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I stood below the spot where the book was levitating.

---tap---

The book slowly got down to my hands. I then opened the first page of it. The brightness slowly faded away, henceforth making the pages visible. The texts of the front page revealed themselves.

"!!!!!!"

"Life isn't about strength

Life isn't about power

Life isn't about fame

Life isn't about good nor evil

Life isn't about martial arts

But you!", I read out.

[Huh?]

My gaze shifted towards the hailiyon. I said, "This is just an ordinary poem with a simple rhyming. What is there to be unable to comprehend it?!"

Alzahan replied, "Everything inside this literature is against the beliefs of zooviya. Strength, power, fame, good, evil, and martial arts... Through ages, these factors are the ones that determined the worth of a zooviyan. But this text defied even those ideals!!"

"No wonder, no one was able to comprehend this page!", I said out of pity.

He exclaimed, "Are you saying you understood these heaven defying clauses?!"

[The dwellers of zooviya are all strength seeking maniacs. In my homeland, none of these factors ever determined a man's worth.

It all depended on how you perceived everything. Even a beggar would become a billionaire if his perception level is extraordinary. I am the best example. Beginning my journey from a street orphan to becoming a world class scientist was something that shook my peers.]

Chuckles came out of me. My gaze turned above towards Alzahan's face. I began to emphasize, "A strong person would have everything that he needs. But could you assure that he achieved everything through the factors that are mentioned in this page?!"

Alzahan responded, "My father was the previous beast king. He told me that these factors are what beasts needed the most. Are you saying he was wrong for fifty trillion years?!"

I continued, "Since you are a beast, I will take that point into consideration. But what about your origin?!"

"My first ancestor was also a beast king. During his period, no entity was born with the power to threaten him. If there was anyone, it was my master who defeated my great grandfather in a duel!", said Alzahan.

I asked him, "Are you telling me that you never asked your master what made him the strongest?!"

"How would I dare? And that too to my master?!", he said.

[Since he is an animal, I can understand where he is coming from. Even back in my homeland, lions and tigers were considered as the topmost predator of the food chain in wildlife. According to animals, the factors in this book are what defines everything. This hailiyon could never understand the contents in the world even if I were to tell him multiple times.]

"Well, atleast know that it is not the same for everyone. Your master, the king of gods was a nobody before he began his own journey. Do you think he created the concept 'cultivation' just like that?!", I pointed out.

Alzahan remained silent.

I continued, "He must have done a hundred years of research on how life evolves. From small plants to large trees, from insects to beasts and then from weaker to stronger infinitos... He must have wondered what determined something as weakest and strongest. He must have come to a realisation at sometime and began to make himself stronger, right?!"

[I said whatever dark reigner- I mean, master told me to this fool. That must make him realise the gist of it.]

"Huh? But I lived for eternity and I never got such thoughts!!", the hailiyon said.

[;;;;... An animal brain and a human brain would never stand on equal footing. This guy is as dense as an animal. Explaining him would take a whole millennium. Its better to wrap up everything and leave this place. I am loosing my patience with this snake-head.]

"Now that you know everything, I will bid my farewell. I have a lot of things to accomplish!", I said.

---tap---

I closed the book and sat down on a rock in meditation pose. I then closed my eyes to gather my thoughts.

[Life isn't about strength, means just because someone is strong doesn't mean he or she is undefeatable. When I was a demon god I fought against a divine beast named 'Hashan' who was the god of all dragons. His draconic form was powerful enough to even pressure me. But still, he died in the end by my hands.

Life isn't about power is no different than strength. A person with strong physique can defeat a person with strong powers.

Life isn't about fame because fame can be created and destroyed all the times. It is a very fragile factor that can lose it's infrastructure at any moment.

Life isn't about good nor evil. I for one believe in this fact the most. I was called as an evil god who committed numerous sins by my enemies in the past. But the demons who believed and worshipped me always considered me as their almighty demon god who granted salvation and luck upon all beings.

Life isn't about martial arts... Well, since the second dark reigner was a martial artist, he must have said these words as per his own perspective. But as per me, if I gather all the concepts that I read in light novels into one place, that would mean that martial arts cannot solve everything no matter what level they are at.

Lastly, 'But you' means how you perceive and handle obstacles. It means that life is about how you view and take everything into your perspective.]

Slowly, I opened my eyes. I formed a grin on my lips for once.

[Additionally, life also justifies about family. The only family that I had in all my previous lives were a wife and children. I never even got to know how it feels to have a parent. Whenever I went to accomplish something, no matter which life but every wife wished for me to return safely with a look of desperation. That was what pushed me to succeed in many dire situations.

If I consider the second dark reigner, the catalyst for his achievements would be his wife. Everything he did was for the revival of his wife in a way. Family is the most important factor for everyone. That's what keeps you sane and gives you another reason to keep on living.]

---fwoooosh---

The place where I was meditating began to brim with darkened crimson flames around me vividly. The whole chamber got brightened by my flames. The flames became brighter and brighter. After sometime,

---flick---

everything turned back to normal. My flames vanished into thin air. I formed a smirk.

[Just by reading a single page, I assimilated an additional amount of excessive darkness within me into my abyss core. Right now, my accumulation rate is at 53.3%... My authority to 'understand' also became more proficient.]

I stood firm and said, ""WITH THIS, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO UNLOCK MY FIRST SOVEREIGNTY!!"

---thud---

[Uh... I completely forgot about this hailiyon.]

I forgot that Alzahan was there the whole time and used my throat while maintaining sovereignty. It collapsed due to it.

"Hey Alzahan, wake up!!!", I said loudly.

He then got up while shaking his head. He said, "Your sovereignty power had increased. Also, what do you mean by unlocking your first sovereignty? Didn't you use your sovereignty just now?!"

