Supremacy Games

Chapter 1958  The Anwser Hidden In the Starry Skies...(Epilogue)

The Last Universe...

Inside the sealing hall within the ruins of the Imprisonment Grounds, Felix, Asna, and Kronos were sitting on the ground, with the suspended platform serving as a table.

Three cups of fine wine were placed in front of each one...Of course, they made themselves get drunk.

They seemed to be talking and laughing with each other like they were old friends. In a sense, they were more than friends, they were partners across timelines, a relationship that was almost impossible to understand.

But, they did it, their hard work had paid off.

"Old partner, it's truly a blessing to talk to you at last freely like this." Felix chuckled as he lifted his tiny cup, "A toast to the Star code, the oldest form of a messenger application."

"Hahaha, I am only saddened you kept sending me short messages each time, expecting me to do the heavy lifting on my own." Kronos laughed as he clicked his cup.

"Sorry, sorry, I tried my best to make the messages longer, but it was extremely difficult without causing those stars to collapse." Felix shook his head wryly.

"I know, I am just jesting with you." Kronos chuckled, "Don't forget, I created the code."

After the laughter died off a bit, Felix gazed at Asna and Kronos with a bitter smile and said, "I have a burning feeling of wanting to celebrate our success, but how can I? Celebrate what exactly? Becoming the new universe's consciousness? The destruction of more than three hundred and thirty-four universes? The death of my masters for a truth that will break them apart? The suffering I have put my wife over and over again? Celebrate what exactly?"

"Felix..."

Asna leaned closer and held his hand, feeling the tremors going through his being.

She knew he could easily turn off his emotions and not care about any of those things, but he refused to, he wanted to feel the pain, he wanted to feel guilt, he needed to...

To understand if everything he had done, if all the lives he had lived, if all the deaths he had caused, were truly worth the final reward. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

If it was even fair to call it a reward.

Felix snickered in ridicule, "I have put myself through hell to arrive here, to obtain this supreme strength and authority, but I am truly beginning to feel that I have wasted my life for a curse, not a reward."

"Don't say that..." Asna tried to comfort him.

"Did he lie though?" Kronos, on the other hand, completely agreed with Felix's sentiment.

Asna glared at Kronos in irritation, not liking the fact he kept fueling his guilt...Kronos merely chuckled and drank another shot.

"I didn't have much knowledge about the other side when I started working with you, but If I knew that you were trying your best to become the universe's consciousness to protect your universe, I would have talked you out of it." Kronos shrugged, "Why bother shouldering such an eternal responsibility that would never let you live your life in peace ever again."

Felix had already told Kronos about everything related to the other side and the trials the moment he met him.

He wasn't worried about the seven celestial hearts canceling the mission since he knew that he had already truly ascended to the universe's consciousness!

The moment he integrated with the universe's heart and learned about his memories, the trials were semi-concluded even if he hadn't already collected the remaining two celestial hearts from Asna and the missing Elemental Heart.

Once he integrated with them, he would conclude the trial and the universe would collapse on its own unless he wanted it to remain.

But for now, none of this was in his mind...He had just found out that his entire life was a well-fabricated lie that caused more harm than good.

"Felix, remember, you were trying your best to succeed in this, to prove to yourself that you are worth more than what was believed." Asna said with a solemn tone, "You have broken one ceiling after another and I was there with you throughout the whole journey."

"I know you and I know that you were always destined to sit at this very place, so lift your head high." Asna lifted Felix's head and said with a solemn tone, "You didn't do all of this to feel sorry for yourself."

"Then why did I do it? I thought I would find the answer at the end, but all it did was open another can of questions."

Felix loved his wife's attempt to cheer him up, but he wasn't feeling sorry for himself because he wanted to.

He was feeling like this because he truly believed that at the end of the line, he would find the answer he was looking for, the answer that eluded him forever.

Why was he born? What was his purpose?

In the minds of average consumers of life, if they were asked what was their purpose, they would most definitely give various answers, some they truly believed in and some were simply riding the wave.

One would answer by following his religious beliefs.

One would answer to live his life fully and enjoy every little thing before his eventful death.

One would answer that he couldn't even understand the question.

One would be pissed off at being asked such a mindless question while he was struggling to pay the bills.

Each one, each race, each person, would have their answer.

Felix was seeking his answer, an actual answer that he genuinely, truly believed in from the bottom of his heart.

The fact he had gone through hell and put an unfathomable number of other lives in it too, not once, not twice, but hundreds of times, over and over again...

Still, he couldn't find the answer. How could he not lose it? How could he not feel completely lost? "If even becoming the universe's consciousness isn't enough to show you the answer, then, maybe, there isn't one true answer..." Kronos smiled, his face oozing with wisdom, "Maybe, life wasn't meant to be lived to seek out an answer, but to simply live it as it is and embrace finality as it comes in any form."

