The three thousand-foot titans of crystalline cosmic law hung in the void of the Centauri star system, their massive bodies vibrating with a pressure that caused the orbital paths of the surrounding moons to warp.
They were not living flesh; they were the manifested immune system of the universe, designed to purge any anomaly that broke the structural limits of the reality matrix.
"Anomaly Ethan Reed," the central Arbitrator’s voice vibrated through the vacuum of space, rattling the teeth of the billions of citizens on the golden planet below. "Your existence has been condemned by the Cosmic Council. Executing dimensional erasure."
The three titans simultaneously raised their massive, crystalline arms.
A blinding torrent of white anti-matter energy—the fundamental law of destruction—converged into a single, planet-shattering beam aimed directly at Ethan’s chest.
Ethan stood perfectly still in the empty vacuum, his dark-matter coat gently drifting against the solar winds. He didn’t draw the Shadow Sovereign’s Twin Blades. He didn’t invoke Cassandra’s frost barrier.
"Dimensional erasure?" Ethan murmured, his voice echoing across the star system through pure conceptual transmission.
He casually raised his right hand, his fingers snapping as he unleashed his newly evolved universal law: Genesis & Apocalypse.
[DING! Activating Universal-Grade Law: Genesis & Apocalypse!]
[Intercepting the Anti-Matter Erasure Beam... Deleting concept of ’Destruction’ within the star system...]
[Concept Overwritten successfully! Anti-Matter energy converted into: F-Rank Low-Grade Mana.]
SNAP.
The blinding, planet-shattering beam of white anti-matter instantly dissolved.
The terrifying, universe-cleansing force morphed into a gentle, harmless breeze of low-grade blue mana that drifted through the air like spring pollen, settling over the hulls of the dreadnoughts without leaving a single scratch. Follow the newest chapters on novelping(.)com.
The three thousand-foot Arbitrators violently shuddered, their crystalline faces cracking as their central cores short-circuited.
For the first time since the creation of the reality matrix, a mortal had overwritten the fundamental physics of the universe.
"Error," the lead Arbitrator’s mechanical voice faltered, its crystalline light flickering erratically. "The law of destruction has been deleted from local space... Anomaly is rewriting reality..."
"You old judges think you own the matrix because you enforce its old rules," Ethan whispered, his pupils completely dissolving into a pitch-black abyss that began to swallow the ambient starlight of the entire galaxy. "But I don’t follow the matrix. The matrix follows me."
Ethan opened his System Space. He bypassed the mountains of trillions of Credits and focused on three dusty, F-Rank items sitting at the bottom of his inventory: F-Rank Beast Taming Ropes.
They were worthless pieces of hemp rope used by low-level novice hunters to capture stray dungeon wolves.
Ethan casually tossed the three taming ropes out into the vacuum of open space, pointing his finger toward the three trembling, thousand-foot entities of law.
[DING! You have sincerely invested 3x ’Beast Taming Ropes (Trash Grade)’ into the cores of the Galactic Arbitrators.]
[Triggering Return Multiplier... Calculating... CONGRATULATIONS! You have triggered the maximum capped 10,000x Multiplier!]
[The low-grade physical taming concept has undergone a Transcendent Reality Ascension!]
[You have received: 3x Cosmic Chains of the Absolute Sovereign (Universal-Tier Mythic Restrictions)!]
[The rewards have been automatically deployed onto the targets!]
OMMMM—
The three pieces of hemp rope instantly dissolved into three massive, world-spanning webs of pitch-black void energy.
The black chains shot through the vacuum of space with supersonic speed, wrapping tightly around the thousand-foot crystalline bodies of the three Galactic Arbitrators. Follow the newest chapters on g.com.
"WARNING! Soul-core intrusion detected! Willpower being overwritten—"
The Arbitrators’ mechanical screams cut out abruptly. The brilliant white light radiating from their crystalline bodies was violently smothered, replaced by a deep, pulsing dark purple glow that matched the exact frequency of Ethan’s Void Sovereign talent.
The absolute laws of the universe were forcefully rewritten, their primeval programming completely erased and bound to the absolute will of Ethan Reed.
Within five seconds, the struggle ended.
The three thousand-foot titans of law slowly lowered their arms. Simultaneously, the three cosmic gods of the universe dropped to their knees in the empty void of space, bowing their massive heads so low they created a gravitational wake that pulled the stardust toward Ethan’s boots.
"We greet our Supreme Master," the three Galactic Arbitrators chanted, their multi-thousand-foot voices echoing across the solar system in a chilling, unified resonance. "The reality matrix is yours to command. Where shall your enforcement squad strike?"
Below them, on the golden capital planet of Centauri Prime, billions of alien nobles and guild masters fell to their knees in the dirt, their minds completely broken by the display.
The immune system of the universe had just been turned into a teenager’s personal hit squad.
Ethan stepped back onto the forward deck of his twenty-mile black dreadnought, his dark-matter coat billowing behind him as Cassandra and Julian Cross stepped out to meet him.
"Alden, Sol-Vahn, update the fleets," Ethan commanded, his cold voice carrying the absolute finality of a universal emperor. "Arbitrators, open the spatial rift directly to the Cosmic Council’s main sanctuary dimension."
A dark, ruthless smile split Ethan’s face as the three thousand-foot titans raised their chains, tearing open a massive, reality-ripping gold portal in the middle of the stars.
"They wanted to delete my existence because I broke their rules," Ethan whispered, looking through the glowing portal at the glistening, diamond spires of the universe’s high court. "Let’s go show them what happens when the trash takes over the palace."