Genius Noble With System-Chapter 465: Return

It wasn't just as simple as they felt the power; it was annihilation and pure destruction of the world. The black hole continued to expand rapidly, and seeing this transcendent and supreme-level being, they were horrified, as it could destroy the entire Empyrean Sword realm at this rate.

"Stop it—now!!"

A Supreme shouted as he abandoned his battle, tearing through space toward the expanding abyss. One after another, transcendents and supremes disengaged, ignoring enemies,

Dozens of terrifying figures arrived near the black hole. They unleashed everything—world-sealing formations, supreme power, transcendent rules, spatial anchors, and temporal chains.

"Seal the space!"

"Stabilise the rules!"

"Bind it—don't let it expand!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

One after another they made their move to stop the black hole's expansion, but even with the help of dozens of supreme and hundreds of transcendents, they only managed to hold it for one hundredth of a second.

Crack! Crack!

The moment it breaks through, everyone's expression changed as if they cannot stop it; then the entire Empyrean Sword realm will be destroyed.

But just as they felt despair, the void split apart. A figure stepped out.

Sword Sovereign.

He appeared directly above the black hole, his robes fluttering violently as terrifying gravitational force tried to tear him apart. Space twisted. Time distorted. Even light bent unnaturally around the abyss below him.

Yet—

He stood unmoved.

"Sccch."

A soft sound escaped his lips—almost a sigh.

Then—

The world erupted.

A sea of sword energy poured forth from him, endless and boundless, like a celestial ocean pouring down from the heavens. It was not violent nor chaotic. It was absolute—pure sword intent refined to its ultimate form.

The sword energy enveloped the black hole.

Layer after layer.

Like an indestructible cage forged from rules themselves. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

The cage closed.

Boom!

The black hole slammed violently against its prison, releasing shockwaves capable of shattering realms—but this time, it could not expand.

The cage held firm. Silence descended as they looked at the figure standing high above with reverence and relief.

And they were saved by the mighty Sword sovereign. The other two sovereigns of the empyrean sword realm also appeared and looked at the suppressed black hole with a surprised expression.

Its power was really terrifying; they can still feel its power. Even for two of them combined, it wouldn't be easy to stop it. But thankfully they have the Sword Sovereign; otherwise, most of the empyrean sword realm would be done for.

Sword Sovereign calmly looked at the empty domain that was destroyed by the black hole, especially the land of Sword Tomb.

Nothing remained.

No mountains.

No ruins.

Not even residual spatial fluctuations.

It was as if that land had never existed.

He extended his spiritual senses, probing layer after layer of space, tracing causality backward, searching even the faintest remnant of life.

But there was nothing.

No heartbeat. No soul fluctuation.

"…Gone?"

His brows furrowed slightly.

He could not determine whether Apollo had survived, nor could he sense the ancient sword that had just awakened the will of the world. Everything related to them seemed to have been completely erased.

That uncertainty weighed on him.

But then he thought of the mysteriousness of Apollo and how he travelled to this time period and felt he really easily wasn't going to die.

He then looked at the abyssal transcendents who survived and were still in the empyrean sword realm.

Sword Sovereign spoke a single word:

"Die."

Boom.

In that instant, the heavens opened.

Millions upon millions of sword energies descended—each strand sharp enough to obliterate the void itself. They did not roar. They did not hesitate.

They simply fell.

Like judgement.

Across the entire realm, Abyssal beings were pierced where they stood. Monsters, soldiers, transcendents, supremes—none were spared. Defensive domains shattered. Corrosive laws collapsed. Shadow and darkness were torn apart as if they had never existed.

Screams barely had time to form.

Within mere seconds, the purge began—

And ended.

The Abyssal army was completely annihilated. Not a single invader remained within the Empyrean Sword Realm.

A silence so deep it felt as though the world itself was holding its breath.

Sword Sovereign stood in the void, sword rules fading like a calm tide after a storm.

The war was over.

In the chaotic void turbulence of space-time, Apollo's figure was floating. As expected by Sword Sovereign, he was alive, but it seemed he was heavily injured, with the ancient sword floating right above him, radiating mysterious energy which seemed to be protecting him.

But he seemed to be quite heavily wounded and lost consciousness and could not see or understand what was happening.

While he was unconscious, the system voice rang in his mind.

[Chapter Two- First Sword]

[Completed]

[Objective – Find the severed origin of the universe]

[Completed]

[Reward is being calculated...]

[Returning to the original timeline…]

As the final line faded, the turbulence around Apollo began to shift.

Space folded. Time reversed its flow. Causality rewove itself.

The ancient sword trembled once—softly.

And then, Apollo's figure was swallowed by a collapsing point of light, vanishing from this era entirely, leaving behind nothing but silent space-time… and a legend that would echo across ages.

Apollo's body fell through the space–time portal and finally crashed into an unknown land. He remained unconscious for an unknown number of days; he didn't know anything that had just happened. His mind, soul and body seemed to be undergoing a mysterious transformation.

Invisible runes flickered faintly across his skin before fading away. Deep within his soul sea, fragments of profound comprehension stirred—echoes of sword rules, numerous universal rules, and truths too vast to be grasped all at once.

The world within him was transforming and expanding at a rapid rate; his aura seemed to be rising steadily. It appeared he seemed to be merging with laws and rules of the universe.

Days passed; he still remained unconscious, but all the wounds on his body seemed to have perfectly healed, and the aura around him had turned ethereal.

Then—

His eyelashes trembled.

Apollo opened his eyes.

Boom.

For a single heartbeat, his aura surged skyward, climbing to a terrifying degree before he could restrain it. Invisible pressure swept outward like a tidal wave, causing the entire God Ruins to tremble violently.