Awakening

Now, he had finally cast off his shackles and gained a body capable of freely leaving the Abyss.

With a single step, he arrived in the Void. To others, it was empty, but in his eyes, it was incomparably vibrant and splendid.

His eyes could see every world within the Void, the myriad lives within those worlds, their joys and sorrows. He could survey the past and future; in every stretch of the Void, countless worlds were being born and perishing.

In but an instant, he could take in the long lives of Infinite Worlds.

This was the Ninth Order. Though it had not yet reached omniscience and omnipotence, the ultimate pinnacle.

But the future was no longer shrouded in mist before them, no longer uncertain. So long as no other Ninth-Order power intervened, the future lay before their eyes.

With his next step, he arrived at the conference hall where all the Half-Step Ninth Order powerhouses had once gathered.

Now, these experts had long been waiting here. Upon seeing his arrival, they all rose and bowed to him.

"What kind of sight lies beyond the Ninth Order?"

After everyone took their seats, War Arts Overlord spoke first. No one desired more than mages to know what state truly lay beyond the Ninth Order.

"Complete knowledge of laws. A fixed future."

"For me, aside from futures disturbed by Ninth-Order power, every future is certain in my eyes. But that is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that I have obtained control over the Void—though only one percent."

"I do not know whether this control is a fixed value or divided according to the number of existing Ninth-Order beings."

"This control has greatly enhanced my strength. I can even manipulate the Void within a certain range—for example,