Infinite Mana in the Apocalypse by Adui

chapter 1459: The Overseer of the Isles of the Gilded Forge! 1




Those who had lived for millions of years and achieved at least the Sixth or Seventh Firmament of Ascendancy – this was the image that most would have when they thought of Peerless Forgers.

Yet… this being before them had achieved it as the Overseer mentioned he might be even younger than 30!

"Useless…I am so useless…" The old Primal Titan nearly felt all of his confidence shatter at such a Reality as a resounding harrumph echoed out a second later, the body of Monos trembling as the Overseer locked onto him with displeasure.

"I'm only halfway towards achieving the Realm of a Peerless Forger and I'm even older than you, are you calling me useless?"

…!

Monos's face changed greatly as he kneeled down instantly.

"I seek forgiveness, Overseer! I was just shocked and misspoke…" The powerful Third Firmament existence was actually sweating before the Overseer as even Noah's body shuddered from the brief power that had shot from her at a moment of displeasure!

It made him reevaluate once more as he theorized the Firmament of Ascendancy this existence before him had reached.

It was definitely above the Fifth Firmament as he guessed she could be in the Sixth or even more likely… the Seventh Firmament of Ascendancy!

With that inference, it also showed how powerful one had to be to become an Overseer of a Prime Reality!

"Hmph!" The displeasure on her face quickly faded as it was replaced with a smile, her focus once more returning to Noah as she continued while leaning back on her chair and folding her hands on her ridiculously oversized chest.

"Just from inferring the age of your soul and seeing your ridiculous achievements, I can say with confidence that information might be the only thing an existence like you is deficient in."

She spoke with a hint of seriousness even as a smile never left her face.

"Do you know what a Peerless Forger truly means? What such a being means for the Bloodline they are born in? What it means for the surroundings Bloodlines and the powerhouses across nearby Realities?"

…!

A set of questions that caused Noah's eyes to release rays of blinding light were asked, the majestic figure of the Overseer smiling enthusiastically as she seemed to have all the answers!

***


"Hmm…"

Across the vast Realities.

Barbatos was wrinkling her nose cutely as her small figure floated light years away from a huge cluster of Cosmos within a Reality vastly different from her original one!

She was wrinkling her nose as she felt annoyed for no reason in the past few seconds, the fantastical figure of Athena coming up behind her as she asked with a smile.

"What's wrong, Sis Barbatos?"

"Bah, I don't even know. It doesn't matter though, what's the target of this Reality?"

Barbatos replied while shaking her head and refocusing on the task at hand, as she was among the many that Noah had sent to multiple Realities that Cecilia used to rule!

Each one had a Champion with the Invincible System, and Barbatos was the commanding Higher Existence within this Reality as Noah's normal Clone was behind them overseeing everything and allowing them a chance to move for themselves.

At Barbatos's question, the War Princess Athena trembled with power and excitement as she replied.

"A Champion that actually shares the same name as Junior Brother… someone called Noah Murdock!"

…!

Barbaros raised her eyes at this while turning around to stare at the faraway Noah while letting out a harrumph.

"Hmph, just how many Noahs are there gonna be? Are any of them even worthy of carrying the same name as him?"

Her eyes and words carried a trace of pride as Athena laughed while replying to her.

"You know the secret he just told us after the death of the Primordial… why some names like Noah, Aegon, Ezekiel, and others are among the many that the Champion of Reality will carry…"

The secret of the names shared across many Champions!

"The names shared by the legendary figures among the Primordials that were the earliest to achieve the Realm of Reality… "

WAA!

The names commonly seen by Champions were actually a form of respect by Primordials – these beings choosing their Protectors based on the names they carried as whether through coincidence or through destiny, they found Champions with such names had the most success in defending Realities.

"Hmph, isn't it just some old fogeys? They might all be dead with the ravages of time as in the future, when one hears the name of Noah… they will associate it with but a single being!" The bountiful chest on Barbatos bounced as she spoke with confidence, her aura of a Higher Existence rising as battle intent pulsed dangerously from her!

