Earth's Greatest Magus

Chapter 2791: Fusion

Emery sat in a lotus position, facing the chaotic Khaos Gate within his inner domain.

The swirling mass of writhing darkness and distorted space pulsed like a living heart—dangerous, unstable.

This was Khaos main gate, the one that would one open the Khaos Hub and allow him to travel freely between waypoints.

After hearing the Oracle’s prophecy, restoring this gate became his highest priority. Once functional, it would give him the mobility to cross realms instantly—to be where his friends needed him, the moment danger struck.

Both his hands rose slowly, fingers spreading as he attempted to stabilize the surge of chaotic energy leaking from the attempted fusion of three gates. On the other side of each gate, the three guardians lent their strength, anchoring the process with ancient will.

Days passed. Sweat poured down Emery’s back. His breathing grew ragged. But the final step—the true fusion—remained elusive.

”Why is it so difficult?” he muttered. ”Am I missing something?”

For a moment, there was only the hum of chaos.

Then, Daurgotoh’s voice echoed from the shadows.

Emery grimaced. It had taken him more than a decade to master Talaro’s technique—the Khaos Convergence. Through it, he gained the ability to channel all three Khaos powers simultaneously. But to fusion the gates was an entirely different matter.

Chututulu’s deep rumble joined in.

”What does that mean?” Emery asked sharply. ”Do I need to find the fourth guardian? Or do I need to reach the Supreme Realm to withstand the fusion? Even if I could... how many hundreds of years would that take?”

Daurgototh’s cut in before the thought could worsen.

A pause.

Emery stiffened. The comment hit harder than expected.

Kilgragah, however, was far less subtle.

Emery clenched his jaw. Annoying as the guardian was, he wasn’t wrong. Emery’s attempt to balance both Light and Darkness—his pursuit of a perfect duality—had undeniably weakened the purity of the Khaos force he could pull from the gate. As long as he divided his focus between opposing Daos, he would never draw from Khaos with the same brutality and singular intent that Talaro once wielded.

He swallowed his frustration.

”Then is there a way to speak with the Lord of Shadow? To ask for guidance directly?”

All three guardians gave the same answer through their silence.

If Emery could not open the main gate, he would never reach the primordial entity.

He exhaled slowly, gathering his thoughts.

There were two path: grow stronger or locate the fourth guardian.

Daurgototh reveal about Voidstalker reports mentioning the dark elf Kieran sighted in an Oculus faction city. But that intel was more than twenty years old.

He briefly thought of Cole—the brainwashed Khaos seed. Tracking the remnants of their faction might offer clues.

But all of that was for later.

Right now, Emery didn’t necessarily need the full gate fusion. He only needed reliable, stable travel between waypoints.

What is the simplest solution...?

Without the Khaos Hub, his Khaos seed waypoints were inaccessible.

But gate-to-gate connection was still possible.

One idea surfaced.

He could leave one of the gates with someone he trusted. For example, Morgana—then he could travel instantly between Earth and Centauri.

But that would mean sacrificing a portion of his power, as each guardian’s presence amplified him only when anchored inside his inner domain.

The second idea was better.

He could link the gates to his two avatars instead—turning them into walking waypoints.

This would maintain the guardians’ power while giving him instant access to any location his avatars reached.

”That could be a good temporary solution,” Emery said.

”Let’s give it a try.”

He spent days refining the connection—resonating, aligning, adjusting.

Linking a gate to an avatar was not as simple as handing over a key. It required precise soul resonance.

Emery sat cross-legged once more, the gate humming behind him. He placed his palm against his chest and released a thin shimmering thread of soul essence.

He gritted his teeth and pressed on.

The thread drifted upward, slipping into one of the gate, Kilgragah Famine gate.

He guided the soul thread toward the light avatar’s core. The moment they touched, a backlash of pure light burst outward, threatening to burn the link away. Emery groaned, fingers digging into his knees.

Slowly, painfully, the resonance aligned. The avatar accepted the thread, woven into its being, and the gate within Emery’s inner domain flickered, then pulsed with recognition.

A thin silver pathway opened—unstable at first, then solid.

Emery’s eyes snapped open.

In the next breath, his main body dissolved into Khaos mist and reformed on Earth—where his Light Avatar meditated beside Morgana beneath Gaia’s towering roots.

He let out a breathless laugh of relief.

It worked.

Morgana didn’t notice him; her focus was entirely on cultivation. His Light Avatar remained serene, glowing faintly with Gaia’s blessing.

Emery felt warmth spread through him at the sight. When the time came to reabsorb this avatar, his strength would undoubtedly skyrocket.

He left them undisturbed and stepped back the Khaos link, returning to Centauri.

Now it was time to link with the Dark Avatar.

But as he raised his hand to begin the process, he received a message from Kayelin of the Utopia Gene Center.

She had the latest update of the Gene Serum.

Emery exhaled.

A brief pause might be good for him.

”All right,” he murmured. ”Let’s see what progress they’ve made.”