Noah's gaze was serene as it shone with an utter incandescent light while gazing towards Halcyon, this golden haired existence actually being the daughter of the very same Champion of Reality that she was trying to kill!
A mother that cared not for her, and a father who she saw turn into the Enemy of Reality itself.
Noah gazed at the golden haired woman as he saw immense sadness and inexplicable emotion in her eyes, not helping as he felt a tinge of sympathy for this being.
Nobody should ever have to plan to kill their father. Nobody should ever have a mother that never showed them the love that couldn't be replicated by anyone else!
Yet Halcyon faced both of these situations with utter strength as even amidst the sadness, her eyes held a hint of firmness and strength that seemed endless.
"But in all this happiness, the Primordial descended down." Springforge's story continued as it showed the descent of the pristine veiled Primordial, the illusory image of this being saying out the words that she heard that day.
"Aegon...you have a unique soul capable of accepting an inheritance that can grant you unimaginable strength. Strength that is vast enough for you to even be able to protect your Reality!"
Those were the words the Primordial had spoken!
"After that, the whole dynamic changed." Springforge spoke out why keeping her gaze locked with the illusory figure of the Primordial, waving her hands as all the figures faded away.
"Aegon was taken away from us for a few days, and he returned as someone different from the man we once knew as he seemed to bear an unshakable weight on his shoulders. But on top of that...he also now held tremendous power as the only thing I know of it is the name he mentioned to us very early on- The Invincible System."
RUMBLE!
Noah's eyes exploded with immense light as he heard one of the things he wanted to know most about!
The source of strength for this being- what the Primordial had handed down and exactly what it granted Aegon!
Springforge saw the eyes of Noah that shone like lanterns as she continued.
"And invincible he was. He was able to set off into the Ruination a day after as he traversed and Rose to greater strength quickly, coming back and taking the rest of us from our home Cosmos as we began to explore other Cosmos- it was a grand adventure as this time, Aegon was leading the way. Nothing could stop him, and he rose through the Realms of power at such ridiculous speeds that we could only stare in disbelief."
…!
"Daos...he quickly comprehended! Cosmic Treasures, he quickly found. All along this time, Stormdust gradually faded from his leading position as Aegon steered our destiny, the passage of time gradually showing rifts occurring between Havenbreaker and Stormdust as just a few hundred thousand years since he became the Champion...the pair that moved together became Aegon and Elera. The Champion and Havenbreaker!"
WAA!
Havenbreaker had actually left behind Tritus for a man with immensely more power, and whether this was out of genuine emotion or something else...who knew!
"Millions of years passed as we traversed the Ruination Seas and experienced a vast number of Cosmos, Aegon continuing to rise in strength as he even began to hunt down Primordial Beasts- this being the time that his strength rose the fastest as it was soon after that he began to establish the Primordial Empire."
The Bastion of Reality.
It was born from the Blood and Bones of defeated Primordial Beasts as they granted Aegon enough strength to collect all the Cosmos he wished as he amassed a tremendous amount of power!
"It was during this time that he also gave us each one third of the expanding Empire to oversee, setting up rules along the way as when the issue came with each of us individually wishing for more power- the Writs of Challenges were introduced."
"Me, Tritus, and Elera...we all sought the same level of power Aegon had as we gradually began to drift from each other while fighting over the influence of Cosmos, seeing Aegon's strength almost within reach even if he held countless more Universes within his Origin. But then he blew all of us out of the water when a few hundred thousand years ago...he achieved the Cosmic Realm."
WAA!
The Cosmic Realm!
The other piece of the puzzle that Noah came here to find out about! His gaze was serene as he floated closer to the figures of Springforge and Halcyon while he spoke out.
"How exactly did he achieve the Cosmic Realm? How many Splendiferous Universes did he build?" The question that lay at the core of the coming battles rang out sonorously!
A verdant light shone from the eyes of Springforge as she replied.
"Nothing too complex. As simple in numbers of galaxies for one to birth their first Universe. Just forge 100 Billion Splendiferous Universes within your Origin, and the Cosmic Realm is within your reach."
RUMBLE!
A ridiculous number popped up as Noah inadvertently sighed, the sheer work and impossibility of achieving such a task through normal means being mere fantasy!
"Just 100 Billion Splendiferous Universes…"
One must know, his rampage in the Primordial Sea along with the shocking Cosmic Dao of Loot had only granted him a few million Splendiferous Universes, and he was someone unique as beings didn't normally have 1000% Increased Loot Quantity and 100% Increased Loot Rarity!
His slight frustration was seen in the eyes of Springforge as she smiled and continued.
"The rest of us still only have a few million Splendiferous Universes after all these years, and we saw him leave all of us in the dust as the secret to it all lies in whatever power he gained as a Champion. Whatever that Invincible System of his grants him...and whatever that Primordial gave him."
The eyes of Springforge were filled with wanting as she was also an expert that wanted to reach such a stage! But when one looked at what was required to do so...the task was simply insurmountable as it was a grand question to how two beings had achieved such a stage within this Reality.
"So, this is the enemy you have. How exactly will you deal with him?"
With sharp eyes, Springforge posed a question that caused Noah's eyes to light up as within them- one could see immense confidence even with the arduous task before him!
How exactly did Noah plan to deal with a monster that had the backing of a Primordial and something as ridiculous as the Invincible System?
It was a question that Springforge posed, but it was one that Noah had asked himself in the past day many times!
Of course, he had gotten many different answers as he had even seen a pathway where in the future, he lay atop the fractured body of Aegon- so he knew the possibilities were endless! There were futures where he lost, and futures where he became a slave of the Primordial, and then there were other grand futures that Noah had only now begun to see as he amassed more information.
He continued to utilize Destiny Negation after he obtained all the information he was getting from Reader's Foresight, and many more paths unfolded as even though Noah's confidence only grew from it, he was also shown futures where he lost as he knew to be careful!
And when he collated all of this information and looked for a way forward with Path to Victory...Noah was shown many possibilities. All of the futures he saw were possibilities and not entrenched in certainty!
But he was confident as he looked towards Halcyon and Springforge and replied calmly.
"I'll need a few weeks or months at most and I should be at the Cosmic Realm. After all, it is only 100 billion Splendiferous Universes."
"..."
Springforge raised her eyebrows as she looked at him inquisitively, her voice echoing out sharply.
"A non-answer. What exactly can you do? You do not have the Invincible System that allowed Aegon to achieve the Cosmic Realm with ease. You have an Edict, and he has multiple…. there are so many ways I can mention where I just don't see how you can climb over such an insurmountable wall."
Springforge didn't have the absolute belief that Halcyon had from the memories she saw of the future as she continued to question Noah for exactly what he had! Towards this woman, Noah's body that was brimming with golden with the essence of Kismet this entire time began to be tinged green.
"Who said I only have a single Edict?"
RUMBLE!
Springforge found herself pulling back in shock as she then pointed her hands towards Noah with her words stuck in her throat!
"That! That…!"
The essence of Amelioration- the Edict that Springforge herself had designed…it could shockingly be seen wrapping around Noah's body as he gave off an indubitable life force.
The sight caused Springforge to not be able to talk as Halcyon looked towards the scene with her heart easing, finding that even amongst all the events occurring and the possibilities of the future- the being before her truly could find a way forward.
"Even if I don't tell you the specifics of what I will do. Believe me when I say I will do what is required." Noah spoke simply as he floated towards the shocked figure of Springforge while his body still brimmed with Amelioration.
"Now, Stormdust and Havenbreaker are Tritus and Elera. You are…" Her eyes shone with dazzling light as the scene of him using her own Edict out of nowhere entirely overwhelmed Springforge, her lips moving before she realized as she voiced out absentmindedly.
"Estella. Estella Holmes." Her absentminded voice showed her shock as Noah's right hand lifted her chin to align her verdant eyes with his.
"I look forward to working with you, Estella." The scene of one of the Family Heads that owned one third of the Cosmos within the Primordial Empire having her head raised by a man played out before Halcyon.
The golden haired Foremother looked at this scene with raised eyes as one could see an emotion akin to dissatisfaction as a stifling feeling settled in her heart!
It was only after a second did Estella come to, her eyes flashing sharply with green light as she definitely looked into Noah's eyes while her body began to brim with power!
"Let me know when you achieve the Cosmic Realm then. Until then, I looked forward to seeing how you handle Stormdust."
The aura of Amelioration vibrated on her body as she still couldn't accept seeing another person freely use it, the two of them staring at each other as neither side backed down, but of course…who could compete with droves of endless mana?
Pure mana was interchanged to become the essence of Amelioration as it released from Noah's body in waves, the Architect of this very edict actually finding herself losing in terms of pure essence of Amelioration as she continued to be filled with disbelief!
Noah saw the pride of this being hurt as she didn't want to back down, laughing as he stopped the waves of Amelioration releasing from him and stepped back, turning his head towards the golden haired woman who genuinely held a light of jealousy while staring at them!
"Halcyon, tell me about all the things you've seen. The more detail the better."
Noah controlled the pace of the whole talk as he made himself at home in this verdant realm, waving his hands as a huge portion of a torn wing of a Primordial Beast appeared, a fireball silently being cast with the essence of Kismet as it bloomed below the huge wing that spanned over a mile.
"Meanwhile, I'll grill? us some good food…" The essence of pristine Nomological Edicts were used to cast unique skills, Noah activating [Five Star Chef] as he began to cook something wondrous!
Springforge looked at such an abrupt change with an annoyed expression as she couldn't help but think exasperatedly. 'Who the hell thinks of grilling food right now? How can he use Amelioration?!'
She was exasperated, but little did she know the food being prepared by Noah's Five Star Chef was enough to even cause those in the Cosmic Realm to shed tears due to how good it was!
Of course, this was on top of the 100,000% boost to All Parameters, Realm Progression, and many other temporary boosts for all who consume any foods Noah made under the effects of [Five Star Chef]!
—
As his Primordial Ruination Clone collected information while dining with two powerful women, his main bodies were carrying out the even more important tasks as towards the question from Sprinforge of how he would exactly catch up towards Aegon…Noah was carrying out one such action right at this moment.
It was an action made possible after he had fused multiple new Cosmos that his clones reached in the past day into the Infinite Cosmos. It was something he could do with an overabundance of the Light of Conquest!
Over the past day, Noah had his clones stretch out to locate more Cosmos as after they were found and the conversation with the Core consciousnesses overseeing these Cosmos occurred, the dozens of Universes of these Cosmos were fused into Noah's Infinite Cosmos as he then spread his essence of Fealty over them!
Currently, over 23 new Cosmos had undergone the process of fusion into the Infinite Cosmos, this shocking number increasing the population of Noah's Cosmos countless times over as with them falling under his banner, the Light of Conquest he gained spread out brilliantly across his millions of Splendiferous Universes.
The newly added Cosmos ranged in their own uniqueness as Noah found most of them to have Hegemonies at the very peak of power, the ordeal of breaking into Antiquity that was easy for some also being an insurmountable wall for others. He obtained only three Cosmos that uniquely had a single Antiquity that ruled the entirety of their Cosmos, these existences being accomplished beings that had achieved such a task against all odds as there were no factions to divide their power!
Yet now, they all fell under Noah's banner- no matter how grand their achievements were. The Infinite Cosmos now held over one thousand genuine Universes within it as the Cosmic Core was dramatically elevated in size and power, but no new changes had occurred with this as when Noah looked into this with the Nomological Edict of Kismet, he was given the number of 100.
On the 100th fused Cosmos, there lay a possibility for Noah to experience a chance in the features and capability of the Infinite Cosmos!
At this moment though, these recent actions had granted him an overwhelming amount of Light of Conquest as he could finally enhance the latest Cosmic Dao he had designed that boasted ridiculous capabilities!
In the Ruination Realm, his Universal body was engrossed in reading the golden book that was transcribing a hidden meeting between Stormdust and the Cosmic Primordial Beast. One of his main human bodies was watching the soon to be completed mixture of daos and laws for another Minor Nomological Edict as a Grand Primordial Heart was being devoured of all of its essence, and then there was the third human body that was adorned in the verdant effects of [The Ameliorator]...it was this body that was taking the job of the next task as he voiced out grandly.
"Let the Light of Conquest flow into the Cosmic Dao of Loot."
…!
Ah!
A brilliant white light shone within Noah's origin as it drilled into the golden river that represented the Cosmic Dao of Loot, this grand show of lights continuing for a few seconds before Noah's body released a wave of powerful white gold light!
His stellar eyes being washed over by the mesmerizing essence of the Ameliorator glanced at the status Panel as he observed the new and improved authority of the Assimilator of the Cosmic Dao of Loot.
Before this, he always had the +1,000% Increased Loot Quantity and +100% Increased Loot Rarity, but after the enhancement with the light of conquest…
{Authority of the Assimilator of the Cosmic Dao of Loot}EMPOWERED: An authority that only appears around those who have fully comprehended and assimilated the Cosmic Dao of Loot. It has been empowered by the Cosmic Essence of Conquest as its Rank is further elevated. It grants +150,000% to All Parameters, and the unique modifiers of? +2,000% Increased Loot Quantity and +200% Increased Loot Rarity are also obtained. Adversely, the essence of this Dao and its effects can only be activated by the essence of 10,000 Splendiferous Universes per second. Due to the Empowerment, all loot will now have their rarity ranked based on colors of white, blue, purple, and gold.
A stellar description of Noah increasing the amount of loot he could get from a factor of 10 to 20 appeared right away as wondrously…if he killed a single Lesser Primordial Beast, he would get 20 Resplendent Lesser Primordial Hearts! This also wasn't to mention whether the effect of 200% Increased Loot Rarity would still give out loot with the affix of? Resplendent, or if he could finally elevate the rarity of the treasure from one rank and into the next!
But…he didn't have to wonder too much about this because he wasn't done.
He had been shown with Path to Victory...and this was one of the methods that would allow him to do the impossible- the method to allow him to catch up to a Champion that had simply been given too much! His eyes flashed with intense excitement for what was to come as he voiced out grandly.
"Deconstruct and reconstruct the Cosmic Dao of Loot."
RUMBLE!
Yes!
The turning of the Cosmic Dao of Loot into a Runic Dao Line that granted a 100 fold boost to the current boosts of the selected Dao!
This definition of "current boosts of the selected Dao" was extremely important as it was different from the definition of the? Runic Dao Line Enhancers that elevated the "base boosts" given by a Runic Dao Line.