"Let's go have this Noah bend the knee and pledge Fealty to the one and only…"

OOOM!

Power released madly from the women as they led the Legions behind them forward – this being just one of the few parties spread out across different Realities that were under the gaze of Cecilia.

Noah was making silent advancements into these Realities as he danced a fine line between danger and opportunity, intent on becoming the Overseer of multiple Realities before taking them all into hiding!

***


What did a Peerless Forger truly mean?

The question was asked by the Overseer of the Isles of the Gilded Forge as soon after, this vibrant existence answered it herself with grandiosity as her hands released a burst of light that formed into endless multicolored rivers stacked on top of each other.

"Across the vast Realities, there are those explored and conquered, and there are those that even after countless eons have yet to even be discovered by others."

…!

"Countless Bloodlines move to expand their power and influence across these Realities, the Primordials being those at the very forefront as these existences were the ones to initiate this endless race for power to begin with! They are also the ones who freely traverse Realities while forbidding others from doing so, their power being undeniable as these beings are just like all other Bloodlines… they seek to conquer."

The endless rivers that bloomed from her hands split apart into smaller and larger ones, distinguishing Emerging Realities and Prime Realities as the Overseer focused her languid eyes on the vibrant Prime Realities!

"Among all Realities, Prime Realities are the most favored as the battle for them is dependent on the power of the Bloodline Races fighting for it… as well as the Treasures that those Bloodline Races hold!"

"Peerless Forgers… are those nearing the Peak of the Profession of Forging as they contribute to the birth of the types of Treasures that can make or break entire Bloodlines! That… is what the identity of someone like you who calls himself a nobody has."

"…"

Silence descended in the surroundings as an Overseer leaned back grandly on her throne, her gaze immensely sharp as as she looked at a certain being the same way one would look at a pristine Treasure!

Chapter 1457: You are interesting! II


Then there was the maddening possibility of the 'elevation of concepts' under the Quasi-Primordial Relic that was RUINATION.

Was there truly a possibility to elevate Daos freely? Elevate Greater Nomological Edicts to Quasi-Insuperable ones? Insuperable Nomological Edicts to something even more disastrous?!

WAA!

The mere idea of it was preposterous- but it matched the terrifying capabilities that a Primordial Relic should hold! Apart from all this, there was also the possibility of the fantastical ability of budding Ruination Realities.

Ruination Realities!

It made Noah truly look forward to elevating this treasure into a genuine Primordial Relic… it made him plan for whatever he had to do to make such a thing achievable!

"But first…"

He breathed out calmly as he looked past his Domain of Apocalypse and into the far away boundary of his Home Reality that he came from.

The Prime Reality where a clan of Golden Titans resided in was called the Isles of the Gilded Forge… he had to come up with the name and designations of his own Reality and the ones he would dominate in the future!

Such was the thought that crossed his mind when he gazed out, along with the plan that he had to utilize the feature of Veil of Ruination in preparation for the powerhouses that would be seeking to find out exactly what happened to Cecilia.

His eyes flashed with light as he turned towards Hyperion who was looking at him with a difficult expression.

"What is it?" Noah asked with a smile as he caused the Domain of Apocalypse around them to fade, the Ascendancy Halo of Catastrophe also fading away as the only thing that could be heard in the surroundings was the crackling sounds of the formation of millions of Cosmos within Noah's body as his Ascendancy Value went to exceed 2,000!

Hyperion gazed towards him with a sharp gaze as the bright eyes of the Draconic-Elephantine Ender of Reality released rays of grandeur while he spoke.

"Your mere aura alone causes my Origin to feel oppressed… with your rate of progress being something I cannot even imagine!"

WAA!

The Ender of Reality was still left behind at a half completed Halo and at the First Firmament of Ascendancy as within quite literally a single day, Noah had pulled ahead and entered the Third Firmament of Ascendancy.

Hyperion knew that Noah was multiple times more powerful than he was before as his mere aura alone was suffocating!

