The Monarch-Chapter 523: End world

Finally, there were the children—men with free minds, men capable of rejecting and creating their life philosophies. Unique beings who could choose not only how to live but also why to live, beings who had reached the absolute limit of their own lives. Unfortunately, such individuals were extraordinarily rare—so rare, in fact, that there wasn’t even a percentage small enough to include them in statistics. Throughout his entire life, Kayden had barely encountered a few. He doubted they even numbered a full ten.

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"Master, it’s time for another session." Kayden snapped out of his thoughts. Without realizing it, an entire decade had passed in the blink of an eye. Time had lost all meaning to him. These days, a decade and a week held the same weight in his mind.

He cleansed Achilles’ soul and added a few supports to prevent the boy from breaking under his weight. Achilles was undoubtedly a genius, but his mind wasn’t as exceptional as many Kayden had encountered throughout his journey. This made it necessary for Kayden to reinforce Achilles’ soul to keep it intact.

It took Achilles a few days to recover from the pain and effects of having his soul altered. Afterward, it was Kayden’s turn to learn more about time and the threads of fate. For most, this knowledge was incredibly difficult to grasp. But for Kayden, it entered his mind as easily as water soaking into a sponge. At this stage, absorbing information was remarkably simple for him.

Absorbing, however, was not the same as understanding. This was why Kayden only conducted these sessions over decades. What he sought to comprehend was intensely complex and required patience. Rushing would not help; he needed to take his time and fully seize this opportunity.

Over the coming decades, Kayden and the others maintained this cycle: one moment Kayden would learn from Achilles and cleanse his soul, and the next he would focus solely on his own cultivation. It was a relatively peaceful life. Kayden sensed no imminent threats nearby, and Achilles had truly chosen an excellent world for them to settle on.

Kayden’s strength grew at a surreal pace. He had never advanced so rapidly before. New thoughts began to surface in his mind: What was his true limit? How could he break through it? Who, or what was limiting his power? These questions had no clear answers, and it didn’t seem like he’d uncover them anytime soon.

Kayden’s mind reached such a degree of perfection that he could divide his attention among multiple points without compromising the quality of any task. He was capable of cleansing Felix’s and Achilles’ souls from a distance, without even needing to approach them. Beyond this, he spent a considerable amount of time observing ordinary mortals. Many insights and related ideas emerged seemingly out of nowhere during these moments.

Kayden lent a hand to a few individuals, performing soul cleansings and pulling strings here and there. He sought to nurture people who could surpass conventional measures, individuals who might inspire him to overcome the barriers he found perplexing. Yet, these were merely backup plans; most of Kayden’s attention remained focused on his oultivation. He devoted only 20% of his mental capacity to other tasks.

In the blink of an eye, several centuries passed. Kayden once again ascended to an entirely new level of power. Moreover, he was inching closer each day to understanding the Law of Time and the threads of fate. The latter, admittedly, was still far beyond his reach—he wasn’t even close to perceiving the threads. However, the Law of Time no longer seemed like an unattainable dream.

Kayden’s next challenge was to integrate this law into his path in a flawless manner. It wouldn’t be too difficult, as the Law of Space was practically a subset of the Law of Time. Similarly, the Law of Time was a subset of the Law of Space. Though they bore different names, they were essentially the same. This was a paradox only those who grasped both laws could truly comprehend.

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"It’s time, Kayden. I’m ready to consume this planet, but I’ll need a little help." Felix stood before him. The cat only sought Kayden out when something truly important arose—like the end of their stay in this world.

"What do you need?" Felix, too, had grown in strength at an astonishing rate. His understanding of himself improved with each soul session they conducted.

"One of the mages here is a ninth-ray mage, and I’m not sure I could defeat him in a battle—especially with my laws in such disarray." Kayden immediately understood whom Felix was referring to.

There were dozens of ninth-ray mages on this planet, its size being utterly massive. However, the true leader among them was a ninth-ray mage whose mastery over the Laws of Fire was nearly perfect. He existed on a completely different level from the other mages. Kayden simply nodded at Felix.

In an instant, he consumed the space between the void and reality—a realm where his actions would bear no consequences. The amount of mana that surged toward him was utterly insane. Kayden condensed all of it into a single ray—a ray that transcended anything a mortal should be capable of creating. The void fractured under the sheer pressure of the ray, its cracks spreading like spiderwebs. Even time itself distorted and flowed strangely around him.

The power of this attack was felt by every mage on the planet. Even those incapable of extending their spiritual senses could detect an absolute peak of mana in a specific direction. In moments like these, ignorance was truly a blessing. All the ninth-ray mages fell into despair, fully grasping the weight of such an attack—something no mortal should wield.

Kayden’s ray struck the ninth-ray mage in an instant. The mage had no time to react before he was utterly annihilated. The ray then continued toward the planet’s core, piercing through millions of kilometers as though slicing through butter. Its force was so immense that the planet’s orbit shifted entirely. Fortunately, no one would realize this, as Felix began his work.