The base boosts included things like [+150,000% to All Parameters] or [+100,000% Increased Annihilation Damage], but it didn't apply to extra effects like [50 Random Debuff Effects to enemies] that stemmed from the same Annihilation.
When the Dao of Annihilation was turned into a Runic Dao Line, all effects, whether base or extra effects- were multiplied by 100 times as Noah gained 10,000,000% to Increased Annihilation Damage and 5,000 Random Debuff Effects to enemies. But when he utilized Resplendent Runic Dao Lines, only the base effect of 10 million percent was enhanced as the extra effect of 5,000 Random Debuffs was left unchanged!
From the Cosmic Dao of Loot, [+150,000% to All Parameters] was the base effect that would be elevated by Resplendent Runic Dao Line Enhancers, but the extra modifiers of the enhanced [+2,000% Increased Loot Quantity and +200% Increased Loot Rarity] would not be affected.
Resplendent Runic Dao Lines would not affect these ridiculous modifiers…but the initial step of turning the Dao into a Dao Line held a certain 100 fold increase to all boosts of the Dao- base boosts and even extra boosts.
This was Noah's aim!
A 100 fold increase to +2,000% Increased Loot Quantity and +200% Increased Loot Rarity!
Even if they couldn't be enhanced with Resplendent Enhancers after that, so what?! A 100 fold increase of 2,000% was 200,000%. Of 200% was 20,000%.
"..."
Even Noah was breathless as he watched the deconstruction of the Cosmic Dao of Loot, knowing that even the possibility of such a thing was utterly balance breaking as nobody should even be capable of obtaining such a thing.
And he was correct.
He already knew what was coming as he had seen it- where for the first time ever…he actually wouldn't succeed in branding a Runic Dao Line onto his body.
He would actually fail in branding the Runic Dao Line of Loot as the effects such a thing would provide were simply not possible!
Yet…he still did it regardless as what awaited on the other side…was something just as glorious!
Author's Note
Full illustration of the possible new cover. Testing out reception to see if it's kept permanently or revert to old Cover!
For the first time ever, he wouldn't succeed in reconstructing and branding a Dao Line onto himself! There was a singular reason for this- and it was the effects that such an action would achieve.
They were just too far above what a Cosmic Dao could grant!
The +2,000% Increased Loot Quantity and +200% Increased Loot Rarity were reality bending effects that changed the quantity and quality of items already set by reality to change, and it was an effect barely actualized as the price was now the burning of 10,000 Splendiferous Universes per second.
To try and go above such effects was an impossibility as Noah was restricted at the level of a Cosmic Dao…as a mere Cosmic Dao could not provide one with such drastic reality bending effects like the ones Noah was currently looking for!
THRUM!
Noah's eyes followed the reconstruction of the Cosmic Dao of Loot as it turned into a glimmering multicolored line, this line shining gold as it went towards his back to etch themselves onto his body.
But…
BZZZT!
A terrifying backlash erupted as for the first time, the Runic Dao Line was not able to latch on to his skin! It floated behind him and tried to latch onto other parts of his body, but none of these tries were successful as a multicolored line now simply rotated around Noah with no direction!
And as expected….
Error.
The voice of the Cosmic Core that was in charge of showing Noah the simple quantification of his strength and abilities rang out in his mind as he saw the inscription of the Cosmic Dao of Loot failing.
An unachievable reality bending effect is contained in the current transformation of a Cosmic Dao into a Runic Dao Line. The level of Dao is too low to achieve such an effect as it cannot be properly inscribed.
The mechanical voice of the Cosmic Core rang out in his mind as Noah's eyes were filled with calm as he continued to listen.
The only expected probability to achieve the intended reality bending effect may lie in an Edict above Greater or in the Systems instilled by Primordials.
Yes.
What Noah was trying to achieve with the effects of the inscription of this Dao were too grand that even a Minor or Greater Nomological Edict would not be enough to provide it! For this, he had to delve into Edicts above that or even Systems that Champions held!
He had an inkling that Aegon or other Champions like Eckert had such balance breaking and reality bending effects similar to Increased Loot Quantity and Rarity, among even more capabilities that he knew nothing about. He didn't know too much about the path of Eckert, but what could explain how Aegon had been able to forge 100 Billion Splendiferous Universes while even his peers were still in the millions?
His eyes flashed sharply as he voiced out.
"Modify it to the highest possible extent that will be accepted."
Even if he couldn't have the unique strengths and Systems of Champions, he had himself!
His words were heard as the glimmering multicolored line began to vibrate, losing some of its luster white still trying to sink into his body over and over again.
Modifying and recalculating to what extent the reality bending effects of Increased Loot Quantity and Increased Loot Rarity can be utilized.
A beautiful show of light unfolded as the multicolored Runic Dao Line pulsed with gold as its intensity changed over and over again, the blazing light it originally released reducing to a great extent before it finally sunk into Noah's body!
Reduction and modification successful. Proceeding with the Dao Line Inscription. Congratulations, Master.
WAA!
The Runic Dao Line of Loot seemed impatient as it dug into Noah's Universal body, not even going to the open portions of his skin as it sank past his muscles and bones built from millions of universes themselves and went towards his heart!
THUMP!
On his thumping heart that released waves of universal light, this now fully golden light of loot wrapped around his heart as it branded itself in a unique fashion, occupying one third of the surface of his heart as it now seemed covered with golden rings.
A flash of golden light shone from his glorious heart as it even shot outwards to brighten up the crimson Ruination Realm, Noah's luminous eyes turning to his Status Panel right away as he saw what the maximum modified and reduced effects of what this Cosmic Runic Dao Line could produce!
Runic Dao Line of Loot (EMPOWERED) :: Grants +15,000,000% to All Parameters, and the modifiers of? +50,000% Increased Loot Quantity and +5,000% Increased Loot Rarity. Adversely, the essence of this Dao and its effects can only be activated by the burning essence of 1,000,000 Splendiferous Universes per second. Due to the Empowerment, all loot will now have their rarity ranked based on colors of white, blue, purple, and gold.
"...beautiful."
Noah uttered with a pristine smile. It wasn't the 200,000% that should have come, but even one fourth of this number was utterly ridiculous as Noah felt like he was touching upon a grain of sand of what Champions enjoyed with their Systems!
50,000%? Increased Loot Quantity and +5,000% Increased Loot Rarity! Just from the Loot Quantity alone, a single Lesser Primordial Beast would grant him 500 Lesser Primordial Hearts. Then…one had to take into account the factor of +5,000% Increased Loot Rarity.
"You better be capable of turning a Lesser Primordial Heart into 500 Grand ones at least or there'll be a riot…"
Noah voiced out threateningly while looking at this glorious modifier of Loot Rarity. With it, he expected to obtain at least 500 Grand Primordial Hearts from a mere Lesser Primordial Beast, and as for what he would obtain when he killed a Grand Primordial Beast?
"Ah…" It was a bright future Noah could only look forward to!
At this time point, Noah had obtained 50,000% Increased Loot Quantity and 5,000% Increased Loot Rarity, with its cost being a ridiculous 1 million Splendifirous Universes every second.
This was one third of nearly all the Splendifirous Universes he currently had, but he could take down multiple Primordial Beasts within a second as just a single dead one should be able to give him back 1 million Splendifirous Universes with the newly upgraded modifiers!
And if he wished to further increase these ridiculous modifiers…then he had to turn to Edicts and even the things he knew nothing about yet- the Systems of Champions given by Primordials!
"All the pieces will fall together later…" His voice echoes out across the Ruination Realm as he gazed towards the body overseeing the completion of another Edict.
The mixtures of laws and Daos that were converging and dispersing constantly still weren't fused enough to allow Noah to obtain a glimpse and utilize the Cosmic Dao of Fusion to bring them together, this Edict that was leaning more towards the Defensive side needed another few hours before it was completed!
With the achievement of 50,000% Increased Loot Quantity and 5,000% Increased Loot Rarity, Noah had accomplished a major milestone as he already knew where he would go to test out the results of these ridiculous modifiers.
"There happen to be quite a few clusters of Pandemonium hidden within the vicinity of the Primordial Empire…" He smiled deeply as he wondered on the specifics of just what Hyperion was planning, this existence having the power to go head to head or even possibly kill Aegon as it instead targeted the terrifying veiled Primordial above him!
'I'll enjoy the Primordial Beasts you've hidden around until then…'
His thoughts were vibrant as his Universal Body turned his eyes towards the words on the golden pages called forth by Reader's Foresight that showed a meeting between Stormdust and Hyperion.
...In the calm Primordial Seas filled to the brim with Primordial Beasts, a single human floated before the titanous figure of the Draconic-Elephant Hyperion as the majestic voice of this existence rumbled forth.
"Do you truly understand the consequences of accepting my proposal?"
The question contained a hint of amusement from Hyperion as his third eye was closed, his two vast eyes the size of universes locking onto Stormdust's figure that was staring into them fearlessly.
"I cannot beat the power of whatever Aegon was granted by the Primordial, so I can only turn to you. I know that I might lose myself or not even truly be me…but what choice do I have?" The voice of Stormdust was filled with utter calm even though it seemed to be that of someone that had lost all hope!
"He knows it is me and the Daolords within my House that are the Tainted Ones. He knows I have a connection with the Primordial Beasts and yet he doesn't do anything to me. You can say it's due to our friendship…or it is that he truly believes even with all this, it is still beneath his vast power as he can handle it whenever he wishes. That is how confident he is of his power! So I ask you…do I even have a choice but to accept your proposal?!"
WAA!
Waves of primordial essence undulated from him as his crimson eyes glared at Hyperion, this Cosmic Beast releasing a devilish smile as he voiced out.
"I suppose not. The moment you planted my essence inside little Havenbreaker and gave me the heart of the Champion…everything was sealed. But I am a fair being. If you are ready, in exchange for all of that…you will have power."
The heart of the Champion! This phrase wasn't literal as it actually meant the one being that Aegon cared for the most…his closest friend had actually moved in the dark to tie her into the hands of a Cosmic Beast!
RUMBLE!
The Primordial Sea began to twist and churn as the third eye the size of a Universe opened on the forehead of Hyperion, this eye actually vibrating as a crack formed in the center, and from it leaked pristine golden blood that pulsed with shocking power!
Stormdust looked at this golden blood with a gaze of avarice as it shot towards him, as if it was the most prized possession in the whole world! It reached him instantly as it surrounded him like a vast golden sea, his body trembling as he allowed this golden blood to begin entering his body.
A burst of colors short forth as his Origin screamed in joy, hundreds of thousands of Splendiferous Universes shockingly beginning to bloom within the body of Stormdust at this very moment.
Hundreds of thousands!
Not galaxies- but the Splendiferous Universes that were so hard to forge as even after millions of years, Springforge, Havenbreaker, and even Stormdust had only achieved a few million Splendifirous Universes. But now, Stormdust alone was about to surpass his peers as he performed a ritual with shocking consequences.
Hyperion looked at the scene with impassive eyes, gazing at Stormdust in a way that one would gaze at a mere ant or bug before his eyes.
"Drink my Origin Blood. The more of it you take, the more of you I can control…"
He voiced out calmly and loudly as Stormdust couldn't even catch his words currently, his Origin gleefully taking in the Primordial Origin Blood of a special existence that was undoubtedly one of the strongest within this Reality!...
"Primordial Origin Blood…" Noah repeated these words to himself as he turned his eyes towards his reserves of Golden Destiny and fortune that were increasing just a little bit faster since Hyperion came into the picture, many thoughts crossing his mind as he continued to read on!
At the same time, his Primordial Ruination clone was in the verdant realm with two gorgeous and powerful women, his eyes intently looking at Halcyon who was talking with a serious expression while keeping her eyes on the constantly spinning Primordial Beast Wing that had begun to release a shocking aroma.
"There are many things I see that do not make sense, but the one scene that gives me nightmares is the shadow of a huge entity. This shadow appears behind Aegon constantly, but I can never glean anything from it apart from three huge eyes that seem to be gazing at everything with utter scorn. They could be the reason for the change that turns Aegon mad…so mad that he turns to end everything."
Noah listened to her words with sharp eyes as he instantly thought of Hyperion, wishing that the things this woman saw were more detailed and less cryptic than what they were! Her ability seemed similar to Reader's Foresight, but it could see much further ahead than it as Noah knew this woman's destiny and fortune had to be larger than most!
His eyes were contemplative as he spoke inquisitively.
"You said before you have even seen yourself utilize an Edict as you have a glimpse of it now, right?"
"Yes," Halcyon replied with a depreciating look. "I was able to help Aunty Springforge finish hers, but I still cannot complete mine. I do not know what event will pass that will allow me to do so!"
She spoke calmly even though it was something she wanted the most, but she was patient since she knew it would come in time! Yet she found her eyes opening wide as after she finished her words, she watched Noah wave his hands and cause for the appearance of a pristine multicolored Primordial Heart that was unlike even the Grand Primordial Heart she currently held.
"This…" She and Springforge looked at this in surprise as Noah voiced out nonchalantly.
"This is a type of Primordial Heart that can allow you to comprehend any Cosmic Dao that you come across the essence of. I will show you the essence of a Cosmic Dao that will help you complete your Edict with ease, and then we can see just how much more of the future you can discern."
…!
Noah spoke calmly as he gave out a single Resplendent Lesser Primordial Heart out of the hundreds he had remaining, intent on completing another one of his goals here today- teaching Halcyon the Cosmic Dao of Fusion as he then watched this woman complete an Edict right before his eyes!
Whatever laws and daos she fused before him…he would watch and replicate himself for yet another Edict!
Samsara, Cessation, Kismet, Amelioration…..all of these were just the first set of Edicts he would have. There were many more to come as when he faced the Stormdust currently being powered up to even greater degrees by the Cosmic Primordial Beast, he planned to thrash this being no matter the damn level he achieved!
Shock.
That was the only thing in Halcyon's heart as she learned the wondrous Cosmic Dao of Fusion while utilizing the essence of a pristine Primordial Heart, Noah then nudging her on as she called forth the essences of laws and daos that made her a Foremother- the rough combination of essence that put her on the stage of A Glimpse of Edicts!
"Madness…pure madness! Just what are you?!" Springforge was in disbelief as she looked towards Noah who actually didn't pay her any heed, his eyes remaining on the curvaceous figure of Halcyon as he voiced out.
"Go ahead. Fuse them."
With these words, Halcyon collected the rough mixtures of essence around her while causing the Cosmic Dao of Fusion to erupt around her- her eyes seeing the formation of an Edict she had thought would come much later!
