Chapter 123: Ninth Calamity - Status Screen Only two weeks had passed for Ash within his inner cosmos before he stirred once more. He opened his eyes, sitting in the void with a sly grin. In that short time, he had reached the peak of the Calamity rank. He had once possessed just three Calamity Laws—Infinite Wants, Edict of Silent Sanguine, and Sanctuary of Eternal Silence. Now, he stood with nine self-created Laws that were nothing short of absurd. Back during his first Calamity Law, he hadn’t cultivated nearly as many Laws as he had now, but after grasping the Laws that form a Galaxy, his collection had grown into the thousands, spanning from Fire to complex concepts like Life and Fate. During this time, Elysia fully merged his status into the nexus. Now, instead of having both, he had only her. [A/N: FYI Calamity Laws will not work 100% on cultivators stronger than the user.] [Calamity Law – Edict of Origin Blood | Fusion of Blood, Protection, Silence, Nosferatu aspects. Blood in all forms (living, spilled, ambient) within mana sense becomes an extension of Ash’s will—silent, protective, unbreakable. It shields allies in living blood-armor, silences enemy senses, and devours hostile blood to heal or empower.] ---- [Calamity Law – Abundant Creation Weave | Fusion of Creation, Abundance, Mana, Human adaptability. Mana and resources within mana sense multiply under Ash’s will, weaving into anything he imagines—artifacts, landscapes, even temporary Laws. Abundance turns scarcity into excess; creation adapts instantly to need.] ---- [Calamity Law – Law of Gravitational Ash | Fusion of Gravity, Ash, Darkness, Celestial Fox lunar aspects. Gravity warps into ash-dark eclipses that crush and reduce all matter to silent ash across continents. Ash falls like dark snow that devours light and weight, eclipsing enemy auras and turning their power to dust.] --- [Calamity Law – Primavus Eternal Cycle | Fusion of all remaining aspects + Progenitor essence + Concept of Ruin (10 %). A cycle domain where existence loops eternally—life to ruin to rebirth, stronger each time. Allies evolve mid-battle; enemies face inevitable decay that feeds Ash’s growth. Ruin at 10 % ensures nothing escapes the cycle unchanged.] --- [Calamity Law – Edict of Unwritten Existence | Fusion of Paradox, Illusions, Silence, Space, Fate, and Destiny Within mana sense, your existence becomes "unwritten." No Fate threads, Karma chains, or Destiny lines can touch or track him—beings with Fate/Law vision see only void where he stands. Scrying, divination, soul-searching, or conceptual tracking fails silently, as if he never existed in that timeline.] -- [Law of Primordial Inevitability | Fusion of All thousands of Laws at (Space, Time, Paradox, Fire, Water, Ash, Mana, Creation, Abundance, Gravity, Protection, Blood, Illusions, Silence, Ruin 10%, Stars, Galaxies, Void, Nebula, Stellar Fusion, Black Hole Gravitation, etc.) + Progenitor essence + Unnamed Essence of "is-ness." Within mana sense, existence aligns with your will as inevitable truth. Anything Ash deems "inevitable" becomes absolute: victories occur before battles begin, defeats manifest for enemies without cause, creations birth themselves fully formed. All Laws (even enemy Calamity Laws) bend to serve his intent—thousands harmonizing into one overriding reality.] --- [Master, I’m not sure if anyone below the Stellar Sovereign Realm will be able to give you a good fight.] Elysia said to him as she brought up his new status. [Ash Originat Race – Progenitor Primavus (Unnamed Singularity (???)) Age – 57 Rank – Ninth Calamity (Existence Level - 50M (Peak)) MP – Talent – Umbral Primavus Abyss (Paragon – Growable), Infinite Desire Sovereign (Paragon – Growable), Stellar Adaptor (Paragon – Growable), Primordia Stellar Sword Art (Paragon – Growable), Eternal Origin Nexus (Paragon – Growable) Physique – Origin Self (???) Law(s) - Too Damn Many.... [A/N: Seriously though, if you actually want the list of the major laws... let me know and I will update it.] Authorities - Desire Contracted Beast – None Bonds - Nia Originat 100% (First Calamity (EL 10.2M)), Vaeloria Originat 100% (First Calamity (EL 10.24M)) Sonna Originat 100% (First Calamity (EL 10M), Yonna Originat 100% (First Calamity (EL 10.2M), Seris Originat 100% (EL 10.2M) Affection - Fay Sylvaraen 90%, Sia Thorne 89%, Katherine Nocturne 99%, Summer Nocturne 99%, Ester Nocturne 90%, Isolde Nocturne, 85%, Celeste Astral 72%, Mika Astral 82%, Lysa Narakava 5%, Sandra Narakava 57%, Shia Narakava 22% Subordinates - 100,000 SSS ranks Current Optimization/Path to Omnipotence - .89%] --- "You should know what I’m about to ask," Ash said as the screen vanished and he used his ring to change his outfit. He kept it casual, wearing baggy sweatpants and a long-sleeved shirt. [Master, you