Nexus Ascension: My Comprehension Defies the Heaven-Chapter 340: A King Who Tolerates No Equal

"Let’s not just sit around," Origin Light Sera said with a light chuckle.

Her gaze swept over the Fourth Rank High Order experts stationed nearby, their eyes locked onto the battlefield below. They stood like emotionless dolls, their presence serving only one purpose.

Surveillance.

"Sera’s right," Wang Bao said calmly. "Let’s move. We’ll assist Kid Luca."

The moment his words fell, the remaining Fourth Rankers burst forward, their auras tearing through the distorted subspace.

"Hey, Eterna," Yin Matriarch Luna said indifferently, her voice echoing through the Second Layer. "You should give us some support too. We’re getting tossed around here."

A ripple spread through space.

"Negative."

Eterna’s voice resonated coldly.

"The Priest has interfered with the True Abyssal Whale. It’s attempting to break free. I must remain here to suppress it."

A scoff rang out from the frontlines.

"Relying on her is pointless," Luca said disdainfully. "She’s never been useful. Don’t expect her to be now."

He thrust his spear forward.

Leon merely chuckled and vanished, teleporting away before the attack could land.

Luca’s eyes narrowed.

To him, Eterna was nothing more than an obstacle on his path.

A fragment of a higher existence from the starry sky.

That was the only reason he tolerated her presence.

If he ever stepped into the Fifth Rank, he would erase her without hesitation, along with the damned Abyssal Whale constantly threatening to descend upon the Starcrest Continent.

He didn’t care that Eterna was the one holding it back.

Those who rejected his authority were enemies.

That belief directly invalidated every sacrifice Eterna had made to protect the world.

She had exhausted herself endlessly, maintaining the seal, stabilizing the Second Layer.

But Luca did not care.

To him, she was a tool.

A disposable one.

Just like the Seer.

In his world, there could only be one king.

"Federation Master," Leon’s voice suddenly echoed, filled with amusement. "I must admit, even I didn’t expect you to possess such a... dark soul."

He smiled faintly.

"With the way you treat those around you, why not simply join the High Order? Offer your soul to the Abyss."

"In your dreams," Luca snorted. "The High order is beneath me!"

He drove his spear forward.

Starlight erupted.

Cosmic water surged like a heavenly storm, violently parting the chaotic currents of the Second Layer of Space.

Boom!

Leon was swallowed whole.

Radiant, star-infused water currents flooded the area, throwing the surrounding subdimension into complete disorder.

This was a Four-Star Technique.

A fusion of starlight essence and the Law of Cosmic Water, the primordial water found within the starry sky itself.

Its power was enough to suppress space.

The Immortal Cultivation path was divided into four foundational realms.

Qi Gathering Realm.

Foundation Establishment Realm.

Golden Core Realm.

And finally—

Nascent Soul Realm.

Luca was an Immortal Cultivator of the Nascent Soul Realm.

At this stage, one’s core fused with the soul, giving birth to a Nascent Soul. A projection of existence capable of surviving independently, extending one’s lifespan to almost 10,000 years and acting as a second body in battle.

This was also where the Divine Consciousness awakened.

But that alone did not define a Fourth Ranker.

The true difference lay elsewhere.

Domain.

When the core fused with the soul, the laws engraved within it shattered and reconverged, forming a Domain.

A subdimensional space where one’s authority became absolute.

Around Leon, starlight-infused cosmic water raged endlessly, slicing through his flesh and tearing his body apart piece by piece.

Yet Leon did not scream.

He laughed.

Because he too was a Fourth Ranker.

An existence that had comprehended a Domain.

An invincible being standing at the pinnacle.

His torn flesh regenerated almost instantly as black abyssal runes flickered across his body. The storm surrounding him twisted, devoured, and reshaped itself under his influence.

Boom!

Not far from Leon and Luca, Sera, Bai Yue, Wang Bao, and the Grand Polarity Master had already engaged the Fourth Rank High Order experts in combat.

There were three of them.

Each movement they made sent ripples across the Second Layer of Space, distortions spreading outward like waves on water.

If this battle were taking place in the First Layer of Blue Star, where spatial barriers were far thinner, every single exchange would have torn space apart completely.

That was the level of existence they represented.

"Yin Star Canon!"

Yin Matriarch Luna’s voice rang out as radiant, dark starlight burst forth from her body. The condensed Yin starlight surged forward, engulfing one of the Fourth Rank High Order experts entirely.

The starlight burned fiercely, tearing through abyssal energy on contact.

But only for a moment.

Almost instantly, the abyssal energy rebounded, swallowing the starlight as its brilliance dimmed rapidly.

Abyssal energy was superior to nearly every known form of power in the universe.

That was an absolute truth.

Only a handful of beings in the world possessed forces capable of suppressing it.

"The Origin Light of the world converges with the path I forge."

Sera moved.

"Come forth... Heavenly Light."

As Luna’s attack faltered, Sera stepped in seamlessly. A blinding radiance erupted as her Four-Star Technique, the Origin Light Manifestation, activated through her Esper Evolutionary Path.

Her Mind Palace trembled.

Perception collapsed into a single point as her Law of Control pressed down upon reality. Psionic energy condensed, shaped by sheer will, as soul force and mental power converged into perfect resonance.

The frequency aligned.

Attuned to the Origin itself.

A spear of Origin Light shot forward.

Seeing this, Yin Matriarch Luna clasped her hands together.

"Yin Binding."

Pure Yin energy erupted.

Yin was the absolute stillness, the polar opposite of Yang’s expansion. Though Yin and Yang were both separate and unified laws, Luna had chosen a singular path.

She had achieved Advanced Succession in Yin, forming her Domain entirely around it.

The binding descended instantly.

The High Order expert’s movements slowed, then halted as invisible Yin chains wrapped around his existence, suppressing his domain and locking his authority in place.

At the same moment, the Origin Light arrived. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

It pierced directly into his mind.

His consciousness shattered.

Disorder flooded his domain as the Origin Light spread outward, carving through his body. Slashes formed one after another, blood erupting like a fountain as the light tore him apart from within.

Most terrifying of all, the Origin Light prevented regeneration.

By the time the light faded, the High Order expert’s body collapsed, lifeless.

Nearby, Wang Bao. Bai Yue and the Grand Polarity Master had already completed their own battles. Formation sigils dimmed, and spatial pressure settled as their opponents were eliminated.

For a brief moment premated the battlefield.

Then—

A massive shadow fell over them.

All four instantly looked up.

A colossal axe, large enough to split regions apart, was already descending toward them, its abyssal aura tearing through the Second Layer of Space as it came crashing down.