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While Halcyon tried to complete her first Edict, Noah went forward to complete his third after Cessation and Kismet as the next one was a defensive based Edict!
BZZT!
Essence of a myriad of laws and daos merged together chaotically as after fully eating up another 20 Resplendent Grand Primordial Hearts, Noah had achieved A Glimpse of Edicts on yet another Edict as this one contained the Daos of Conquest, Chronos, Vastness, Fortification, Vitality, and the laws of Life, Earth, and Water.
It was an Edict that would be in the upper tier of MINOR Edicts and almost reaching GREATER Edicts due to how many daos it held within it, and it was why it took so long to complete it!
"Fuse together!" Noah bellowed out domineeringly as his essence of Fusion roiled out madly, wrapping around the cluster of dao and law essences as his Origin also began to burn 1000 Splendiferous Universes!
A wondrous assortment of colors came together to form a glorious purple-blue line that shot into and bound into Noah's Origin tightly, the name of this Edict appearing with his mind.
"Bulwark…"
The Nomological Edict of Bulwark!
Nomological Edict of Bulwark :: A Nomological Edict is a form of undeniable truth and authority that is birthed from the combination of laws and Daos. It cannot be circumvented or stopped by anything, with the only possibility of deniability lying with another Edict. The Nomological Edict of Bulwark is born from the combination of the Daos of Conquest, Chronos, Vastness, Fortification, Vitality, and the laws of Life, Earth, and Water. As the Edict Architect, Noah Osmont gains the Authority of Bulwark that grants him unique rights. With the essence of Bulwark, the user can be protected to a great degree against many forms of damage as they are granted a permanent 50% chance to Block All Forms of Damage. The Authority of Bulward grants one the ability to cast True Auras of Defense that include Shield of the Bulwark, Aura Master, Warder, and Ephemeral Fortress. Along with this, any Nomological Edict grants its user a smoother pathway towards ●●●●●●●, granting them an increase in the speed of their Realm Progression by +100,000%, an increase of +1,000,000% to All Parameters, and increases the chances of Fusions of other Laws and Daos by 1% for the production of other Nomological Edicts. Current fusion of the laws and Daos for the Nomological Edict of Bulwark: 1%
A beautiful defensive Edict and its abilities lay before Noah's eyes, his gaze going towards the four abilities he now gained access to as the Architect of this Edict!
Shield of the Bulwark :: When facing a tremendously strong attack, the user can call upon a primal shield that has even withstood the test of time to defend them. The Shield of the Bulwark grants +50,000,000% Increased True Defense, can block 50% of All Incoming True Damage, and has a Thorn effect that returns 100,000,000% of all received Damage.
Aura Master :: A collection of incandescent auras can be called upon to surround the user. The [Aura of Vigor], [Aura of Defense],? [Aura of Mana], [Aura of Grace], [Aura of Might], [Aura of Serenity], [Aura of Discipline], and [Aura of Determination] as they gain 100,000,000% Mana and Health Regeneration, +25,000,000% True Defense, +25,000,000 Area of Effect to All Abilities, +25,000,000% Increased Health Value, and 1,000,000 Condensed Barriers of Defense among other boosts…
Warder :: The user becomes a Ward as he surrounds a maximum of 1000 beings with an Aura that absorbs all Damage dealt to them towards him. All incoming damage is accumulated in the Aura of the Warder as it can be released with +25,000,000% Increased True Annihilatory Damage towards one's enemies.
Ephemeral Fortress :: The ability to move is nullified as in exchange, one becomes a stationary fortress capable of blocking even the essence of Greater Edicts to a degree. While in the state of Ephemeral Fortress, 90% of incoming damage is reduced as the damage from any Dao Essences is nullified by the user. Only top tier Minor Edicts can harm the user under this state as they can only be possibly killed by the essence of Greater Nomological Edicts.
Wondrous new skills that came with this Edict appeared before his eyes as Shield of Bulwark and Ephemeral Fortress could be cast when a terrifying attack was thrown his way.
Then there were the unique abilities of Warder and Aura Master! The first one was unique as it protected others apart from him and then reflected all damage back to the enemy, but the latter one…
It reminded Noah of the skills he obtained back on the blue planet when he was just an upcoming hunter- granting him the capability to cast a protective barrier or aura at all times with his infinite mana as even if he was asleep and enemies attacked him- they would find themselves despairing to find him stacked with multiple barriers and aura!
Now, such a capability was brought back to him and in even grander terms as the Auras he could call forth had vastly different capabilities- some of them increasing the rate of his mana and health regeneration as others gave him hundreds of thousands of condensed barriers of defense.
"Aura Master."
He called out slowly as his mana churned, becoming exchanged into the Nomological Edict of Bulwark as a stupendous ability was activated. An array of colorful aura bubbles then bloomed gloriously around Noah's already incandescent Universal Body!
How could [Aura Master] be best described? To Noah, the moment he finished the cast of the skill, he observed one circular aura after another blooming from his origin as they layered themselves around him and overlapped gloriously!
A blue Aura of Serenity, a red Aura of Determination, a green Aura of Defense, a gold Aura of Grace…a myriad of colorful auras surrounded him as he looked like an existence encased in glowing circles of light that released calm waves of their respective essence unto his body.
"Haa…" He breathed in deeply as he felt like all of his cells were screaming in joy- the feeling of this skill and even the essence of Amelioration being something that caused one's very cells to feel a sense of happiness.
The many auras surrounding him undulated with waves of power as he could leave them in this flashy fashion, or he could choose to use his Primordial Eye and make the many auras invisible to others!
He enjoyed the vast array of colors around him as he then tested?Ephemeral Fortress and Shield of the Bulwark, nodding his head with appreciation as he looked at this completed Minor Nomological Edict.
After the design of this Edict, Noah effectively covered himself Offensively, Defensively, and even had multiple support type Edicts!
Now, he would finally spare some of his focus on an Edict that didn't just strengthen him alone, but also strengthened those important to him.
"We'll finally put the features of Blacksmith's Forge to use if all goes well…"
Noah smiled at the thought of the possible next Edict, his two bodies already being surrounded by Resplendent Grand Primordial Hearts again as he went back to reading! At the same time, his clones moved as half of them overtook the important mission of locating the Clusters of Pandemonium hidden across the Ruination Sea where clusters of Primordial Beasts could be seen.
Noah would target these in the next following days before the glorious Writ of Challenge against Stormdust went down as after this event…the forces of the Primordial Empire were going to get extremely busy as things became utterly chaotic!
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From Noah being teleported to a cluster of Pandemonium before during an assassination attempt and even the one he observed Stormdust be teleported from to reach the Primordial Sea, he had come gained some exposure to these unique locations as he considered them dens of treasures.
As for how to locate more of them? This was an easy thing to do as since he knew there should be some around the trillions of light years around the Primordial Empire, he just had to silently traverse the vast Ruination Sea around this area while utilizing the Primordial Eye to look through the folds of space until he found what he was looking for.
He could do this…or something even simpler as since he designated and looked at what contained in clusters of Pandemonium as loot, he could use a feature of the Cosmic Core that had sat in the dust for too long.
"Utilize [Treasure Hunter], focus on the aspect of Entities that can give out treasures more than anything else."
Noah spoke out grandly towards the Cosmic Core as he called for the feature of Treasure Hunter to be used!
Yes, Master.
THRUM!
Essence coagulated around 28 Clones Noah had deployed across the Ruination Sea, where above each of their heads…a shimmering golden arrow only they could see appeared as this arrow began to shoot towards a certain unknown direction!
The golden light of each of the Clone's left eyes shone as they turned into pure Ruination Essence, turning into crimson blurs of light as they followed these golden arrows towards places that should have things considered treasures for the current Noah.
He could find the clusters of Pandemonium he sought for, or other things entirely!
While his clones did this, his Universal Body appeared in the vast and now nearly endless Infinite Cosmos.
He appeared first in the Novus Universe as he watched his people assimilating their new strength through battles with each other, his voice stretching out towards the Cosmic Core once more.
"Is the new Universe ready?"
Yes, Master. A Universe with its galaxies built to be the furnaces and engines for the Blacksmith's Forge has been completed.
One of the many boons of Noah adding new Cosmos into the Infinite Cosmos was the tremendous increase in Vital Essence that could bore new singularities and form new Universes, with many more possibilities opening up as for the future to come, Noah made a request for an entire Universe to be designed into the [Blacksmith's Forge]!
An entire universe for him to build new weapons and armors at the level and power that others could only envy! These new items would also go hand in hand with the new edict that was in the works of being completed- an Edict geared towards this field that should further elevate Noah's power along with his people.
"Let's see it."
His body that shone with colorful incandescent bubbles of auras disappeared before he could disrupt the training of his people, teleporting into a new Universe that if it could be described in one word…it would be scorching!
The galaxies within this Universe were crimson and they let out blazing heat, Noah appearing at the very center of this Universe as he saw before his eyes a huge structure that was grander and larger than any galaxies. The structure had the glorious shape of a hammer as it spanned millions of light years in diameter, this being the center of this Universe that was known as the Blacksmith's Forge!
Noah himself didn't have to personally carry out the act of forging as he could designate it to the Cosmic Core that would take his essence and utilize the materials he chose to form the weapons and armor, but Noah liked the feeling of starting out the new series of weapons after all this time himself as he wanted to enjoy the unique process of using the forge.
"First, the enhancements now that it is performed by a Cosmic Core…" Noah's eyes shone brightly as he looked under {Cosmic Core Management} and locked onto the feature of Blacksmith's Forge.
[Blacksmith's Forge] :: A unique forge created for the purpose of smelting the most refined and powerful Items. The rank of the Item created will be reflected on what materials were provided. A singular Item or an Item Set can be created as an immense output of energy is also required to use the forge. Currently craftable Item Ranks: ...Saint, Void…Galaxy, Galactic Filament, Universe, Universal Filament, Quasi-Cosmic. Locked Item Ranks: Cosmic Treasures, Cosmic Filament Treasure…
"Well now…" Noah's eyes flashed sharply as he looked at the highest ranking item he could forge, becoming even more confident on what he was about to do!
In the Universe Noah had termed Blacksmith's Forge.
Countless Galaxies with no life in them floated while releasing waves of immense heat, even being in the stages of Hegemony finding the environment of this Universe stifling if they ever stepped foot in it.
Noah floated into the vast Forge of this Universe itself as this structure shaped like a hammer contained millions of stations designed with crimson gold colors, showing a workbench that held pristine gold hammers, anvils, and glimmering furnaces that held within them condensed crimson galaxies.
Noah could choose to pick up a hammer in any of these stations and heat up the materials before hammering them down to the shape he wanted, or he could simply allow the automatic process of forging the Items as he gave the Cosmic Core the specifications of what he wanted!
He continued past the countless stations as he came to the center of the Forge, seeing a vast clearing a few hundred thousand light years in diameter as here, materials that had been passively collected over the days by the Cosmic Core from the newly added Cosmos could be seen here.
Unique Crystals condensed from Cosmic Core essences made up a vast majority of the materials as they were collected from naturally born mines where the essence of Cosmic Daos clustered. There were many more things that didn't interest Noah as he waved his hands to add on to this pile the special material he would be using- and also the material that he was currently seeking with his clones!
THRUM!
Space fluctuated as Noah took out the dismembered pieces of Primordial Beasts he held with him- this being a precious resource as Noah actually erased the Primordial Beasts before with the deadly effects of Cessation.
But there were still many that weren't entirely wiped out as Noah took the chance to obtain their remaining bodies as in the near future, he would be using the skin and bones of Primordial Beasts to forge his items!
And looking at the highest level of Item he could make, it seemed like he would be very soon producing Quasi-Cosmic Treasures.
"Not any Quasi-Cosmic Treasures though...these ones will be born with the essence of an Edict!"
…!
Yes! Noah had seen the quality of Quasi-Cosmic Treasures, seeing them not enhance his power all that much as they even held limited boosts if a Daolord used them.
Most Quasi-Cosmic Treasures held the essence of a particular Dao similar to the Cosmic Treasures like Ruination, with the Cosmic Treasure having more grand effects such as allowing one to have a Primordial Ruination Clone or a 1000:1 time ratio Realm in the case of RUINATION.
Noah's Quasi-Cosmic Treasures would be approaching the power of average Cosmic Treasures without their uniqueness alone if things went as he planned!
As his thoughts ran rampant, they were evicted up by the consciousness of the Cosmic Treasure deeply connected to him as the voice of RUINATION stretched out into Noah's mind.
Master, you'll have to make sure you don't leave me behind when you achieve the Cosmic Realm and even forge past it. You can upgrade me to a Cosmic Filament Treasure and even a Primordial Relic if you raise the level of the Cosmic Core and enhance the Blacksmith's Forge some more.
The practical and gradually more emotional Cosmic Treasure spoke out grandly as Noah laughed, sending waves of the essence of Amelioration into this treasure as he reassured it not to worry. There were many things he was planning for in the future as this would be among many!
As for the forging of powerful Quasi-Cosmic Treasures nearing the power of genuine Cosmic Treasures? This was something that the next Edict he was designing would help with.
He already knew the name of the new Edict he was waiting for, and since it wasn't as intense as many others, it would be completed fairly soon!
"The Nomological Edict of the Forgemaster...I look forward to it!"
Forgemaster! Noah could already see this name as in the Ruination Realm, the mixtures of laws and daos were nearly complete.
"Let's see what types of Quasi-Cosmic level items we can make first…" He familiarized himself with the unique types of weapons and armors as a glimmering Blue screen of many designs appeared before his eyes.
Base designs of weapons, and even blank blueprints that he could design the shapes of his own unique items!
There were many things he could do as apart from the materials of Primordial Beasts he already had, he was about to obtain many more at this moment as six of his clones had managed to find something that seemed like an entrance into a cluster of Pandemonium!
His Universal Body lifted a hammer as his stellar eyes weren't even seeing the forge before him, the scenes of an Edict nearing completion and his clones locating dens of Primordial Beasts reflecting within his eyes.
"Let's get things rolling…" His eyes released beams of light as the river of destiny churned wildly...but it was being steered every so slightly at this moment!
Across the vast Ruination Sea.
Six clones were in the form of Ruination Essence as they stared towards a menacing swirling mass of Pandemonium hidden in the folds of space, the golden arrows of Treasure Hunter pointing in this direction as Noah was excited to start farming and test just how wondrous the effects of 50,000 Increased Loot Quantity and 5,000 Increased Loot Rarity would be!