MP is blank because the numbers are just too nonsensical. Currently your MP is enough to fuel an Entire Galaxy.... although not infinite, you shouldn’t run out.] "Hmm, does that mean I can travel freely around this Galaxy?" [Pretty much, if not you will only need to teleport a few times before reaching your location. However, I’d advise you not to teleport into the voids of space... because even you will die, if not a Stellar Sovereign.] Elysia warned before continuing. [Next, your bloodline indeed underwent another change. The unnamed essence from the Nexus entered your bloodline and is slowly changing you. From my calculations.... you have an entire World Era before it’s done.] "Isnt..... isn’t that like 500,000 years?" Ash blurted out in shock. [Correct... so in the meantime just keep yourself busy. Lastly.... Lysa and Sandra Narakava, that is your mother.... Or better yet was your mother. When I scanned your existence and memories, I found out that your mother is indeed a special cultivator. She had two souls due to her unique physique, but something even more special is that those two souls die and live together forever until they fuse one day. Each life they retain memories and some power...] And what is the Narakava faction? [Master, I’m not sure. My information only covers the Venia Galaxy and there are no records of such a faction. However, there are plenty ways to find them whenever you’re ready.] Ash gave a slight stretch and a nod before leaving his inner cosmos, reappearing on Astralis. Hovering in the skies, he extended his mana sense across the entire world, and to his surprise, found it completely safe. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎 He couldn’t spot any hidden powers or lingering issues—at least, none that showed up on his detection. He then spotted Celeste and sent her a mental message. "Celeste, I will be leaving the world of Astralis for sometime. I will return before the set deadline... in the meantime can you have someone build us a branch on this world? In the colors of white and rose-pink." Sitting inside of her private realm, Celeste’s brow rose as she heard his voice in her mind. ’As his mana sense grown so powerful?’ She thought before agreeing to his suggestions. Ash then spoke to Elysia. "Hmm, which world do you suggest I look to conquer? Although my inner cosmos can be considered the true main base... We should still have a place in the outside shouldn’t we?" [Correct, I would suggest a 6 Era World. Something not too over the top but nothing shabby at all.] "Those should be rare to find right? Astralis is a four era world and it was packed when I arrived. [Master, Venia Galaxy is much larger than you think. Just use Stellar Adaptor and your will to find what you’re looking for.] Ash closed his eyes, floating in the vast skies of Astralis under the four suns’ strange light. The world below felt claimed, quiet—his for now. He activated Stellar Adaptor. His will stretched outward—not comprehension, but adaptation and seeking. Like Origin Seeker, golden threads bloomed in his vision, paths of fate and possibility guiding him across the Venia Galaxy. Filters applied: Sixth Era world, empty, undiscovered, adaptable to any race, morphable environment. Six options manifested—perfect matches. ---- Nebula’s Cradle (Isolated in the Void Fringe) - A dead super-continent wrapped in faint nebula gas, core pulsing with adaptive essence. Can morph into oceanic paradise, volcanic forge-world, or eternal storm planes. No life signatures. Void Sphere (Hidden in a black hole’s accretion disk) - A hollow planet-shell, interior vast and empty, gravity adaptable. Ideal for internal expansion—morphs into layered realms. Neit Dawn (Drifting in uncharted space) - A shattered world of floating landmasses, core of dawn-essence allowing day/night cycles to reshape terrain. Perfect for multi-biome adaptability—forests, deserts, oceans on demand. Silent Genea (Veiled by natural silence Laws) - A gray, lifeless sphere with hyper-adaptive crust—can become silent void-world, illusion paradise, or blood-flame hellscape. Natural defenses hide it from casual scrying. Morphos (Core unstable, shifting) - A liquid-metal planet, surface constantly reshaping. Can solidify into any environment—crystal cities, star-veined mountains, or endless adaptable plains. Blek (Completely neutral, no elemental lean) - A perfectly spherical dead world, core is purely adaptive. Morphs to any race’s ideal Utterly blank slate. ---- Ash’s eyes opened, blood-drop gaze narrowing on the sixth. "Well, isn’t this just perfect?" he said with a smirk before vanishing, his mana sense stretching beyond the world of Astralis. Since he was unable to reappear in the void, he would have to hop from world to world until he reached his destination.