Cosmic Ruler - Chapter 537

Chapter 537: Realm II
The celestial fire did not extinguish, nor did it break—it simply ceased to be.

The spear vanished from reality entirely, as if it had never existed.

Aiden exhaled, eyes locking onto his first opponent.

The being who had thrown the flame weapon had finally descended. They towered over him, wrapped in golden armor forged from collapsing suns. Their wings, massive and edged with cosmic fire, stretched across the horizon. Their face was concealed by a mask of pure divinity.

And yet, Aiden could feel their presence pressing against him.

This was no mere deity.

This was a being who had transcended gods long ago.

“You wield an Unwritten Blade.” Their voice echoed across reality itself. “Then let us test if you are worthy of it.”

Aiden smirked. “I don’t need your permission.”

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

They clashed.

Aiden’s sword met the golden warrior’s spear, and for a single instant—everything stopped.

Not just time. Not just space.

All things ceased to move.

The realm itself struggled to process the collision of two weapons that existed beyond reality’s rules.

Then—

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

The sky above them fractured.

The force of their exchange had ruptured the very structure of this new world.

The cosmic warrior staggered back. Their golden spear trembled. Their divine flames flickered.

And Aiden?

He stood there, his sword humming with power.

“You expected me to fight like someone at Stage One,” Aiden said, rolling his shoulders. “But I don’t follow your rules.”

He vanished.

In the blink of an eye, Aiden closed the distance, reappearing behind the warrior with his sword already swinging.

—𝘚𝘓𝘈𝘚𝘏—!

The golden armor cracked.

A deep cut formed across the celestial warrior’s chest, their divine blood spilling into the void.

For the first time in what must have been eons, they looked down at themselves in shock.

They were wounded.

Aiden smiled. “Round two?”

The New World Takes Notice

Far above, in the highest dominions, those who ruled this realm watched.

Some were amused. Some were intrigued.

And some… were threatened.

This was not the first time a newcomer had arrived. But this was the first time someone had shattered the expectations of power so completely, moving between stages like mere steps.

A hooded figure, seated on a throne made from woven paradoxes, tapped their fingers against the armrest.

“He wields the power to deny.”

A second entity, wrapped in countless shadows, spoke in a voice that was neither a whisper nor a roar.

“He does not just fight. He rewrites.”

A third, whose body flickered between infinite forms, exhaled slowly.

“He is dangerous.”

And the highest among them, the one who had sat in silence until now, finally leaned forward.

Their eyes gleamed, filled with something new.

“Summon the other Lords.”

“This one is worth watching.”

Aiden stood over the golden warrior, his sword humming with a power that defied the very laws of reality. The celestial flames that once burned with divine intensity had begun to flicker, struggling to hold form against the force of his Unwritten Blade.

His opponent, a being who had long ruled over this domain, staggered backward, golden ichor dripping from the gash across their chest. Their radiant wings trembled, their mask of divinity now cracked.

For the first time in untold eons, they had bled.

Aiden tilted his head. “Not bad. But you’re not the real threat here, are you?”

The golden warrior’s gaze lifted slightly—toward the sky above.

Aiden followed their line of sight.

And there—

High above, something stirred.

The air vibrated with an unnatural hum, a resonance that sent ripples through the very fabric of existence. The highest dominions of this realm, the true Lords of Reality, had taken notice.

And now, they were descending.

Aiden grinned. “Finally. The real fight begins.”

The Lords of Reality Arrive

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

A gate unlike anything Aiden had ever seen tore open in the skies above. It was not a portal, not a rift in space, but something beyond definition—a window into the Unwritten Depths, where the true sovereigns of this world resided.

From within, they emerged.

The First Lord descended in a spiral of paradox, their form constantly shifting between infinite versions of themselves. One moment, they were a titan clad in obsidian armor; the next, a young scholar holding a book woven from stardust. Their voice echoed with every possibility that ever was or could be.

“The anomaly has arrived.”

The Second Lord followed, wrapped in pure entropy—a figure whose presence erased the very concept of time around them. Where they moved, past, present, and future collapsed into nothingness.

“He does not belong to any cycle. He must be bound.”

Then came the Third Lord, a being of absolute dominance. Unlike the others, they did not shift between forms—because they had no need to. Their presence alone defined existence around them. Their very gaze rewrote reality, and when they spoke, the world obeyed.

“Kneel.”

The command did not travel through air. It was not a suggestion.

It was law.

The ground beneath Aiden’s feet cracked, the very concept of movement attempting to force him downward. Even the celestial warrior he had just fought immediately dropped to one knee, their head bowed before the Lords of Reality.

But Aiden—

He laughed.

He stood.

And then, he took a step forward.

The Third Lord’s eyes narrowed. “You resist?”

Aiden rolled his shoulders, his sword pulsing in his grip. “You’re going to have to do better than that.”

The air shattered.

A War Beyond Realms

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

The Third Lord moved first, their very presence distorting everything around them. The land beneath them did not tremble—it ceased to exist, overwritten by the mere act of their will.

Aiden reacted instantly.

His Unwritten Blade surged with abyssal gold light, and with a single motion—

—he denied their existence.

For a single instant, the Third Lord’s presence wavered.

And in that moment—

Aiden struck.

—𝘚𝘓𝘈𝘚𝘏—!

His blade carved through reality itself, aiming directly for the Third Lord’s core.

But—

A single finger stopped his sword.

—𝘊𝘈𝘕𝘎—!

Aiden’s eyes widened as the Third Lord caught his blade between their fingertips.

“Impressive,” the Lord murmured. “But you are not yet beyond me.”

The Second Lord appeared at Aiden’s side without moving. Time itself folded, and they were simply there.

“Foolish to fight alone.”

They reached forward—and touched him.

For the first time since arriving in this world—

Aiden felt pain.

A void opened beneath his skin, devouring his existence. The laws of this realm were not like the ones he had defied before. This was no simple fate to be rewritten.

This was the power of absolute reality.

And yet—

Even as the void tried to consume him—

Aiden smirked.

“Nice trick.”

He vanished.

No teleportation. No movement.

He simply stopped existing in that moment.

And when he returned—

—he reappeared above the First Lord, his sword swinging down like a blade of judgment.

The First Lord did not move.

Instead, they smiled.

And Aiden understood.

“This was your plan.”

The First Lord nodded. “Let us see what you truly are, Aiden.”