At such words, Noah smiled lightly while replying.

"Our paths are different, with my speed of progression being something that the strongest geniuses across Realities might be envious of! You only worry about your path as now… let us forge your System and have you enjoy the freedom you sought all your life."

…!

The forging of a System!

It was something Noah was confident of doing after obtaining the memories of Cecilia, but he would still confirm everything as he would complete the contractual bidding between him and Hyperion by making this Ender into the first test trial.

"Before that though, I need to hide a Reality within the folds of these endless Boundaries that even if a Primordial comes searching… they can only turn back in disappointment!"

WAA!

The plans for his main body were set as he moved with domineering authority, his True Sanguine Clone in the Isles of the Gilded Forge finally entering the Isle of the Queen under the lead of Monos at this moment. Noah saw the gradual change from Ruination into a clear golden type of essence once more when entering another Isle, this being a Domain that the Overseer of this Prime Reality set up according to Monos!

The power to entirely isolate Ruination or Primordial Essence and set up a Domain of one's own… what concepts or level of power did one have to achieve to be capable of doing so? These were among the many things that Noah had to find as another was the uniqueness of having one's hair turn into Flames!

Elder Agonia had flaming hair along with some of the Fledgling Forgers that Noah had competed with, but Noah could see from them that the Flames were merely those of Edicts. Yet when he achieved the Authority of Catastrophe, his hair had been turned into crimson gold flames that seemed to stand for something - and he knew it to be distinctly different from the others he had seen.

OOOM!

He was taken out of his thoughts as after they delved into the Domain that was the Isle of the Queen, another vast and fantastical citadel bloomed before Noah's eyes!

The size of mere Cosmos was incomparable as a single Cosmos would be akin to a grain of sand from the vastness of this citadel, Noah gazing at the outline of what seemed to be a vast floating citadel very similar to his past floating Spiritual Land.

Golden essence dripped off of its edges and was taken in by the surrounding domain, an illusory gold bubble surrounding the floating citadel as a light of authority lit up on the chest of Monos which allowed an opening to appear on the illusory bubble and allowed them in.

"The Isle of the Queen is unique from all the other Isles of the Gilded Forge, with the presence of the Overseer here making it the strongest and most fortified land in this whole Prime Reality!"

WAA!

Monos spoke freely as Noah saw a similar outline to the Isle of Gold- a pathway made of illusory gold glass stretching and elevating up across the citadel with grand structures on either of its two sides, with the tallest and largest building being the one that the golden pathway ultimately led to! It was a skyscraper of a castle that looked to be built with reinforced glass crystals- shining gold and crimson as it illuminated the whole Isle of the Queen.

This was their destination.

Noah followed behind Monos calmly as he felt countless powerful auras lock onto them, his eyes finding many more Primal Titans within this location as they moved fantastically within the citadel.

The auras of existences at the First and Second Firmament of Ascendancy were much higher here as those with the same power as Monos numbered within the hundreds, and those that should be at the Fourth Firmament of Ascendancy seemed to be a few dozens!

It was an eye opening scene of just what level of power one could expect from the powerful Prime Realities, Noah taking everything in as he and Monos arrived before the tallest building within the Isle of the Queen.

Enormous crystal doors etched with ancient runic symbols stood before them, Monos bowing towards it respectfully as he spoke out.

"Grandmaster Monos seeks an audience with the Overseer. I have brought the one I mentioned!"

RUMBLE!

The golden crystalline doors opened by a small slithering as Monos nodded to Noah while the two of them flew in, the wide doors closing behind them as Noah was surprised to find everything outside cut off as if he had entered a brand new domain!

He expected the inside of the grand skyscraper of the castle to be lined up with golden halls and extravagant rooms with exquisite structures, but he found out that he and Monos were standing on a Resplendent circular platform as everything around them was entirely dark.

When his awareness spread out, it couldn't sense anything past this darkness as only after a few seconds passed did things begin to brighten up in front of them - an outline of an enormous crimson gold throne coming to light!