I corrected him, "That was just a fragment of the sovereignty. It's not a real one. If it was real, I could have killed you with just a single word!"

Listening to my words made him swallow his saliva due to fear. I turned towards the exit and said, "We will meet again in the near future. Until then, try to stay alive as much as possible from the dark crevasses!!"

Alzahan downed his heads and smiled. I continued forward.

...

I finally got out of the cavern and out of the lake. I sat on the rock where Raymen leaned on earlier.

[There is only one day remaining. I can't believe so much happened in a single day.

On the day after tomorrow, all the crooks and mutant assymetrons would gather in one place to discuss a strategy for taking me down. The mutant assymetron with the black smoke or original light and eyes emanating darkened white flames would also come to that summit.]

I looked at the book that was in my hands, then opened the second page inside it. I began to read the literature on the text. It was the time for sunrise. Since I am an infinito, that would make it a nightfall. It turned dark. I didn't want to waste my sovereignty over my eyes. So I decided to use my second authority.

[Authority to 'command everything'.]

---flick---whoosh---

I summoned a few wooden pieces and torched them to make a campfire. I sat infront of the campfire and continued to read the book.

[Master made me to read and comprehend tons of encyclopaedias. This single book is nothing to me. I will complete it within six hours.]

Later, it was the time for sunset. That means it was beginning of a new day. Luckily, I finished reading the book and was in my meditation. At once, I opened my eyes.

---whoooooosh---

My power unleashed more vividly. The wind was swept away due to my outburst of dark aura. I clenched my right fist.

[Sigh, took me seven hours to comprehend a single book. I didn't expect the texts and literature in the book to be so hard.

With this, my accumulation rate is at 75%. I also succeeded in unlocking my first sovereignty.

Tomorrow would be the day of the final showdown. I should first make a round trip around zooviya.]

I raised my head to have glance at the main planet, zooviya. The main planet was right on top of the sky, a few thousand kilometres away from me.

[Authority to 'command everything'.]

---whoosh---

With my second authority, I took control over the wind and began to fly above. Soon, I came to the outer atmosphere but there was no wind. That was to be expected.

[Now that I am in the outer atmosphere, the only magic that would work is space magic.]

I started to levitate just like a piece of rock floating in mid-space. I crossed the floating rocks in the outer atmosphere and slowly entered into the atmosphere of the main planet, zooviya. The gravity began to pull me down. I decided to make a freefall.

---whoosh---

I sped up towards the ground and made an explosive landing.

---boooom---

I landed inbetween the woods. It resulted in a large crater of one kilometre's range. The beings that were near or far from the explosion took notice of it. I was able to sense a million infinitos who were exhibiting their emotions, feelings and pressure towards me from afar.

[That's more than a million infinitos. Emotions, fear and pressure. They are exhibiting all kinds of feelings.

So this is zooviya, huh? Until now I was in that side planet, sacred lands or holy ground of zooviya. I didn't realise at first why master sent me there. But later did I realised that it was to achieve the legacy of the second dark reigner. Not only did I achieve it, but also made it my own.]

---step---step---step---step---

I began to walk on the crater towards the woods. As I was walking,

---beep---

[Huh?]

| New emergency quest: Ascend to the heavens

Quest difficulty: Beyond the league

Quest objective: A powerful evil god has ascended to Zooviya's holy ground with the goal to destroy the world and rebuild his own kingdom. He was a Demon god who destroyed ten thousand worlds before his soul spawned in the absolute abyss. He is still weaker than his living'self. Presently, he is in the darkened crimson flames stage, but his insight on power is beyond even us gods. Use this opportunity to defeat him while he is not in his best shap

Quest completion: Power to ascend to the heave

Quest failure: Destruction of Zooviya |

| Quest update: The evil god achieved a part of his goal in the holy ground. He conquered the labyrinth of beast king Alzahan that was unconquered even by the gods. Now, he descended to the main world. He also regained some of his powers. |

a system notification tab popped on my forehead. Before I relieved Raymen, I took away his system fragments and stored them inside my head.

[It was a good thing to take Raymen's system and make use of it. Holy ground is the same for sacred lands of zooviya.

But what is this? I achieved a part of my goal? The labyrinth of beast king Alzahan?]

---fwoossh---

All of a sudden, I sensed a surge of powers all around me. I felt the movements of many powers. The presence of many infinitos coming towards me was felt intensely.

[Are they all coming towards me?]

---tap---thud---step---thud---tap---tap---flash---thud---flash---___and so on---

Many infinitos spawned around with flashy entrances. All of them were martial artists.

[A total of 354 martial artists. All of them are demigod...

This is the perfect opportunity to test my first sovereignty that I unlocked not long ago.]

"You must be evil god who conquered the labyrinth of beast king Alzahan!!", said a bald headed woman who stepped infront of them all. The system panel on her forehead displayed her details.

| Status Bar

Name: Rowan Ariya

Age: 198

Martial prowess: demigod

Innate trait: sabre emperor

Weapons: viviyon's sabre(x1)

Level: mid-tier

Stats: ... |

I said, "It would be better to not bother me. The system told you that I regained some of my powers, right?!"

She said, "That's why all of us decided to take you down together!!"

[These mutts are getting all high and mighty. I must snap them out of their delusions.]

---whoooosh---

I started to circulate darkened crimson flames all around me. Every demigod around me got into their battling stance. I then enchanted the clause,

""FIRST SOVEREIGNTY: CRIMSON EMPEROR!!""

---booooom---

My energy got unleashed all of a sudden. My power burst at that moment was no different from a massive explosion. The crater was filled with dust. The demigods began to tremble.

---whoosh---

The dust got swept away by the wind. Every demigod looked at my appearance

"!!!!"

and gasped in shock.