Cosmic Ruler - Chapter 539

Chapter 539: Realm IV
Aiden took his first step into the new reality.

The cosmos had been reset. The Lords of Reality were gone, their dominion shattered, and fate no longer held the chains of existence. Power dynamics had shifted entirely.

But as the golden-abyssal energy of his sword faded, Aiden realized one simple truth—

This new world was greater than anything before.

And now, he was at the bottom once again.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

A tremor pulsed through the void, an energy unlike any he had ever felt before. The space around him twisted, bent, then reformed, shaping itself into something new. The very laws of physics, of causality, of essence itself…

They were still unfinished.

This was not merely another universe.

This was a world where universal-level beings were merely the starting point.

Aiden felt the weight of the air as he descended. The formless void reshaped itself, forming a massive continent floating in an endless cosmic sea. Planets drifted like islands, each one a battlefield.

And he was not alone.

From the horizon, beings of unimaginable power watched his descent.

Some bore radiant wings of eternity, their bodies woven from pure conceptual energy.

Others radiated abyssal dominion, their presence warping the laws of existence itself.

And then—there were those who existed beyond even that.

—𝘞𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

A single pulse of energy sent an entire planet crashing into the void.

Aiden narrowed his eyes.

“I see. So this is the level of power here.”

His feet touched the ground, the surface trembling at his presence. He glanced at the sky—three suns burned simultaneously, each one distorting the passage of time.

Ahead of him, a colossal gate of infinity stood open, leading to what could only be the center of this world.

At its threshold, a single figure awaited.

She was unlike any being Aiden had seen before—her form was both humanoid and divine, her body adorned in celestial markings that pulsed with the very fabric of creation.

Her gaze met his.

“You are the anomaly,” she said, her voice resonating through existence itself.

Aiden remained silent, his fingers tightening around his sword. He could tell immediately—this woman was beyond universal-level.

She had ascended past conceptual dominion.

“Welcome to the Origin Battlefield, Aiden.”

She lifted a single hand—

And the world erupted into war.

Aiden vanished, dodging the first strike as an entire galaxy imploded from the sheer force of her presence.

His heart pounded.

This was no longer a battle of mortals, no longer a war of cultivation realms.

This was the battlefield of the true gods.

And Aiden had just stepped into it.

Aiden twisted mid-air, his sword cleaving through the waves of reality-destroying force heading toward him. The instant his blade touched the attack—

—𝘚𝘓𝘈𝘚𝘏!

The entire fabric of space ruptured.

A black hole formed where the energy had once existed, devouring fragments of existence itself before sealing shut. The sheer scale of this battle was beyond anything he had ever experienced before.

Aiden landed on a floating continent-sized battlefield, his boots cracking the surface. Mountains trembled from the aftershock of his descent. Around him, celestial warriors descended like gods, each one possessing a power greater than any being from his past world.

And at the front of them all—

The woman of divine markings stared at him with impassive eyes.

She had yet to move.

Aiden exhaled, feeling the infinite possibilities of this new world pressing against him. Every movement, every breath, every action carried consequences across the cosmos.

This was no longer a battle where strength alone decided victory.

This was the war of creation itself.

And then—

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The celestial warriors attacked.

The Battle of Cosmic Beings

Aiden flickered out of existence just as a golden lance carved through the battlefield, obliterating an entire planetary body behind him. He reappeared mid-air, sword humming with abyssal and celestial energy.

Before he could strike, three divine warriors materialized before him.

The first wielded a blade that cut through dimensions, shifting between realities with every movement.

The second radiated pure conceptual destruction, an aura that threatened to erase Aiden from existence simply by proximity.

The third… was time itself, their form constantly shifting between past, present, and future.

Aiden gritted his teeth.

“Alright then.”

The first warrior struck.

Aiden parried, his sword colliding with the dimensional blade, sending ripples across the battlefield.

The second warrior released an erasure wave.

Aiden twisted, deflecting it with a burst of raw force.

The third warrior vanished—then reappeared behind him, attacking from the future.

Aiden smirked.

—𝘊𝘓𝘈𝘕𝘎—!

His sword met theirs, and time shattered.

For a brief moment, the battlefield froze.

And then—

Aiden unleashed his power.

Breaking the Universal Limit

His aura expanded infinitely, intertwining the Golden Sword, the Death Dragon, the Destiny Thread, and the Reaper Scythe. The sheer force of his presence sent the divine warriors flying back.

The woman with divine markings narrowed her eyes.

“You have reached the first step of Origin Ascension,” she murmured.

Aiden’s gaze locked onto hers.

“Then let’s see where this road leads.”

He raised his sword.

Aiden stood amidst the cosmic battlefield, his presence distorting the very laws of existence. Around him, entire planets were reduced to dust, torn apart by the aftershocks of clashing gods.

And yet—

He was calm.

His sword hummed with power—no longer bound by the laws of physics or causality. He had reached the first stage of Origin Ascension, the realm where beings capable of rewriting entire universes stood at the peak.

But he was just beginning.

The woman who had yet to move finally stepped forward.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

Her presence alone shattered reality.

The divine warriors who had fought against Aiden instantly knelt, their power insignificant before her. The very stars above seemed to dim, as if fearing her existence.

“You have severed fate itself,” Elysia spoke, her voice carrying across countless dimensions. “But do you think you can exist without it?”

She raised her hand—

And reality bent to her will.

The golden threads of destiny reappeared, converging toward Aiden like a cage. They weren’t just binding him—they were trying to rewrite his very existence.

To turn him back into what he was before.