As Felix pondered over his answer, Kronos added with a slight wink, "If this doesn't satisfy you and you still feel like there is an actual answer that you aren't seeing, just remember, you haven't truly reached the end."

"The end..."

Felix's eyes showed a hint of light in them after recalling that he was merely at the beginning of his journey as a Supreme.

There was a whole new Plane of existence, where universes existed akin to bubblegum in a machine.

Where much older and knowledgeable Supremes lived for a million times the time he existed.

Where a complete survival system was built on cosmic games, featuring a staircase leading to the heavens on one end and to hell on the other.

"If I didn't find the answer in my journey within my universe, then I must find it on the Multiversal Plane." Felix murmured with a serious expression, "It must be at the top of the staircase, at the Blessed Isles, where The Great Order resides...Otherwise, how could other Supremes continue to live if their only purpose was to survive?"

Felix refused to think that all Supremes fought for such a basic form of meaning...Survival? For lifeforms with a limited lifespan, he could understand it, but for immortal beings?

How could anyone desire to survive for eternity without an actual purpose that could make his life meaningful?

Immortality without a meaning was a curse and he would die on this hill.

While Asna was quite relieved to just see her husband find a way out of the pit he was digging himself, Kronos was chuckling to himself.

Unlike him, Kronos had previously found his answer after living billions of years x hundred of times in those combined universes.

After all, with every failure, with every reset, Kronos had to start from scratch all over while making sure to recall his past timelines.

The worst part? He had to go through the agony of erasing his memories, just to recall them again, and do nothing about them as his interference would mean the end of the trial.

Thus, each time he finished his part, he was nothing but a spectator, awaiting success or failure, knowing that if it were the latter, he would be introduced to another world of mental destruction.

The dread he felt from the truth when he erased his memories was real because it came from this...He wasn't scared of the truth itself but of the notion of going through this process again, again, and again, forever.

At least, he had an actual reason to do all of this...It was to make his life real by moving to the original timeline.

When he neared the end goal and knew that Felix would fulfill his promise, Kronos didn't feel joy, only relief...

That's when he found his answer and as he gazed at the clear night starry skies from above, it was written there for all to see, if only they wished to look for it...

As he glanced at it, Kronos chuckled and lowered his head, continuing to drink.

After some time, the conversation moved to what Felix would do after returning to the Original timeline.

"I am going to revive my masters and every tenant that has helped me achieve my goal. As much as the truth was a bitter pill to swallow, they deserve to learn it." Felix anwsered, "I will accept their judgment as they see fit."

"As for the destroyed universes? I now understand how foolish for me to think that returning them would solve my problems and heal my guilt." Felix smiled wryly.

He understood that he was lying to himself to keep himself sane during the trials, but in reality, reviving those universes as smaller versions was nothing but a foolish idea.

That's because he knew now that he could not afford to keep hundreds of universes alive when each one consumed real celestial energy to be operated!

After all, they weren't considered simulated realities if they weren't truly realities!

Felix found out that celestial energy wasn't an infinite resource that he could make up. He couldn't even produce it as it was created by the Great Order and released for everyone within the Multiversal Plane to absorb!

The games were held not to just climb a step or fall down a step. Those steps were actual representations of how much each universe had of celestial energy, which was the main material within the protection cocoon of each universe!

In simpler terms, the lower a universe was at Blessed Staircase, the weaker their protective cocoon, and the lower the celestial energy in their possession.

Once a universe lost its protective celestial cocoon, it slowly drifted outside of the Multiversal Plane and into the Blighted Grounds.

So, even if Felix wanted to revive those universes, it would be the damnation of the original timeline and those universes too later on.

"How about you create a realm, like a paradise, and put their souls in it?" Asna suggested, "It won't cost a fraction of celestial energy and they will live blissful and happy lives, much better than what their previous lives."

"It won't change the fact that I have robbed them of their lives." Felix shook his head, "I will think of something else later on...They deserve that much."

"Hahaha, your existence will sure shock and baffle other supremes once you meet them." Kronos chuckled in amusement.

"I think so too." Asna giggled, understanding that Felix was too humane to be a Supreme. Even after everything he had gone through, even when he had the powers to control his emotions, Felix hadn't forsaken his humanity.

He was the universe's consciousness, he was a Supreme, but he was also a human. This was vastly different than the rest of the Supremes, who were the true consciousness of their universes instead of replacements.

"We will see..." Felix merely chuckled faintly and said, "For now, I think it's time we say goodbye to this place and return to our universe, our sons await."

"Niiiiikoo, Niiimo! how I missed my little brats."

Asna held her tears from falling after remembering how bad of a mother she was to her sons, especially Niko.

