1854 It's Time To Leave.
Meanwhile, in the dimensional pocket, near the universal's heart, the three rulers were still discussing what occurred in the quantum realm.
"I can't believe the brat has ascended to a celestial," Amun-Ra uttered snarkily.
"It has indeed taken us by surprise." Medusa shook her head, "It seems like our initial guess of the universe consciousness trying to be reborn through him isn't too farfetched anymore."
Although the three rulers had been watching Felix's journey from the moment his soul merged with Asna's, they still couldn't believe that he had made it this far.
A feeble human, who could have gotten killed by almost everything in the universe, now, had reached the stage, where he was considered the highest authority below the universe.
Such a story was told only in legends.
"I am assuming that he has achieved this with the help of the stone of reality." Amun-Ra added, "It's the only logical explanation when considering that Asna's core remained untouched."
"I wonder why the prophecy tablet hasn't said anything about this." Medusa narrowed her eyes coldly at the prophecy table.
It was no longer showing any future predictions besides them repossessing Asna's core and the dark passage to the other side. In other words, it left them to do as they pleased.
"Whether he tries to be reborn or not, we are close to the end line." The first ruler said calmly, "After we collect Asna's core, we will use it to brute-force the universe's heart. We will reshuffle our cards then."
In simpler terms, if they ended up failing, they would start actively seeking new methods.
As for hunting Felix? They didn't know why he hadn't been sent to the eternal kingdom like them after the divine ascension, but they were certain he would not be able to step inside the matter universe.
In other words, there wasn't much they could do to him besides sending Ares to hunt him down...But, they weren't sure anymore if he could even take him down in his current state.
Although they weren't too sure about the full extent of his powers, they had seen what his black flames were capable of.
"With such celestial flames in his possession, he is capable of gathering celestial energy from breaking apart energies and matter." Amun-Ra narrowed his eyes, "We must be ready to take him down the moment he steps into the kingdom."
"That's given."
The first ruler's golden eyes gleamed icily, having no more intentions of sitting by and watching Felix run amok.
The day Felix decided to enter the kingdom, would be the day he met with the three rulers at their full strength.
Felix knew this more than anyone, which was the reason he had to perfect his preparation before making his move.
The first of his preparations was to collect as much celestial energy as possible.
...
A few days later in the quantum realm...
"It seems it's time to leave." Felix commentated with a shake of a head after being certain at last, that the quantum realm was unharvestable. for new novels
He barely gathered anything for the past few days and he had no interest in wasting more of his time.
"You have to leave a link behind, so you will return to the same place," Eris said.
"Now, he possesses some of the stone of reality's abilities and most importantly, the ability to use the black flames and deconstruct energies/matter to celestial energy." Felix smiled in satisfaction.
Felix's clone demonstrated to all by creating a black flame on top of his palm for a moment before canceling it.
"It's like you turned your own clone into a primogenitor," Apollo remarked with a fascinated tone, "Your abilities are getting more unconventional."
"It's the only way for this to work."
Felix knew that since his dragonic clone wasn't considered celestial anymore, it wouldn't be possible for it to use celestial-based abilities on its own.
Luckily, celestial abilities could be bestowed in limits, such as what happened to the primogenitors. If it wasn't for the three rulers' inscriptions, they wouldn't have been able to manipulate elements/laws...The limitation was their inability to create law-based abilities, unlike the rulers.
In Felix's case, since the clone was still linked to the main body through him, he was able to bestow upon his clone the abilities to use the celestial flames even though he wasn't considered a celestial by universal standards.
After all, Felix was able to use the black flames way before he became a celestial, and the only thing he did with the inscriptions was bestow upon it the upgrade to deconstruct.
"This should be enough." Felix dusted his hands and switched his focus to his clone again after putting his main body in a meditation position.
"Let's get going." He gestured with his forehead for Apollo and Eris while walking towards the gateway with the infinite amount of dimensional gaps.
Then, he picked a random dimensional gap and used his celestial black flames to burn off the edges. As Apollo said, the flames kept burning off the edges continuously, making it impossible for it to close down! Then, he created an invisible spiritual string linking him and his main body. This was the connection to ensure the possibility of them returning from the same dimensional gap. After all, the black flames would keep it open forever without needing the mixture.
"Bastard..."
Meanwhile, the darkside Apollo cursed him hatefully at the sight, feeling like he had gotten robbed of his dream.
The fact that his idea worked, meant that he just needed a tiny bit of those black flames and he would have already conquered the entire universe and cast it in eternal darkness.
Alas...
"Opse, sorry about that."
Apollo slapped his other sulky cheek, still having difficulty controlling both personas. If it wasn't for Felix's support, he would have already gotten overridden by his dark side.
"Don't mention it, let's get out of here."
Felix merely chuckled and went through the dimensional gap while being followed by his partners, exiting the quantum realm at last...
With that, we conclude the 20th Volume: The Quantum Realm.
I know the pacing was a bit shit sometimes and with the chapter's release inconsistency, it made it worse.
Still, I am happy that the volume was concluded with all plotlines closed in it.
The next volume will be the last in the novel and will have all remaining plotlines concluded from the start to the end!
It might be long, it might be short, I still don't know, but I do hope you enjoy the rest of the journey as we are in the footsteps of the finale.
Thank you for your support!
PS: There is only one chapter released today as a conclusion of the volume. Don't worry, tomorrow there will be a double release to make up for it.