The other clones came across unique regions in the Ruination Sea that had unique environments where the essence of other Cosmic Daos converged, and two clones came across huge monoliths born from crystallized Ruination Essence that Noah put away to see if they could be used as materials.
So at this moment, Noah was staring at the entrances into six clusters of Pandemonium as he prepared to attack them simultaneously!
"Enter, make sure nothing can escape, enjoy?a shower of loot…"
A step by step plan appeared before Noah's eyes as he activated Path to Victory while looking at these 6 clusters of Pandemonium.
Pandemonium!
Clusters of destroyed Reality that spread out more and more from the edge of the observable Reality as the Primordial Beasts devoured more Cosmos.
They contained a type of essence of utter destruction and death that only Primordial Beasts could withstand due to their nature, and clusters of Pandemonium melded extremely well into the vast Ruination Sea as Hyperion had multiple Primordial Beasts stationed in clusters of Pandemonium across multiple locations across the Ruination Sea.
The reasons for this were something only this frightening creature entertained, and it would unfold gloriously in the future.
At this current moment in time.
ROAR!
A Grand Primordial Beast released a guttural roar as it asserted its authority in a vast cluster of Pandemonium that contained another Grand Primordial Beast and 13 Lesser Beasts.
Their large mouths would occasionally open as they swallowed entire gulps of Pandemonium, the largest Grand Primordial Beast reigning Supreme as it floated at the very center while returning to its state of cultivation- waves of multiple Daos and Laws undulating over its body as wondrously- this beast was trying to form an Edict, or at least catch a glimpse of it!
"Hmm?" Yet even while lost in the feeling of the myriad of Daos, this Primordial Beast still sensed fluctuations an instant later as its eyes the size of Galaxies opened wide.
It wasn't alone as all the other Primordial Beasts did the same staring towards a point in the cluster of Pandemonium where something other than a Primordial Beast had entered!
There, a man clad in obsidian satin pants and a loose shirt that showed off the robust muscles on his body appeared, his voice only reaching their ears at this moment as the effects of the ability his voice had called out had already settled in by the time they heard it!
"Life Realm."
THRUM!
Instantly, every single Primordial Beast disappeared from the Cluster of Pandemonium.
Amidst the roiling and repulsive black essence, a glimmering gold and crimson circle the size of a grain of sand appeared as within it...13 Lesser Primordial Beasts and 2 Grand ones the size of Galaxies were pulled into it silently!
Such a scene occurred simultaneously in 6 clusters of Pandemonium. Each one having a varying number of Primordial Beasts as low as 15 to as high as 21.
All of them, without fail- were now contained in a [Life Realm] that was activated by the essence of a Nomological Edict!
Unless one of these Primordial Beasts had comprehended an Edict that could counter the one utilized to call forth the ability of [Life Realm], they would remain within it until the being that cast it let them out- or he perished!
Noah saw what he had to do for the optimum outcome the moment that Path to Victory finished, and his six clones now looked at the figures of dozens of Primordial Beasts across 6 clusters of Pandemonium that amounted to 102 Beasts.
Within a cluster of Pandemonium that had 13 Lesser Primordial Beasts and 2 Grand Ones.
"..." These powerful existences had yet to even react as they stared inexplicably at the figure of Noah serenely floating at the center of the enclosed Life Realm, their Origins feeling a unique pressure around them as the two Grand Primordial Beasts looked at the edges of this Realm to see a boundary made of a terrifying Edict- the Edict of Cessation!
"ROAAAR!"
These two wondrous existences were the first to react as their bodies glowed with resplendent light, their figures of combinations of dragons and phoenixes opened their terrifying jaws as they released beams of Ruination and the Primordial Dao Essences.
WAA!
They tore across the unique space towards the figure of Noah that actually didn't make any moves after he contained the Primordial Beasts in an unbreakable Realm!
He watched the terrifying blasts of light that could rip apart any Daolord with ease as he didn't carry out any actions, simply watching as they came and were about to strike his body when…
BZZZT!
A shocking force of repulsion pushed the beams of Ruination and the Primordial Essence to his left and right, his figure remaining untouched as gloriously, the circular protective auras of multiple colors vibrantly became visible!
Blue, red, gold, violet...all sorts of colorful circles covered Noah as his figure was untouched even against the attacks of Grand Primordial Beasts!
"Beautiful!" His eyes blazed with a happy light as the essence of the Edict of Bulwark wrapped around him, gloating at the center of the realm serenely as he tested to see if any damage could pass through the multiple barriers and auras he had active
"Come on," he motioned towards the Primordial Beasts while smiling brightly. "I won't make a move in the next few seconds, let loose and show me what you got!"
RUMBLE!
Domineering words erupted out against the Primordial Beasts as their eyes erupted into flames of utter anger, their bodies becoming encased in raging bouts of essence as they turned into streaks of light towards Noah.
"Ephemeral Fortress."
He spoke lightly as his body gained another colorful layer that shone with a violet green light. This represented him not being able to move in exchange for a reduction of 90% of all incoming damage as he was immune to all Dao and Law essences!
If an existence did not have an Edict- they could do nothing to him.
If an existence did have an Edict- they better hope it was a highly offensive one!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The Primordial Beasts clashed onto him with an array of skills as the Grand ones even struck down using their physical bodies, but they found to their shock that they couldn't even move the existence encased in multiple colorful circles that showered him with gorgeous light.
"I see."
Noah turned off Ephemeral Fortress as he could move again, a devilish smile appearing on his face as…
"My turn."
THUMP!
Time seemed to slow.
Far from even the Clusters of Pandemonium, Noah's Universal Body looked at the slightly over 3 Million Splendiferous Universes as in the next second, he called out lightly.
"Burn."
WAA!
A command to burn Splendiferous Universes and activate the Cosmic Dao of Loot as the cost per second was 1 million!
A third of everything he had built would be used as the fuel to achieve the mind bending reality of 50,000% Increased Loot Quantity and 5,000 Increased Loot Rarity.
He would only burn these 1 million Splendiferous Universes as within the next second, he had to clear out all of the Primordial Beasts within all 6 Clusters of Pandemonium!
With him being capable of being at speeds in a matter of milliseconds- mere one thousandths of a second, this time would be more than enough for him.
In each of the 6 Clusters of Pandemonium,? the bodies of his clones instantly expanded to be as large as a Galaxy.
They gained the same size as the Primordial Beasts as in the next second, his clones turned into streaks of light that even the Grand Primordial Beasts within the Clusters of Pandemonium could not keep up with!
They didn't even see him move!
He encased his body in the essence of Cessation as in less than a millisecond, he shot in the direction of 6 different Lesser Primordial Beast in 6 different clusters as his figure that was a blur of light passed from the front of these powerful Beasts and came out behind them.
"..."
Time seemingly resumed, still moving in mere milliseconds.
WAA!
A shower of golden blood erupted out in each of the Clusters as a Lesser Primordial Beast could be seen with its two halves falling left and right, cleanly cut through in the middle by an Edict it couldn't yet even imagine reaching!
Golden blood littered the pristine circular auras covering a single devilishly smiling being as his eyes were not on the solemn and shock of the Primordial Beasts around him, but on the prompt shared by the eyes of all clones and more importantly, his Universal Body.
[+6 Lesser Primordial Hearts obtained…] DING! The effects of the Cosmic Dao of Loot are applied…[+3,000 Shards of a Cosmic Primordial Heart obtained.]
…!
Ah!
With Noah's immense origin and consciousness, just like how he could move rapidly within the time scale of one thousandth of a second, he could think and evaluate things even faster as he could have a day's worth of conversation with himself in less than a millisecond!
This was what occurred next as his thoughts moved rapidly when he saw the prompt that told him of the Loot he had gained from the deaths of just 6 Lesser Primordial Beasts.
It wasn't an elevation from Lesser to Grand, his percentage of 5,000% Increased Loot Rarity being so ridiculous that a Lesser Primordial Heart was elevated into a Shard of a Cosmic Primordial Heart!
When placed along with the 50,000% Increased Loot Quantity, a mere 6 Lesser Primordial Beasts granted him 3,000 Shards of a Cosmic Primordial Heart.
Ah!
It was a reality bending effect that Noah was limited from what its full potential would have been, and it caused him to further look forward to when he overcame all restrictions and elevated these modifiers to even greater levels.
In the slowed time of less than a millisecond, Noah's Universal Body in the Blacksmith's Forge pulled out the so called Shard of a Cosmic Primordial Heart as it illuminated all his surroundings with glorious light!
He floated outside of the golden crimson hammer shaped Forge as within his hands, a small crystal that weighed heavier than an entire Cosmos appeared. Not something countless light years in diameter, not a pulsing heart releasing a multicolored radiance! It was simply a round crystal that released a shocking amount of radiance as within it, one could see clusters of glorious shining universes.
A crystal with the mass of a Cosmos! Can one even imagine such a concept? Even Noah felt his strained as he held it, his Edicts surging to reinforce him as he held this glimmering crystal in peace.
This crystal was a Shard of a Cosmic Primordial Heart as even with its small size, Noah looked at it with excitement as it shone with a purple loot light from the effects of the Dao of Loot that represented a treasure a rank lower than the highest that would shine with a gold loot light!
'Even something like this is only ranked with the purple loot light? Then the full Cosmic Primordial Heart will be the only thing in this Reality that deserves a golden loot light…' Noah thought as such with brilliantly shining eyes as he then viewed the description of this wondrous treasure within his palm.
[Shards of Cosmic Primordial Hearts] :: Pristine in stature and among the rarest of all things within a Reality. The rank of a Cosmic Primordial Heart is too high as within a Reality, only a single one may be obtained from a fallen Ender of Reality. With a Cosmic Primordial Heart, one can gain a glimpse of the Essence of Reality utilized by Higher Existences that allows what is considered impossible to be probable. A single Shard of a Cosmic Primordial Heart can grant one the essence to form 50,000 Splendiferous Universes, or Forcefully Increase the Progression of an Edict by .1%, or help in the formation of a single Edict, or be utilized towards the formation of a genuine Cosmic Primordial Heart. 10,000,000 Shards of Cosmic Primordial Hearts are required for the formation of a genuine Cosmic Primordial Heart. Current Shards of a Cosmic Primordial Heart: 3,000.
"Ah…" The description was read a few times by Noah as he focused on its simplicity and grandness!
A Resplendent Lesser Primordial Heart granted one 800 Splendiferous Universes as a Resplendent Grand Primordial Heart granted 4,800 Splendiferous Universes. Yet a single Shard of a Cosmic Primordial Heart granted one 50,000 Splendiferous Universes as to top it off, one could elevate the percentage of an Edict, forge an Edict, or the grandest feature...the Shards to go towards the combination of a genuine Cosmic Primordial Heart.
A treasure that granted one the Essence of Reality! Noah knew of what this essence was as when Primordial Beasts devoured Cosmos- they accumulated one such essence as it was what allowed them to advance from Lesser all the way to Cosmic.
An Essence utilized by Higher Existences!
When such a word rang out in Noah's mind, he couldn't help but think of Primordials and all the things they were able to do to raise Champions.
Was this essence the secret behind their power? Behind the power granted to Champions? Was it one needed to be capable of forging a System?!
WAA!
Many questions, but there were no answers.
What did have an answer though, was how ridiculous Noah's rate of forging Splendiferous Universes was about to be!
The 3,000 Shards of a Cosmic Primordial Heart alone would grant him the gorgeous number of 150,000,000 Splendiferous Universes!
"..."
It was just a simple multiplication of how many Universes each Shard granted with how many Shards there were. But it showed that within this single second where Noah burned 1 million Splendiferous Universes, one third of all of his current Universes- this single second that only had a few milliseconds of it pass...he had already gained 150 Million Splendiferous Universes within this period of time.
Mind you, this was just from the deaths of a single Lesser Primordial Beast from each of the 6 Clusters of Pandemonium! Just 6 Lesser Primordial Beasts equaled 150 Million Splendiferous Universes!
When he thought of the dozens of other Lesser Primordial Beasts and even few Grand Primordial Beasts still remaining within the Clusters of Pandemonium, the calculations showed that the number of Splendiferous Universes he would forge after all this would spill well over a billion.
"..."
A percentage of what he needed to before he could achieve the Cosmic Realm with the requirement of 100 Billion Splendiferous Universes!
Ah!
Faced with such a shocking reality, Noah couldn't help but spend the next millisecond reflecting!
Yes, they were just Shards of Cosmic Primordial Hearts, but when everything was calculated, the number was sheer insanity.
When Noah looked at this, he couldn't help but look at himself in a different light as he felt like he was finally walking the easy path of Champions!
A percentage or more of the requirements for the Cosmic Realm would be obtained with ease after a single venture Noah carried out!
It was something unbelievable that was only made possible with the reality bending effects of Increased Loot Quantity and Increased Loot Rarity, but it was enough to cause Noah to think of the rate of growth of Aegon and all sorts of Champions he had yet to meet out there in the vast Realities as he now reflected on himself.
"Am I...finally one of the cheaters? Or have I been one this whole time?"
A philosophical question that very few would ever find themselves asking, but Noah still reflected on it for a single millisecond before he smiled devilishly, his clones turning into blurs of light in the next millisecond across all 6 clusters of Pandemonium!
A mere millisecond or two had passed since he obtained the Shards of Cosmic Primordial Hearts and viewed their details, and he now continued seamlessly where his clones left off.
The scene of Noah turning into a streak of light and bisecting a Lesser Primordial Beast was only captured by the eyes of the Grand Primordial Beasts as their bodies lit up with utter rage and madness an instant later, the Splendiferous Universes within their Origins beginning to burn as they sought all power possible to withstand against the enemy containing them in this enclosed space!
Yet Noah's clones released rays of incandescent light as he called out slowly.
"Universal Terror of Old- Cthulhu."
THRUM!
A flash of light.
A call of glory!
Instantly, all 6 clones within the six clusters of Pandemonium erupted into a monstrous form of another existence that stemmed from the elevated skill tree of Cthulhu at the Universal Filament level that was termed [Universal Terror]!
One of the abilities within the Universal Terror Skill Tree was the transformation into an all around enhanced form of Cthulhu- this one capable of being as large as a universe as there was only one reason Noah cast it.
He wanted to be sure to collect as many materials of bones and skins of these Primordial Beasts before him for the upcoming Nomological Edict of the Forgemaster. For this, he couldn't entirely erase the Beasts that would give him these materials as before anything else, he had to restrict their movements…and then kill them cleanly.
WAA!