Although she tried her best to keep him company between each reset, the fact that she had to leave him shortly after always broke a piece of her heart.

To the point, she instinctively named her other son Nimo, showing just how much a mother's love was untouchable.

"We are bringing him a big brother, he should be excited." Felix smiled as he envisioned Nimo's face and how he made him the proudest of fathers.

He still couldn't forget his face as he didn't hesitate to sacrifice himself with his masters to push him to the Universe's heart.

What else would a father ever wish for? To know that your son wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice himself for you, just like you wouldn't hesitate to do the same.

"Looks like it's time." Kronos smiled as he noticed the rays of light coming up from the broken ceiling of the sealing hall.

As Felix and Asna faced the sunrise, they held her hands and smiled at each other, their love for each other was the same, strong as ever, surviving hundreds of universes.

As they held hands, Asna dispatched away her celestial core to Felix while he gracefully accepted it and placed it the closest to his human heart.

Then, Felix called out with a faint smile, "Elder Hades, I know you have been watching everything, I will need my core back."

A sudden spiritual portal opened up and Lord Hades stepped out, his undead aura releasing all over the place.

Yet, the moment he appeared, Lord Hades didn't hesitate to bow down, "Hades, reporting for duty."

Then, he removed his unigin heart without hesitation and gave it to Felix, his expression as solemn as always.

"Always a stickler to the rules." Felix chuckled, knowing that Hades didn't feel an ounce of dejection or bothered by having his heart taken away.

In his mind, he had fulfilled his duties as the Spirit Realm Guardian, trying his very best to protect the weak and lost souls.

Now that the universe's consciousness was born, he had no reason to continue carrying on his duties.

He was the only true Unigin, a True Guardian.

"Elder Hades, I think I might need someone to manage the souls in my universe." Felix smiled gently as he lifted his Hades' head, "Your services have been impeccable."

Lord Hades went silent for a moment and then nodded with an expressionless look, "As you wish, my Lord."

"Tsk, I have done all the heavy lifting and you get a free ride to the original timeline, where are my thanks, Hadey?" Kronos clicked his tongue playfully.

"If it wasn't for me allowing you to peer through my spirit realm, you wouldn't have had the chance to discover my lord as the variant." Lord Hades smirked, "I always knew you were up to something, I just didn't think it was this grand."

"Hahahah, there is simply no winning against you." Kronos laughed, not taking it to heart, as he knew that he was right.

"You can continue on the other side, now, is everyone ready?"

Upon hearing Asna's urgent tone, they knew that she was dying to reunite with her two sons.

So, Felix didn't hesitate to combine all the unigin cores he collected and merged it with his human heart, creating the last hidden celestial heart, The Elemental Heart!

Eris was right in her assumption as Felix had found a way to hide the Elemental Heart using this method after it was discovered by the three rulers and used to defeat him in one of the latest attempts.

While his heart was mortal, with all the unigins cores combined, the universe's heart ascended to the Elemental Heart, finally completing the Trial of Ascension!

Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!...

The universe started clapping thunderously, making it seem like it was holding a standing ovation for Felix's success.

But, in reality, those claps were happening as the universe kept cracking and falling apart under everyone's eyes.

Felix had previously brought with him the souls of everyone, who survived in this universe, or what was left of them after the stunt Loki pulled.

If there was one thing Felix hadn't prepared or expected, it would be Loki pushing Queen Ai to ascend into a celestial purely through data...That truly shocked him and also saved him from making another attempt.

At that time, he had previously gone through every single mistake and he truly wanted this universe to be the last.

Just remembering what he did to Lilith, whose soul was nothing but Asna's soul separated in half...Or putting the Stone of Reality in the quantum realm, which the rulers could not access, and putting all sorts of misleading information to use Lilith as a helping hand to carry on with his trial and help him ascend to a unigin.

There were many, many alternations, whether small or big, but they were very important and without them, Felix wouldn't be standing here, watching the last universe collapse before his own eyes.

"We go?"

With a shared grin between him and Asna, and a head nod between him and his partners, Felix turned everyone into particles and disappeared at once, leaving the universe to continue its collapse on its own.

As the universe expanded further and further into this seemingly deserted galaxy, one of trillions, if Felix would gaze at it from a distance, marveling at its eternal beauty...He would see the stars aligning perfectly, their destruction forming a Star Code.

A code that only he and Kronos could read, or those eager to know...

It appeared as such, an entire galaxy turned into a star code at the very end of its time...

- .... . .-. . / .. ... / -. --- / .-. . .-- .- .-. -.. / .. -. / .--. . .-. ..-. . -.-. - .. --- -. --..-- / --- -. .-.. -.-- / - .... . / ... ..- .-. .-. . -. -.. . .-. / --- ..-. / -... . -.-. --- -- .. -. --. .-.-.-

THE END.