**'Abyssal Sovereign: The Demon's Dominion'**

Chapter 524: Chapter 523: The Path for Void

Void’s aura settled at the Quasi High Rank 4 Realm.

Another breakthrough from the Quasi Middle Rank 4 Realm.

And this was only because he had managed to understand a mere glimpse of what Rules truly were.

Everything...

Went back to the beginning.

Based on everything Void had grown up with as a demon, Rank 0 was the stage of body construction.

Their raw strength became stronger and stronger until, at the end, their bodies were durable enough to survive most of the greatest weapons created by mortals.

The goal was to build a body capable of wielding the intense Elements that existed in the present age.

This marked the breakthrough into Rank 1.

But this was merely the beginning.

The so-called Elements were still diluted.

Their true prowess had yet to be revealed.

Each Element was like polluted air.

Still breathable...

Yet capable of causing severe damage over time.

Then, to break through to Rank 2, one had to master their chosen Element to the peak of perfection.

Only then could they advance.

To grow stronger within Rank 2, one had to study and master additional Elements one after another.

The more Elements one understood, the stronger they became, since their power was essentially multiplied with every Element they successfully mastered.

However, to break through to Rank 3, one would finally realize the true purpose of studying multiple Elements.

It was never merely about becoming stronger.

It was preparation.

Because every Law was born from the combination of multiple Elements.

Take the Law of Fire, for example.

It required combustion.

It required heat.

It required wind.

Together...

They formed fire.

Yet that was only one possible path.

One could create a fire capable of burning beneath the ocean by incorporating the Element of Water.

In fact...

It could become a completely unique flame that required water in order to burn.

That...

Was the beauty of Laws.

Every Law resembled an Element.

Yet every Law was also completely different depending on who cultivated it and which Elements they had perfected during Rank 2.

Some possessed a Law of Fire that burned karma itself.

Others possessed a Law of Fire capable of burning the soul.

And countless other variations existed.

It was one’s knowledge...

One’s experiences...

That ultimately gave birth to their Laws and determined what kind of Law they would wield.

Even in nature...

Water flowed gently like a calm stream.

Yet at other times...

It raged like an unstoppable storm.

Sometimes...

It rose as a tsunami capable of destroying entire civilizations.

Water nurtured life.

It saved lives.

Yet it also destroyed them.

Your Law of Water depended entirely upon your own understanding.

That was when one began to realize...

Nothing truly existed in isolation.

Everything began from singularity.

Then merged together.

Each merger creating a power far greater than the sum of its parts.

Only then could one step into Rank 3.

One shattered their Fate and merged with their past, present, and future selves.

This was known as taking hold of one’s own destiny.

One was no longer merely another insignificant grain of sand within the grand system.

At Rank 3, one could command...

Interfere with...

Or even destroy an entire universe containing quintillions of lives.

Such power came solely from one’s understanding of Laws.

At this point, one had already begun touching the very core of existence.

Then, to break through to Rank 4, just as before, one had to combine those Laws into a single Origin.

Their true singularity.

Origins existed on an entirely different level from Laws.

They were the very foundation upon which everything was built.

That was also why Rank 4 beings could rarely be killed.

They could only be sealed.

As long as the concept of fire continued to exist...

As long as sparks still flew...

As long as wood continued to burn...

Then Fire itself would never truly become extinct.

That...

Was the meaning of an Origin.

This was the cultivation system Void had grown up with.

This was the foundation upon which demons, angels, and countless higher races built their strength.

But now...

After touching a power that existed on an even higher level...

Void realized something.

This was not the only path.

Countless years had passed since his birth.

How many different power systems had he witnessed?

Cultivation.

The SCP worlds.

The Magi system.

Worlds where strength came from rare materials.

Worlds where power was something one was simply born with.

And countless others.

Within each of those systems...

The very foundations of power were completely different.

Void had witnessed bizarre phenomena.

Creatures capable of wielding Laws despite their bodies remaining at Rank 0.

Beings whose strength rivaled Rank 3 entities...

Yet possessed neither Laws nor Elements.

To the cultivation system Void had always known...

These were anomalies.

Without a doubt...

The cultivation system of the demons and angels was incredibly complete.

Its countless weaknesses had long since been corrected through endless generations of refinement.

Other races depended upon limited resources.

The demon race required souls.

The angels required Divinity.

Neither of those resources could truly be exhausted.

Their cultivation systems had evolved to perfectly suit their own races.

"But..."

"What if..."

Void muttered as his eyes glowed.

The energy of Rules slowly appeared before him.

The instant it manifested...

The black holes...

The giant stars...

The flowing universes...

All converged around it.

They seemed to become even stronger.

Void could even perceive faint signs of life beginning to emerge within them.

Even the endlessly exploding and collapsing multiverses gradually came to a halt.

The countless parallel dimensions slowly stabilized.

Void took a deep breath.

Rules are not singular concepts like the Law of Light or the Law of Death.

No.

Rules are the combination of everything.

At the beginning, one builds knowledge through Elements.

Those Elements are combined to form Laws.

Those Laws are then combined to form Origins.

Now...

Everything has fused into one.

That...

Is Rules.

And from Rules, one can bring forth whatever singularity they desire.

From Rules, Void could simply say,

"Be gone, Zeus."

And with those words alone...

The universe would rewind.

Laws would tremble.

Origins would move.

Everything would rearrange itself to ensure that this single sentence became reality.

"Be gone, Zeus."

And Zeus would fall.

He would die.

Not through brute force...

But because reality itself would work toward that outcome.

Unlike directly destroying the world...

The world itself would continue to function.

Nothing else would be affected except Zeus.

Only Zeus would die.

Another would eventually replace him.

And the world would continue to exist as though nothing had happened.

That...

Was the power of Rules.

Everything spoken became truth.

Existence itself moved to fulfill it.

In fact, with Rules, one no longer needed to fight.

Anything beneath one’s level could no longer even interact with them.

No attack.

No ability.

No power.

Nothing except another Rule could reach them.

That...

Was what Rules truly were.

The ultimate ceiling of what could be called power.

And Void had studied them.

Not to perfection...

But he had gained a rudimentary understanding.

Then...

Void slowly opened his eyes.

If Rules were the final outcome of every Origin...

If Origins were born from every Law...

If Laws were born from every Element...

Then...

What would be the outcome of every power system combined?

If, by chance, Void could study every power system that existed...

From the weakest low-fantasy world...

To the highest fantasy realms...

Then merge all of them together...

What would he create?

What kind of existence would he become?

At this moment...

Void possessed the means to accomplish such a feat.

He could create clones.

He could continue growing stronger as a demon.

And after millions of years...

Could he fundamentally merge every clone back into himself and create something that had never before existed?

He had already done so with Kai in the Immortal World.

He had done it again with Osiris in the Magi World.

So what if...

Regardless of the path...

Regardless of the cultivation system...

For every branch of power...

For every mutation of that system...

There existed a Void clone studying it.

Then, at the very end...

When every clone returned...

When every path merged into one...

What would he become?

What...

Would Void ultimately turn into?

"This..."

"This is my path."

Void spoke calmly.

Everything around him dissolved into nothingness.

Only the Rules remained.

After countless years...

Void had finally discovered the path that could lead him beyond existence itself.