As if it was coming towards them, the throne became larger in size until Noah and Monos only seemed like mere specks of dust before it, the figure of a grand existence being seen situated on this throne!

Her hair was burning crimson gold flames extremely similar to Noah's True Body as they draped over her bare shoulders gloriously, a fiery tight dress fit for the most exemplary queens adorning the body of this being as her face… it could topple Realities.

The gaze of this being was extremely piercing as her shining crimson eyes were directed their way, her fair red lips smacking as her melodious voice echoed out with power and Interest!

"Ara Ara~… now this is interesting!"

WAA!

Chapter 1455: Scaling the Firmaments is Easy! III
After Yacucoatl and Pyxis, there was Cecilia.
A small-time Primordial, but she was a Primordial nonetheless as her death...was not without consequences!
Within yet another Prime Reality.
At the very center of this Reality, a vast structure reminiscent of a shrine was enacted as many statues surrounded it, and golden stairways the size of thousands of Cosmos endlessly stretching down from the doors of the shrine could be seen.
Within this vast structure, a green-haired woman letting out the unique aura of a Celestial Vine and a Primordial could be seen playing with the ashes of a dried leaf.
"Little Cecilia...why would you go and perish just a few million years after I help you become a Primordial?"
WAA!
Her voice was sonorous and enticing as within her green gold eyes, one could see a trace of anger from this being!
"And for your Mark to not even be laid upon the one who did this to you...just what could have happened?"
The Primordial stood up gracefully while holding the ashen dried up leaf in her hand, taking light but powerful steps as she moved to solve a mystery! She knew which Realities Cecilia was assigned to. Whether her death was within one of them or in others, she would simply check and leave everything up to fate.
As for the force responsible?
'Whatever means you have to not become a Marked Ones, can you escape my gaze if I am looking straight at you?'
RUMBLE!
Imperceptible waves of destiny echoed out as a Celestial Vine moved, and she wasn't the only one trying to solve this mystery that caused the deaths of three existences from three heavyweight factions- the culprit of these mysteries being a single existence that had only begun scaling the Firmaments of Ascendancy days ago!
The storm that would follow this mystery was bound to be a fantastic phenomenon that would begin to shake the roots of powerful Bloodlines...
All three recently killed existences belonged to powerful groups and had deep backing, and yet Noah had taken them down as apart from everything else...he had gained their memories!
He knew of their factions and the powerhouses that surrounded them. He also knew of the reaction these beings might have as such knowledge would have made any common Higher Existence run and hide across the vast Infinite Realities. Yet Noah still moved steadily as with the memories he gained from the three defeated beings were the most crucial and important things that they even rivaled all the loot he gained through the Resplendent Treasure Emperor.
'The Bloodline of the Royal Blight Serpent Dragons, the elusive and hidden Bloodline of Enders of Reality, the Celestial Vine Primordial Overseer...'
The memories of locations and people within these factions crossed Noah's mind clearly as they should have been enough to cause one to despair, but he simply forged forward with confidence as even if they were in the Fifth, Sixth, or even Seventh Firmament of Ascendancy...he was confident of the coming future and his own power!
His own power was rising at such a stupidly fast rate that he neared the Third Firmament of Ascendancy in mere days! As all of these thoughts settled, Noah breathed out as he opened his eyes to look at the vibrant crimson Ascendancy Halo of Catastrophe that had 15 brilliantly shining golden bands around it.
This Halo had granted Noah a tremendous authority that effectively allowed him to kill any beings that did not have a completed Halo with powerful Insuperable level Edicts contained within it Which Firmament of Ascendancy had existences with multiple Insuperable level edicts within their Halo? If they didn't meet this requirement, Noah could take them down whether they were in the Second Firmament of Ascendancy or the Fourth!
This was one of the many reasons for his confidence in the coming future! The Authority of Catastrophe was robust as it came with many things, Noah analyzing it as he was RUINATION gradually finishing the Essence Conversion before him.
As an Overseer of his Reality, Noah had gained the passive Generation of 1 Unit of Essence of Reality as even after a whole day, barely a smidgen of his reserves were filled even with the small 'container' within his Origin and soul to store the Essence of Reality.
Yet the Authority of Catastrophe said f#ck all that and granted 10 Units of Essence of Reality daily as with it, Noah could foretell that at least one third of his reserves would be filled passively every single day!
And now RUINATION... THRUM!
The Quasi-Primordial Relic released a glorious light as it trembled, multicolored essence coming out of its body drop by drop as it soon formed into a cluster of drops before Noah's eyes.
<5 Units of the Essence of Reality daily, Master.>
The multicolored drops flowed into Noah's chest as they were stored, Noah nodding with shining eyes as when he calculated once more, he realized that his ever expanding space within his origin that held the Essence of Reality could be filled up more than half every single day!
This was because the space was constantly expanding as he became more powerful, and he was about to expand it even more as his goal was to elevate RUINATION into a genuine Primordial Relic that would grant him even more Essence of Reality every single day.
<I've already used TRIPLICATE on the Shards of a Seed of Reality and Existential Pearls Master. They are ready for you to absorb.>
WAA!
RUINATION sank back into his chest while saying such glorious words, Noah reaching into his expansive space and seeing 225 Seeds of a Shard of Reality from the original 31 from Pyxis and 44 from the Serpent Dragon Prince! 225 Seeds that signified 225 Million Cosmos!
It would be elevating his base power by three or four times as when all of his percentage boosts were applied...his Ascendancy Value would not be at 889 any longer.
It would break into the Third Firmament of Ascendancy with ease as the only question was how far he would scale this Firmament with the current loot?!
WAA!
The fantastical Seeds of a Shard of Reality began to disappear from his Expansive Space as he devoured them directly from there, his body beginning to crackle and pulse as if it was a battlefield.
He was doing something terrifying as with absorption of a single Seed, 1 Million Cosmos would have to be forged as he was freely devouring a dozen every second!
RUUMBLE!
It felt like skies were shuddering and being torn inside of his body as millions of Cosmos were formed, merely a few seconds passing before the grandiose 1000 Value was broken into nothingness as Noah continued to ascend upwards- now entering the Third Firmament of Ascendancy!
For him, it was too damn easy as he actually reached the same stage as Elder Monos within just mere hours of meeting such an existence!

