Abyssal Sovereign: The Demon's Dominion-Chapter 179 - 178: Domain of reality: undisputed words

With the rising aura of Void, a vast battlefield was conjured into existence. It felt hauntingly real—like a Shura battleground soaked in the essence of endless war and death. A place where countless lives had perished.

"What... is this?" Kai asked, visibly shaken.

Void grinned. "A conjured reality. Even after I leave, and you disappear, as long as I don't destroy it, it will persist—until this entire universe is erased."

"Wait, what...?" Kai's eyes twitched in disbelief.

"A being of my realm... You can't fathom it, no matter how much you imagine. What I can do is something you'll never fully grasp... not until you reach this level." Void's tone was calm, almost lamenting.

To an outsider, it might sound like arrogance or bluffing—an overwhelming display meant to intimidate. But that wasn't the case.

Even Void himself struggled to fully comprehend his own abilities. No one had ever pushed him far enough to test his true limits.

"I see," Kai said softly, a faint smile tugging at his lips.

He stared at the conjured battlefield. Just one glance, and he could see gods falling. Wars that raged from the divine realm to the mortal plane. Beings with terrifying auras emerged and perished. Weapons radiating immense power—ranging from Rank 2 to the peak—scattered across the landscape.

Any being who entered this place would be plagued by visions. The surroundings—a dim, dark red sky, a crimson sun, and a suffocating desolation—invoked dread.

The history of this place would be written by one's imagination. Is this what it means to create a reality? Is Void showing me how to master my law?

Kai knew—at Quasi-Rank 3, there was a power tethered to him. That's what allowed him to create his own form of reality. Of course, any Quasi-Rank 3 could bend reality... but creating one like this? That required alignment with the Law of Reality itself.

Only true Rank 3 beings could naturally forge realities. And Void had done just that.

"Void," Kai called gently.

"Oh? What is it?" Void replied, eyes narrowing as Kai's aura began to rise.

Kai didn't flinch. He simply grinned.

"My half-law is Reality. I can bend it, twist it, rewrite it. Lies become truth at my will."

"Anything I speak becomes law. There is no falsehood—no wrong. Only my words. My will. Etched into eternity."

"Welcome... to my Domain."

"Domain of Reality – Undisputed Words."

As those words fell, a terrifying forbearance descended. Void's brow furrowed slightly.

It was as if a great cosmic presence had come to ensure that everything Kai said would become real.

Void felt the fabric of space shift. Suddenly, he stood within an endless expanse—a different plane altogether.

"A fascinating clone... Show me what the Law of Reality is truly about," Void said, arms folded, grinning with excitement.

"As you wish," Kai replied, inhaling deeply.

A chilling silence fell before his voice echoed—calm and terrifying.

"In my reality... you are weaker than me."

Instantly, Void's aura dropped—falling to Peak Rank 2.

"Hahaha... Really? You think that just because I'm stuck at Peak Rank 2, you stand a chance?"

Void vanished and appeared in front of Kai.

BOOM!

A punch landed—or so he thought. His fist stopped an inch from Kai's face.

"Invincible in your own reality?" Void muttered, looking around.

The space had changed again. No longer empty... but now a hollow world shaped entirely by Kai's will.

"Clone or not... I am me, and you are you. If I were you, I'd be like you. But I'm not. I'm Kai—the devil who slaughtered the immortal realm, and the god who created it."

"I will shape everything as I see fit. Bend reality. Turn falsehood into truth."

Kai's eyes burned with shadow as he looked at Void like he was nothing more than a jester.

"Well, what can I say... I'm impressed," Void grinned, as Kai let out a cold laugh.

BOOM!

Void was flung backward—unharmed, of course. Despite being suppressed to Peak Rank 2, his physical form remained that of an early Rank 3. But within Kai's domain, he couldn't exert power beyond what Kai dictated.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Space fractured and twisted. Time vanished.

Only the two of them remained moving. Everything else was frozen in the absence of time.

Void, at full strength, had already transcended time—and Kai wasn't far behind. In this realm, time held no meaning.

With its absence, speed, reaction, and thought surged endlessly. There was no past, no future—only the eternal present.

No injury could linger. No energy could be depleted.

Terrifying, wasn't it?

Boom…

Void grinned as he dodged a punch. The second layer of space shattered beneath his movement as he twisted midair, eyes glowing with quiet thrill.

"In this reality he created… he's strong. Terrifyingly strong," Void thought, sidestepping another crushing blow.

Their fight was fierce—chaotic in its silence. Void couldn't harm him. His attacks couldn't pierce the reality woven by Kai, which capped his power beneath the peak of Rank 2. But Kai couldn't hurt Void either.

