Cosmic Ruler - Chapter 512

Chapter 512: Fate XXXI
The world before him was…

Impossible.

There was no sky, yet light pulsed from above.

There was no ground, yet his steps left imprints on something real.

It was as if the laws of existence were being rewritten in real-time, shaping themselves based on his very presence.

So this place was never meant to be reached.

It’s forming itself around me… because it doesn’t know what else to do.

Aiden grinned.

“Good. That means I get to decide what happens next.”

And then—

The world responded.

The Beings of the Forgotten Realm

From the endless expanse of shifting light and void, figures began to emerge.

They were not like the Elders of the Eternal City.

They were not like gods, mortals, or anything he had encountered before.

They were shapeless, shifting between pure energy, fractured time, and cosmic force.

And yet—

They were aware.

They spoke.

“You should not be here.”

Their voices rippled through existence itself, layered, echoing through time and space in ways that defied reality.

Aiden cracked his knuckles.

“Yeah? That’s what everyone says.”

“And yet, here I am.”

The figures hovered, watching him.

There was no hostility.

No welcome.

Only observation.

And then—they moved.

A Trial Unknown

One of the figures shifted forward, its form flickering between countless possibilities.

And with a simple gesture—

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

A force rushed toward Aiden, not as an attack—

But as a concept.

It was testing him.

Not his strength.

Not his power.

Not his will.

But his right to exist here.

Aiden’s golden eyes burned.

Tch. So that’s how it is?

They’re not attacking me.

They’re trying to erase me.

Aiden raised his hand—

And pushed back.

Golden energy surged outward, colliding with the force.

The world shook.

For the first time, something in the Unseen Realm hesitated.

Aiden grinned.

“Nice try.”

“But I don’t disappear that easily.”

The figures paused.

For the first time, they spoke in a different tone.

“You are… different.”

The energy faded.

And then—

A path formed ahead of him.

One that had never existed before.

Aiden exhaled, rolling his shoulders.

“That’s more like it.”

And with that—

He moved forward.

The Unseen Realm had tried to reject him.

But now—it had no choice but to acknowledge him.

Aiden strode forward, his golden energy flickering against the ever-shifting landscape of the Unseen Realm.

The world around him was not stable.

It was not like the Eternal City.

It was alive, fluid, changing every second.

One moment, it resembled a vast cosmic ocean, stars shimmering in the waves.

The next, it twisted into an endless void, filled with faint whispers of forgotten truths.

And yet—

Aiden remained untouched.

The figures—the Beings of the Forgotten Realm—hovered silently behind him.

They had tried to erase him.

They had tried to reject him.

And they had failed.

Now?

They were watching.

“He is different.”

“He does not fade.”

“He does not follow.”

Aiden smirked, ignoring them.

They still don’t get it.

I don’t follow the paths they expect.

I make my own.

The Path to the Nameless Tower

As Aiden pressed forward, the shifting world stabilized.

Ahead of him, something formed.

Not randomly.

Not chaotically.

With purpose.

A tower.

Colossal. Endless.

Unlike the Thrones of the Unwritten, it bore no symbols.

No names.

No history.

And yet—Aiden felt it.

This was where the answers were.

I’ve fought gods.

I’ve shattered fate.

I’ve claimed my own throne.

But this… this is different.

This is something even the Elders never reached.

Aiden took another step forward—

And then—

The whispers changed.

“Turn back.”

“There is no place for you here.”

“You do not understand what you are walking toward.”

Aiden snorted.

“Then I guess I’ll find out.”

And with that—

He pressed his hand against the door of the Nameless Tower.

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

The entire Unseen Realm trembled.

Something awoke.

Something that had never been disturbed before.

And then—

The door opened.

Aiden stepped inside.

And as he did—

Everything changed.

The door of the Nameless Tower split open, revealing an expanse that should not exist.

Aiden stepped inside, his golden energy flickering as he took his first step into a place that had never been entered before.

The moment he crossed the threshold—

—𝘍𝘞𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘏—!

The entire Unseen Realm trembled.

The whispers around him changed.

“He entered.”

“He was not supposed to enter.”

“Now, the Silence will awaken.”

Aiden paused.

The Silence?

His golden eyes scanned the vast interior of the Tower.

It was empty.

No walls.

No ceiling.

No floors.

Just an endless abyss of shifting light and shadow.

And then—

Something moved.

The Silence That Watches

From deep within the abyss, a presence stirred.

Not like the Elders.

Not like the Beings of the Forgotten Realm.

Something far older.

Something that had been waiting.

And now, it had noticed him.

Aiden felt it before he saw it.

An overwhelming weight.

Not of power.

Not of hostility.

But of absolute nothingness.

And then—

It spoke.

But it did not use words.

It was pure will.

It was concept itself.

And it pressed against Aiden’s mind.

“What are you?”

Aiden grinned.

“The guy who just walked into your house uninvited.”

The Silence paused.

Then, for the first time in eternity, it moved.

A shadow descended from above, stretching toward him.

Not as an attack.

As a judgment.

Aiden’s golden aura flared.

Tch. So this is my next test?

Fine.

And then—

He punched forward.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The moment his fist connected, reality itself shattered.

The Silence reeled.

The Unseen Realm warped.

And for the first time—

The Nameless Tower recognized him.

Aiden exhaled, cracking his knuckles.

“Alright. Let’s see what you’ve got.”

The Silence did not speak again.

It attacked.

The Nameless Tower shook as Aiden’s fist collided with the Silence itself.

The force of his strike should have shattered mountains, torn through reality—

But instead—it was swallowed.

The Silence did not block.

It did not dodge.

It simply absorbed his attack as if it had never existed.

Aiden’s golden eyes narrowed.

Tch. So that’s what you are?

Not a being. Not a will. Not a force of destruction or creation.

You are the absence of all things.

You are true Nothingness.