The Monarch-Chapter 553: A fundamental law

Kayden teleported for only a few seconds before arriving at the center of the planet. There, a single city existed—a place where only the elite of the elite resided. The houses were nothing less than mansions adorned with unimaginable riches. Slaves were everywhere, and there were no lower-class residents in this city. Even the "poorest" individuals here were interplanetary business owners. This was where the truly powerful ruled.

As soon as Kayden appeared in the skies, he released his aura for all the mages to sense.

There was no need for a second glance for them to realize Kayden was far beyond their levels. He was someone capable of challenging a zone leader, and with the demigod of this zone still absent...

"My greetings to the new King," said the first mage to ascend and greet Kayden. He was an old man with a cunning appearance, his strength at nine rays in the ninth realm. He seemed like someone who had survived eras through sheer cleverness.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Kayden Heart. I am the new owner of this zone. This is my second-in-command, who will organize everything from now on," Kayden announced, pointing to Thoth before vanishing, leaving the man alone to handle all the problems.

Kayden cared little for the development of this zone. He wouldn’t waste a single second beyond what was necessary at this point. Thoth should be more than capable of resolving all the issues on his own—after all, he was one of the greatest monsters to have ever existed.

While Kayden sought a secluded place to train and process all he had learned from his last battle, the universe was thrown into chaos with the news of the Fire Demigod’s death. The demigod had been considered one of the strongest mid-level demigods in this universe, and learning that he had been obliterated effortlessly by a mage who wasn’t even a demigod elevated Kayden’s fame even further. Old stories of his past deeds began to resurface.

Kayden’s reputation, already immense, now reached every zone, from the weakest to the strongest. Tales of how he had defeated a Lich in the Infinite Tower, destroyed planets as if they were nothing, and effortlessly driven away demigods, began to circulate. Stories also emerged of mages he had raised from obscurity to prominence.

Just as Kayden had appeared out of nowhere, he vanished just as suddenly. For millennia, not a single mage could trace his whereabouts. Meanwhile, Thoth continued managing the entire zone as if it were a colossal chessboard. The mage was truly a monster who should have been barred from participating in universal events. When incomplete law stones began to appear, Thoth intercepted every single one, placing them in the hands of individuals he had chosen from the beginning.

The original mages of this zone were quickly absorbed by Thoth—at least, those with true strength. The weaker ones were cast aside or, in the worst cases, eliminated to avoid hindering the mage’s plans. The zone’s resources and assets were redistributed in a way that created periods of extreme scarcity followed by slight relief, cycling between depletion and progress without pause.

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The universe began to grow in strength once more. More law stones started to emerge, to the point where they became almost common, with a few appearing each year. This gave rise to mages capable of unimaginable feats, born uncontrollably. The zones where these laws manifested turned into chaotic battlegrounds, with invaders from multiple zones attempting to recruit mages and capture the stones. None of the zone kings could withstand the invasions of dozens of beings at their level and were forced to accept them in frustration.

Kayden’s zone was also invaded, but on a much smaller scale. Few wanted to waste resources on secondary laws. Furthermore, Thoth managed to eliminate tens of thousands of invaders annually using his cunning strategies. This turned his zone into a forgotten and avoided territory for those with intelligence, leading to absurdly accelerated growth among its inhabitants.

One day, Kayden felt he had taken the first step toward truly comprehending the Law of Balance. In that moment, he could feel it entirely and understand its effects on the system around him. It was insane to think he had been a mere ignorant fool until then.

Kayden laughed at himself; in the past, he had only forced the law to act by increasing imbalance.

The Law of Balance, to Kayden, was not just an invisible force maintaining harmony in the universe. It was a living pulse, a constant frequency traversing everything, from the smallest particles to the largest cosmic structures. He could feel it as a perfect rhythm, interconnecting matter, energy, and time in an infinite dance of balance and counterbalance. Every deviation, every excess or deficiency, resonated as dissonance in his expanded perception.

Kayden could see the fabric of the universe adjusting itself, correcting each small anomaly, driven by this inexorable force. He felt the flows of energy and matter around him, converging and diverging in patterns that once seemed chaotic but now made absolute sense. It was as if the universe whispered to his soul, revealing that balance was neither the starting point nor the destination, but the path itself.

Using the crown on his head, he could truly feel all of this. It was insane to witness how mana and the mages’ power were distributed in perfect balance. There were no lions living among lambs; the universe practically pushed the lions toward death or onto the next stage of their lives after a while. The space was entirely stable—not even a single centimeter in the entire universe could escape the Law of Balance.

Kayden grew deeply contemplative after this revelation, halting all his plans as he studied what he had learned. Slowly, the truth dawned on him: the Law of Balance was far more than a composite law of 100 laws. In fact, it likely encompassed millions of laws.

This realization was utterly terrifying, as the Law of Balance was a law far above the ordinary ones—something Kayden had never encountered in his entire life.

Author’s note: Closing another year, thank you to everyone who accompanied me during this period, we went from a novel with just a few readers to thousands, this was one of the worst years of my life in moments, I ended a traumatic relationship, had injuries at the gym, illnesses, I almost went blind, I lost family members and friends, but even so it was the year in which I grew the most as a person, that’s why I would call it the best year of my life in the same way, thank you for being part of it, a happy new year, late or early, to you all.