Cosmic Ruler - Chapter 488

Chapter 488: Fate VIII
—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

Aiden’s sword met the Abyssal Ruler’s clawed hand, and the resulting shockwave tore through the battlefield, sending debris and shattered space in all directions. Golden light clashed violently against abyssal darkness, neither side yielding.

The Ruler’s eyes gleamed, their voice carrying the weight of the abyss itself.

“You wield power unbound by fate… yet you still lack understanding.”

With a flick of their wrist, an unseen force detonated around Aiden, sending him hurtling backward. The very air twisted as abyssal chains erupted from the void, seeking to bind him.

But Aiden wasn’t one to be controlled.

—𝘚𝘞𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘏—

His Pathfinder’s Authority flared to life, and he stepped through space itself, vanishing before the chains could touch him. In less than a breath, he reappeared above the Ruler, his sword blazing with celestial might.

“Let’s see you stop this!”

He swung downward, aiming to carve through the very essence of his opponent—but the Abyssal Ruler didn’t even flinch.

They raised their hand.

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—

Aiden’s sword froze mid-air.

It wasn’t blocked. It wasn’t countered.

It simply stopped existing within that moment.

Aiden’s eyes widened. They negated my attack completely?!

The Abyssal Ruler smiled.

“I am the embodiment of the Abyss. Your sword, your light, your defiance… they mean nothing before me.”

Then—they moved.

Aiden barely had time to react before a pulse of abyssal power crashed into him, an impact so strong it felt as if the very laws of reality had turned against him. His body hurtled through warped space, smashing through several layers of broken ruins before he finally regained control.

He landed hard, skidding across shattered ground, his aura flickering from the sheer force.

[Damage Absorption: 42% Integrity Remaining.]

His breathing was steady, but his mind raced. This bastard is on a different level than Nyx’Tal. That attack—

No.

It wasn’t just power.

They had altered reality itself.

The Ruler wasn’t merely strong—they were manipulating the very concepts of battle.

Aiden rose to his feet, shaking off the debris. He had faced impossible odds before, but this…

This was different.

He reached out, summoning the Codex of True Sovereignty. The ancient tome appeared in his hand, its golden cover pulsing with forbidden knowledge.

The Abyssal Ruler’s gaze narrowed slightly at the sight of it.

“Ah… so that is your key, is it?”

Aiden smirked. “And what if it is?”

The Ruler chuckled.

“Then I shall enjoy breaking you all the more.”

They raised their hand once more—

And reality collapsed.

—𝘞𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—

Aiden’s vision warped, the battlefield dissolving into darkness. The ruins, his allies, even the sky—everything disappeared into an endless abyss.

He was no longer in the material world.

The Abyssal Ruler had dragged him into their domain.

A realm where only abyssal laws applied.

Aiden exhaled sharply.

Alright then…

His aura ignited once more, golden flames piercing the endless void.

Let’s see who breaks first.

The world had vanished.

Aiden floated in an endless void, where time and space were meaningless. The Abyssal Ruler stood across from him, their cloak blending into the darkness, as if they were merely an extension of the abyss itself.

“Welcome to the true Abyss, mortal.”

Their voice reverberated through the emptiness.

Aiden’s Spirit Sense expanded, but he quickly realized the laws here were warped. His perception, his movement—everything was being altered.

He wasn’t just fighting an enemy.

He was fighting the domain itself.

The Ruler raised a hand.

—𝘞𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘔—

The void shifted, and suddenly Aiden’s body was bound by chains of pure darkness, forged from the very fabric of this realm.

“There is no light in the Abyss.”

The Ruler closed their fist—

And the chains tightened, crushing inward.

Aiden felt his soul burn as the abyssal energy tried to consume him, tried to erase him from existence.

But he only smirked.

“Yeah? Let’s change that.”

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

Aiden’s Codex of True Sovereignty flared, its pages flipping open as a new law was written.

[Authority Activated: Light Cannot Be Erased.]

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—

The abyssal chains shattered instantly, golden energy erupting from Aiden’s body. The void trembled, recoiling as he rewrote the rules.

The Ruler’s glowing eyes flickered in interest.

“Ah… so you dare impose your own will upon my domain?”

Aiden charged forward.

Golden Sword in one hand. Reaper Scythe in the other.

He would carve his own path—no matter whose domain this was.

Aiden’s golden sword flared as he lunged forward, the Reaper Scythe trailing behind him like a comet of destruction. The Abyssal Ruler did not move—they didn’t need to.

With a mere flick of their fingers, the void trembled.

—𝘞𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—

A wave of abyssal force surged toward Aiden, consuming space itself. It was not an attack—it was erasure incarnate.

But Aiden was faster.

𝘍𝘞𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘏—

He slipped through dimensions, using Pathfinder’s Authority to bend reality itself. He reappeared above the Ruler, his sword burning with celestial radiance.

“Let’s see you erase this!”

—𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘕𝘒—!

His blade descended, cutting through the abyss like a sun splitting the night.

For the first time—the Abyssal Ruler moved.

A single step back.

Aiden’s sword missed.

He blinked.

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—

Something exploded against his chest—a palm strike so fast he hadn’t even seen it.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The force detonated, launching Aiden backward at impossible speeds. The void around him twisted and distorted, trying to trap him in a never-ending fall.

[Warning: Abyssal Laws Enforcing Imprisonment.]

[Authority Override: Engaging…]

Aiden gritted his teeth.

Like hell I’m staying here.

His Codex of True Sovereignty pulsed again, golden pages flipping.

[New Law Imposed: Aiden Cannot Be Bound.]

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—

The laws of the Abyss shattered, and he stopped instantly, momentum bending to his will.

He righted himself, glaring at the Abyssal Ruler.

The figure studied him. Their six glowing eyes held no emotion, only calculation.

“A mortal who bends the very fabric of existence…”

They raised a hand.

The void shifted again.

And suddenly—there were two of them.

Then four.

Then eight.

“What happens when reality itself forgets which one of us is real?”

Aiden’s Spirit Sense flared—but found nothing.

They were all real.

He exhaled sharply. Fine. Then I’ll just have to hit all of them at once.

He closed his eyes.

The Destiny Thread of Million Miracles glowed at his fingertips, intertwining with his blade.

The Reaper Scythe fused with his sword.

And then—

Aiden swung.

—𝘞𝘏𝘈𝘈𝘈𝘈𝘔—!

A single golden arc expanded outward—not cutting through reality, but rewriting it.

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—

The illusions failed.

Only one Abyssal Ruler remained, their six eyes narrowing as the trick was destroyed in an instant.

Aiden smirked.

“I don’t care what reality thinks.”

“I decide what’s real.”

The Abyssal Ruler finally smiled.

“Then let us see if you can defy the final law.”

They raised their hands—

And the entire Abyss began collapsing.

Aiden’s heart pounded.

This was it.

The final clash.

The winner would decide the fate of this domain—

And the loser… would be erased forever.