The city center was no longer a battlefield.
It had become a fracture point in reality itself.
Above Ernos burned the black-cored sun, radiating catastrophic heat. Dark solar flares lashed outward, devouring the skyline.
At the epicenter—
Wang Wei stood unmoving.
His boots had sunk into fractured asphalt.
Celestial Dominion trembled under the strain.
From the rooftops, Asher shouted—
"Wang!"
No response.
Wang's eyes were fixed on something deeper.
Not just Ernos.
The presence behind him.
That faint, darker pulse within the flames.
"So," Wang said quietly,
"You're not alone after all."
Ernos laughed, though the sound was distorted by heat.
"You're late to understand."
The black sun pulsed violently.
Temperature climbed higher.
Clouds overhead evaporated.
Sebastian struggled to breathe.
"If this continues, the entire district will collapse!"
Asher clenched his fists.
"What is he waiting for?!"
At the center—
Wang slowly closed his eyes.
He inhaled once.
Deep.
Then spoke.
"Limiter… removed."
For half a second—
Everything stopped.
Sound vanished.
Wind froze.
Even the flames flickered unnaturally.
Then—
The earth cracked in a hundred directions.
The sky darkened instantly as pressure shifted across the atmosphere.
Sebastian felt it in his bones.
"He's increasing output…"
Around Wang, invisible rings of gravitational distortion expanded outward.
This was no longer localized control.
This was wide-range dominion.
The black sun above Ernos trembled.
Wang opened his eyes.
They were no longer calm.
They were absolute.
"Celestial Dominion."
His voice echoed across the ruined city.
"One hundred percent."
And then—
Gravity multiplied.
20 times.
The air became crushing.
Buildings that were still standing collapsed inward.
Debris slammed into the ground as if dragged by an invisible god.
Ernos' body jerked violently.
His knees hit the asphalt.
"This… is impossible!"
The black sun above him began compressing unnaturally.
Light bent inward.
Flames folded into themselves.
Space warped around the collapsing sphere.
Wang raised his hand toward the sky.
Clouds spiraled violently.
Atmospheric layers compressed.
The miniature star shrank.
Ernos screamed.
Dark flames erupted outward—
But each burst was immediately forced back.
As if the universe itself rejected his expansion.
Asher whispered in disbelief,
"This is insane…"
Wang stepped forward.
With that single step—
The ground beneath him sank five meters.
Ernos' body was driven flat against the cratered street.
Bone cracked.
Metal twisted.
"I am the sun!" Ernos roared desperately.
Wang's reply was calm.
"Even the sun obeys gravity."
He clenched his fist.
The black-cored sun collapsed into a singular point.
A zero-point compression.
Then—
A silent implosion.
The flames vanished.
The sky cleared.
The crushing heat dissipated instantly.
Only fractured ruins remained.
At the center—
Ernos knelt.
His flames flickered weakly now.
Breathing ragged.
Sebastian exhaled slowly.
"The advantage is ours…"
Wang stood before Ernos.
Celestial Dominion was still active.
Fully.
Controlled.
Absolute.
"It's over, Ernos."
Ernos lifted his head weakly.
Faint embers glowed in his eyes.
But something else was there now.
Fear.
"This… isn't the end…"
Wang's gaze sharpened.
"For me, it is."
He lowered his hand slightly.
Pressure intensified.
Ernos was forced completely into the ground.
Asher instinctively moved forward—
"Not yet," Wang said calmly.
Without looking back.
He stared down at Ernos.
"Where is Lord?"
Ernos smiled faintly.
Broken.
But dangerous.
"He… is already descending."
The sky trembled.
Not from Wang.
From something else.
A distant distortion rippled across the clouds.
Wang felt it immediately.
Celestial Dominion was at 100%.
Yet for the first time—
He understood.
The true enemy had not stepped onto the field yet.
The camera pulls back—
A ruined city.
At its center—
Wang Wei stands alone.
Gravity bends to his will.
The heavens obey.
And for the first time—
The advantage belongs entirely to him.
But above—
Something greater is approaching.
The storm has only just begun.