Chapter 5272: O Infinite Cause! I
Chapter 5272: O Infinite Cause! I
The Entrant brought out an unfamiliar reaction, a sharp spike of genuine excitement that rarely cracked his usual self.
Alarm for a new threat stayed absent. This was the raw anticipation of looking directly at a future iteration of his own existence and finding it entirely extraordinary.
The man burned with THE Primordial Source, matching the direct, unmediated presence THE Creature possessed, but the refinement went far beyond that ancient titan.
THE Creature had spent eons tearing himself apart and rebuilding through raw destruction to reach his current state. This one... had clearly followed a different path, arriving as a finished product that had been meticulously polished instead of brutally forged, making him considerably more powerful.
This level of power wasn’t some distant, theoretical concept that only looked plausible from a safe distance. His own Source had already touched the first letter of THE Primordial Tongue, and that foundational architecture was currently pressing for more, recognizing that a single letter marked the opening step toward the pinnacle standing across the gigaparsecs!
The pinnacle!
He didn’t bother suppressing the excitement, since trying to manage an emotion this useful was a waste of time anyway.
THE Infinite Tongue activated, combining with his internal Infinity and Cause links to parse the space around the entity. The resulting data stream arrived thin and fragmented.
|Entity detected: Sir William Arthur. Designation: Source Lifeform. Classification: Unknown. Standing: Presumed THE Fourth Scale of Existence. Analysis indicates the local substrate refuses standard data extraction. Recommend observational tracking as further information remains entirely unavailable.|
...!
Taylor exhaled sharply behind him, her posture rigid as she stared across the void.
"Another fucking monster," she said, her voice dropping as she adjusted to the pressure. "But this one is a Source Lifeform. Hey, um, he won’t massacre my main body and Adrastia by association, right? Just because they’re standing near THE Legion?"
He redirected his attention from the entity and provided the reassurance her escalating tension required.
"You’ll be okay," he said, speaking the thoughts aloud as his focus split across multiple domains. "He’ll deal with those that don’t belong here..."
THE Infiniverse was where the most significant shift was occurring. Sir William Arthur was the most immediate presence to watch. Taylor was the local variable to manage without dropping his focus elsewhere. He was managing every track perfectly!
Taylor kept her eyes locked entirely on him, completely ignoring the powerhouse down below.
"Hey, big guy," she said, her tone conversational despite the heavy pressure. "Do you think a Source Lifeform connected to THE Primordial Source is going to leave you alone when there’s an Aurora of Existential Causality blooming directly over your location?"
He looked at her sideways without offering a disruption.
"THE Gilded Ones thrive on harvesting the power of emerging existences for themselves," she continued, her thoughts clearly outrunning her filter. "They build up their foundations by directing THE First Cause’s emergence into their own tracks, which is the exact architecture behind their ascent."
She paused, her head tilting as her expression froze completely. "That’s why you wanted to skip this fight entirely, because something producing an Aurora of Existential Causality means an Observable Existence is currently emerging right inside an existing THE Observable Existence. Are you doing the exact same thing as them? Are you—"
"You shouldn’t be thinking too much," he said, cutting her off with a flat, unhurried tone that offered no room for negotiation. "Sometimes things are best left alone."
Taylor met his gaze and smiled, entirely unfazed by the sudden boundary.
"I’m just curious, big man," she said, waving a hand dismissively to lighten the mood. "Remember our talk about connections? Besides, I’m not afraid of you anymore since we made a deal, huhuhu."
Her small laugh echoed in the quiet space before she straightened with mock formality. "But alright, I won’t pry since you obviously don’t want to share. I’ll teach you some proper social skills later so forming connections becomes easier for you, but right now, I know when to shut up."
She turned her focus back toward the distant shape of Sir William Arthur and the massive incoming Gilded signatures. "Let’s just enjoy the show."
HUUM!
His eyes shone as the power shifted.
She stayed refreshing precisely because she didn’t fit into any standard category he usually dealt with. Her point about connections wasn’t wrong either.
He’d always moved through adversity by himself, traveling from the apocalypse through the dungeons and across every single scale entirely alone. Whether he led others or stood by himself, every strategic choice had been his to make, his to execute, and his to suffer through.
Knowing THE Creature had turned this entire disaster into a solvable problem with a simple message. A high-level connection gave him the ability to reach directly into a tier of power he couldn’t personally occupy yet and get an immediate response.
Existence ran incredibly deep, and he was only starting to map out what these massive networks could actually do for him!
His internal systems were currently compounding along an exponential curve.
Persevere stacked every single second while his Galdr Source developed inside THE Source Lands alongside Eon in a...long cultivation session.
Above all of this, THE Infiniverse was currently crossing the threshold of her transformation, forcing THE Infinite Cause into full emergence as the blinding aurora tore right through his concealment ceiling.
Eons ago, THE Gilded Ones and THE Primeval entities before them had harvested THE First Cause of THE Observable Existence. They had gathered that raw power, funneled it directly into their engineering, and built an entire civilization on the back of that stolen authority. Today, he was standing at the center of an entirely new Cause emerging on his own terms.
He wasn’t just harvesting it, he was anchoring the birth of the domain it sprang from! By applying the first letter of THE Primordial Tongue to his world at an unprecedented scale, he was causing a transformation that lit up the entire sky of THE Observable Existence. He had plenty of plans for the massive power this day was going to generate!
THE First Infinite Scale was steadily approaching completion. Infinitas Corpus stood fully finished as the solid baseline of his infinite body. Infinitas Architectura was currently expanding as THE Hadean Pillar of Infinity pushed outward from his core. Infinitas Causa formed the final track, integrating distinct Causes into his framework, and this was the exact system THE Infinite Cause’s emergence would feed.
If the emergence succeeded exactly as planned, THE First Infinite Scale would finalize its evolution...maybe!
He kept that caveat in mind because true completion required him to directly confront the one thing he’d been holding at bay. He had to face Infinity itself.
He’d actively rejected Absolute Infinity when it first showed up, deliberately choosing Nearu Absolute Infinity to gain all the benefits without losing himself.
Yet Nearu Absolute Infinity wasn’t THE Final Answer. The structural gap between the near-absolute and the true absolute remained an open flaw in his core architecture. THE Infinite Cause was supposed to bridge that exact divide and reveal THE Way forward.
Taylor stood silently beside him, keeping her promise to stay out of the way while her eyes tracked the movements across the battlefield. The local weavings were going to resolve itself one way or another. Once the dust settled, his main focus could finally return to the primary objective.
THE Infiniverse was actively transforming into THE Observable Existence. THE Infinite Cause was about to bloom completely. THE Way was steadily approaching, and it didn’t matter whether his enemies cooperated with the timing or not!
BOOM!