Cosmic Ruler - Chapter 546

Chapter 546: Realm XI
One of the Ten Arch-Lords of the Boundless Realm.

A being whose very existence dictated the flow of reality in this plane.

“You tread upon the edge of infinity, mortal.”

Their voice was not sound.

It was law itself, rippling through space, forcing the very concept of reality to acknowledge their will.

A test.

Aiden’s grip on his sword tightened.

He could feel it—the weight of expectation, the gaze of countless entities beyond the veil, watching to see how this newcomer would respond.

Would he submit?

Would he flee?

Or would he claim his place among them?

Aiden exhaled slowly.

Then—

He stepped forward.

A single step that reverberated through the infinite void.

The Arch-Lord’s presence wavered for the briefest moment.

Aiden didn’t just exist here.

He was becoming something greater.

Something that even they had not foreseen.

And in that instant, the balance of power shifted.

This was no longer a mere confrontation.

This was the beginning of something far greater.

A war for dominion over the Boundless Realm itself.

The cosmic winds howled, raking across the vast expanse as Aiden stood his ground before the Arch-Lord.

Their towering form radiated boundless authority, an existence that had long since transcended the laws of reality.

But Aiden was not intimidated.

If the past had taught him anything, it was that authority meant nothing if it could be challenged.

And he had already shattered fate itself.

—𝘍𝘞𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘏—!

Aiden’s aura surged, twisting the space around him.

The Arch-Lord narrowed their gaze.

“Interesting. You are not bound by the laws of this realm, and yet you claim no throne. What are you, outsider?”

Aiden tilted his head, his golden-abyssal eyes gleaming.

“I am the one who refuses to be defined.”

His voice carried absolute certainty, resonating through the void like a ripple across eternity.

And in that moment—

The Boundless Realm trembled.

The very fabric of this universe had taken notice of his presence.

Countless other Arch-Lords turned their gaze toward him, their collective will pressing down like the weight of a trillion stars.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

Aiden’s body burned as the realm tried to reject him.

To erase him.

But he merely smiled.

“Try harder.”

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

His sword flashed, and the very will of the Boundless Realm broke apart around him.

The Arch-Lord before him hesitated.

For the first time in an eternity, an unclaimed throne had appeared.

A throne that no one, not even the highest authorities of this plane, had foreseen.

And the war to claim it had just begun.

The universe shook as the war for the unclaimed throne began.

Aiden stood amidst a storm of cosmic energy, his very presence anomalous in a realm where all power had been preordained. The Arch-Lords—beings who had ruled the Boundless Realm for eons—could not comprehend him.

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

The very foundation of reality fractured as his sword pulsed, resonating with an authority that did not belong to this world.

The first Arch-Lord lunged.

Their form was composed of collapsing galaxies, their eyes burning with the fury of dying stars.

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

Aiden’s blade met their strike, and for a single instant—

The universe froze.

An entire dimension imploded from the sheer force of their clash.

But Aiden did not falter.

His power was still growing, still adjusting to the laws of this realm. He was only at Stage One, while these Arch-Lords were at their peak.

Yet—

His existence itself was a contradiction.

He was not supposed to be here.

And that was precisely why he could rewrite the rules.

—𝘍𝘞𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘏—!

Aiden’s aura expanded, his golden-abyssal energy fusing into something new. Something that had never existed before.

The Arch-Lords hesitated.

For the first time in countless millennia—

They felt fear.

And Aiden knew.

This war was only the beginning.

The Arch-Lords—each the ruler of a universe, each a force beyond mortal comprehension—stepped back.

Aiden saw it.

Fear.

It wasn’t just hesitation.

It was true fear.

They had lived for countless eons, shaping the cosmos, dictating the fate of trillions. They had fought wars that shattered galaxies, wielded powers that defied even the most ancient laws.

Yet now, before a mere Stage One existence…

They hesitated.

Because Aiden was something that should not exist.

Because he had broken fate itself.

And in this realm, where all power was governed by the immutable order of the Boundless Thrones—he was an anomaly.

A force beyond the system.

A force that could not be measured.

—𝘊𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘒—!

The very space around him fractured, his aura surging as he took a step forward.

“You understand now, don’t you?” Aiden’s voice was calm, yet it carried the weight of inevitability.

The Arch-Lords did not answer.

One of them—Vas’Ril, the Eternal Arbiter—tightened his grip on his cosmic halberd. His eyes, once filled with absolute confidence, were now sharp with caution.

“Your existence is… an aberration,” Vas’Ril said slowly, the light of dying stars reflecting in his gaze. “You do not belong to the cycle. You do not have a Throne. You do not even have a Law.”

Aiden smiled.

“Exactly.”

—𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘔—!

The entire battlefield shuddered as his presence expanded once more.

He was not bound by their laws.

He was not limited by their understanding.

The Throne of the Boundless Realm had stood untouched for untold millennia, waiting for the next supreme ruler to ascend.

Countless beings had tried.

All had failed.

Because to claim the throne, one had to be acknowledged by the Principle of Sovereignty—the absolute law that governed this reality.

A law that no one had ever surpassed.

Until now.

Aiden raised his sword.

The moment he did—

—𝘛𝘏𝘙𝘜𝘔—!

The Throne reacted.

A wave of raw, unfiltered authority erupted from the center of the Boundless Realm.

A pulse that spread across the infinite cosmos.

Aiden’s smile widened.

“It looks like the Throne has finally found its ruler.”

The war was no longer about conquest.

It was about who would stand at the peak.

And Aiden had already taken the first step.

The Boundless Throne resonated.

The cosmos trembled as its decree echoed through reality itself.

[𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝.]

Aiden felt it.

A force beyond words. A power so absolute that even the fundamental laws of existence bent before it.

The Arch-Lords reacted instantly.

Vas’Ril, the Eternal Arbiter, lunged first, his cosmic halberd cutting through the void.

—𝘊𝘓𝘈𝘕𝘎—!

Aiden caught it with his bare hand.