Kai drifted through the vast expanse of his inner universe. Civilizations he had nurtured flourished—nations rising, gods praying, mortals chasing immortality. Streams of mana wove themselves like rivers through the stars, and nebulae glowed brighter than any sun. He could feel the pulse of every Law World, the heartbeat of every sentient being, and the flow of every law itself.
Earth suddenly felt so… small. Yet, it was still the soil where his journey began. He watched silently before whispering a vow to himself:
"I'll leave no regrets behind."
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He returned to Ema. She smirked knowingly, as if she could see the decision etched into his soul.
"So, the boy who once flinched at destiny now prepares to abandon Earth itself?" she teased.
Kai chuckled. "And yet you stayed, waiting for me to grow into this."
Their banter softened into a quiet moment. Ema's eyes flickered—not the eyes of a servant, but of a witness to his evolution.
"You've changed, Kai," she whispered. "From confused child… to something beyond human."
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Across Earth, the aftermath of the Awakened Council meeting rippled. Factions scrambled. Leaked footage, combined with rumors of Kai's presence, had sent tremors of fear and uncertainty through every hierarchy.
Some sought alliances. Others whispered assassination plots.
Lady Mira of the Vellethorn Clan, master manipulator, slammed her hand on a crystal table, her fingers leaving faint scorches.
"Even with all the Council's resources… we cannot touch him," she murmured.
Her advisors exchanged grim looks, their whispers drowned by the tension in the room. Every plan, every stratagem, every carefully sown scheme seemed inadequate.
Ants fighting over crumbs, Kai thought, the image flashing in his mind. Their reach would never touch the heavens where he now walked.
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Twilight fell over the Silver Clan compound. Kai appeared silently in the courtyard, where Sophie sat alone beneath the lantern-lit trees. She looked up, startled, then strangely calm—as if she had expected him.
Their eyes met. A silence stretched.
She wanted to speak, to demand answers, to reach him—but something in his gaze stopped her. A distance hung between them, like a veil separating two worlds.
Kai's thoughts stirred:
Once, I thought this was what I wanted. To live like those stories… chasing the heiress of a great clan. To struggle, to fight, to love within human limits. But now… with my bloodline, my inner cosmos, my origin… that dream feels too shallow, too small.
Finally, he spoke.
"Live well, Sophie. Don't chase shadows."
He turned to leave.
Sophie's voice broke the silence, barely a whisper carried on the night wind:
"You've changed… but I can't stop looking."
She remained standing in the courtyard, staring at the space where he had vanished.
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On a deserted mountain ridge, Kai tested his final preparations.
A single swing of Cleave Lv.1 split the mountain cleanly in half, stone and soil groaning as the world itself recoiled. A faint ripple of compressed energy radiated across the horizon, yet no one on Earth could fully perceive its scale.
Then he reached deeper—origin soul link. Souls of the recently deceased flickered before him. He sealed fragments, reincarnating them within his inner universe.
"I'll grant them systems… a project. 'System Protagonist.' A little spice for my inner universe. A last gift to Earthlings," he murmured to Ema.
Ema smirked. "You're turning your universe into a stage. Gods will envy your games."
Kai smiled faintly. "Let them."
Finally, he set backdoors in Earth's ley-lines—anchors that would allow him to return instantly should the need arise. Even in the outer world, his reach would remain omnipresent.
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As dawn touched Earth, Kai stood on a rooftop overlooking the skyline. The city buzzed with life—unaware of the godlike being preparing to leave them forever.
"I never truly belonged here," he admitted softly. "Not anymore."
But his golden eyes softened as he whispered thanks.
"Earth… you shaped my beginning."
A single gust of wind carried the faintest ripple of his presence across the continents, stirring the ley-lines he had anchored.
Ema appeared beside him, her starlight robes rippling, calm but teasing.
"Ready?" she asked.
Kai's gaze swept across the horizon, to the distant stars. "Beyond the stars… let's see what waits."
With a sudden pulse of Origin energy, he rose into the sky. The ley-lines flickered faintly, bowing in recognition. Earth's factions felt the shift—a monumental, inexplicable pressure—but no one could act.
The ley-lines of earth flicker faintly, as if bowing farewell
In the distance, Lady Mira's lips parted in shock. "He… left. But… he's coming back. I can feel it."
The era of legends, myths, and omniversal change had only just begun.
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[Earth Arc ends]