The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 1998: This is war

Leonidas, Amon, and Bael were marching forward, their bodies igniting with battle intent, ready to explode with power once more—when suddenly Azazel vanished.

In the next instant, he reappeared at the highest sky, near the edge of the void itself. His sword clashed against the fist of the Scarlet King, and the collision birthed a detonation so immense it resembled a newborn supernova. Blinding light tore across the heavens, the explosion echoing through every inch of the continent.

A heartbeat later, the two figures vanished again, only to materialize at a different point in the sky, their weapons colliding once more with apocalyptic force.

The trio below wore solemn expressions.

To the naked eye, it seemed as though Cain and Azazel were teleporting—flickering from one place to another in blinding flashes. But Leonidas, Bael, and Amon knew better. They were not teleporting. They were moving beyond the flow of time.

Cain had already warned them about Azazel’s most terrifying ability: Eternity Breaker, the Depravita’s unique dominion over time itself. They had believed that by burning their life force and unleashing their full power, they might at least resist it—perhaps even fight against it. But reality was cruel. The gap remained. They were still not strong enough to overcome it. A heavy weight pressed against their hearts.

And yet, admiration and awe flickered in their eyes.

For while they themselves could not move within Eternity Breaker, Cain could. The Scarlet King not only withstood Azazel’s time dominion but was clashing with him blow for blow—and more than that, Cain was gradually taking the upper hand.

The trio did not allow their awe to distract them. Their battle instincts roared to life. They turned as one, facing their own counterparts—foes who were already unleashing their strongest battle forms.

”ArchMermaid!”

Calypso’s voice thundered, her form twisting into a nightmarish sovereign of the abyss. Her body fused woman and kraken, her torso draped in iridescent scales that shimmered with the cold, abyssal hues of the ocean floor. Her arms stretched into clawed appendages, jagged and coral-like, each slash promising to shred flesh and soul alike. Her lower half transformed into a writhing mass of tentacles wrapped in spectral barnacles, radiating the hunger of the deepest trenches. She became the abyss incarnate—beautiful, monstrous, eternal.

”Apostol!”

Juda’s transformation was divine and blinding. His body shone with the brilliance of ten thousand suns, armor of radiant gold enveloping him from head to toe. A halo of light crowned his head, his wings unfurled into spears of divine flame, and his aura radiated uncompromising authority. In his hand materialized a colossal golden bow, shimmering with power that could unravel existence itself. He stood like a messiah of judgment, cold, untouchable, and absolute.

”Kublai Khan!”

Gilgamesh—feral and monstrous—roared as he embraced his full inheritance. His body swelled into a warlord’s titan, clad in ragged black armor forged from bones, skulls, and broken chains that swung like trophies. Two massive, curved horns erupted from his skull-helm, his crimson eyes burning with endless conquest. In his hand gleamed a jagged war axe, dripping with spectral blood, its chained blade pulsing with the essence of slaughter. His aura was primal and merciless—the incarnation of destruction.

Leonidas, Amon, and Bael exchanged glances. Silent understanding passed between them. Then they nodded, stabilizing their auras, before charging forward.

The first clash came between Leonidas and Gilgamesh.

The old man roared as his blazing sword met the feral Khan’s jagged axe. The collision detonated like colliding worlds, feral power smashing against volcanic flame. Waves of annihilation swept outward, capable of pulverizing moons had they struck them. Yet the battle was not even. Gilgamesh’s brute force faltered under Leonidas’ sheer dominance. The oldest ArchDeity in the Everstrife Empyrean World pressed forward relentlessly, his cosmic might radiating like a storm of flame and steel, pushing the beast-warrior backward inch by inch.

The second clash erupted between Bael and Juda.

Sword in hand, Bael tore through the void like a comet of destruction. Juda’s response was swift—a radiant volley of golden arrows rained down, each one carrying a decree of light that sought to erase corruption itself. The arrows shrieked like divine judgments, cutting across sky and soul. Yet Bael did not falter. His vitality burst outward like a furnace, every swing of his blade shattering the arrows one after another.

He surged closer, his power mounting with every heartbeat, each strike threatening to cleave the heavens apart. The twin heartbeat that emerged from his chest was not an illusion, but the result of the Gift in the form of a heart that now resided next to his Rebirth Heart and was slowly pushing him forward.

The third clash engulfed Amon and Calypso.

The Godslayer Human raised the massive book in his hand, runes burning like brands across its cover. He channeled the power of death itself, his aura swelling into a cataclysm. A tornado of darkness and flame erupted from the tome, twisting upward like a pillar that threatened to consume heaven and earth. His smile widened, fierce and wild, as he saw the tome, his Gift, and then hurled the storm forward.

Calypso met him without hesitation. Her abyss roared to life as she summoned an ocean teeming with howling souls. Black water surged upward, waves the size of mountains crashing into the tornado. Flame and abyssal tide collided, birthing explosions of thermal annihilation that shook the skies apart. The clash was primal: death against hunger, darkness against abyss, each surge threatening to tear reality at the seams.

All across the Everstrife Empyrean World, countless cultivators turned their eyes skyward.

Not even twenty years ago, battles between ArchDeities were rare—rarer still to the point of legend. When they did occur, they were bound by treaties and games of pride, tests of strength that stopped short of annihilation. But this was different.

This was war.

Six figures, each the size of worlds, fought without restraint. Their attacks carried no pretense of restraint or pride. They were not sparring. They were not posturing for better negotiation. Every strike was aimed to kill. Their wills radiated pure intent: victory through the death of their enemies.

And yet, despite the spectacle of six ArchDeities shaking heaven and earth, the gaze of many shifted higher still—toward the void.

There, above them all, a different battle raged.

A young man whose existence had changed the world forever clashed against an alien entity of immense power. The Scarlet King and the True Depravita crossed fists and blades at speeds no eye could perceive, their blows unraveling the very laws of creation.

Cain. Not even two centuries old. Yet his impact upon the Everstrife Empyrean World had already eclipsed those who had reigned for tens of millions of years. His actions, his path, his war—it would echo through eons.