An innumerable number of tentacles erupted out the moment he cast [Universal Terror of Old- Cthulhu], his body expanding to cover the entirety of the enclosed Realm that was a few million light years in diameter as he covered all the beasts he had enclosed in all 6 Clusters of Pandemonium!
At the center of each of them, the devilish form of a Terror with gold-crimson eyes and countless tentacles that shone with the baleful colors of purple and blue went on to wrap and constrict around Primordial Beasts!
Noah at this moment looked like a mass of purple and blue with terrifying gold-crimson eyes shooting out tentacles in all directions, the essence of Nomological Edicts ringing out glorious bells of power.
These innumerable tentacles were born from the essence of Kismet and reinforced by the essence of Cessation, but one could feel the potent essence of Aether raging and coursing across the myriad of tentacles madly.
ROAR!
The golden blood within the bodies of the Primordial Beasts trembled briefly as everything became ensnared by the innumerable tentacles, the essence of Nomological Edicts within them being undeniable as the mere essence of Cosmic Daos or mixtures of daos and laws was not enough to allow the beasts to break out!
After Noah covered all of them entirely and the Primordial Beasts- Grand and Lesser- were trying to get out, his ancient voice then rolled out even more deeply.
[Tenticular Terror].
BZZZT!
The freely movable, viscous, and wiggling mass of countless tentacles that were constricting everything in sight crystallized in but an instant- shining with a glorious purple light of either as they became harder than even the toughest crystals or metals.
Like immovable frozen chains, they clasped down everything they had wrapped out as all the Primordial Beasts found out that they could no longer move!
"..."
Silence!
Utter silence without even an ounce of movement after the cast of two skills that were reinforced by the unbreakable essence of multiple Nomological Edicts!
This…was the effect of [Tenticular Terror].
[Tenticular Terror](20/20) :: The countless tentacles stemming from the body of the Universal Terror of Old release a potent Mana Toxin that debilitates and nullifies the use of mana or any type of law or Dao essence on their bound target. The effect of Resplendence has been achieved as on top of the Mana Toxin, the Terror of Old can release an Origin Toxin onto their enemies. All those successfully bound by Mana and Origin Toxin face a reduction of 100% of their Movement Capacity, Mana Regulation and Activation is nullified, and their Origin becomes incapable of circulating until they are released by the Terror of Old- whether by death or subjugation.
A wondrous skill that allowed anything that the tentacles of the Universal Terror of Old wrapped around to be halted entirely!
If one didn't have essence from a Nomological Edict…they could not escape it.
The myriad of Primordial Beasts enclosed in a Life Realm within the six clusters of Pandemonium turned entirely still at this moment as not a single thing but the gold-crimson eyes of the Cthulhu moved.
The eyes of the Primordial Beasts always held regality and might at all times, but al they were brought to utter halt, one could see a semblance of confusion within them as apart from this, a blooming light they had never felt before began to rise within their eyes!
It was the light of fear.
Fear as even beings as majestic as they were actually brought to a standstill as they couldn't even move! Defenseless against their enemy! The problem was that their enemy…was simply too ridiculous of a being as he utilized skills that would otherwise be normal to a deadly extent.
Noah felt the calmness as he contained dozens of Primordial Beasts within his innumerable tentacles that were as tout as metal bars at this moment, his gold-crimson eyes filled with utter calm as from the tentacles, the destructive essence of Cessation was surrounded by the essence of Kismet as it freely dug into the defenseless bodies of the Primordial Beasts, going towards their vibrant Universal Filament Origins as Noah planned to destroy them all cleanly and silently while preserving every part of their bodies!
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Cthulhu Skill Tree
UNIVERSAL FILAMENT [Universal Terror] :: A skill tree capable of calling out the bloodline of a long forgotten Terror capable of elevating its core essence of Aether to even surpass what most Daos can achieve. Abilities include [Universal Terror of Old- Cthulhu](20/20), [Bloodline of Aether(20/20), [Galaxy Caller](20/20), [Tenticular Terror](20/20)
Silent and simultaneous deaths.
This was what 96 Primordial Beasts would experience as Noah ruthlessly stopped their movements with Mana and Origin Toxin released from the innumerable tentacles of the Terror of Aether, and he then sank in the essence of Cessation wrapped around Kismet into the very origins of the Primordial Beasts.
RUMBLE!
The wrapped up light of Cessation was then let loose as instantaneously, the Origins of all 96 Primordial Beast were torn and erased into nothingness.
"..."
No matter if it was the 8 Grand Primordial Beasts or the remaining 88 Lesser Primordial Beasts! Once the Nomological Edict of Cessation decimated their Origins, they all perished regardless.
Silently and simultaneously, their brilliant eyes lost their luster as they turned dim, Noah releasing his innumerable locked tentacles around them as their bodies floated mesmerizingly in space without a single movement.
It was an eerie and terrifying scene that was brought about by nothing else other than an oppressively large gap in power created by Edicts and boosts of Runic Dao Lines!
Then, two stellar prompts appeared before Noah's mind.
[+88 Lesser Primordial Hearts obtained…] DING! The effects of the Cosmic Dao of Loot are applied…[+44,000 Shards of a Cosmic Primordial Heart obtained.]
[+8 Grand Primordial Hearts obtained…] DING! The effects of the Cosmic Dao of Loot are applied…[+4,000 Resplendent Shards of a Cosmic Primordial Heart obtained.]
"Glorious…" In the Blacksmith's Forge, Noah's Universal Body looked at these prompts with shining eyes as what they truly represented was quickly ascertained. His Orin stopped burning as only 1 million Splendiferous Universes were used up after a single second passed, and the results he got out of it were simply ridiculous!
A total of 47,000 Shards of a Cosmic Primordial Heart were now within his hands when Noah accounted for all the Lesser Primordial Beasts, and when this number alone was multiplied by the fact that a single Shard can grant 50,000 Splendiferous Universes…it would grant one 2,200,000,000 Splendiferous Universes…
2% of the way towards the Cosmic Realm!
A payment of 1 million universes to activate the boosts of Increased Loot Quantity and Rarity actually gave back 2.2 Billion Splendiferous Universes!
Then, there was the loot from the Grand Primordial Beasts that now had the suffix of [Resplendent] on them. Noah called upon a single one of the Resplendent Shards of a Cosmic Primordial Heart as a glimmering dense crystal suffused with scintillating lights appeared within his hands.
Being nearly four times as large as the normal Shards, these Resplendent Shards released an even more enticing light as tens of thousands of Splendiferous Universes swam freely within them!
[Resplendent Shards of a Cosmic Primordial Hearts] :: Pristine in stature and among the rarest of all things within a Reality. The rank of a Cosmic Primordial Heart is too high as within a Reality, only a single one may be obtained from a fallen Ender of Reality. With a Cosmic Primordial Heart, one can gain a glimpse to the Essence of Reality utilized by Higher Existences that allows what is considered impossible to be probable. A single Resplendent Shard of a Cosmic Primordial Heart can grant one the essence to form 200,000 Splendiferous Universes, or? Forcefully Increase the Progression of an Edict by .4%, or help in the formation of a single Edict, or be utilized towards the formation of a genuine Cosmic Primordial Heart. 2,500,000 Shards of Cosmic Primordial Hearts are required for the formation of a genuine Cosmic Primordial Heart. Current Resplendent Shards of a Cosmic Primordial Heart: 4,000.
The loot from the Grand Primordial Levels had its boost elevated by a factor of four- where they increased the number of Splendiferous Universes by 200,000 as the even more unique number was how many were required to fuse into a genuine Cosmic Primordial Heart.
Noah needed 10 million of the normal Shards to produce a genuine Cosmic Primordial Heart, but he only needed 2.5 million of the Resplendent Shards from Grand Primordial Beasts to achieve this! It was a reality that made Noah extremely expectant for the future as he wanted to get his hands on every single Primordial Beast he could!
"Speaking of…" His eyes turned towards the direction of the 6 Clusters of Pandemonium and he saw his clones wave their hands, wrapping a spatial light around the pristinely preserved corpses of all of these beasts as they were placed in his Expansive Space.
The clones then recalled the Life Realm they had cast to recede as they returned to the repulsive environment of Pandemonium, yet now it was silent with utterly nothing to be seen within it!
With their job done, these clones disappeared soon after as whatever consequences this event would have- they would not be the ones to pay for it.
—
In the Blacksmith's Forge Universe.
Across the vast space many light years wide in diameter within the Forge itself where materials were placed, Noah waved his hands to call out the corpses of 102 Primordial Beasts!
BOOM! BOOM!
Their enormous bodies took up nearly the entire space as they still glimmered with gold and white light, Noah looking at these bodies that were mere materials with a smile as he sat down in a meditative position and took out a Shard of a Cosmic Primordial Heart.
His origin began to churn as this small crystal that weighed more than an entire Cosmos began to release its shocking essence contained within, hundreds of Splendiferous Universes beginning to bloom in his Origin as Noah continued forward as if he had done nothing worthy of note!
As if he didn't just hunt over 100 Primordial Beasts within less than a second as he now planned to use their bodies as materials to forge items!
He serenely began to absorb a Shard of a Cosmic Primordial Heart as while Splendiferous Universes bloomed within him, he spoke calmly.
"And just like that, the Dao of the Forgemaster also gets completed at the same time…" His eyes shone with the essence of Kismet as they saw the scene of his two other main bodies in the Ruination Realm that had finished another Grand Primordial Heart, a rough collection of daos and laws around them coming together as A Glimpse of Edict was obtained!
Yet another Glimpse of Edict came to Noah, his Cosmic Dao of Fusion wrapping around it and making sure it forms into an edict as the mere price of 1000 Splendiferous Universes was paid.
The collection of Daos wrapping around it were Fusion, Conquest, Sword, Nine Flames, Fortification, Archetype, Vastness, and the laws of fire, light, earth, space! Along with all of this, what completed it all was a Grand Dao that Noah had obtained from an existence that had birthed it within his Infinite Cosmos!
Back when Noah was fighting against Chronos and preventing the Universal Amalgamation that would have called down the Great Usurper that he now knew as Eckert, he had come across an enormously built dwarf that was over 500 meters tall- this existence being on the side of Oathkeeper and Great Old Nazzagath who stemmed from the Universe of Metal and was known as the Hegemony of Smithing!
Now, this being still retained the rank of Hegemony as he did not show remorse in the past for what occurred to the race of Universal Emperor Slimes and their inadvertent role in it, and Noah's clones located him in the past days as he sent his clones across the Infinite Cosmos and the many additions of Universes made into it to track down all the Architects of Lesser and Grand Daos.
This was another form of treasure collection for Noah as he would be exposed to the essence of the Daos of these beings and bring it to full assimilation soon after as the number of Daos he held on him exploded upwards, and Noah selected the Grand Dao of Smithing that the Hegemony of Smithing had made to be the base Dao for the currently fusing Nomological Edict!
"Fuse!"
His Universal Body bellowed out grandly in the Blacksmith's Forge as while he devoured a Shard of a Cosmic Primordial Heart, stellar beams of light shot out from his eyes as the collection of daos and laws that was being worked on in the Ruination Realm trembled before allowing the Cosmic Dao of Fusion to seamlessly put everything together.
Thereafter, a crimson line of a Nomological Edict formed as it sank into the Origin on Noah's nearest body and appeared in the strongest Origin that was within the Universal Body, binding onto Noah's soul with haste as his body shone with a molten light!
It was a light signifying the completion of yet another Edict as this one would go towards the forging of stupendous weapons and armors, the Nomological Edict of the Forgemaster!
Nomological Edict of the Forgemaster :: A Nomological Edict is a form of undeniable truth and authority that is birthed from the combination of laws and Daos. It cannot be circumvented or stopped by anything, with the only possibility of deniability lying with another Edict. The Nomological Edict of the Forgemaster is born from the combination of the Daos of Smithing, Fusion, Conquest, Sword, Nine Flames, Fortification, Archetype, Vastness, and the laws of fire, light, earth, space. As the Edict Architect, Noah Osmont gains the Authority of the Forgemaster that grants him unique rights. The Authority of the Forgemaster grants one the ability to forge items capable of being inscribed with the essence of Nomological Edicts. When wielded by the Forgemaster, such items express 100% of the power of the inscribed Nomological Edict. When the items of the Forgemaster are wielded by other existences who do not hold the Authority of the Forgemaster, they express 1% of the power of the inscribed Nomological Edict. The Forgemaster is granted immunity to fire damage and +100,000,000% Resistance to All Fire-based Edicts, along with the abilities of? Forgemaster's Flames, Item Master, Edict Inscription, and Hammer of Cosmic Glory. Along with this, any Nomological Edict grants its user a smoother pathway towards ●●●●●●●, granting them an increase in the speed of their Realm Progression by +100,000%, an increase of +1,000,000% to All Parameters, and increases the chances of Fusions of other Laws and Daos by 1% for the production of other Nomological Edicts. Current fusion of the laws and Daos for the Nomological Edict of the Forgemaster: 1%
The description of a stellar Edict to forge items and the fantastical skills it included appeared before Noah's eyes as with haste, he also looked into the definitions of these abilities!
Forgemaster's Flames :: The Flames of the Forgemaster can mold any materials into a specifically designed item. All items made from the Forgemaster's Flames gain the Mark of the Forgemaster as they will always stand at the peak of power at their rank, and there is even a low chance of a treasure a rank higher than the Forgemaster to be born during the process of Forging. The effects of Enhanced Mana Conduction, Enhanced Damage Output, Enhanced Resistance and Defense, and Size Modifier are applied to all forged items.
Edict Inscription The essence of Minor and Greater Nomological Edicts are capable of being inscribed into items as with a simple surge of mana activation, this essence can be called upon. Existences apart from the Forgemaster can only call upon 1% of the inscribed Nomological Edict within any items.
Item Master :: As the Forgemaster, all items wielded by you will be able to express a quintuple of their power as wielded weapons will also gain an Auto Attack Feature as they move to attack enemies on their own. Holding on to any weapon will be akin to having held it for millions of years as you are capable of wielding all items to their utmost power.
Hammer of Cosmic Glory :: The Forgemaster can call upon all of his Nomological Edicts to forge an illusory Hammer of Cosmic Glory that sunders upon their enemies to deal +100,000,000% True Annihilatory Damage and instill the Stun Effect that stops their movements for 5 seconds.
Four unique skills- two for forging and inscribed Nomological Edicts into items, one making Noah the most proficient when holding onto any items, and the last one was stupendous offensive skill as it actually called down a Hammer of Cosmic Glory that could even stun those that Noah struck!
