Cosmic Ruler - Chapter 513

Chapter 513: Fate XXXII
The Silence moved.

Not with speed.

Not with force.

But with erasure.

Its form stretched toward Aiden, warping everything around it.

Where it passed, light vanished.

Where it touched, existence unraveled.

Aiden twisted his body, dodging at the last moment—

—𝘍𝘞𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘏—!

The space where he had stood was gone.

Not destroyed.

Not broken.

Simply no longer there.

Aiden exhaled.

So this is the real test.

It’s not about strength.

Not about creation or destruction.

It’s about whether or not I can exist… in a place that refuses to recognize me.

The Silence expanded, trying to consume him completely.

Aiden’s golden aura flickered.

His energy, his presence, his very concept of self—

It was being unwritten.

For the first time in a long time—his body struggled to remain in place.

And then, for the first time—

Aiden felt true Nothingness.

A cold, hollow abyss, one that did not hate or attack—

One that simply did not care if he existed or not.

A Battle Against the Impossible

The Elders had said the Thrones of the Unwritten shaped existence.

But this place?

The Silence?

It was beyond existence.

And Aiden grinned.

“You don’t recognize me?”

His golden aura flared.

The Silence pressed down harder, trying to erase him.

Aiden gritted his teeth.

“Then let me make this clear.”

He stepped forward—forcing himself into a reality that did not want him.

The Silence shuddered.

For the first time, it hesitated.

Because Aiden wasn’t fighting it.

He was defying it.

“I don’t care if this place doesn’t know me.”

“I don’t care if you want to erase me.”

“Because I exist—because I say I do.”

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

Aiden’s energy erupted.

Not as an attack.

As a declaration.

A statement that forced the Unseen Realm to acknowledge him.

And then—

The Silence broke.

The entire Nameless Tower trembled.

The void twisted, cracked—

And for the first time, the Silence screamed.

The Nameless Tower trembled, its very foundation warping under the force of Aiden’s declaration.

The Silence screamed.

It had no voice.

It had no form.

But the entire Unseen Realm recoiled, rippling like shattered glass.

Aiden stood firm, golden energy radiating outward, his very presence rewriting the rules of existence.

The Silence had tried to erase him.

But now, it was failing.

Because Aiden wasn’t just fighting it.

He was changing it.

“You thought you could erase me?”

“You thought I’d just disappear?”

Aiden stepped forward, and the Silence cracked.

“I don’t follow the rules.”

“I don’t get erased.”

“I make my own damn existence.”

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

The Unseen Realm shook.

For the first time in eternity, the Silence recognized something it had never encountered before.

A being that refused to be erased.

Aiden grinned.

“Yeah. That’s right.”

“You finally get it, don’t you?”

“I exist because I say I do.”

And with those words—

The Silence collapsed.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The void imploded, folding in on itself, no longer able to reject him.

The Nameless Tower shifted, its walls stabilizing for the first time in countless ages.

Aiden exhaled, rolling his shoulders.

That’s one way to make a place acknowledge me.

The whispers that had once doubted him—

Were now silent.

Not because the Silence had won.

But because Aiden had forced the Unseen Realm to recognize him.

And then—

Something changed.

The Door That Should Not Open

Ahead of him, deep within the Nameless Tower, a new door formed.

Unlike the Gate he had walked through to enter the Unseen Realm, this one was different.

It had no symbols.

No names.

No history.

Because it had never been opened before.

Aiden grinned.

“So that’s my next step, huh?”

He stepped forward—

And placed his hand on the door.

The moment he did—

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

The entire Unseen Realm trembled.

The very fabric of reality began to unravel.

Because this door?

It wasn’t meant to be opened.

Ever.

And yet—Aiden pushed it open anyway.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The Nameless Tower trembled as Aiden pushed against the door that had never been opened before.

The Unseen Realm warped, as if the very concept of its existence was trying to resist.

“This door is not meant to open.”

“You were not meant to be here.”

The whispers of the realm grew desperate.

But Aiden?

He just grinned.

“And yet, here I am.”

And with a final push—

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The door shattered.

Not opened.

Not unlocked.

Shattered.

Like it had never been built to withstand someone like him.

The very Unseen Realm twisted, recoiling from the sheer impossibility of what had just happened.

And beyond the broken door—

Aiden saw what lay ahead.

The Realm Before All Things

He stepped forward, entering a place that was…

Empty.

Not in the way the void had been.

Not in the way the Silence had tried to erase him.

This was something older.

A realm that had existed before existence itself.

Aiden paused.

For the first time, even he had to acknowledge the sheer weight of what he was seeing.

What… is this place?

There was no time.

No space.

No laws.

Not even the concept of creation.

It was like stepping into the moment before reality had begun.

And in the very center of it—

Something was waiting.

The Nameless Throne

A throne.

Not one of the Unwritten Twelve.

Not one of the Elders.

Something beyond all of that.

A seat that had never been taken.

A place that had never been claimed.

Because no one had ever reached it before.

Aiden’s golden eyes burned.

So that’s what this was all about.

The Thrones of the Unwritten govern existence.

But this… this is the throne that existed before anything else.

The whispers in the Unseen Realm shifted.

“Turn back.”

“This place is not for you.”

“You do not understand what you are touching.”

Aiden exhaled.

Then, he grinned.

“You know, I’ve heard that a lot lately.”

And without another word—

He walked toward the throne.

The moment he did—

Everything erupted.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The Unseen Realm collapsed inward, trying to force him out.

Reality warped, twisted, shattered.

But Aiden kept walking.

Because this wasn’t about permission.

It wasn’t about rules.

It was about who was willing to take the next step.

And Aiden?

He always took the next step.