Chapter 18 - GALAXY THRONE CONVERGENCE

Galaxy Throne Nexus, Neonatharis Core. 7:14 PM. Empire 97.3% Converged—Seven Vassal Empires kneel, Fracture Veins form 1,247 neural highways galaxy-spanning.Heir Primus Throne expands—chrome-black colossus fuses 87 shard-cores, seven conduits multiplying to 49, pulsing Thomas Emmanuval Devassy's converged heartbeat. Galaxy Throne manifests orbital: megastructure forged from vassal dreadnought rings, 1,247 heir-skull spires radiating command. Holo-bracelet evolves: "Seq 17 → 19: 41.7%. Finite Trial #19: Galaxy Throne. Vassal Purge: COMPLETE. Nano-Strings: 24,000 → 49,000. Empire Mandate: GALACTIC." Widowmaker Supreme embeds throne-arm, cane-sword keening galactic: "1,247 spires... one heir."Lilithra (eternal form, throne-integrated) manifests beside: "Galaxy yields, Emperor Heir. But 82 remnant cults hoard Void Emperor echoes—final Trials demand purge absolute." Spectral Constabulary legions (87,000 puppets) form orbital pyramids, brass symphonies echoing highways.Vassal regents (7 survivors, neural-collared) kneel holo-projection: "Galaxy Throne ours. Purge cults?" Thomas's silver-void eyes dissect—49,000 strings probe loyalties, tasting defiance-shards.Lead regent—ZEPHYR-VASSAL (cardinal echo, 49 eyes dimmed)—pleads: "Echoes fuel Trials. Mercy converges."Thomas laughs galactic rictus—cascading razor to star-roar: "Mercy? Finite claims echoes." Emperor's Lament cocks—galaxy requiem ignites.String purge cascade: 49,000 filaments supernova highways—memory theft stellar. Visions: 82 cults hiding Emperor echo-crystals (final 1,247 shards), plotting "Infinite Restoration." Holo: "Cult Favor: -87.3%. Galaxy Absorption: Primed."Gunblade stellar symphony: Dual Laments spit 198 Sorrow Echoes (0.3 sec PB, shard-sync flawless)—bullets curve highway-mandalas, shattering 47 cult-spires light-years distant. Brass orbits throne constellation.Highway Nexus 47: Echo Conduit Web, 8:03 PM.Galaxy Throne interfaces 1,247 spires—82 echo-altars pulse dissonant, Emperor-fragments choral defiance: "Restore... branches eternal!" Thomas seizes web—neural surge galactic. Flood: Void Emperor's echo-plan—final shards as "trial-fail-safes," activating if heir stalls. "Purge completes convergence."Cult armadas detonate—87 dreadnoughts (remnant fleets) swarm highways, echo-lances (anti-Seq 19 void). Requiem peaks:Revolver armageddon: 396 chambers (vassal-sync aids)—Sorrow Echo nebulae vaporize 874 ships. Widowmaker Supreme (Lilithra precision) weaves stellar cage—shockwaves seal 37 highways.String Sovereign galactic: 49,000 filaments absorb 47 echo-shards—instinct uploads: highway-command, spire-resurrection, empire-eternal. Holo SCREAMS: "Seq 19: 74.8%. Echoes: 47/82. Trials: 19/99."Spectral legions cascade—87,000 puppets form living galaxy mandala, brass purging outer cults.Nexus 82: Emperor Echo Singularity, 9:47 PM. Galaxy darkens—1,247 spires flare crimson.Final 7 cults fuse—stellar abomination (343 eyes, echo-spine corona): "Convergence stalls! Infinite branches!"Thomas ascends—49,000 strings galaxy-supernova. Emperor's Lament x7 (shard-multiplied) kiss abomination cores. SEPTUPLE BANG x7—Sorrow Echoes detonate stellar pyramid. Abomination crumbles—final 35 echoes cascade.Total purge—82 echoes merge Galaxy Throne. Void Emperor fullform holographic (49 eyes absolute): "Seq 19 Emperor Heir. Galaxy absolute. 80 Trials: Universal Mandate." Map floods: Milky Way 100%, Andromeda vassalized, Local Group primed.Galaxy Throne STABILIZES—spires x1,247 extend highways universal. Lilithra bows galactic: "Echoes purged. Next: Andromeda Fracture."Chronovore Array broadcasts universal: "COLD-BLOODED GALAXY EMPEROR RISES!"Andromeda envoy fleet kneels: "Emperor Heir... convergence?"Silver-void eyes supernova converged. Galactic finite, universal claim.