chapter 1453: Scaling the Firmaments is Easy! I


The Ascendancy Value that distinguished beings into Firmaments of Ascendancy!

Noah had already reached the upper 90s before the battles against Yacucoatl and the Tyrant Beast Pyxis, and just the addition of multiple Quasi-Insuperable and one Insuperable Edict had shot his Ascendancy Value past 100 as he crossed the barrier of the Second Firmament of Ascendancy with too little ease that he didn't even notice it.

Past the Value of 100, that was the Second Firmament of Ascendancy!

One had to strive for years to find new ways to compound their strength- whether by completing new Edicts and forging new Ascendancy Halos, or by forging more Cosmos.

Those not talented would remain at this level for all their lives as it was arduous to go from 100 to 1000 Ascendancy Values to break into the Third Firmament… buy then there were those that were simply too terrifying with their methods of compounding strength that they could ascend the Firmaments with ease.

Noah was one such being as while he currently only held a few million Cosmos, every little change to the percentages boosting him could vastly change his Value as the concept of his Ascendancy Halo that could hold double the Edicts compared to others… it was to blame for the shocking set of numbers he was seeing and the continued rise of his Value as new Edicts were infused into it!

The Quasi-Insuperable Nomological Edicts of Tyrant Beast, Winged Tiger, and 7 other Quasi-Insuperable Edicts flowed into the Ascendancy Halo freely while the Greater Edicts within it were removed.

The crimson halo and golden bands fluctuated as they faded away briefly, before an instant later… the golden bands began to reforge even brighter than before as the quality of Edicts was much higher!

