It didn’t fade. It didn’t weaken. It simply paused, trapped in place by my will and the space and time laws acting on it.
The air around it shook. The pressure rolling off it was terrifying. Even without touching it, I knew that a single release would be enough to level the entire capital of Vaythos and turn it into dust.
"Revert." I whispered.
The bolt broke apart instantly. Its violent power melted into harmless Essence, drifting like smoke and dissolving into the domain around me.
The ground remained untouched, and the clouds above trembled as if waiting for my next command.
I decided to finish the last pieces of the domain. I rose slowly into the air, letting the Essence storm continue its work as I floated higher.
From above, the tablet behind me looked even larger, its shadow covered almost the entire secluded space. It felt like a monument placed here since the beginning of time.
To make it stronger, I chose to engrave my [Right to Insight] directly into its structure. The moment I willed it, the tablet shivered.
A single rune appeared at the top center. Then another. Then ten. Then hundreds.
In only a few breaths the top most portion of the tablet was filled with them, thousands of glowing violet runes carving themselves into the stone-like surface. The sound was soft and steady, like crystal being etched by wind. Each rune locked into place permanently.
And when the last one settled, the runes shifted together and formed a colossal reptile-like slit eye at the top of the tablet.
My vision changed instantly.
The same sharp clarity I used to feel only when activating [Right to Insight] now poured into me without effort. I could see every flow of Essence in the air, every law ripple in the mirage-volcanoes, every tension in the space around me.
The domain sharpened. There was no hiding. No law could slip past the tablet’s sight now.
But to bind these laws, I needed something more. And for that, I used inspiration taken from the chained fallen.
I commanded again.
The tablet trembled once more. Violet chains, mirages at first, began appearing all around its edges. They floated like thin mirages, not yet solid, stretching outward in slow arcs and linking to different points in the domain.
I let my Essence surge. The chains thickened. Their shapes sharpened.
And in the next instant, they materialised completely: heavy, metallic, and glowing faintly with violet runes of their own.
Each chain anchored itself: One end locked into the borders of the tablet. The other sank deep into the ground of the domain, cracking the earth slightly as it fused into place.
From a distance, it looked like the chains existed to hold the massive tablet down, preventing it from drifting or collapsing the sky.
But I knew the truth.
These chains were not restraints for the tablet.
They were the restraints for the laws within the domain, ready to tighten, bind, or drag down any rule, force, or being that defied the Executor’s command.
There was only one thing left.
Purification.
This domain belonged to me alone.
I was the Sovereign of Essence. So only my Essence, my violet Essence had the right to exist here. Nothing else.
I gave the command.
The tablet behind me trembled again.
A new rune began carving itself onto its surface.
This one didn’t look like the others.
It formed layer by layer, circle by circle, until it resembled the interlocking gears of a giant machine, something built to enforce.
The moment the engraving finished, the rune pulsed once.
A ripple spread out from the tablet like a shockwave. It crossed the sky, the clouds, the volcano mirages, the chains, the ground.
Then it happened.
All the natural Essence inside the domain, every single particle, was devoured in an instant. No resistance.
The traces of normal Essence vanished like sparks drowned in water. The tornado of energy around my physical body shifted color immediately, turning a deep bright violet as my Essence took its place.
The entire domain changed tone. The air felt denser. The light felt sharper. My will echoed louder.
This place no longer felt like a domain I created. It felt like an extension of myself as the final piece clicked into place.
I exhaled as the system notifications appeared one after another.
[Domain initialized]
[Domain registered]
[Domain categorized as Unique]
A faint smile tugged at my lips.
"I’ll refer to this domain as Veritas Dominus," I said quietly.
The system responded at once.
[Domain: Veritas Dominus]
The notifications faded, and I remained floating in the air, quietly taking in everything I had created.
My domain stretched out across nearly half of the secluded realm, almost seven times the size of an average Transcendent’s domain.
Its range depended on perception and Essence, and I had both in amounts that were anything but normal. With the Dawn Core upgraded, the amount of energy it produced was overwhelming. I had more Essence than I could use.
I looked around and noticed that part of my domain had reached into the edge of the mountain range.
A few powerful beasts stirred, sensing the sudden change in authority. Their killing intent flickered for a moment, but the moment they felt the pressure of my domain, they backed away and hid deeper in the mountains.
Now that the domain was complete, the last step remained, my law construct.
A Transcendent needed at least one signature construct, something that represented their law mastery and could be invoked inside the domain. But creating it would cause a disturbance. A big one.
My gaze drifted toward the three figures standing within the domain’s reach. Steve, North, and Primus were watching everything with wide eyes, probably trying to understand what I had built.
I didn’t want them getting caught up in the shockwaves.
I waved my hand lightly.
Space rippled around them like water bending, and before they could react, they vanished and reappeared far across the secluded realm.
I rolled my shoulder, raised my hand, and cracked my fingers one by one.
Sparks of violet light flickered around my joints as my Essence surged in response.
"All right," I muttered, more to myself than anyone else. "Last thing to do. Don’t disappoint me."
The domain trembled slightly, as if answering the call.