The heavens rumbled as Rei and Chronos clashed, their fists tearing through eternity.
Chronos gritted his teeth. He had ruled over time itself for countless ages—yet Rei was defying him.
"You are not supposed to exist outside of time!"
Rei grinned, golden energy crackling around his body. "Then maybe time should update its rules!"
Chronos's golden clocks burned brighter as he unleashed his final attack. "CELESTIALTIME ERASURE!"
Time itself collapsed.
All futures—deleted.
All pasts—erased.
There was nothing left.
Nothing but Rei.
Chronos's eyes widened in horror. "How… How are you still—"
BOOM!
Rei's fist pierced through Chronos's chest.
The King of Time staggered. The golden clocks around him cracked and shattered.
His power faded.
"Impossible…" Chronos whispered as his body disintegrated into golden dust.
Rei exhaled, his aura surging. One king down.
Three more to go.The moment Chronos fell, the second Heavenly King stepped forward.
His form was ever-changing, shifting between countless existences.
"I am Aethern, the King of AbsoluteReality." His voice echoed across infinite dimensions.
"Rei Kisaragi, you exist because reality allows it." Aethern raised his hand—
And reality collapsed.
Rei's body twisted. His golden aura faded.
He was no longer in the heavens. No longer in the battle.
He was… nowhere.
Aethern's voice rang through the void. "You are nothing but a thought, a fragment. And now, I erase you."
Rei felt himself fading. His own existence was slipping away.
But—
He grinned.
Golden energy erupted around him, ripping through the illusion.
"Reality?" Rei clenched his fist. "I make my own reality."
BOOM!
He broke through the void, stepping back into the heavens.
Aethern stumbled back, his form flickering. "No—! That's not possible!"
Rei launched forward, his fist burning with golden flames.
Aethern tried to reshape existence—
But Rei was faster.
BOOM!
Aethern's body shattered into nothingness.
The second Heavenly King was dead.