The Monarch-Chapter 581: Time
A new era was about to begin; the mages who once thought they were at the top would have to rethink their entire lives. The reality shock forced all the high-level mages of this universe to reconsider all their actions.
"I bought you some time, but one of you will have to rise above that mage," the Ice Emperor disappeared, leaving the ever-growing universe in an eerie silence.
Kayden was one of the first to leave; he had no time to waste. From that day onward, his only goal was to gain strength like a madman. He needed to surpass Matheus—this was literally a matter of life and death. Moreover, new opportunities would arise from now on; this universe was undergoing something surreal.
Time flew by. Kayden entered a trance-like state in which nothing but training existed in his mind. In the past, he divided his thoughts into multiple facets and carried out several activities simultaneously, but this time, he was only absolutely focused on reaching the limit of his power.
The universe grew at a terrifying speed in just a few million years—at an unprecedented level. To put things into perspective, in this period, two mages of ten rays were born. In billions of years, only Kayden and Atlas had emerged, but in just a few million years, two more had appeared.
Kayden didn’t even know about this; he had been isolated all this time. In fact, it wasn’t true isolation—Kayden was destroying galaxies at an even more insane speed. At that moment, he was creating actual breaches in the equilibrium of zones. His speed had far surpassed dozens of thousands of galaxies per day. His slaughter reached such a degree that his very body exuded the law of death.
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The law of death could be felt in every inch of his being. If he were an ordinary mage, he would have already committed suicide. This was a diabolical law that whispered in people’s ears, slowly driving them to take their own lives. The only exceptions were mages who studied these laws—very few, as most perished along the way, unable to make significant progress.
Kayden’s mind wasn’t even capable of perceiving the disturbances caused by this law; his focus was at an absurd level. He hadn’t taken a single breath during these millions of years. He hadn’t even wasted time blinking. Kayden was in absolute focus, free from any distractions, and his strength grew with every passing second.
There wasn’t a single mage in the entire universe capable of matching Kayden’s growth speed. It was far beyond madness. His soul and talent were at a level where no mage in this universe’s history had ever reached an equivalent proportion. While Atlas took two steps forward, Kayden was taking ten. There wasn’t a single genius capable of learning at the same speed as Kayden.
The young mage was learning one law after another. Every few thousand years, he mastered another law that composed the law of equilibrium. With each law, his strength leaped forward. The speed and number of cycles he could perform increased exponentially. Furthermore, his sixth sense continued to grow at an increasing pace.
Kayden fanatically pursued progress. As long as he increased even a single centimeter per day, he would persist endlessly for as long as necessary. Fortunately, he was capable of far more than just a few centimeters per day.
Every few thousand years, Kayden increased his sixth sense by at least 10%. It was an absurd rate, and it showed no signs of slowing down. Kayden was a monster absorbing knowledge like a lunatic.
"Holy shit," Kayden couldn’t help but curse. He had reached 10% of the law of equilibrium. Kayden had amassed one million complementary laws in his mind. He had practically learned one law every thousand years. This might seem like a slow speed, but the real difficulty wasn’t in learning the laws.
With Kayden’s talent, he could easily learn one law per month if he wanted, perhaps even two. It wouldn’t be any effort for him. The true challenge was integrating all these laws into something greater. Millions of complementary laws had to be interconnected perfectly. Not only that, but they also had to align with his path and all his facets.
A genius mage, capable of becoming a god with ease, would take at least ten billion years to achieve what Kayden had done in a single year. Not only that, but they would likely have to use tens of thousands of shortcuts during this time. Kayden, however, just kept destroying universes without any sign of stopping.
His sixth sense stopped at 500 billion kilometers. Kayden was practically a god capable of observing everything. He could easily command dozens of solar systems without any difficulty. His speed bordered on the insane.
Kayden could now travel over 100 light-years per hour. Traversing the universe was incredibly easy for him, especially considering that there wasn’t a single fool willing to try and stop him. Netero was probably the only one capable of doing so, and even he didn’t want to take that fight.
A strange peace lasted for a billion years in the universe, as everyone was preoccupied with their own paths. No one wanted to waste time getting injured or fighting life-and-death battles for superficial resources. They needed to either defeat Matheus or at least be capable of escaping. Most of them were just frogs in a well, unable to grasp the magnitude of his strength.
During this time, many things changed in the power dynamics of the universe. One of them was the mages at the top. Atlas reached the ninth realm with ten rays; his power grew to an insane level and surpassed Kayden’s for quite some time—at least until Kayden accomplished what he had just learned.
Author’s note: I’ll try to release 4 chapters tomorrow, 3 that I owe and a bonus
Jasmine solidified her strength and reached its peak. However, even then, she wasn’t capable of rivaling Matheus in terms of power. But she was undoubtedly the second strongest in the entire universe. There wasn’t a single mage with the same level of strength as her—not even Kayden could rival the woman at this moment.
