The Monarch-Chapter 599: Aquiles[3]

"Congratulations on becoming a complete soul." Achilles took 250 million years with Kayden helping him every single day without a second of pause to stabilize his soul.

"Solitude will accompany every second of your life, like a shadow in your mind at all times. Nothing will alleviate this burden. You will have to learn to deal with it, or you will end up killing yourself in a few years." Kayden’s words were like a punch to Achilles’ mind.

Only the two of them could truly understand the real weight of Kayden’s words. It was an experience that could not be put into words—only those who had gone through it could comprehend the true burden of having killed their own soulmate.

"I want to be alone for a while, Master Kayden." Achilles could not respond properly to Kayden while processing everything he had done. Kayden respected him and simply vanished into the universe. Achilles would seek him out in his own time.

Achilles’ mind was in complete chaos as he finally had to deal with the weight of his actions alone. His soul was already perfectly balanced after so many years of being restored by Kayden. Now, his only problem was the rational part of his mind—but that was something Kayden could not help him with.

Achilles was a unique mage across all timelines and universes. Manipulating time was not difficult, but manipulating fate was incredibly hard—rarer even than mages capable of manipulating souls. In the entire universe where Kayden resided, Achilles was the only true fate manipulator. The rest were nothing but charlatans.

The man had known from the beginning that this was the only path that would lead him to a level of greatness far beyond all other mages. He had seen countless timelines. He had seen himself becoming a god—not only that, but conquering entire universes. However, there was one undefined timeline.

That specific timeline could elevate him to a level far superior to all others, yet it could also end in just a few years. Destinies without a clear path were the most dangerous of all, as they meant that beings existed who could influence the threads of fate—either due to their abnormal power or because they were fate manipulators.

In this particular universe, there were only a few beings in the first category and only Achilles in the second. He knew it was only a matter of time before he dominated this universe—at least in all the timelines where certain specific mages perished. In the timeline he had chosen, however, that ending did not exist.

Achilles’ mind was a mess for thousands of years. He was merely trying to learn how to cope with the loss of his soulmate. Kayden had not felt something so intense due to his inexplicable mentality, but Achilles was special only in terms of strength—his mind was not an impenetrable wall.

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The weight of losing a soulmate was completely insane. Of all possible challenges in existence, it was the greatest. Even becoming a ten-ray mage was not something that could compare. But in the end, Achilles felt that it had been worth it. His talent... had simply reached a level he had never even dreamed of.

He could now see the threads of fate with terrifying ease. At this moment, he could alter destiny with just a few movements. In the past, he had to sit down and think carefully about which path to take. Now, it was just a matter of seeing and doing. Not only that, but his strength had grown more than tenfold without any difficulty, and his spiritual sense had tripled in size without any effort on his part.

Beyond all the power Achilles had gained, the most significant factor was his talent. Learning laws and concepts had become immensely easier. What used to take millions of years now took, at most, a few tens of thousands. It was an insane increase. Achilles was able to recognize flaws in his foundation within seconds and fix them as if they were nothing.

"Kayden?" Achilles once again entered the boy’s domain after a long time. For Kayden, nothing had changed. He simply continued cultivating.

"Did you manage to stabilize your mind?" Kayden got straight to the point, but he didn’t need to be particularly perceptive to see that the boy had succeeded. The universe would witness the birth of another monster in the coming years.

"Yes, perfectly. Thank you for your help. I will repay my part after the Great Gods’ Event. I believe that from this moment on, the universe will become useless to me." Kayden simply nodded. He was in no hurry to leave this place. Even though the environment limited him, he still had much to evolve.

Time passed, and the universe continued to grow stronger at an accelerated rate. Most mages supported by the gods were skyrocketing in power at an absurd pace. Some ten-ray mages were born during this period of the universe’s expansion. All of them were mages beyond the ordinary, much stronger than their predecessors.

Knowledge became more accessible over time. Mages were able to experience greater growth during this era. It was ironic that the universe’s average level had reached the Ninth Realm. Most mages had not realized how fundamentally wrong this was—only Kayden and a few other beings could understand what was happening.

The gods were manipulating the laws to such an extent that the universe was exhausting its own lifespan to sustain a level of development that should not have been possible. The universe’s foundation being at the peak of the Ninth Realm was not natural. The Law of Balance had been completely distorted throughout the universe. But Kayden could do nothing to stop it, nor even comprehend it, for it was not an ordinary law that was warping everything—it was something he could not yet understand.

As the middle level became the peak of the ninth realm there were no great battles of strength, in fact at that time talent was the main characteristic of strong magicians, the amount of lightning was the biggest factor for power struggles.