The transition to the 19th floor was absent of light. Austin felt his body being pulled through a needle-thin aperture of reality before being spat out into the 19th Floor: The Void of the Unmaker.
This floor was unlike any other. There was no ground, no sky, and no breathable Qi. It was a conceptual vacuum where "Nothingness" was a physical force. In the distance, a singular, massive eye pulsed with a rhythmic, dying light—the Sentinel of Non-Existence (Level 580 - MYTHICAL).
[Tower Notification: Floor 19 — Void of the Unmaker]
[Objective: Surpass the Erasure of the Self]
[Floor Law: "Total Nullification" — Every second, 1% of the user's attributes and levels are permanently deleted.]
Austin stood in the blackness, his Primordial Avatar scales glowing with a defiant violet luster. He felt the floor law immediately lock onto him. A cold, numbing sensation began to eat at his fingertips, a digital erosion trying to unmake his Level 175 status.
"Delete my levels?" Austin's voice echoed through the vacuum, carrying a weight that made the Void itself ripple. "I am the one who holds the Archive. You cannot delete the architect of your destruction."
He didn't wait for the erosion to spread. He triggered his Primordial Origin Root to spin in reverse. Instead of absorbing the energy of the floor, he began to project his own Primordial Essence outward, coating his body in a layer of "Absolute Truth" that the Nullification Law couldn't penetrate.
"Tenebris, wake up," Austin commanded. "We're not here to climb. We're here to consume."
From the darkness, the Sentinel of Non-Existence let out a psychic scream that shattered the silence. It unleashed a beam of "Unmaking Light"—a projectile that didn't deal damage, but simply erased whatever it touched from the timeline.
Austin didn't dodge. He activated [Primordial Archive: Law Breaker].
"Identify Target: Unmaking Light," Austin muttered, his eyes tracing the golden threads of the projectile. "Action: Redirect to Source."
With a flick of his clawed hand, the beam hit an invisible mirror and slammed back into the Sentinel's giant eye. The creature shrieked as its own power began to delete its physical form. While the beast was distracted by its own erasure, Austin moved.
His 130,200 Agility in the Overlord's Embodiment form made him faster than the speed of causality. He appeared in front of the Sentinel's eye, his draconic hand glowing with the power of Void Erasure.
"You are an obstacle," Austin said, his voice flat. "And I have a milestone to reach."
He plunged his hand into the center of the Sentinel's pupil. Instead of killing it instantly, he activated the hidden property of his Primordial Origin Root: Existence Harvest. He began to pull the "Level" data directly out of the Mythical beast, siphoning its 580 levels of experience into his own Dantian.
[Absorbing Mythical Essence...]
[LEVEL UP! Current Level: 182... 189... 195...]
The 19th floor began to collapse. Because Austin was taking the experience without "slaying" the monster through standard means, the System logic began to loop. The floor's integrity plummeted as the energy required to sustain the Void was pulled into Austin's Foundation Establishment Stage 3 core.
"More," Austin growled, his muscles bulging as the raw power of his 138,500 Strength attribute surged.
He didn't wait for the 19th floor to finish. He used his Tower Authority (20%) to forcibly bridge the gap to the 20th floor while still connected to the Sentinel. He dragged the dying monster with him through the spatial tunnel.
[Entering Floor 20: The Throne of the Fallen King]
The 20th floor was a ruined throne room the size of a continent, filled with the statues of the "Failures"—the geniuses who had reached this floor in past epochs and died. At the center sat the Ancient King of the Tower (Level 650 - ULTIMATE GOD TIER).
The King stood up, his obsidian cape trailing like a shadow. He didn't speak; he simply raised a hand, and the gravitational weight of a thousand stars slammed into Austin.
"Too heavy?" The King's voice was a tectonic shift.
Austin, still holding the shriveled husk of the 19th-floor Sentinel, looked up. His violet eyes were no longer human. They were the eyes of a predator that had found a worthy meal.
"Heavy?" Austin laughed, a sound that cracked the obsidian throne. "It feels like a warm-up."
He crushed the Sentinel's remains, absorbing the final drop of its experience.
[LEVEL UP! Current Level: 199 (99.9% XP)]
Austin stepped toward the Level 650 King. Every step he took left a footprint of violet fire that melted the floor of the 20th floor. He channeled all his Primordial Essence into his right fist, merging it with the Chaos-Devouring Sovereign Dragon's roar.
