Cosmic Ruler - Chapter 506

Chapter 506: Fate XXV
A **wave of pure concept crashed down—**not fire, not ice, not destruction, but something beyond those things.

Aiden saw it.

And he moved.

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

He dodged by stepping outside of space itself, leaving an afterimage where he once stood.

The attack consumed the afterimage, erasing it from existence entirely.

Aiden landed on nothing.

“Alright.”

“That was interesting.”

The Sovereign’s presence pulsed.

“You adapt quickly.”

Aiden grinned.

“I always do.”

And then—he attacked.

A single step forward, and the void exploded.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

Aiden punched forward, his golden energy condensing into something that wasn’t just power—

It was defiance itself.

His fist connected.

Reality shattered.

The Unknown Sovereign staggered.

It had never been hit like this before.

And for the first time—

It laughed.

“Fascinating.”

Aiden rolled his shoulders.

“Come on.”

“I didn’t climb all this way for an easy fight.”

The Sovereign’s form shifted again.

The cosmic battlefield shattered as Aiden and the Unknown Sovereign clashed once more, their strikes ripping through existence itself.

Every attack from the Sovereign was not just raw power.

It was conceptual.

A single motion could erase movement itself.

A single thought could nullify willpower.

A single strike could deny the very act of resistance.

And yet—Aiden pushed forward.

Doesn’t matter if it breaks the rules.

I’ve never followed them anyway.

The Sovereign’s shifting form twisted, expanding into a colossal titan of pure cosmic force.

Its voice echoed across infinity.

“You should not exist.”

“You were not meant to reach this place.”

Aiden grinned.

“Yeah?”

“Then why am I here?”

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

Aiden’s golden aura surged, and he threw a punch—not at the Sovereign’s form, but at the very laws of the battle.

Reality fractured.

The battlefield shifted, twisted, and bent to his will.

And for the first time—

The Sovereign staggered.

Breaking the Final Limit

The Sovereign stared.

This had never happened before.

No one had ever reached this point.

No one had ever defied it so completely.

It spoke, quieter now.

“You truly are limitless.”

Aiden’s golden eyes burned.

“Took you long enough to figure that out.”

The Sovereign paused.

And then—

It smiled.

“Very well.”

“Then take your next step.”

The world collapsed.

The battlefield ceased to exist.

And before Aiden—

A path appeared.

A path that no one had ever walked before.

Aiden exhaled.

Then, without hesitation—

He stepped forward.

Aiden stepped forward, leaving behind the battlefield where he had fought the Unknown Sovereign.

The cosmic void around him shifted, yet it no longer felt like an endless expanse of chaos.

It was something else now.

Something waiting.

Aiden glanced behind him.

The Sovereign was gone.

No enemies.

No trials.

No challenges.

Just him and the path ahead.

No more rules. No more expectations. Just me and whatever comes next.

And for the first time in what felt like forever—Aiden didn’t know what awaited him.

“Heh. I like it that way.”

He took another step.

And as he did—

The world responded.

—𝘍𝘞𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘏—!

Light and darkness converged.

The path unfolded, stretching forward into a place that should not exist.

A realm beyond gods.

A realm beyond fate.

A realm where legends were not written—but forged.

Aiden grinned.

“Alright then. Let’s see what’s out there.”

And with that—he walked forward.

Aiden walked forward, each step taking him deeper into the unwritten reality before him.

The world around him shifted constantly, forming and dissolving as if waiting for him to define it.

He glanced to the side—where once there had been nothing, now there was a vast sky filled with golden nebulae.

He looked down—beneath him was not ground, but an endless ocean of shimmering stardust.

This place—it was responding to him.

Am I shaping it?

Or was it always like this, waiting for someone to claim it?

Aiden smirked.

“Either way, I’m here now.”

And then—

The air shifted.

A presence stirred.

Aiden’s instincts flared instantly.

Something was waiting for him.

Not an enemy.

Not an ally.

Something else.

A single structure formed ahead.

A massive, ancient gate—carved from obsidian and streaked with flowing silver runes.

Unlike the trials of the Divine Ladder, this gate did not feel like a challenge.

It felt like a doorway.

A threshold to something new.

Aiden approached it.

The silver runes shifted, twisting into words he could somehow understand.

[Enter and Claim Your Right.]

Aiden’s golden eyes gleamed.

“My right, huh?”

He placed his hand on the gate—

—𝘞𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The moment he touched it, the world roared to life.

A new realm unfolded before him.

And for the first time since he stepped beyond the Divine Ladder—

Aiden saw something that truly surprised him.

A city.

An entire civilization.

Vast, ancient, and filled with beings unlike any he had ever encountered.

Not gods.

Not mortals.

Not spirits.

Something beyond all of them.

And at the heart of it all—

A throne stood empty.

Waiting.

Aiden’s smirk widened.

“Alright. Let’s see what this place has to offer.”

And with that—he stepped through the gate.

Aiden stepped through the obsidian gate, and the moment his foot crossed the threshold—

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The world shifted.

What had once been an endless void of shifting energy now stabilized into something tangible.

A vast city stretched before him, its architecture unlike anything he had ever seen. Towers of shimmering crystal pierced the sky, while bridges of pure starlight connected them. The streets below were paved with silver metal that pulsed with life, as if the very ground itself was breathing.

Above him, the sky burned with golden nebulae, casting a surreal glow over everything.

And within the city—

They were watching.

Countless figures moved through the streets. Not humans. Not gods. Not spirits.

Something else.

Aiden’s golden eyes narrowed.

These beings were tall, draped in flowing cloaks of pure energy, their forms constantly shifting between humanoid and ethereal. Their eyes, if they had any, were clusters of galaxies, burning with untold power.

And all of them had paused to look at him.

Aiden felt it instantly.

He was an intruder here.

But more than that—

They were expecting someone.

And yet, as they stared at him, there was a moment of hesitation.

As if they were asking themselves—

“Is this really him?”

Aiden smirked.

“Alright.”

“Let’s figure out who you are.”

He took another step forward—

And that’s when they moved.