Chapter 87: Battle of the Absolute
The Field of Forgotten Creation was silent.
No stars. No sky. No time.
Only Hayden, his shadow army, and the being that once ruled everything the Absolute Being, the one who existed before existence.
The air rippled as the being stepped forward, its form a blinding paradox of light and darkness. When it spoke, its voice echoed through eternity itself.
"Hayden. Architect of Infinity. You have gone too far. Creation bends, not to balance, but to your will. You are rewriting what was never meant to be written."
Hayden's expression was calm, unreadable. His shadows swirled around him like living storms. "Then stop me."
Reality shattered.
With that single challenge, the multiverse screamed billions of timelines crumbling as both entities unleashed power beyond gods, beyond logic.
The Absolute Being raised a hand, and universes were born and destroyed in the same instant. Each creation struck Hayden like a supernova, each collapse threatened to erase his existence.
But Hayden moved through the chaos with divine precision.
> [Ability Activated: Umbrakinesis Max Level]
[Ability Activated: Temporal Reversal]
[Ability Activated: Shadow Genesis Reality Override Mode]
The void trembled. His shadow dragons roared, devouring collapsing stars. His shadow army spread across the infinite nothing, each soldier fighting gods formed from the Absolute Being's thoughts.
Selene stood behind him, weaving threads of eternity, holding existence together as Hayden fought the source of it all.
"You defy me with what I made," the Absolute Being thundered. "Every concept, every power, every system mine."
Hayden's voice cut through creation itself. "Then you should've made them stronger."
He vanished appearing behind the being with a Shadow Strike so powerful it tore through twelve layers of existence. The blow shattered the Absolute Being's form into cascading fragments of light and void.
But the being reformed instantly, expression unreadable. "You cannot kill the origin."
Hayden smirked. "Who said I'm trying to kill you?"
He raised both hands. The shadows beneath all things every star, every dimension, every forgotten world rose upward. A storm of eternity formed, swallowing even the Absolute Being's light.
> [New Power Awakened: Omni-Shadow The Darkness Beyond Creation]
The Absolute Being's light flickered. Hayden's new aura eclipsed everything an endless black flame laced with divine radiance. His dragons fused into one colossal serpent of infinite mass, eyes burning with multiversal fire.
The Absolute Being stepped back for the first time. "What… have you become?"
Hayden's eyes glowed with the color of creation itself. "Something beyond you. I've mastered both light and shadow. I am balance incarnate."
He moved once more this time, time itself froze. Every vibration, every echo, every breath in existence stopped. Only Hayden moved, bending the universe like a page.
He struck.
The impact created a new reality. The Absolute Being fell, shattering across dimensions, its essence absorbed into Hayden's ever-growing power.
When the dust settled, Hayden stood in the void, breathing calmly. Selene approached, her voice soft. "You… defeated the one who made everything."
Hayden turned, shadows and light swirling around him like twin galaxies. "No," he said. "I became everything."
> [New Title Acquired: The Absolute Monarch]
[All Abilities: Maxed]
[New Power: Omniversal Creation]
[Status: Beyond Definition]
The Absolute Being's final whisper echoed faintly in the void.
"You have surpassed even me. Now, the multiverse is yours."
Hayden closed his eyes, feeling the weight of eternity settle around him.
And with a calm smile, he whispered
"Then let there be infinity."
The cosmos obeyed.