Catherine's mouth opened in terror, her violet eyes wide with panic. She wanted to scream, to command her puppet, to unleash one last desperate attack-but she never had the chance.
Cain's sword flashed forward with impossible speed, severing her at the waist and taking her right hand in the sa stroke. The space ring on her finger, heavy with treasures and tools, was torn away as easily as plucking a leaf from a tree. In the sa breath, Cain ripped her body out of the Titan Puppet's chest, wrenching her free from the
monstrous construct.
She tried to cry out, but no sound ca. Cain's clawed hand clamped over her face with such crushing force that not even a whimper escaped. Then his aura surged, rising higher and higher until the air itself trembled, twisting violently around him.
At the core of his chest, the Third Astral Black Hole ignited.
A devouring power burst forth-an abyss of twisted gravity and annihilation. Space-ti itself warped as its pull latched onto Catherine's broken body. She struggled, but her agony was too great. Her severed essence was too weak. With a final look of disbelief, the Puppetmaster was consud whole, swallowed by the black vortex. "RUMBLE!"
The mont Catherine's existence was sealed inside his Third Astral Black Hole, Cain's aura erupted like a volcanic storm. His energy spiked, flooding every corner of his being. Muscles bulged, bones cracked and reforged, every cell in his body burning with transcendent tamorphosis.
This was no ordinary power-up. This was evolution-the sacred transformation from a Prima Deity Neo-Demon into an ArchDeity Neo-Demon.
Cain's grin widened. He could feel it-his entire existence surging
forward, higher and higher. His skin glowed with scarlet radiance, and then it ca: a vast, cosmic spiderweb of light manifesting around him.
Three thousand threads of cosmic energy blazed to life, weaving a lattice across the heavens. This was the Crimson World Matrix itself- the rules that forged the truth of this reality. And it was answering Cain's ascension, reshaping his essence as he devoured Catherine's power.
By sealing her into his Astral Black Hole, Cain had inherited not only her body and soul but also her Oniric Truths.
One of the three thousand Core Truths lit up with unimaginable brilliance. Tendrils of energy lashed out from it, piercing into Cain's body, threading through his soul, fusing with his True Na. Then another Truth awakened. And then a third.
Catherine had been no ordinary Late ArchDeity. Through millions of years of cultivation, she had elevated three of her Oniric Truths to perfect comprehension-100% mastery. Now, all of them belonged to the Scarlet King.
Cain trembled, his face alight with rapture. His True Na, Reaper Vorax Imperator, already nurtured in the Nine Empyrean Suns Universe and tempered by Primarch of Conquest Leviathan's ascension, now roared with even greater might. With the infusion of these new truths, it beca a force of unparalleled authority.
For long minutes, the Crimson World Matrix flooded Cain's True Na with nurturing power. Only after the vast energy finally receded did silence fall once more. Cain hovered high above the battlefield, cloaked in crimson fire, sovereign and absolute.
He opened his eyes slowly, golden light spilling from them like divine dawn. His chest rose and fell as he inhaled deeply, steadying the storm still surging inside him. Then he sent a single command, his voice low but firm.
"Supercomputer Assistant. Scan ."
The response ca instantly, tallic and cold, echoing inside his mind.
[Host scan completed.
Na: Cain Laurifer
Race: Neo-Demon
Cultivation: Third Astral Black Hole Neo-Demon (Early ArchDeity) (1) / Divine Kingdom Level 43 (Early ArchDeity)
-- STATS --
Strength: 34.2 50.1
Agility: 26.2 40.1
Vitality: 30.0
48.8
Neo-Demon Aura: 40.1 62.0
Soul Force: 34.4 60.1
-- CORE ONIRIC TRUTHS --
Gluttony: 100%
Dominion: 100%
Bloodline: 100%
Viral Will: 100%
Symbiotic Ascendancy: 100%
--ONIRIC TRUTHS --
Spirit Force: 100%]
Cain's smile widened as he digested the data. His physical stats had skyrocketed with the awakening of his Third Astral Black Hole, but numbers weren't what made his heart thunder with exhilaration.
It was the new Oniric Truths.
The reason Catherine had been his chosen prey wasn't rely her strength-it was her mastery of Viral Will and Symbiotic Ascendancy, two truths that ford the backbone of Cain's Imperium Dream. And now, they were his. Forever part of his soul, etched into the essence of his True Na.
The power of the Imperium roared through him, ascending to a level it had never before reached. Cain's blood burned with anticipation. He wanted to test it. He wanted to unleash it.
His golden eyes turned toward ylin.
While he ascended, she had been standing vigil, her aura stretched across the battlefield, guarding against intruders. The mont his gaze fell on her, she moved-flying to him, landing silently before him, her eyes calm but shining.
Cain exhaled slowly. A rare tenderness softened his face as he raised a hand and placed it gently atop her head.
Then his soul stirred.
Fragnts of his essence-slivers of ego, sparks of will, streams of his soul, and even particles of his True Na-broke free, glowing like starlight as they entered ylin's Soul Dinsion.
For anyone else, such an act would have been suicide. To rip away
parts of one's True Na was like tearing out one's own heart and gifting it to another. Normally, this would cripple both giver and
receiver.
But Cain was no ordinary being. With the Oniric Truth of Viral Will, his Imperium Dream allowed him to do the impossible. ylin, in turn, lowered her defenses fully, opening her soul to him. She allowed every fragnt of Cain's essence to flow into her without resistance. Piece by piece, his essence gathered within her Soul Dinsion, condensing, glowing brighter and brighter until it ignited into form.
A Scarlet Sun.
It blazed brilliantly, a radiant sphere of pure willpower and soul force, hovering at the core of ylin's existence. The sun imdiately strengthened her mind, shoring up her spiritual defenses, reinforcing her will. But that was only the beginning. What ca next was the truly amazing part.
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