎𝘖𝘕 𝘔𝘖𝘕𝘈𝘙𝘊𝘏 𝘍𝘌𝘕𝘙𝘐𝘚, an entity whose scales gleamed with cosmic fire, let out a deep chuckle. "Perhaps… a worthy ruler has emerged at last."

The multiverse had noticed.

And soon, they would come.