The Monarch-Chapter 494: Atlas
Currently, each organization dominated a ridiculously large space in the universe; most had members in the hundreds of trillions, which couldn’t be sustained without a peak of absolute power—currently held by the gods, though this wouldn’t last in the future. Most organizations would ultimately collapse from internal conflicts.
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"What did you learn?" Kayden asked, surprised when Atlas returned home; this time, he had created a monster. The presence of Atlas… was on a completely different level.
Kayden had thought he had already created a monster, but now Atlas was beyond his wildest dreams. In a fight, he couldn’t even predict who would win between them, which was frightening considering his strength.
"The Law of Masters, an inexplicable law that only a few people have witnessed," Kayden raised an eyebrow at his disciple’s response; this law explained many things, and the power Atlas gained was immense.
"With your current strength, you could contend for the title of leader of the False Gods in the future," Kayden commented, but Atlas’s response showed he had truly created someone decent.
"I don’t aspire to political power, Master. It would be useless in my hands," Kayden smiled at Atlas.
"When are you going to advance in your realm? At this point, you should be able to challenge the Ten Rays," Kayden’s words caught both Atlas and Athena off guard; she was someone who had seen the power of the Ten Rays up close but didn’t think her brother was capable of it.
"He doesn’t have the strength for that—yet," Atlas and Kayden looked at Athena. "Don’t risk your life yet; you should be able to defeat me before facing the Ten Rays." Athena was just being protective; being able to defeat her was more than enough for the Ten Rays.
"I want to challenge you then," Atlas’s confidence was at its peak, fearing no living being.
"Come on," Athena smiled. They were in Kayden’s palace garden, but she treated Atlas as if he were a child. Kayden didn’t even move as the fight exploded; it was a good opportunity to learn a bit more.
Atlas had reached a perfect path with the False Gods and a perfect law with his path; for a million kilometers, all mana ceased to be mana. Kayden raised an eyebrow as he tried to understand exactly what this was, but mana was no longer mana.
Kayden could probably control it, but it would require much more strength than he would normally have. Moreover, this type of mana seemed to be a single entity, existing in one place yet everywhere—it was surreal.
Atlas’s attack consisted of manipulating the mana, transforming it into a kind of black mist capable of killing anything in its path. It was similar to an acidic mist, but the difference was that the density of mana in it caused even space to melt into fragments. Atlas released dozens of mist balls that would explode toward Athena.
Unfortunately, Kayden and Atlas were very mistaken if they thought Athena was someone simple; she had literally been at the absolute peak of the universe for a time they couldn’t even dream of living.
Space and time froze entirely on the planet; not a single living being could move. She calmly rose and broke each of Atlas’s attacks, calling them poorly made, merely finding the broken fragments to shatter the spell completely.
"You’ve grown, but you’re still far from ready," Athena clapped her hands once, and everything returned to normal as she sat back down, leaving each with their thoughts. After a few minutes, Atlas asked for permission and left.
Kayden remained a few more minutes, just studying what had happened; thousands of ideas and insights began to emerge in his mind. The notion of time as a mere formality, able to be freely controlled, was entirely absurd.
"The strength you demonstrated is far beyond what’s required for the Ten Rays given Atlas’s age and power," Kayden had come to some conclusions about the Ten Rays; first, that it was a parameter that assessed much more than just strength, directly evaluating a person’s potential.
"Yes, but I don’t want him to rush and end up getting himself killed. Facing the Ten Rays is much more than just about strength, and he’s not ready," Athena murmured, lost in her thoughts.
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A few thousand years later, Kayden’s world opened up to the universe, and now anyone from anywhere could come to his world and live in it. But, of course, there were some conditions for this; first, they needed to pass a test that the government-administered.
Anyone interested in coming to this world needed to have strong talent in at least one area; they didn’t have to be strong in combat, but they needed to be a genius in at least one field. Mages with less than Seven Rays weren’t even allowed to face the challenges. Kayden only wanted the best of society; the rest he left for other planets.
In the early years, the flow of people was insanely high—trillions arriving every day, but trillions also leaving daily. On the very first day, Kayden realized he had underestimated his planet’s fame, so on the second day of opening, he changed the test to something easier that could accommodate a much larger number of challengers.
Kayden asked Yan to create a complex system of runes that would cast an illusion on anyone stepping into a certain point of the test. There, they would face three mental tests: the first was their greatest fear, the second was a high-level test in their specialty, and the last was a simple spiritual pressure test. All of this was powered by colossal resources, requiring the equivalent of half a Class A planet to keep these runes functioning.
Luckily Kayden had a virtually infinite resource generator within himself, he was always able to create a few more genies and ask for a few class A planets, it only took an official announcement from his planet for gods to rain down on his doorstep, Kayden was probably the only mortal capable of something like that in the entire universe.
