The Monarch-Chapter 524: Another planet

While all the planet’s mages descended into madness, trying to understand exactly what had just happened, something far worse began to unfold. They could feel the planet’s very death, and everyone there knew who the being that had arrived was.

"The Devourer of Worlds." As soon as the realization hit, panic ensued. Everyone began running for their lives. Some fled the planet immediately without a second thought, while others used ships to escape. However, the majority of the people couldn’t manage to leave the planet in time.

Slowly, Felix began to consume everything. Mountains, cities, nothing escaped his hunger. It was astonishing to Kayden, even though this was the second time he had witnessed it. It was literally a world millions and millions of kilometers in size, yet the cat was devouring it as if it were nothing.

It took only a few minutes, but in the end, everything was gone—people, civilizations—Felix had consumed absolutely everything within this environment. The trio continued their journey, and once again, Achilles led them directly to another large planet, one with even fewer connections to the real universe. This one was even more powerful than the previous, home to two ninth-ray mages. However, they were old—likely fugitive mages who simply wished to remain anonymous for the rest of their lives.

This was a common scenario. Many mages spent their entire lives in battle, reaching the top of the universe—not the absolute peak, because those who reached that point would never abandon the pursuit of power. But a minority reached the "false top" of the universe, becoming weary and choosing to retire. Their reasons were often shallow, their talents or resources had carried them to the top, and this created a fragile mentality.

"This planet is far larger than the others. How is that even possible?" Kayden was stunned to see that this planet was literally a billion kilometers in diameter. That was an absolutely ridiculous figure. Not even his class S planet had such a size. The basic laws of the universe shouldn’t allow something like this to exist on its own. Its gravity, combined with the accumulation of gases, should have turned it into a star.

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This planet defies all known laws of physics. With an astounding diameter of a billion kilometers, it is so colossal that its gravity should crush everything around it and collapse into a star or black hole. Its atmosphere consists of endless layers of exotic gases, some of which are unknown to science, glowing with intense auroras in colors never before seen. The surface—if it can even be called that—is a floating mass of giant continents and oceans of liquid plasma, seemingly defying logic by staying cohesive. Dust rings, fragmented moons, and even micro-planets orbit within its immense gravitational influence. It is a cosmic enigma, as if some higher entity had shaped something that should never have existed—an intentional flaw in the fabric of the universe.

"This planet was made by a god. Its foundation is far superior to anything I’ve consumed so far, Kayden... it will take me tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of years, to understand the foundation of this world before I can consume it." Felix was thrilled, his tail swishing with visible excitement.

"Alright, I’ll find a place to stay. My senses can’t cover the entire planet, so if you two go too far, you’ll be completely alone." Kayden didn’t take long to find an immense canyon filled with an absurd amount of mana.

The two nodded, and Kayden quickly scanned the entire planet with a few space jumps. He confirmed that there were no high-level mages beyond the two of them—at least not in the ninth realm. There were some ninth-ray mages in lower realms, but this was truly a god’s planet. The concentration of geniuses was far beyond the norm.

Time began to pass at an accelerated rate. In the blink of an eye, the first millennia had passed. Kayden’s power continued to increase without pause, like a black hole accumulating everything in its path. There were no limits. All he needed to do was sit and cultivate, and everything would come to him naturally, without difficulty. His sixth sense was becoming something terrifying.

One hobby Kayden had picked up was interfering with his environment. He often ended up creating small monsters and altering the souls around him. His subtle actions caused the region to begin evolving at a pace far greater than the rest of the world. Whether in terms of mages or resources, practically everything was developing at an accelerated rate.

Felix’s soul was now completely cleansed. Kayden had done an excellent job with him, and it took only a few centuries for the cat to have a pure soul—at least pure enough that it wouldn’t affect his future in any way. Kayden could have further cleansed Felix’s soul, but unfortunately, Felix hadn’t developed the mentality needed to handle the weight of having just one life in his soul. Kayden could have placed his memories and experiences, as he’d done with other mages, but that would have drastically reduced Felix’s chances of becoming a god.

As for Achilles... his soul was proving to be a true challenge for Kayden. The laws of time were embedded within the man’s body. His soul was a blend of fragments of the law of time and a shard of truth. These weren’t incomplete laws. Achilles possessed the true and only law of time-integrated within himself. This realization was completely insane to Kayden. It was extremely difficult for him to alter this soul, as most of it was something he had no idea how to work with. It was one of the most profound experiences he’d had in recent times. This kind of training allowed him to progress rapidly in his study of time.

Kayden was currently the most talented person in the entire universe, he had no doubt about that, perhaps there were people with a talent superior to his in some specific area, but only people at the level of Zeus would be capable of something like that, the rest would not be able to match Kayden’s talent in any area of ​​their lives.