Chapter 259: Where Light and Space Converge
A single beam shot out from the sphere—sharp, golden, and furious. It crashed into the far wall of the sealed chamber.
There was no bounce.
Instead, the wall buckled. The whole cube trembled under the force of impact, warping slightly at the point of contact. I felt the spatial layers strain under the pressure, small cracks forming in the fabric.
I frowned.
The light wasn’t contained—it was clashing violently with the structure. It needed either more control or a stronger prison.
I chose both.
With a mental tug, I infused more Essence into the runes lining the walls. They shimmered brighter, responding to my Absolute command.
I compressed the cube further—shrinking the chamber down to four feet across now. The space grew denser, heavier, the edges no longer passive but reinforced with additional folds. The cube solidified, the walls thickening with spatial layering until it held like stone under tension.
Inside, I fed more Essence into the Light sphere. It responded with eagerness—glowing brighter, louder, almost singing.
Fire again.
The second beam shot out. This time it was stronger, hotter, faster.
It struck the wall—and the impact was brutal.
The space shuddered, but didn’t collapse. The outer structure absorbed it, pulsed once, and then held steady. Light fragments dispersed inside, but the sealed chamber endured.
Again. Stronger.
I tightened the space even further, drew in more runes, aligned them across the seams of the cube, inscribing them with the will to hold, to deny release. The cube shrank to three feet.Then two.
The Light sphere bloomed brighter, now glowing like a miniature sun inside a coffin of space.
One more time.
A storm of beams burst outward this time, multiple rays lashing in all directions. The cube cracked at the edges, whined under pressure, but didn’t break. The space held.
I exhaled slowly.
The only thing left was to scale it, to expand the construct enough to trap multiple targets at once. A single kill box wasn’t enough. I needed a cage big enough to dominate a battlefield.
I decided to cover half of my Absolute Domain for now, expanding the spatial cube until it spanned across that entire region. A massive construct, invisible yet sealed by law and runes, anchored by my will.
While my core churned, steadily generating Essence, I turned my focus to the next step to create this domain skill.
I narrowed my focus and shifted both Psynapse fractures toward Space.
The moment I did, my perception of the world changed. The fabric of my Absolute Domain, the vast field of particles under my will, suddenly felt obedient.
I gave a simple command to the runes swirling through the domain, that i wanted a blocked space that no one could escape.
With both fractures working in perfect sync, the construction began.
First came the small model—a one feet cube. It formed instantly now, space folding inward as if drawn to a silent heartbeat. The runes responded faster, denser.
I expanded the structure, letting the command stretch farther. 2 feet. 3 feet.
Space resisted.
Not from disobedience, but from the sheer weight of it. Binding coordinates that wide—without tearing the fabric or causing the cube to collapse—was like holding up a ceiling made of stone with bare hands.
But my domain wanted to obey. The runes buzzed, pulsing in rhythm to my will. And I pushed harder.
I closed my eyes and pictured the shape, the size, the scale. Then I exhaled, using Essence inside the domain to help me achieve what I wanted. The cube grew wider, rising like a massive vault from the heart of my domain.
By the time I stopped, it had grown to cover nearly half of the entire Absolute Domain, an enormous chamber of locked space.
It was stable.
A soft chime echoed in my mind as the system notification appeared.
[Skill Gained]
[Space Lock – Level 1] : A sealed space constructed through precise spatial compression. Forms a static cubic zone that denies all exit or entry once activated. Strength scales with Essence control and space comprehension.
I dismissed the notification with a thought.
Space was in place.
Now came Light.
I released the second fracture from its previous task and tethered it fully to Light, letting it slip deep into the law’s pulse.
Unlike Space, Light wasn’t meant to be caged. It flared, surged, exploded. But that was the challenge now: to birth it within the sealed cube and keep it tamed.
I activated [Space Lock] again.
The cube took form instantly this time, a clean execution that locked half of my domain in compressed, unmoving space. No shimmer, no cracks—just a matte presence like a stitched-up hole in reality.
Before it fully stabilized, I directed the Light fracture into motion.
A sphere began to form at the center of the sealed cube, no larger than my fist at first. Not from my hands this time, but conjured mid-air through my will alone—Essence shaping pure radiance into an orb, humming and swirling with concentrated Light.
Then, with a silent pulse, it fired.
Thin beams lanced out from its surface in every direction—harmless at first. They struck the inside of the cube and simply fizzled, barely leaving marks. But I adjusted the output, strengthened the light density.
The beams brightened, sharpened. A few trembled against the edges of the [Space Lock], and for a moment, the cube wavered.
I cut the power.
Again.
This time, I formed a smaller light sphere and ramped up its energy more gradually, scaling the Light output directly alongside the strength of the cube. A constant balance.
The beams launched again, and this time the cube held. The Space no longer resisted the Light but contained it—barely. I could feel the inner walls ripple slightly with each impact.
That was the harmony I was chasing. Not dominance of one force over the other, but synchronization. Both Light and Space growing in tandem, threatening to rupture if one pulled ahead—but invincible if kept in balance.
I repeated the process again.
[Space Lock]—half the domain, cube formed.
Then Light—sphere in the center.
It still took a breath, a second of aligning two distinct laws through two halves of my mind. I wanted less than that. Instantaneous. No wind-up. No room for someone to react.
I reset.
Again.
This time, I amplified the fracture focused on Space, pushing its strength just beyond the Light fracture’s output.
The cube materialized smoother, faster. Less drag. As soon as it did, the light sphere bloomed—flaring once before releasing beams in every direction. Front, back, sides, top, bottom—twelve pulses per second.
The cube trembled, but didn’t break.
That was the margin I needed. Let Light rage, but give Space the edge.
I kept going. Over and over. Disassemble. Reassemble. Build it faster. Stronger. Crisper.
Two hours passed in silence, only the occasional ripple in my domain breaking the stillness. I lost count of the cycles. My Psynapse was blazing now, running both fractures at full tilt. But I was close.
On the next attempt, it happened.
[Space Lock] and Light Sphere manifested together, seamless, like an instinct.
Beams fired in every direction the moment the lock snapped into existence—no lag, no instability, no bleeding at the edges.
The system responded.
[Skill Gained]
[Sanctum of Judgement – Level 1]: Conjure a sphere of Light inside a sealed space. Emits destructive beams in all directions. Must be used within a stable spatial construct. Scales with Essence and dual-law space-light comprehension.
I exhaled.
Creation is hard, cheer me up!