The Monarch-Chapter 481: Time
For a few seconds, nothing happened, but then the universe began to resonate. The mana seemed to be singing, celebrating this moment. Everyone could feel the joy of the universe in witnessing the union of two soulmates.
Kayden and Athena sealed the moment with a kiss, and it felt as if it were the first time they had met. Their souls resonated, recognizing each other in one of the strongest displays of love in the entire universe.
Everyone stood up and began to applaud. The sound of trillions of hands clapping at the same time was completely overwhelming. Even the very spells trembled with the vibration of the air.
"For seven days, the universe will celebrate," Yan clapped the final applause and ordered all the people to be served the most exquisite dishes the universe could offer.
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A few thousand years later, Kayden was finally taking the last steps in his world. By this time, everyone had been properly disciplined through wars and diseases capable of destroying the weakest cities to pieces, and the average strength was once again rising on an upward scale.
The average talent increased each year, and the number of available techniques was relatively large. Even the biggest fool in the world could receive divine-level techniques capable of sparking wars between worlds, all for free. The difference was that when everyone had access to such power, it became something commonplace.
Most people there had no idea how powerful the techniques they were receiving were, nor how their wealth of resources could cause envy among kings of smaller worlds. Everything was greatly magnified compared to the universal average. In fact, it even surpassed the wealthiest worlds in this universe. Kayden had simply invested the resources of ten class-A planets into a single planet.
Thanks to the wars, the weak were constantly eliminated. Kayden would not allow any lazy person to rise in the ranks of political power. As soon as a city began to fall far behind the others, he would simply kill its leadership and appoint new people. It wasn’t uncommon for a mage with absurd talent to be born and conquer a city in just a few centuries.
Athena had also made a great cultivation point for rare materials. The class-A planet was able to produce treasures of the same value as another class-A planet, despite having an infinitely smaller population and far less time to develop than others.
In addition, Athena and Kayden had already succeeded in creating several organizations that were also producing elite mages in different fields—such as medicine or even music, something quite random but which they had been able to create.
These organizations recruited talent directly from the open world, and their selection process was open to anyone willing to try. They just needed the necessary talent. These people lived in another part of the world and rarely returned to the normal world.
They received better resources and techniques, without the absolute pressure of killing or being killed, and could even receive private lessons from members from outside the planet. Some were allowed to return to the world, but only a few, and they were strategically placed in positions that had systemic effects on society.
Atlas had finally reached the seventh realm, becoming a complete monarch with a full monarchical path. He was truly at the pinnacle at that moment, and Kayden was no longer able to defeat his disciple in a direct battle.
Logically, all this advancement would have been impossible to achieve under normal circumstances. However, Yan had invested an absurd amount in his son. With the resources he placed into Atlas, Yan could have built a planet on the scale of Kayden’s. But for a son, this was never considered an excessive expense.
Atlas had surpassed all his siblings by a frightening margin. The second strongest wouldn’t even be able to scratch him. In the end, Kayden showed that effort surpassed talent by an astonishing degree.
He just couldn’t defeat Athena—that was an impossible mission. In fact, none of Yan’s children included the girl in their battles or rankings of the strongest. She was simply far above them all by an incalculable margin. None of them even knew where their sister’s peak of strength was.
The End Knights had already exceeded a thousand members with eight rays and were becoming one of the most fearsome organizations the universe had ever seen. Their strength was equivalent to many elite organizations in the universe. Creating eight-ray mages was an insanely difficult process, relying mainly on the luck of having someone with great talent born in the organization’s territory.
Meanwhile, Kayden could create an eight-ray mage every few years with his soul cultivation methods, which were refining more and more each day. Reaching 50% without any side effects now took Kayden about 50 years of intense effort, but for lesser percentages, it didn’t even take a decade. Fifty percent was reserved for the elite of his knights; the rest had to settle for percentages between 30 and 40%.
It was only a matter of time before Kayden began to extend his claws beyond the universe. The power he was accumulating was ridiculous, and it had already become clear to all the gods that Kayden would take part in the universal war that would break out after the gods departed.
The problem was that Kayden’s power had not grown much during this time. In fact, it had been advancing at a snail’s pace. He had practically made no gains in the last thousands of years. Kayden needed to find a way to reach the seventh realm.
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In the past, his goal was quite simple. He would just elevate his path to the degree of semi-law. But along the way, he changed his mind after learning a few things about the laws of the universe.
"I’ll take care of everything here, just don’t worry," Athena reassured Kayden for the last time that day.
The boy had received an invitation from the organization of natural gods to enter a spatial plane governed by the raw laws of the universe. It was one of the greatest anomalies in the universe, as anyone had a high chance of learning a law there after spending a few centuries inside.
The biggest problem was that Kayden didn’t want to be away from his world for so long. This place would be his base for the future, and he couldn’t afford to lose it due to momentary greed. Fortunately, he had Athena—a person he trusted with his soul and who would never betray his trust.
"Hold the plans until my return, just develop at a slower pace. Reduce the recruitment of lesser talents," Kayden gave several more instructions before stepping into a spatial portal located in his room.
He appeared directly above Yan’s farm. It looked the same as every time the boy had come here—thousands of kilometers refined with the highest quality resources and mana. Kayden didn’t need to wait even a minute for Matheus to appear in front of him.
"Welcome, Master Kayden," the boy bowed in respect. He had been chosen by Yan to undergo Kayden’s soul-cleaning process, and after just a few decades, the boy had completely changed.
It didn’t take much for him to realize that Kayden was on the same level of monstrosity as Athena. This meant there was no direct competition between them, as they were on two vastly different levels of power. This small realization made him understand that there was no reason to hate Kayden, and he should only be grateful for the power he received from the boy’s teachings.
Logically, this personality change wasn’t natural. Kayden had made thousands of small soul insinuations in Matheus—so small that Yan hadn’t been able to notice, even after observing his son for thousands of years, looking for the slightest sign that Kayden had done something.
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