"One more level," Austin whispered. "Give it to me."
He launched himself at the King. The collision of Austin's Level 199 Primordial fist and the Level 650 King's God-Tier defense created a shockwave that was felt by every student, professor, and Sage in the Dimensional Academy. The Tower's external walls literally cracked, revealing the swirling nebulae of the Neutral Nexus.
THOOM.
Austin's fist broke through the King's chest plate. He didn't just strike; he detonated his entire Chaos Domain inside the King's heart.
[Target Slain: Ancient King of the Tower (Lvl 650 - ULTIMATE GOD)]
[Experience Calculation... Level Gap: 451...]
[ULTIMATE MILESTONE BONUS APPLIED!]
[CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE REACHED LEVEL 200!]
The world stopped. The 20th floor, the King, and the debris all froze in time. A golden-violet light, brighter than a thousand suns, erupted from Austin's body, piercing through the Tower and into the heavens of the Absolute Realities.
[LEVEL 200 MILESTONE REACHED]
[Synthesizing 4th Class-Specific Primordial Skill...]
[Searching the Origin Archives... Found: THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH.]
[SKILL ACQUIRED: PRIMORDIAL AUTHORITY — SYSTEM OVERRIDE]
Rank: Primordial
Type: Passive / Administrative Authority
Description: Austin no longer "requests" actions from the System; he dictates them. He can now view the hidden stats of the Universe, manipulate drop rates, and "Ban" specific skills or beings from his presence. Within a 1,000-mile radius, Austin IS the System.
Austin stood in the center of the silent 20th floor. His Foundation Establishment core had reached its peak, the jade ocean turning into a swirling nebula of Primordial Chaos. He was Level 200. He was the Overlord of the Tower.
Outside, the leaderboard simply went black. The names, the ranks, and the timers all vanished, replaced by a single line of violet text:
[AUSTIN ZENITH: THE UNMAKER HAS ARRIVED.]
Xylona Draconis fell to her knees in the plaza, her heart beating so fast she could barely breathe. The Dragon Princess knew that from this moment on, the world was no longer divided into Five Dimensions. There was only Austin Zenith, and everyone else.
[AUSTIN ZENITH - FULL STATUS PANEL]
NAME: Austin Zenith
LEVEL: 200 (0.00% XP)
CULTIVATION: Foundation Establishment (Stage 3 - PEAK) CLASS: Primordial Chaos Overlord (Rank: PRIMORDIAL)
[VITAL STATISTICS]
HP: 500,000,000 / 500,000,000 (Level 200 Multiplier)
PRIMORDIAL ESSENCE: 25,000,000 / 25,000,000
[ATTRIBUTES]
STRENGTH: 285,400
AGILITY: 272,200
INTELLIGENCE: 265,900
VITALITY: 280,000
[POWERS: THE PRIMORDIAL FOUNDATION]
MARTIAL SOUL: Tenebris, Chaos-Devouring Sovereign Dragon (PRIMORDIAL)
Evolution: 45% (Form: Awakened Overlord)
SPIRITUAL ROOT: Primordial Origin Root (PRIMORDIAL)
Effect: Full energy control; can absorb entire Reality Zones.
BLOODLINE: The Eternal Genesis Source (PRIMORDIAL)
PHYSIQUE: Myriad Realm Unfettered Body (PRIMORDIAL)
[TALENT & ABILITY]
TALENT: Law-Weaver of the Void (PRIMORDIAL)
ABILITY: Origin Insight (PRIMORDIAL)
[CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES]
PRIMARY: The Primordial Chaos Scripture (PRIMORDIAL)
BODY: Genesis Marrow Refinement (PRIMORDIAL)
[SKILLS]
LVL 200: Primordial Authority: System Override (NEW)
LVL 150: Primordial Avatar: The Overlord's Embodiment
LVL 100: Primordial Archive: Law Breaker
LVL 50: Chaos Domain: Absolute Zero
ACTIVE: Void Erasure, Sovereign Command, Dragon's Breath of the End.
PASSIVE: Eternal Presence, Infinite Affinity, Sovereign Pressure.
[TOWER PROGRESS]
CURRENT FLOOR: 21 (The Path of the Gods)
TOWER AUTHORITY: 35%
TOWER INTEGRITY: 48% (CRITICAL FAILURE IMMINENT)