Cosmic Ruler - Chapter 520

Chapter 520: Fate XXXIX
The land trembled, the sky split apart, and the very laws of existence quaked as Aiden and the Firstborn clashed once more.

This was no longer a simple battle.

This was a duel between two forces that had outgrown their origins.

Aiden, the one who created this reality.

And the Firstborn, the one who would stand as his equal.

Their movements blurred across the battlefield, each strike reshaping the very fabric of the world.

Aiden twisted through the air, golden energy igniting his fists as he unleashed a barrage of rapid strikes.

“Meteor Drive!”

The Firstborn met him head-on, voidfire radiating from its form, its shifting blade countering every attack with absolute precision.

“Eclipse Rend.”

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

Their blows collided, creating shockwaves that expanded across the endless horizon.

Neither held back.

Neither had limits.

They were pushing beyond what either had ever known.

And Aiden was loving every second of it.

A Battle That Defines Reality

The Firstborn’s voidfire blade pulsed, its energy shifting mid-attack.

One moment, it erased everything in its path.

The next, it rebuilt what had been lost.

A perfect balance of destruction and rebirth.

It’s not just adapting anymore…

It’s refining its power, making it something unique.

Aiden dodged a sudden strike, flipping backward, his golden energy shifting in response.

If the Firstborn had evolved—

Then so would he.

He exhaled, focusing.

And then—

His golden flames changed.

For the first time, they weren’t just energy.

They were alive.

They burned with something deeper, something more than power.

Something that represented who he was.

A flame that didn’t just exist to destroy—

But to forge something greater.

Aiden’s eyes glowed brighter, his aura surging.

The Firstborn paused.

For the first time, it looked at Aiden not as an opponent to surpass—

But as something it had yet to understand.

“What is that?”

Aiden grinned.

“This?”

“This is what happens when I stop fighting for fun—”

“—And start fighting to win.”

Aiden’s True Power Awakens

The air around him collapsed inward, his energy rising to a level beyond anything before.

His flames compressed, turning from a wild inferno into something controlled, absolute, and unstoppable.

The Firstborn felt it.

The shift.

The change.

And for the first time—it hesitated.

Aiden vanished.

—𝘍𝘞𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘏—!

Reappearing instantly behind the Firstborn.

His hand clenched into a fist.

“Final Fang.”

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The impact tore through the battlefield, sending the Firstborn crashing through mountains, through entire landscapes, through the very foundation of the world itself.

And when the dust settled—

It lay there.

Still.

For the first time, it struggled to rise.

Its body was shaking.

Not out of pain.

But out of realization.

The difference between them.

Aiden exhaled, lowering his stance.

“You’re strong, Firstborn.”

“But you’re not ready yet.”

The Firstborn stared up at him.

And then—

It smiled.

A smile not of defeat.

But of determination.

“Then I will become ready.”

Its void energy pulsed.

It was not done.

Not yet.

And Aiden wouldn’t have it any other way.

The land shook violently, the sky twisted, and the newborn reality quivered under the weight of what was happening.

Aiden stood firm, golden energy crackling around him. His final strike had buried the Firstborn beneath an entire mountain range, leaving a crater of molten rock in its wake.

But he knew better than to assume it was over.

He could feel it.

Beneath the rubble, beneath the shattered ground—

The Firstborn was changing.

This isn’t defeat.

This is transformation.

Aiden’s grin widened.

“Alright, Firstborn.”

“Show me what you’ve got.”

The Firstborn Breaks Its Limits

A low rumble echoed across the battlefield.

The debris shifted.

And then—

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

A pillar of voidfire erupted from the ground, splitting the sky in half.

Aiden’s eyes narrowed.

That wasn’t just an increase in power.

That was a complete rebirth.

The energy felt different.

No longer raw.

No longer unstable.

It had become something else entirely.

And then—

The Firstborn rose from the crater.

The Firstborn Reforged

Its body was no longer undefined.

It no longer flickered, no longer mimicked, no longer shifted between uncertain forms.

It had chosen its shape.

Its armor-like skin shimmered, blending void-black and Aiden’s golden energy into something entirely new.

Its once-empty eyes now burned with a deep, radiant light—the fusion of destruction and creation.

The blade in its hand was no longer a weapon of void.

It was a sword that represented its own existence.

No longer a copy.

No longer an imitation.

This was its own power.

And for the first time—

It spoke with absolute certainty.

“I am no longer just the Firstborn.”

“I am—”

The sky rumbled.

The world held its breath.

“—Nihlus.”

Aiden’s grin widened.

“You finally chose a name, huh?”

The Firstborn—**no, Nihlus—**lowered its blade, energy crackling through the air.

“A name is more than just words.”

“It is proof of existence.”

It clenched its fist.

“I am not just your reflection.”

“I am the one who will stand beside you—”

“And one day, surpass you.”

Aiden let out a booming laugh.

“Then you’d better get stronger.”

And then—

They charged at each other once more.

The very sky split apart, torn asunder by the clash of golden radiance and voidfire darkness.

Aiden and Nihlus collided midair, their fists and blades creating shockwaves that rippled across the still-forming world.

But something was different now.

This wasn’t just a battle.

This was the first true war of equals in a reality without limits.

A Battle That Shakes Creation

Aiden’s golden energy erupted, his movements so fast that light itself struggled to keep up.

“Starbreaker!”

He swung his fist, golden flames condensing into a single point of devastating force.

Nihlus met it head-on, voidfire coiling around his own strike.

“Void Nova!”

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

The collision shattered mountains, split the land, and ignited the sky in a blaze of gold and abyssal fire.

The battlefield transformed around them, no longer just a blank world—

But a place shaped by their battle.

Aiden’s attacks burned new suns into the sky.

Nihlus’s voidfire tore open vast canyons in the earth.

And neither was holding back.