From Yacucoatl, the Insuperable Nomological Edict was added along with the Quasi-Insuperable Edicts of Abomination, Serpent Dragon Heart, Winged Ouroboros, unscalable Mountain… and seven more Edicts of this level were also added into the Ascendancy Halo

of Catastrophe as the number of required Edicts quickly reached saturation!

THRUM!

Waves of majestic essence color erupted around Noah as mana still surged from him endlessly into RUINATION, where one could see the repulsive essence of Pandemonium along with Ruination and Primordial Essence surging around this treasure- a wondrous conversion taking place.


The crimson Halo was equally sectioned by multiple golden bands, a terrific aura that even caused Hyperion to be pushed back as his body trembled erupting out.

It was an aura of utter oppression as at this moment, a unique change was occurring within Noah because uniquely… he had completed his Ascendancy Halo of Catastrophe.

Nine Quasi-Insuperable Nomological Edict from Pyxis, 11 of the same level from Yacucoatl made 20. Then Yacucoatl gave his Insuperable Edict as when added to Noah's very own forged Insuperable and Quasi-Insuperable Nomological Edicts, as well as the 4 Quasi-Insuperable Edicts from Cecilia… the number 30 had been reached!

A never before seen Ascendancy Halo was complete as one had to wonder. Just what perks did it come with?

THRUM!

Fifteen golden bands sectioned the crimson halo as at the moment of its completion, Noah's heart shuddered as he saw his continuously rising Ascendancy Value seamlessly break past 200, 400, and then settle at 889!

He entered the Second Firmament of Ascendancy and then exceeded its halfway mark in mere seconds as he approached the stellar Value of 1,000 at a pace others couldn't even dream of.

From the First Firmament, he now nearly came close to the Third Firmament as he scaled within seconds what others would take years! It was unrealistic and balanced breaking as one might question how it occurred!

How could such a thing be allowed? Just how could the completion of a single Ascendancy Halo allow one to almost scale two Firmaments of Ascendancy?!

The answer was simple.

«The Authority of Catastrophe has been granted.»


OOOM!

The Ascendancy Halo glowed with vibrant grandeur as a unique authority surged into Noah, a crimson gold layer of light wrapping over his skin as his eyes released bursts of light, the stellar hair on his head beginning to undergo a change!

From its purple blue stellar light, it began to fly around madly as from his scalp… his hair began to move and surge widely as in mere seconds, it was transformed into Flames as it seemed his entire head was on fire.

Golden crimson flames that matched the color of his Halo as with wildness and impunity, the hair on his head danced madly as it turned into wondrous flames!

Along with it, Noah raised his hands to see the impenetrable layer of crimson gold light that protected him, its source being the pulsing completed Halo as information about it smoothly flowed into his mind!

‹‹Authority of Catastrophe›› An authority that only Noah Osmont owns as it cannot be replicated by any others or himself ever again. It is a highly offensive and defensive authority that passively surrounds Osmont, nullifying any physical and soul damage stemming from concepts of and Halos forged from Quasi-Insuperable Nomological Edicts and negating 80% of all Damage from concepts and Halos stemming from Insuperable Nomological Edicts. Actively, Noah Osmont can lay down the verdict of Catastrophe on an enemy as unless they hold an Authority stemming from a completed Ascendancy Halo holding INSUPERABLE Nomological Edicts, they can only face Catastrophe. The passive generation of 10 Units of Essence of Reality is granted, along with the passive generation of 1,000 Cosmos daily, and +500,000,000,000% to All Parameters. The boosts given are subjected to change depending on which Bloodline Edicts comprise the Ascendancy Halo of Catastrophe…


"…"

The reason as to why he nearly scaled two Firmaments within seconds.

An authority that granted one passive generation of the Essence of Reality equivalent to being an Overseer of 10 Realities, a generation of daily Cosmos one thousand times more than what his True Blood refinement had reached, and a ridiculous 500 billion percent to All Parameters!

This… was from the completion of Noah's unique Ascendancy Halo of Catastrophe!