Even at quasi

Rank 3, Kai was still... human. His vessel, despite its strength, was no match for Void's early Rank 3 human body—an existence far beyond the bounds of mortal evolution.

They were different.

One was still tethered to space and time. The other—Void—stood outside both.

And then there was the absence of time… something far more terrifying.

"Death," Kai uttered.

Void's body trembled—not in fear, but reaction.

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"Hahahahaha," Void chuckled, unmoved. "I have a Rank 3 body. I can't die."

Kai's foot slammed into him, sending Void skidding through broken layers of space. Still, his expression remained indifferent.

Kai stretched out his hand. A horrifying aura descended, and from between his brows, a sword emerged—sleek, dark, and tinged in crimson. It didn't gleam like steel. It flowed—liquid yet solid, like living blood.

A slash tore through existence.

The blade cut through space, reaching the top of their dimension. Void looked down. A thin white line had appeared across his chest.

He stood still.

Expression unreadable.

From the start, not a single mark had touched his flesh. Now, a white line marred the body of a Rank 3 being.

A Quasi-Rank 3 harming a Rank 3?

That wasn't just absurd. It was heretical.

The gap between them should've been unfathomable—like the distance between an ant and a god. And yet, Kai had done it. Even a hairline fracture on Void's body meant this clone… this Kai… was something else.

"That's all then…" Void murmured, voice flat. "Enough playing."

Reality shattered.

His strength surged back as he stared at Kai gently—like a father watching a child struggle with a puzzle.

Then—

The sky rippled.

What had once been stable cracked in an instant, folding like a page of forgotten lore.

Kai stepped forward. His presence didn't roar. It whispered. Reality shifted gently beneath his feet, as if existence acknowledged him with silent obedience.

Void stood unmoving.

No words exchanged.

Just a sovereign shadow staring at what should've been a lesser version of himself.

Kai's palm opened.

The air bent.

Laws fractured.

The concept of "absolute" became "negotiable."

Their eyes met—calm and unflinching.

"I will not die today," Kai said. It wasn't hope. It was truth.

Void said nothing.

Then, it began.

One step—time looped.

A second—death reversed.

A third—the battlefield reset to a state Kai desired. Every scar Void had inflicted moments ago... gone. Not healed. Undone.

Void's annihilation pulse, born of abyssal fury, hovered in the air.

Kai raised two fingers.

The pulse collapsed into nothing.

"I see," Kai whispered. "I can rewrite it."

He looked up at Void. "Not you. Not yet. But everything around you… bends."

The world agreed.

Mountains inverted. Oceans flowed upward. Stars bled backward into the void.

Still, Void did not move.

Kai raised a hand toward him.

The words were spoken like breath.

"Cease."

Void's body flickered—fragmenting into stardust, dissolving into the folded air.

Kai exhaled, lowering his hand—not in fatigue, but completion.

It was done.

Void… was gone.

Silence reigned. The world held its breath.

Kai blinked.

Then—

A voice like eternity cracked the fabric of reality.

"…Curious."

A shadow peeled itself from behind him—no sound, no warning. Just… presence.

Kai didn't turn.

He simply closed his eyes.

"You're not dead," he said.

Void stood behind him, arms behind his back, expression calm—but his gaze carried the cold, ancient edge of something that had seen too much.

"I was never in danger."

Kai turned slowly. "So you allowed it."

Void's eyes glinted. "I observed."

A pause.

"You rewrote the battlefield. Denied consequence. Bent reality to your will," Void said, stepping forward. "But all you truly achieved… was illusion—with depth."

Kai remained silent.

Watching.

Void lifted his hand.

The entire realm—everything Kai had crafted—shattered like glass.

Cracks tore through the sky.

The world screamed and folded back into the original battlefield: scarred, broken, and Void-dominated.

Everything Kai had done… erased.

Kai looked at his hands. Still calm. Still breathing.

"Then I've shown enough," he said, lowering his arms. "You won't kill me."

Void tilted his head. "No. You amuse me."

Kai raised a brow. "That's all?"

Void turned away. "You surprised me, Kai. Very few do."

A shadowy portal bloomed behind him, flickering with stars that had never existed.

He stepped into it—then paused.

"Continue evolving," Void said. "One day… your illusions may become truths I must actually acknowledge."

And then he was gone.

Kai stood alone.

Still breathing.

Still alive.

The winds picked up.

He closed his eyes for a moment.

"Void," he whispered, "you're the only truth I can't rewrite."

He opened his eyes again.

"…But perhaps—one day."

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