The three Sages—the Dragon Sage, the Demon Sage, and the Angelic Sage—hit the marble platforms of the 21st floor with the force of falling meteors. These were beings who had lived for tens of thousands of years, rulers of entire Absolute Realities, now struggling to stand in a zone where their very divinity had been "Banned" by a Level 200 youth.
Austin descended from the air, his violet wings furling behind him. He didn't use flight-magic; his Supreme Arbiter talent simply made the concept of "falling" inapplicable to him. He landed softly in the center of the three grounded masters. The violet radiation of his System Override pulsed rhythmically, turning the surrounding air into a static-filled distortion.
"You call this a pillage," Austin said, his voice overlapping with the ghostly roar of Tenebris. "I call it a correction. You've held the keys to the Absolute Realities for too long, growing fat on the stagnant laws of the old world."
The Dragon Sage, his scales cracked and dull from the impact, forced himself onto one knee. "You speak of stagnation? You are destroying the balance! Without the Tower, the Dimensions will bleed into each other! You are committing cosmic suicide!"
"Then let them bleed," Austin replied. "The strong will survive the flood. The weak—like you—will become the foundation for a new era."
Austin raised his hand. The Void Architect class flared to life. He wasn't looking to kill them with a simple blast. He wanted their "Existence Value."
[Skill Activated: Void Transmutation — Soul Extraction]
A series of golden-violet chains erupted from the void, lashing around the three Sages. These weren't physical chains; they were "Admin Threads" that bypassed their immortal defenses. The Sages screamed as their levels, their insights into the Great Dao, and their very life force began to flow toward Austin.
[Absorbing Sage-Tier Essence...]
[Experience Influx: 250,000,000 per second!]
[LEVEL UP! Current Level: 215... 230... 245...]
"Stop!" the Angelic Sage pleaded, her wings molting into grey ash. "The Zenith Clan... they wouldn't want this! You are their pride!"
"The Zenith Clan wants a Sovereign," Austin said, his eyes now two swirling abysses of chaos. "And a Sovereign needs no mentors."
As the Sages withered, Austin's attributes began to skyrocket. But he didn't just take their levels. Using his Celestial Alchemist sub-class, he began to "Refine" their divine blood into three Origin Orbs.
[LEVEL UP! Current Level: 250!]
The moment he hit 250, the 21st floor began to dissolve. The Tower was no longer capable of maintaining a floor for him. The Tower Integrity flickered at 35%, and the Origin Consciousness began to bypass the floors entirely, dragging Austin toward the final destination.
[CRITICAL SYSTEM OVERLOAD]
[Subject Austin Zenith has exceeded Floor-Logic constraints.]
[Initiating Forced Ascension to Floor 50: The Origin Throne.]
The world turned into a blur of raw data. Austin felt his Foundation Establishment core finally reach its absolute saturation point. The jade nebula within him collapsed inward, forming a singular, infinitely dense point of light.
[CULTIVATION BREAKTHROUGH: GOLDEN CORE REALM (STAGE 1)]
A golden radiance exploded from his Dantian, turning the violet chaos into a shimmering, divine aura. His liquid energy had become a solid, indestructible sun.
Austin reappeared on a platform of pure white light. Below him, the previous 49 floors were visible as a crumbling tower of glass. Above him, there was only the Origin Throne, and the figure sitting upon it: a reflection of the Origin Consciousness itself.
[LEVEL 250 MILESTONE REACHED]
[Synthesizing 5th Class-Specific Primordial Skill...]
[SKILL ACQUIRED: PRIMORDIAL GENESIS — REALITY FORGE]
Rank: Primordial
Type: Active Authority
Description: Austin can now create permanent Absolute Realities. He can design laws, spawn species, and build universes from scratch. He is no longer just a player in the System; he is the System's Creator.
Austin stood before the final Throne, three Sage-level Origin Orbs floating behind him like miniature suns. He was Level 250. He was a Golden Core expert. And he was now the only thing standing between the Absolute Realities and total Reset.
[AUSTIN ZENITH - PEAK STATUS PANEL]
NAME: Austin Zenith
LEVEL: 250 (0.00% XP)
CULTIVATION: Golden Core (Stage 1) [CLASSES]
PRIMARY CLASS: Primordial Chaos Overlord (PRIMORDIAL)
SECONDARY CLASS: The Void Architect (PRIMORDIAL)
SUB-CLASS: Celestial Alchemist (DIVINE)
[VITAL STATISTICS]
HP: 1,250,000,000 / 1,250,000,000 (Golden Core Multiplier)
PRIMORDIAL ESSENCE: 120,000,000 / 120,000,000
[ATTRIBUTES]
STRENGTH: 685,400
AGILITY: 642,200
INTELLIGENCE: 715,900
VITALITY: 690,000
[POWERS: THE PRIMORDIAL FOUNDATION]
MARTIAL SOUL: Tenebris, Chaos-Devouring Sovereign Dragon (PRIMORDIAL)
Evolution: 55% (Form: Origin-Crowned Dragon)
SPIRITUAL ROOT: Primordial Origin Root (PRIMORDIAL)
BLOODLINE: The Eternal Genesis Source (PRIMORDIAL)
PHYSIQUE: Myriad Realm Unfettered Body (PRIMORDIAL)
[TALENT & ABILITY]
TALENT: The Supreme Arbiter (PRIMORDIAL)
ABILITY 1: Origin Insight (PRIMORDIAL)
ABILITY 2: Chrono-Perception (PRIMORDIAL)
[SKILLS]
LVL 250: Primordial Genesis: Reality Forge (NEW)
LVL 200: Primordial Authority: System Override
LVL 150: Primordial Avatar: The Overlord's Embodiment
LVL 100: Primordial Archive: Law Breaker
LVL 50: Chaos Domain: Absolute Zero
[TOWER PROGRESS]
CURRENT FLOOR: 50 (THE FINAL THRONE)
TOWER AUTHORITY: 75%
TOWER INTEGRITY: 35% (CRITICAL)