It was an Edict that came with many surprises, and Noah's eyes shone as he remained seated in the center of the Forge while absorbing a Shard of a Cosmic Primordial Heart, his voice echoing out slowly.
"Forgemaster's Flames."
RUMBLE!
His mana churned wildly as golden Flames erupted from him- the essence of the Nomological Edict of the Forgemaster potent as Noah commanded these Flames to rush out from him and fill all of the countless furnaces within the Forge!
"Now, let's make some Quasi-Cosmic Treasures. A Set of them in fact…"
…!
Noah watched the ever-spreading Flames of the Forgemaster as he motioned for an enormous body of a Primordial Beast to move forward and be utilized as material, intent of producing an Item Set of Quasi-Cosmic Treasures born from the corpses of Primordial Beasts!
The Blacksmith's Forge came to life as the Forgemaster's Flames spread out to every nook and cranny, the bodies of the over 100 Primordial Beasts being lifted up and floating towards different Forges to be processed!
Noah rose from his meditative position as he put away a glimmering Shard of a Cosmic Primordial Heart, checking to see the leftover number of 93,998 still remaining as this was the doubled number of the original Shards he received from the loot after it had undergone {Duplication} through Noah's Cosmic Treasure.
Noah set this process to occur automatically now from all incoming Loot that could be duplicated by RUINATION, where even the Resplendent Shards of a Cosmic Treasure had the pristine number of 8,000 currently floating within Noah's [Expansive Space]!
He was even looking forward to the Quasi-Cosmic Treasures he would forge as he expected even these items to be duplicable…and he now rose to forge the first one himself as he grabbed onto one of the glimmering golden hammers near a forge.
Behind him, a glistening body of a Primordial Beast was floating calmly as with the Forgemaster's Flames activated, Noah looked into the bright blue screen before his eyes that already had the blueprint of a weapon he made- a uniquely designed broadsword with its own special features that he would forge first!
As for the process of forging itself? It was something fantastical as of course it wasn't like the complex art of forging and heating metals like the Blacksmiths in Noah's homeworld. Noah showed the simplicity of his forging at this moment as his Universal Body took off his shirt, showing the mystical sight of built muscles all over his upper body as his skin alone showed the light of countless Universes…and he swung down the golden hammer he held while in such a state as something unique happened when he did.
When his arms bulged as the stellar state of his Universal Body mesmerizingly showed itself and the hammer came down, a small portion of the galaxy sized body of the Primordial Beast behind Noah began to disappear into particles as these particles…came to materialize at the position Noah's hammer swung down!
CLANG!
The first strike landed as the particles of the broken down portion of the Primordial Beast formed into hazy lines, and Noah swung again for a second and third time as every time he did so, the body of the Primordial Beast would have a small portion of it dematerialized and then rematerialized at the positions Noah struck down on!
CLANG! CLANG!
The resounding sound continued to ring out as the outline of a resplendent sword began to form, its hilt beginning to release a golden light as the sword itself shone utter white. The Forgemaster's Flames shone in gold as they surged into the weapon, etching incandescent gold lines that gave birth to a mesmerizing sight.
Noah looked like a primal ancient smith swinging down his golden hammer as every time it hit, the broken down material of the Primordial Beast behind him formed the sword until after a minute passed…
RUMBLE!
A beacon of purple light shot to the expansive ceiling of the forge that was many light years away as it signified the completion of the forging of a weapon.
Noah rose with a golden hammer in hand as he looked towards a fantastically floating sword that was releasing a white-gold light, this sword being the same height as him as due to the abilities of the Forgemaster, it was a weapon with the effect of Size Modifier as it could grow to be as large as the wielder wished it for as long as sufficient mana was provided!
With a glimmering golden hilt inscribed with Runic symbols and a white blade that released undulating waves of pristine light that would have even put a mythical sword like Excalibur to shame, Noah glanced at the details of the sword he had envisioned- a sword that released a hazy white light that made it seem real and unreal at the same time!
QUASI-COSMIC [Ephemeral Mirage of the Primordial King] :: A top tier Quasi-Cosmic Treasure born from the very essence of a Primordial Beast. It grants the wearer +1,000,000% Increased Primordial Damage, +1,000,000% Increased Health and Mana Regeneration, and +1,000,000% Increased Movement and Attack Speed. The abilities [Sword of the Primordial King], [Sword Aura], [Severing Mandate], and [Fastest Sword in the West] can be used while equipped. Enemies struck with the Ephemeral Mirage of the Primordial King will experience the effect of Hemorrhagic Mana Disruption and A Thousand Illusory Dreams, with only those capable of protecting themselves with a mixture of daos being capable of resisting these effects. The Ephemeral Mirage is part of the Primordial King Item Set.
"Hmmm…" Noah nodded his head while looking at the white and gold Quasi-Cosmic Treasure, focusing his eyes on the portion that spoke about the Primordial King Set!
Noah only had the blueprints of the possible item types he could utilize, but he didn't know what Set Items would be born from it or how wondrous their effects would be.
And the effects of multiple Quasi-Cosmic Treasure coming together to form a Set?
[Primordial King Set] :: An item set made from the materials of Primordial Beasts. Contains a Sword, Breastplate, Briefs, Armguards, Boots, and a Helm. Varying levels of boosts are given when the set items are worn simultaneously. 2 Set Items- Reduces the cooldown and mana cost for all abilities by half, as well as quintupling their effects. 4 Set Items- Grants the wearer a Primordial Aura that reflects 60% of all incoming damage back to the caster, and grants +10,000,000% to All Parameters. 6 Set Items- Grants +100,000,000% to All Parameters, +10 Skill Points to all Skills, the capability to transform into a Primordial Centurion, and a passive Primordial Storm is initiated by the resonance of all 6 Set Pieces as it ravages nearby enemies with 10,000,000% Primordial Damage every second while reinforcing the strength of allies.
The effects were fantastical, to say the least!
The effects of all 6 Items from the Set of Primordial King were stupendous as they would turn any Daolords into existences far stronger than the Forefathers that could be found in the Primordial Empire!
But...this was just a Quasi-Cosmic Treasure that had been forged by the Forgemaster's Flames, and it had yet to be inscribed by a Nomological Edict.
"Edict Inscription."
RUMBLE!
Noah called out within shining eyes as the sight before him changed, the rivers of Edicts within his Origin surging as from them, he picked out Cessation to rush into the [Ephemeral Mirage of the Primordial King]!
The white and gold broadsword rose up gloriously as it began to be etched with crimson lines of Cessation, this wondrous sword gaining a red hue as it began to release an even deadlier Aura.
A whole minute passed as it was bathed in the essence of Cessation and etched beautifully, Noah watching as it released a burst of crimson light and floated grandly!
His eyes shone with pride as he reached out and called the sword into his hands, feeling waves of power course through him as he viewed its details once more.
QUASI-COSMIC [Ephemeral Mirage of the Primordial King](Inscription of Cessation):: A top tier Quasi-Cosmic Treasure born from the very essence of a Primordial Beast, and it has now been made even more powerful from the Inscription of the Nomological Edict of Cessation. It grants the wearer +50,000,000% Increased Cessation Damage, +10,000,000% True Annihilatory Damage, +1,000,000% Increased Primordial Damage...and every attack will release a small burst of Cessation. Apart from the one holding the Authority of the Forgemaster, all others that equip this weapon will only be able to utilize 1% of the boosts that came from the Inscription of Cessation.
…!
Noah had done it!
He had actually forged an Item that when given to anyone, they could release an essence of a Nomological Edict- even if it was a mere 1% of it!
With such a weapon in hand, could anyone ever call his people weakling again? Could they ever be berated as mere fodders that purely relied on Noah?! Well, maybe- but it would be very hard to do so after the birth of Quasi-Cosmic Treasures like this that they could wear!
And this...was just a single Quasi-Cosmic Treasure that Noah had inscribed.
For the Breastplate, Briefs, Boots...all of the Items required for the Set of the Primordial King- Noah could choose any other Nomological Edicts to be inscribed within these items as well.
Amelioration in one item...Kismet in another...he could deck an entire Set of Primordial King Items with a myriad of Edicts as the one who wore them would easily be able to butcher Forefathers as they could even withstand Primordial Beasts thereafter!
This was the glory Noah was bringing to his people as he wouldn't hog every ounce of power to himself.
A glory of overpowered existences that would be unrivaled purely from the items they wore!
"Good! Start mass production." Noah's clearly defined stellar muscles shone in the light as he called out with shining eyes.
Yes, Master.
THRUUUM!
In response, the bodies of the Primordial Beasts that were larger than most Galaxies were equally distributed to multiple Forges, golden hammers rising in the air by themselves as they were controlled by the Cosmic Core!
Through their connection, the Core called upon Noah's essence as the Forgemaster's Flames ran rampant, the entire Forge that was many light years long lighting up as the bodies of enormous Beasts began to reduce at rapid speeds while brand new Quasi-Cosmic Treasures began to form.
All of the Items required to put together the Primordial King Set began to be forged as Noah watched the process of mass production with a light of interest!
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Golden hammers struck down rhythmically as Primordial Beasts were dematerialized and rematerialized into items, Noah watching as multiple Breastplates formed along with Boots, Helms, Briefs...and even more of the Ephemeral Mirage Swords.
Beams of purple loot light shot into the skies as dozens of Quasi-Cosmic Treasures were produced at the same time, the scorching Forgemaster's Flames raging wildly across the Blacksmith's Forge as they would continue to produce more of such treasures until all the bodies of Primordial Beasts were gone!
Noah watched on with shining eyes as he waved his hands to call forth 5 of the newly forged Quasi-Cosmic Treasures that would complete the Set of Primordial King.
A breastplate releasing an unbreakable golden light, a gold white Helm radiating intense splendor...all the components to adorn a being in a stellar armor and sword appeared before Noah as he looked at the other Quasi-Cosmic Treasures.
QUASI-COSMIC [Ephemeral Breastplate of the Primordial King]:: A top tier Quasi-Cosmic Treasure born from the very essence of a Primordial Beast….QUASI-COSMIC [Ephemeral Briefs of the Primordial King]...[Ephemeral Boots of the Primordial King]...[Ephemeral Armguards of the Primordial King]...[Ephemeral Helm of the Primordial King]...
5 stellar new pieces of armor that shone white and gold floated before Noah's eyes as he read through their details, finding their stats to be similar to the [Ephemeral Mirage of the Primordial King] as they simply leaned more towards the Defensive side, and all of them had their own set of skills one could use.
"Samsara and Bulwark into the Breastplate and Briefs...Amelioration into the Armguards, Kismet into the Helm, and Forgemaster into the Boots!"
RUMBLE!
Noah gave the command as the essence of the Edict of the Forgemaster erupted out, multiple Dao Essences being inscribed into the newly forged items as within a minute, they released scintillating lights of multiple colors!
The pristine Aura of Edicts stepping from them was terrifying as Noah couldn't take his eyes off of them.
"Can you duplicate items like this too?" Noah spoke with a light smile towards his Cosmic Treasure as it replied to him quickly.
Yes, Master. The only thing I might not be able to replicate might be a genuine Cosmic Primordial Heart or other unique treasures. But even Treasures such as that can be duplicated as long as my rank is elevated to the Cosmic Filament level.
RUINATION spoke out confidently as it sucked in the 6 pieces of Quasi-Cosmic Treasures before Noah's eyes, a crimson light shining from Noah's chest before 12 pieces from the Set of Primordial King were spat out!
"Hah!" He couldn't help but laugh as he beckoned onto the Quasi-Cosmic Treasures, the Ephemeral Mirage Sword landing in hind hand as the other 5 pieces of the Set also fell onto his Universal Body seamlessly.
RUMBLE!
A fantastical array of colors suffused out as Noah became adorned in the Primordial King Set- the pieces of armor all fitting perfectly as he looked like an ancient paladin ready to lay down judgment!
He felt his own power increase by an extent as he knew that when his people got the 6 Item Set of Primordial King, their power elevation would be something utterly ridiculous.
"Continue the mass production...we shall inscribe Edicts into them and duplicate them before we proceed to forge an unstoppable army! Then...we have one more thing to complete before we can finally start the Nexus Event with Stormdust and bring about a playing field of utter chaos and opportunity!"
WAA!
While armored with 6 pieces of Quasi-Cosmic Treasures, Noah voiced out grandly as his stellar eyes could already see many steps forward, his preparations nearly done to face a Family Head on a Writ of Challenge that had 1000 Cosmos on the line!
Sketch of Halcyon!
As Noah forged an array of Quasi-Cosmic Treasures, others were also moving on the river of Destiny to achieve their own ideals.
In the depths of the Primordial Sea that currently had an expansive barrier wrapping around it throughout- a barrier made by none other than Hyperion to keep a certain cheater out.
This Draconic-Elephant Primordial Beast was looking at the body of Stormdust as his thoughts moved vibrantly.
In the chest of Stormdust, over 500 Million Splendiferous Universes could be seen as Hyperion shot out rays of light from his Unparalleled Primordial Eye to hide them even from the eyes of Aegon.
'Rise.'
WAA!
His thought imposed itself onto the blank figure of Stormdust as this being body rose up in the sea and came to float in front of his vast eyes.
He seemed like a speck in the middle of nothingness as Hyperion continued.
'Lie back, curl up, sleep...wake.'
…!
Every action he thought, the figure of Stormdust repeated it as after the last one, his hazy eyes opened and looked around as he placed his hand on his chest and voiced out excitedly!
"Is it over? This is...500 Million Splendiferous Universes? Haha!"
His shouts were vibrant as he had no recollection of what had just occurred, Primordial Beasts turning over in his direction and looking at him in disdain before they continued swimming calmly.
"Yes, 500 Million Splendiferous Universes is just the first step after you chose to proceed forward. Even achieving the Cosmic Realm will come in due time thereafter." Hyperion replied impassively as a hint of contempt could also be seen in his eyes.
"Haha! Haha…!" But Stormdust seemed to be lost in his own fantasy as his crimson hair shone with power, only coming to a minute later as his face turned vibrant.
"Very well! I will go and prepare my forces for the Writ of Challenge to come. This will be one for the history books!"
WAA!
His figure was wrapped in a spatial light as he began to teleport away.
"..." The gaze of three profound eyes silently watched him leave along with the auras of many Primordial Beasts.
'Humans...are so interesting.' This thought crossed Hyperion's mind once again as he watched Stormdust disappear.
They were always the weakest of all Normal Existences when born, and yet they more often than not rose to be the peak experts in any Cosmos.
