The Martial Unity

From the very moment Rui achieved Enlightenment of Transcendence, everything changed forever. It unlocked the information dimension.

It opened a whole new world to him.

His mind bloomed with an ephemeral power as his consciousness surged with Transcendent might. It surged to a higher Realm of power.

RUMBLE

The information dimension shook as the integrated information comprising his mind expanded within the depths of the abstract layer of reality. The microcosm of his consciousness spread deep within the higher dimension, dying reality with Water.

Everything that flowed from past to future, from inception to end, from birth to death, from creation to destruction was naught but Water.

That was the essence of his Martialverse. The sum totality of his existence seemed to elevate as he reached a whole new realm of power. His senses and his understanding of the very nature of reality transcended mortal limitations.

RUMBLE

The information dimension shook as the sum totality of Rui’s existence reached a higher Realm of power. He had become a Martial Transcendent.

He opened his eyes, beholding reality for what felt like the very first time in his entire life.

He beheld the very essence of the wave function and the twenty-one dimensions curled within the quantum realm and the virtually infinite units of Planck lengths stacked against each other, weaving together the very fabric of reality as they understood it. He beheld the vast, invisible flow of information and energy that spanned the entire universe.

He looked upon the invisible dark energy, expanding the universe at an accelerating pace. He beheld the conscious experience of the Universalis Mensis itself.

An almighty existence more powerful than any other.

He beheld the alien virus and its infection upon the universal consciousness, slowly but surely taking over the greatest power in the entire universe. The Fear he experienced in his heart only grew stronger as he fully comprehended the sheer intensity of the threat the alien virus represented.

He beheld the darkness that had surrounded his dying body, the darkness of the nebula cloud that impeded all light, but that of the distant, hazy sun, even as it consumed Sol. The cold brush of hydrogen and helium gas as he simply floated weightlessly in the cloud of gas. The toxic gas filled his lungs even as his material body died. The sound of explosions from the furious war that raged between the nebular tide and the combined army of Gaia and laminar forces.

He beheld the futility of their resistance.

The inevitability of death and destruction.

And yet, they fought.

They fought with everything they had.

They fought with everything they had, even if they knew the absolution of what was to follow.

Their fates were sealed.

The fate of Gaia was sealed.

The fate of everything they had ever known and loved was all but sealed.

“Ņ̷̧̢̛̛͓̭̼͇̙͇͉̐̀̆͛̓ö̴̭͉́̈́͛̋̄̐͆͠͠͝.̸̗̻͉̀͌͘”

Rui’s voice was calm, yet transcendently ethereal. It broke through the shackles of causality.

It broke through the limitations of reality.

It permeated through the past, present, and future, wading against the flow of time as it overlapped in a manner defying the most fundamental law of causality simply by virtue of his existence. His ethereal eyes radiated profound Transcendence as he activated his Realms of power one more time.

Body, Heart, Mind, Soul, and Martialverse.

They bloomed with power as his Martial Embodiment radiated through the solar system. It radiated through the information dimension, overlapping it as it permeated through material reality.

RUMBLE!!!!!!

The world shook violently as a wave of Water swept through the entire solar system, brushing aside the vast nebula cloud that had descended upon Sol in one fell swoop.

His Martial Embodiment, overlapping upon reality itself, consumed the entire solar system. A Transcendental phenomenon so shocking that each and every single lifeform froze where they were in pure shock as the Water washed through the entire solar system.

RUMBLE!!!!!!

The forces of Gaia, the laminar army, and even the laminar leader shook where they were as they watched water wash through the entire solar system.

“AHHHH!!!”

“WATCH OUT!”

“IT’S WATER! REAL, ACTUAL WATER!”

FWOOSH

The army was swept away in a wave of literal water, drenching their clothes, making it hard to breathe. And yet, it didn’t overwhelm them.

No.

It brushed past them gently.

Protectively.

The liquid consumed all of outer space, Gaia, and even the sun in its warm, protective grip. And yet, the sheer mind-boggling defiance of their understanding of reality left all conscious lifeforms in the solar system in utter shock at what was happening to them.

FWOOSH

“AHHH!” one tekvore gasped for breath, unable to hold his breath any longer, only to realize that he could breathe just fine despite being drowned in water. “…I can breathe! But how? The water is so real! Even my sensory modules are clearly detecting a large amount of H2O! What is happening?!”

“What is this?!” One therianthrope squealed in shock even as the water swept her. “How is this possible?! How can water fill up an entire solar system out of nowhere?!”

“Our plants aren’t drowning!” An elf exclaimed with surprise. “But how?! Our exobiology would find this much water to be toxic!” “Our cells are able to withstand this water even without adaptively evolving,” one evolutionary murmured with pure confusion. “This… this does not make sense.”

“Quick!” the dwarves urged. “Gather samples of the water! Gather all the data you can! We must master this strange phenomenon! If we survive!”

“Water. Thirsty.” The giants tried drinking it, surprisingly being able to actually drink the water physically and sate their thirst with it.

The pathwalkers of the true world were mind-boggled at the fantastical supernatural phenomenon, unable to even fathom what was happening. Even the jellyfish-like aliens of the laminar army struggled to process what was happening, the light flashes within their bodies going berserk with shock.

Every single person was shaken to their very core.

But not the Martial Artists.

The Martial Sages smiled like madmen as maniacal grins emerged on their bloodied faces.

“He did it.” Kane laughed boisterously as he sheathed his daggers, wiping blood from the many wounds on his body. “That bastard actually did it.”

A glint of pride emerged in the depths of his green irises.

“I knew you would.”

Amare’s amber eyes bloomed with an even greater delight, pride, and love as she understood exactly what this meant. “We can survive.”

Her eyes grew certain.

“We can win!”

RUMBLE!!!!!!