Chapter 268: 268: Damian's Authorities

Chapter 268: Chapter 268: Damian’s AuthoritiesDamian spent a few more hours explaining everything he did within the dome of the [Life Engine Matrix].

Then everyone, including Damian, left the dome the same way they had entered, through the golden magic circle that acted as a doorway.

“How long do you think it will take for the new race to come into existence?” Ana asked.

“A few billion years, give or take…” Avanora replied.

“Not quite,” Damian smiled as he raised his hand and pointed his palm toward the dome of the [Life Engine Matrix].

As he concentrated his energy, an enormous amount of aura exploded outward like a nuclear blast, painting the world as far as the eye could see in a golden hue.

His eyes and hair turned completely golden as his presence instantly rose beyond a height that would be extremely hard for even gods to judge its ceiling.

In the next second, the golden aura emanating from him began to spread, and within a few seconds, it completely covered the 5,000-meter radius of the dome, enveloping it in a golden veil.

Then another essence began to seep out of Damian, mixing with the gold.

As it merged with the veil of aura covering the dome, countless incomprehensible and inexplicable processes began to occur, processes no one other than Damian could understand.

While Avanora could see exactly what was occurring and what Damian was doing through her special eyes, gained from the authority of the [Immutable Observer], she still could not comprehend how he was doing it.

[Law Of Time: Activated]

The essence of time, over which Damian possessed a certain level of control and authority, surged forth.

As someone who had mastered the [Law Of Time] to an extent that none of the other gods pursuing the [Divine Concept Of Time] had ever achieved, he used his enormous energy reserves to activate it on a scale he had never attempted before.

To others, it looked as though Damian was simply pouring out his energy, but Avanora, as an Arcane Scholar, knew it was anything but that simple.

Damian’s mind processed countless pieces of information and data as he poured the essence of time into the golden veil, shaping it to function exactly as he desired.

What he intended was to dilate time, making it so that time within the space occupied by the dome of the [Life Engine Matrix] would pass far faster than time outside it.

After finishing his work with the [Law Of Time], he still did not stop releasing his energy and immediately followed up with another Law.

[Law Of Space: Activated]

The essence of another powerful Law erupted, fueled by Damian’s boundless energy reserves, as it merged seamlessly with the veil of golden energy surrounding the dome.

Just like before, another set of processes, operations, functions, and countless sequences of regulations unfolded.

Each one was meticulously arranged by Damian using the vast store of information within his mind, similar to how he had used the [Law Of Time] to alter the flow of time within the dome’s space.

This time, space itself was regulated to work in perfect union with the [Law Of Time], ensuring that everything outside the dome of the [Life Engine Matrix] remained completely unaffected by both the [Law Of Time] and the [Law Of Space].

And still, Damian did not stop.

He went on to deploy several more Laws, each one further stabilizing the dome and the Laws affecting it and the space it occupied, while also ensuring that nothing beyond it was influenced by the powers he had unleashed.

These were primarily safety precautions because the laws of time and space were among the most dangerous laws in existence.

They carried the potential to affect or even overwrite reality itself, so extreme caution was essential.

Once he was finished, he waved his hand.

In the next instant, all the golden aura, energy, and residual essences of the various laws flowing out of his body were rapidly drawn back into him.

His hair and eyes returned to normal soon after.

Damian looked at his left hand, focusing on the tattoo of an infinity symbol on the back of it, glowing with a faint golden light.

“Hmm… my abilities have grown even stronger over the past couple of weeks, especially my power of [Infinity Essence] after merging [Shadow Essence] into it…”

“I am already far stronger than any god in existence. Even if all of them were to come at me at once, I would still emerge victorious. And yet, I am still within a level that is nearly impossible for a godly being to reach,” Damian silently mused as he observed the dome of the [Life Engine Matrix], carefully searching for any faults or anomalies within his creation.

With a thought, Damian summoned a system panel and glanced at it.

Damian examined the list with an expressionless face.

These were the authorities he possessed.

Each granted him dominion over specific aspects of the universe, and they were more than mere powers.

They were his purpose and his role in existence itself. In that sense, he was no different from the Three Supremes, the Seven Primordials, or the World Trees.

The First Authority: The Heavenly Son.

It was a unique authority he manifested during his seventh lifetime, around the same time his soul underwent rapid transformations.

He had become something far more than a mere anomaly, something that should have been born as a World Tree, yet emerged as something else entirely.

Though he was not a World Tree, he possessed all of their capabilities and more.

The Heavenly Son was his original role within the universe.

The authority accompanying it granted him the ability to interfere with, influence, and meddle in all aspects of existence.

In essence, it gave Damian a certain degree of dominion even within the domains of the Three Supremes and the Seven Primordials.

The extent of that influence depended on what he wished to affect, how much change it would cause, and how much dominion the Primordials were willing to grant him within their respective domains.

As for the Three Supremes, they never questioned him at all.

They allowed him to do as he pleased because they knew Damian would only act to strengthen and protect the universe.

They loved him, perhaps a little too much, nearly as much as they loved existence itself.

It was not that the Seven Primordials did not care for him.

Rather, those domains were theirs.

When Damian meddled within them, they simply wished to support him and ensure that whatever he attempted within their realms would succeed.

The Second Authority: The Guardian of the World Trees

This was a role and authority embedded within his soul.

By birth, his soul possessed the nature of a World Tree, yet he himself did not become a World Tree.

Instead of transforming into one, he evolved into something else entirely, while still retaining the qualities and capabilities inherent to a World Tree.

Thus, he became the Guardian of the World Trees, their brother and their protector.

This authority granted him the ability to travel freely between any worlds in the universe, borrow their energy for his own use, and wield various other powers.

The Third Authority: Primordial Progenitor

This authority was both a role and an inherent dominion.

He obtained it recently upon becoming the progenitor of multiple races, which elevated him into a Pseudo Primordial Progenitor.

In essence, he had become the eighth primordial in all but name.

However, to formally ascend as the true Eighth Primordial, he needed to become a True Primordial Progenitor.

To achieve this, he had to become the progenitor of all intelligent races in existence.

Until then, he would remain in his incomplete state as a Pseudo Primordial Progenitor.

Because this authority was incomplete, he could not access any of the powers or abilities associated with it, though he did not necessarily require them.

Only one race remained.

The dragons.

Once he became the progenitor of dragons, his role and authority would fully ascend, transforming him into the Eighth Primordial, the Primordial Progenitor.

With this authority, every living being would fall under his domain. He would possess the power to influence, manipulate, monitor, control, create, or erase all life, capable of making any living being act according to his will.

The Fourth Authority: Primary System Administrator

This authority was not something born from existence itself, but rather something Damian created.

After the creation of the System, its influence spread across every corner of the universe, monitoring and tracking everything, from animals to divine beasts, from mortals to godly entities.

The System’s primary function was to observe all events within the universe from every possible perspective, converting that information into data for Damian’s use.

Although the System was not a natural cosmic formation like the Seven Primordials, it became an entity somewhat similar to them.

However, it lacked the ability to significantly interfere with existence, as its capabilities were limited by the fact that it was born within the universe rather than being responsible for its continuation.

Even so, the System held the potential to become a primordial itself.

Perhaps in the future, if Damian continued to refine and evolve it, it could ascend as the Ninth Primordial.

As its creator and progenitor, Damian was granted the authority of the Primary System Administrator, which was recognized as a legitimate and absolute authority.