Very few times did one ever find an entire Cosmos ruled by beings as majestic as of the Dragon Race or Dwarf Race or even the Faeries.
'What makes them so unique? Why is their Destiny so much more vibrant than everyone else?'
The third eye on his head swirled with a shocking amount of power and thoughts as Hyperion thought back to his own life!
Struggling in the ranks of Primordial Beasts until he rose to the top, but even then...he felt like he didn't get what he wanted.
A stifling feeling he couldn't explain as he found himself studying the existences he had been Devouring along with their Cosmos more and more, reducing his rate of Devouring Cosmos as this was what had saved this Reality when he became a Cosmic Primordial Beast all those years ago!
He came on the conundrum of humans as he saw their weakness, spitefulness, and their abundant greed and selfishness above everything else.
'Selfish enough that they would not care for a whole Reality with countless Existences and whether they are destroyed for as long as they get what they wanted…'
His eyes flashed with contempt when he thought of Stormdust.
Hyperion considered this human worse than even excrement produced within the Primordial Empire daily!
'You'll be the first piece I kill myself when you're no longer needed…' A repulsive existence that turned his back on his own reality for the sake of revenge and selfishness!
These were the humans he studied so much, and found himself drawn to watch as he would spend cycles observing their rise and falls within certain Cosmos.
He found it baffling how they could be sad one day, and yet experience profound happiness in the next. Their emotions seemed all over the place as he had once considered them mentally challenged before understanding it was just their trait.
In one cycle, he had watched a farmer in a certain Universe as he grew up from a boy and faced the vicissitudes of life, eventually forging a path to be a ruler within his world and even eventually his galaxy. He watched this farmer surround himself with a family and bring forth progeny that even on the day he died...they surrounded him with utmost love and affection as even Hyperion couldn't explain it!
'Love? Affection?' He had tried to understand these emotions more often than not as he looked at the Primordial Beasts around him, but they were all the same.
'Mere creatures with the drive to devour and consume…'
Mindless Existences!? This was what Hyperion thought of all of these powerful Primordial Beasts around him!
He felt alone even when surrounded by a sea of them as even as simple conversation was nearly impossible. He felt alone even in a resplendent field that birthed and sustained Cosmos themselves.
He was looking for something- he didn't know what this something was, but it was what drew him to the force outside of this Reality that wanted more than to just destroy. He thought they were like him but whenever they talked...even they still seemed to have one ultimate goal.
The collapse of all branching Realities as they returned everything to the Main Reality.
But Hyperion...did not want to experience the Nirvana of death.
He was still searching for something that he didn't even know, and until he found it, he would not perish!
RUMBLE!
This would not be in the hands of Champions, Primordials, or even Primordial Beasts from this Reality or other ones.
He would strive.
He would live.
He would understand.
For he...was Hyperion!
An Ender of Reality that was without purpose!
Existences at the level of Cosmic Beasts that rose very rarely in Realities were extremely dangerous, and ones that questioned their purpose...were terrifying Calamities that would leave a blood trail that spans across Realities.
Such an existence watched and influenced unfolding events within its Reality as after watching a piece that was under control, the three eyes of this being stretched out to look at the vast number of rivers leading out from the Primordial Sea and into the Expanse of Ruination.
Rivers that led to Cosmos as they nourished them!
Hyperion spoke with an imposing voice as he viewed these stellar rivers.
"But Cosmos are disappearing, and my stationed Beasts are being killed even faster in the Clusters of Pandemonium...is it that guy?"
Primordial Essence formed into an image of Aegon that slowly began to shift and distort, trying to conjure up the image of the true face behind this facade as so far- it was unsuccessful!
Hyperion thought of the existence that had intruded into the Primordial Sea and even had abilities capable of affecting Reality.
"Now what goals could a creature like you have…?" The three eyes of Hyperion were contemplative as they tried to discern the identity and drive of none other than Noah Osmont!
Springforge finally found herself feeling truly calm and happy for the first time in many years as she watched the pride and happiness in Halcyon's face after she completed her Edict.
This girl had been so happy that she threw herself unconsciously to hug the laid back figure of the being that had helped her finish her Edict so easily, Halcyon only coming to herself a second later as she left his body with her fair face tinged slightly red!
'Why feel this calm? What is this sense of relief? Is it...him?'
She saw the reason why she felt like a rock had been lifted off her shoulders was this being before her who seemed to shock others every passing moment, and she realized that she had actually gone to believe his words that we would stop Aegon after she watched him move in the past day!
Copying her Edict, having Halcyon complete her own Edict! Powerful actions that would make one conceited, but this being seemed to only have the light of confidence in his eyes as if it was simply normal what he was doing.
'Halcyon's words are to be believed? Can he really…' Springforge's thoughts were hazy as she found herself accepting such a possibility in shock.
She couldn't help but look at the regality unconsciously leaking out of Noah as she shook her head.
'No wonder Halcyon seems like a little girl that barely knows what to do with her hands around him. She has been having visions of him since she was young and now he's right before her eyes. I've only barely met him and my eyes can't seem to look away...just ridiculous!'
'He isn't unconsciously releasing pheromones or a skill that draws others to him right?' She wrinkled her nose as she smelled the air with her Edict, shaking her head as she turned her gaze towards the glistening and expansive wing of a Primordial Beast not too far away from them.
The smell alone caused her to be intoxicated as even though Halcyon was celebrating her Edict, Springforge found herself salivating and looking towards the direction of this shockingly aromatic meal.
"Then, let's celebrate and prepare for the future." As if he could hear her thoughts, his vibrant voice echoed out as Springforge- or really by her name Estella,?once more turned towards him with careful eyes while watching him motion his hands and cut apart the meat of the Primordial Beasts before them.
Tender and dripping pieces of meat were cut apart as Noah motioned and pulled out an exquisite set of chairs and a table filled with plates and cups already holding vibrant golden liquids, his essence moving around as the meat settled into the plates while he went forward to down while inviting the two of them.
"Apart from everything else, I am most confident in my cooking abilities." He said such words as Estella didn't deny him this time around, not being able to take her eyes off of the glistening cuts of Primordial Beast meat as she and Halcyon sat down with dazed eyes and used the utensils on the tables to cut into it!
'Soft…' This was Estella's thought when she cut the meat and placed it in her mouth. The instant she did so…
WAA!
Her eyes nearly exploded with light as she felt her Origin quivering, her bountiful chest trembling as she was instantly dazed!
"What the fuck?!" She couldn't help but rise up in shock as she looked towards the regal figure of Noah, this being sitting down domineeringly while glancing at them with shining eyes as Estella felt something drip from her eyes!
"I'm crying? What the f…!" She was in utter shock as she couldn't believe the taste of meat this being prepared, her dazed eyes watching as Halcyon had not stopped after the first bite as she continued to devour the meat, her voice coming out in between her bites.
"I thought this was a normal dream I had and not actually something that would happen...enjoy it while it lasts!"
The manners of a regal Foremother were gone as Halcyon delved into the vibrant meats before them, Springforge returning to the table to have even more as her eyes couldn't help but turn towards the amused figure of Noah sipping a golden drink while watching them!
'Just who the hell is this guy!' She could only scream in her mind as she devoured the best meal she had ever come across in her many years of life.
Noah had done everything he sought to do before the Writ of Challenge against Stormdust that would act as a Nexus Event for the unfolding of a tumultuous time in the Primordial Empire.
He had done everything to prepare...as only a single thing remained that he had seen from Path to Victory!
It was something that required him to make a trip and meet an old acquaintance.
Something required the use of the Primordial Eye and the Eye of Ruination!
It was a trip he had to make outside the bounds of his Reality as he had to speak with a past Champion!
A trip across the boundary of his Reality!
One of his main bodies had to make this trip, and the body of Alexander was chosen in the end as his Universal Body and his other Human Body would remain to absorb the Shards of a Cosmic Primordial Heart and complete more Edicts respectively.
His clones could only utilize a portion of the power of the Primordial Eye and the Eye of Ruination, so any possible movements that dealt with the boundaries of a Reality had to be done with one of the bodies sharing Noah's Origin!
His Universal Body would absorb all the Shards of a Cosmic Primordial Heart he could as he went towards the number of a billion and above it, while the Edict that Halcyon had just forged in front of Noah's eyes would be what he tried to recreate next for himself if not just bookmark it in two weeks.
"Let's be productive…" His Universal Body laid down the commands as every piece of his soul and consciousness moved to accomplish their goals!
In the beautiful and dangerous Ruination Sea.
Noah's human body appeared with an expression of interest as his eyes began to release powerful rays of gold and red lights.
The instantaneous activation of both of these eyes was done for the purpose of a single thing- to pierce and see across boundaries that Noah was not able to see before!
RUMBLE.
The sight before him changed drastically.
It wasn't just the crimson Ruination Sea near him as when he gazed with his Primordial Eye and the Eye of Ruination shining intensely, he saw an array of rainbow colored lights that coagulated together into something like...an endless mirror!
"More!" He called out for more mana to surge into his eyes, the mirror becoming extremely clear as he couldn't see with his own eyes just how far it stretched.
Intuitively, the Nomological Edict of Samsara undulated within his Origin as he saw this sight, his hands reaching out as he tapped on this mirror to feel a strong rebounding force pushing him back!
But as his eyes shone ever so brighter as the Authority of the Primordial Eye and Eye of Ruination to cross a boundary of a Reality was asserted, Noah felt his hand smoothly passing through the mirror as his entire body very soon followed, slipping from one side of the illusory mirror and into another as he found himself in a brand new space.
"This…"
It didn't seem to have any essence at all- seemingly like a pure void as even with his Eyes, Noah saw a vast darkness! But within this darkness, there shone scintillating and endless rivers very far away from Noah, with the nearest one being the one he just left as when he looked below him- he could see a vast and surging River that represented his Reality endlessly churn forth!
He didn't need to find the edge of the observable Reality to step out of it, nor did he need to pass through Pandemonium that lay at the edges of his Reality. As long as he had the Primordial Eye and the Eye of Ruination, he could step outside of the Boundary of his reality in this manner as he would arrive at…
"The Boundary Between Realities…" He gazed around in awe as his eyes shone brightly, a devilish smile appearing on his face as he waved his right hand and opened his palm.
There, surging purple light erupted as an illusory figure surrounded by Temporal Chains could be seen, this being none other than Chronos that Noah had bound into a Temporal Prison many weeks ago!
Noah's eyes shone with Destiny and the Edict of Kismet as he gazed at this being and his connections, many of them leading to the Reality that was the surging river below him as there was still one bright line that led outside of it.
A golden line that stretched to none other than a single being that Chronos had worked hard to invite into their Reality!
RUMBLE!
Waves of destiny echoed out as Noah tugged on this line and felt it undulate with light, a reaction actually being felt on the other end a second later as it began to brighten up.
'Marvelous…' Noah watched on with interest as he gazed out into the blankness that the golden line shot towards to, his eyes very soon feeling the reaction getting stronger as after another few seconds, he began to feel an aura shooting towards his direction at speeds that surprised him!
They surprised him as they were speeds he was just getting used to recently with his continued elevation in power and boosts, and he didn't expect the being he came here to meet would show such similar speed.
'Did this guy actually manage to keep up with me?' It was a question Noah didn't even entertain as he knew just how ridiculous the things he could do were, but he might have to change his mindset as he saw the blur of blue light shoot forth from far away and arrive near him in mere milliseconds!
WAA!
The light of blue permeated the surroundings.
Before Noah's eyes, a figure appeared as his eyes released beams of cerulean blue light, his dark hair flowing wildly as he held a devilish smile, his first action upon seeing Noah actually being him laughing out boisterously!
"Haha! Osmont! What took you so long to reach out?!"
His voice was far too enthusiastic for Noah as this wasn't how he remembered him when he spoke of Primordials and standing against them when they first met, Noah raising his eyes as he looked over him up and down while asking quizzically.
"What exactly has the Great Usurper in such a good mood?"
Noah saw the figure of the being holding the same first name as him to be dressed in a refined black robe, the form of an Ancient looking fractured sword strapped to his back as his eyes were much brighter than when Noah first met him! The figure before his eyes was not a genuine body, but a coagulation of a very strong soul!
With a cheeky expression, Eckert glanced at him as he replied while smiling lightly.
"Ah, nothing too major. I just recently managed to Subjugate another Champion. What have you been up to?"
…!
Subjugate another Champion!
These words rang into Noah's mind as his eyes released a burst of light, locking onto Eckert more closely as the Primordial Eye that was always hidden from others flashed while he tried to discern any information he could on Eckert.
He…received nothing in return as he was surprised, watching as the now carefree Eckert spoke out as if he knew something.
"I'm surprised that I can't pull up any information on you, and I'm guessing it must be the same on your end? How about this, I'll take the first leap of faith and reveal more about myself…then we can talk much more freely."
Eckert's figure flashed with light as Noah saw his left eye change colors, the blue being wiped away as a glorious gold was revealed within! This gold color showed an iris etched with multiple stacked triangles as it was very much similar to Noah's own Primordial Eye!
'Ho?' Noah could not hide his surprise when he saw this, a smile appearing on his face as his own eyes flashed and lowered the hidden barrier around them.
…!
Eckert's smug expression was wiped away as he looked at Noah's glimmering gold and red eyes, his lips then clicking as he showed a disbelieving expression!
"Are you sure you're not a Champion? How did you already obtain both the Primordial Eye and the Eye of Ruination?"
The surprise was evident in Ecker's face as Noah was the one smiling now, his reply coming while he found himself gazing towards the ancient broken sword behind this Usurper.
"Runic Dao Lines of Ruination and the Primordial Dao, how did you obtain the Primordial Eye?"
"...From the Champion I recently Subjugated…" Eckert replied while sighing and shaking his head in defeat, his voice continuing to ring out. "I want to ask you how you were able to deconstruct and reconstruct supreme Daos that are literally required to carry out this process….but it matters not. I'll just accept that you are as ridiculous if not more as I focus on the task at hand…why did you reach out?"
His blue and gold eyes shone as Eckert asked this, Noah liking his straightforwardness as he waved his hands and caused the eruption of Primordial and Ruination Essence to form into two grandiose thrones! One behind him, and one behind Eckert as he motioned for the both of them to sit down.
"And of course you can still use the dao essence of the Primordial Dao and the Dao of Ruination even though they're now Dao Lines…why not…" Eckert shook his head in acceptance while lamenting, sitting on the throne domineeringly as his imposing manner wasn't the least bit lower than Noah himself!
Two existences with the same first names sat across each other, the Primordial Eyes of each of them being one of their many similarities as they began a discussion for the second time in their lives!
—
As the meeting between two Noah's began, silent waves of destiny emanated from it that even they did not feel.
A few key figures also felt something…but they also did not know what it was!
In the depths of the Primordial Empire, Aegon was languidly lying in a golden pool with half of his body submerged, the overabundant Runic Dao Lines on his body releasing an oppressive pressure all around as he looked like a sculpted emperor!
"Hmm?"
Yet at this time, he raised his head and gazed towards a far away place quizzically. Below the shining gold pool, a head full of luscious golden hair rose up as the figure of Havenbreaker could be seen rising as the drops of liquid further magnified her beauty, her eyes turning up as her sonorous voice rang out.
"What's wrong?"
"I…am not sure…" Aegon seemed thoughtful as Havenbreaker smiled and pulled her body closer to him.
"You're the strongest existence in this Reality. Stop worrying over nothing and let us enjoy our time.." Her words shook him out of his thoughts as he gazed upon her, one being shocked to find that behind his impassive eyes that gazed over everything with utter arrogance…there was a hint of a deep emotion when he looked at Havenbreaker.
His wide hands held on to her head as this emotion intensified in his eyes, and one would be easily swayed into believing it was love. But…it was another emotion that was more often than not mistaken for love. It was an intense emotion of possessiveness!
In another direction within a vast Primordial Sea in this same Reality, the form of an enormous Draconic-Elephant Primordial Beast rose his head up as well- his three eyes squinting carefully as they found nothing to grasp on to!
In another direction extremely far away that wasn't even within this Reality, the regal figure of a pristine veiled Primordial also raised her head, the expression within not being able to be ascertained as one could still be confident that the hidden eyes were shining with power and danger!
—
"You want to know even more about Primordials, Champions, and Systems…"
Eckert languidly sat on the throne made of Ruination as he gazed towards Noah with a smile. They had begun talking as Noah wanted to obtain more information on the enemies he was facing. If one knew the ins and outs of their enemies, they would eventually be victorious!
"You know, after our last meeting, I changed my approach to how I moved as it was the reason I reached where I am so fast. Can you guess what I did after we met?"
Eckert posed a question instead as Noah laid back on his own throne as he spoke confidently.
"You were in the process of reforging your destroyed System, yes? It naturally has to do with Champions and Primordials."
"Haha, yes! Champions! After meeting you, I realized I shouldn't be trying to run away from Champions when I traversed Realities. After meeting you, I actually began chasing after them as eventually…I managed to Subjugate one!"
WAA!
Eckert spoke as his eyes released bright blue and golden lights, his voice continuing to echo out.
"In some Realities, the Champions are ridiculously overpowered as they can already stand against even the horrendous Cosmic Primordial Beasts. But in other Realities, the Champions are still just growing up similar to how I was. Weak Champions, even with their ridiculous Systems- if one prepares enough and knows how they move…one could take these Champions down!"
"And this was exactly what I did." The voice of Eckert calmed down as it became deep, gazing towards Noah as he continued to speak in a mesmerizing fashion. "I Subjugated a Champion who held a ridiculous thing called the Supreme Necromancer System…I can't even begin to tell you what a catapult that was for my power!"
THRUM!
The air around them vibrated as Noah heard something as fantastical as a Supreme Necromancer System! His mind buzzed with information as he asked about something Halcyon had told him before.
"Have you come across anything like the Invincible System?"
The Invincible System! The power that Aegon the Conqueror relied on…this was what Noah wanted to know about the most.
"Oh?" The question caused Eckert to look towards Noah in surprise as he replied with curiosity. "Why, yes. But if you truly aren't the Champion of this Reality...I'm afraid it is superficial information that will not help you much if that is the enemy you face in your Reality!"
Eckert's eyes shone with care as he gazed out into the blankness around them and spoke while his eyes seemed to be recalling a distant memory.
"Before my original body perished under the hands of the Primordial that granted me my system, he spoke very briefly about the Invincible System. All I gained from it apart from its name was the Primordial responsible for designing this System."
…!
"It is a Primordial known as Cecil!"
WAA!
Cecil!
The name of the veiled Primordial that Noah had bookmarked and obtained the Nomological Edict of Samsara from now rang out in his mind!
Author Note
Halcyon Illustration Complete!
Author Note :: To prevent confusion of sex, [Cecil] is being changed to [Cecilia]!
'Cecilia!'
Noah repeated this name over and over again in his mind as he got the chance to know of the Primordial that Hyperion was aiming for.
He turned thoughtful as Eckert stared at him closely.
"This is all I know about the Invincible System…but what I can speak to you about are Systems themselves based on what I've managed to find out and from my experience Subjugating those that have Systems!"
WAA!
Eckert's words continue to resound as Noah focused on him once more, this Usurper shifting on his seat as he seemed to enjoy the attention while he continued.
"All the Systems I've come across so far involve a change in an existence that is caused by a Primordial- a change that is done deep in one's soul as the only thing capable of causing it to bear fruit is a special type of essence!"
"The Essence of Reality…an Essence that the Primordials who split apart the Main Reality and brought about the endless branching ones can utilize. With this, they find destined existences that they consider compatible as they etch a Primordial Epitaph onto their Souls! This Primordial Epitaph built with the essence of Reality itself is the big mystery to the ridiculous Systems that all Champions show!"
The Primordial Epitaph etched onto the souls of special existences!
The Reality bending effects that the Champions showed within their Reality stemmed from this unique construct, each one different based on the Primordial who designed it for their effects.
"Do you remember those old RPG games you played that had items that had loot modifiers?" While talking about grandiose concepts such as Primordial Epitaphs and the Essence of Reality, Eckert took a hard turn to ask Noah this question!
Noah raised his eyes and nodded, Eckert smiling as he continued.
"Well, My System went by the just fantastic name of Idle Gaming System, the Primordial that designed it making it so that his Champions received a multiplicative effect of all the loot they obtained from the Origins of other existences. Modifiers like increased loot quantity and quality along with a staggering of time added in, and with the reality bending effect of Timed Infinite Duplication…I was able to receive loot in time stamps continuously after clearing dungeons or Rifts!"
"Can you imagine it? You're sleeping or relaxing and you simply feel Universal Filament Cores or Primordial Hearts appear in your inventory! While Idle, you constantly get more loot that you only have to absorb and get stronger…in a limited timed manner, of course. I only found this out after I redesigned my System later- the meaning of the Timed Infinite Duplication was that this Reality bending effect was timed in a unique manner. But that is a brief overview of the Idle Gaming System!"
Eckert finished his words grandly as he laid back on his throne, his eyes reminiscing of the past as he shook his head while continuing.
"I'm guessing you simply want to understand more about Systems because you have the crazy goal of making one for yourself if you truly aren't a Champion…"
His sharp eyes locked on to Noah as these two beings looked at each other, Noah smiling devilishly as he tapped his finger on the throne while thinking.
The qualities of the System Eckert mentioned was actually something he was working towards, his Increased Loot Quantity and Increased Loot Rarity being the reality bending effects that were making the ridiculous gain of billions of Splendiferous Universes possible!
But he was limited to a specific percentage even after he turned his Dao into a Runic Dao Line, while the Systems brought to light by the Primordial Epitaphs known only to Primordials didn't have such tight restrictions as they made many things possible.
"The Supreme Necromancer System?" His voice came out slowly as he was still thinking of many things.
"A Champion going by Ezekiel had this System, this guy being capable of calling forth an Undead Legion that could fill entire Cosmos that didn't depend on Mana to be called out, with the System being capable of turning any living existence into an enhanced version of Undead…even Primordial Beasts!"
WAA!
"It didn't allow one to simply conjure Undead as they had to turn living beings into Undead, but there is no limit to the number one can accumulate. The talent and might of the undead when they were alive is kept as if it was an existence that could easily assimilate Daos...they can now do it better! If they had the talent of fusing Daos and Laws into Edicts...they can now do it better under your Undead Legion! And of course, whatever they comprehend...you as their master also comprehends!"
RUMBLE!
As Eckert spoke, the area behind him began to twist and turn as an image of an endless Legion of unique existences flashed in and out of existence.
"Whether you have a trillion Undead in your Legion or a quintillion, whether they're all Daolords or existences with Edicts...everything is up to you. This...is just the tip of the iceberg for that System."
"..."
Noah's eyes flashed with light as he watched the illusory image of an endless Undead army fade away from behind Eckert, his eyes looking on to the forefront of this army as he saw the images of titanous Lesser Primordial Beasts in the lead!
"You've been busy…" He watched as the illusory scene faded away and spoke calmly towards Eckert.
"Nowhere near as crazy as you. Who knows how close you are to reaching the Cosmic Realm! And the Eye of Ruination? If I have that, I won't have to rely on this broken sword to traverse Realities in a limited fashion as I could move freely…" Eckert spoke out with a smile while he stroked the illusory sword behind his back.
"But no matter. If you wish to have a System of your own, you have to either be leashed to a Primordial or become capable of utilizing the Essence of Reality yourself. Or have unique abilities similar to me...but they wouldn't be unique if everyone had them!"
Eckert shifted on his seat as he looked towards Noah carefully as he spoke the next set of words.
"Say...do you need help? My destiny has told me not to delve into your Reality ever since that veiled Primordial who is most likely Cecilia killed my other body, but I can still do some things if need be…"
WAA!
Eckert's eyes blazed with power as he seemed ready for anything, but Noah shook his head as his eyes turned up to watch his own fortune and destiny.
"No...I have already seen many paths and I know what I must do. By the end of it all...the blood of a Primordial shall be spilled!"
…!
The blood of a Primordial shall be spilled!
These words resounded within the vast blankness that was the Boundary Between Realities, Eckert looking towards Noah with sharp eyes as his mere words changed the air around them!
"Still as much of a madman...even I am not confident to touch a hair on Primordial yet!"
Eckert regally slumped back on his throne as he seemed to think, his eyes remaining on Noah's confident gaze as he continued.
"Let me know what happens with the Champion you're going up against. I left behind a Reality with an unbeatable Champion that should have the Invincible System that I would love to go back and Subjugate when I know more about this System. I'll even call you if need be so I can see just how ridiculous your battle power is!"
Eckert was much more straightforward as he spoke, Noah nodding his head as he collated all the information he had received.
Information on Primordial Epitaphs that were inscribed into one's soul to birth Reality bending Systems that could even surpass effects of Cosmic Daos or Runic Dao Lines and the Primordials that designed them!
"I'll have to dissect Aegon and find out every little thing when the time comes…"
…!
His words were said out loud as opposite him, Eckert's eyes rose sharply before he shook his head again.
"I've shared all these secrets on Systems...and I can even show you what the Blueprint of a Primordial Epitaph looks like! If it were easy to obtain your own System, one could simply look at a Blueprint of an Epitaph and activate it with the Essence of Reality while branding it onto their soul. I've tried this and found out that it doesn't work- where a singular Primordial Epitaph of a System designed by a Primordial only ever works for a single being!"
"To obtain an Epitaph for yourself, you will have to devise your own System or…steal the Epitaph of a Champion of Reality. I can show you some Blueprints and more, but first…share with me on how exactly you were able to obtain the Primordial Eye and the Eye of Ruination without the influence of Primordials or a Champion…"
The discussion and sharing of information between the two unique beings continued in a stellar fashion in the Boundary Between Realities as past this boundary in the Reality below them, events continued to unfold!
—
Within the Primordial Empire, Stormdust returned as he gazed at the less than 1000 Cosmos under his influence.
He currently stood within a Universe of the very central Cosmos within the cluster as he gazed all around him, his eyes filled with an illuminating crimson light as at times, this light would fade to reflect a coldness and regality that was only present from a certain Cosmic Primordial Beast.
But even Stormdust wasn't privy to this as at this moment, he held on to a gold-crimson Cosmic Treasure in the form of a Horn.
A Cosmic Treasure!
Unique etchings were inscribed upon this item as Stormdust smiled coldly while bringing it up to his mouth, his essence vibrantly erupting out as he blew upon this horn!
OOOOOONG!
Resonant and wild, it traversed across the hundreds of Cosmos under his influence.
Forefathers and Foremothers, Daolords and Antiquities…all of the powerful existences under the banner of the House of Stormdust heard this call as within a millisecond, hundreds of thousands of figures began to flash into the Universe of the being that blew the Horn of Extinction!
They surrounded him with fervent gazes as one could see the powerful auras of 14 Forefathers and Foremothers- existences that were trying to step on the path of Nomological Edicts and fuse Daos and Laws.
Apart from them, over a thousand Daolords could be seen as tens of thousands of Antiquities made up the masses of these terrifying powerhouses all looking towards Stormdust!
"Lord Stormdust!"
WAA!
They resonantly called out while bowing to the being with glimmering crimson hair, his head raising up with utter regality and confidence as he spoke out to his people.
"A glorious war that cannot be lost…it is coming!"
RUMBLE!
—-
In the Blacksmith's Forge of the Infinite Cosmos.
Golden flames sprang all around the Forge madly as the Forgemaster's Flames birthed more and more Quasi-Cosmic Treasures, Noah's Universal Body floating at the center of the forge as lines of the essence of many edicts flew from him and sank into these Treasures!
He was inscribing Edicts on a mass scale as at this moment, the multicolored light releasing from him reached a crescendo as it covered the whole forge before slowly dissipating.
"..."
When everything calmed down, one could see 100 of the Primordial King Sets floating serenely around Noah.
100 sets! There were 6 items in each set as this was 600 Quasi-Cosmic Treasures!
Noah duplicated the last recently made set as he brought the number to 101, his Edict Inscription stopping here momentarily as he gazed at the faraway location where one of his bodies was talking with Eckert.
"The Blueprints of a Primordial Epitaph that can birth a System…so what if I cannot use it! I will simply find a way to forge my own System as if that fails, Aegon will have to give up his Invincible System!"
WAA!
Domineering words leaked from him as he waved his hands to place the 101 Sets into his Expansive Space, his figure disappearing as he teleported towards the Novus Universe where his people were practicing.
He would arm them with Quasi-Cosmic Treasures and have them acclimate to this power, the Nexus Event that was the Challenge between a Family Head of the Primordial Empire fast approaching as they all had to be ready!
Behind the Forge he left behind, golden flames continued to burn as the bodies of Primordial Beasts continued to be dematerialized and turned into more Quasi-Cosmic Treasures- with Noah needing to inscribe and duplicate these when he came back as even more of the Primordial King Sets would be available.
A challenge- or it was even more apt to call it a war…it was coming!