Legacy of the Void Fleet

For a fleeting moment, a dangerous thought crossed his mind: would his position as head of the house soon be threatened by these two young upstarts?

He scoffed internally. Not like I ever cared much about that damned position anyway... And yet, the ache remained.

"Ugh," he groaned softly, shaking his head. No use thinking about it now—it'll only hurt more if I dwell on it. First, let me stabilize my inner state after this break. I'll think about the rest later.

After a moment of quiet thought, William turned his head and gave a small nod to his wife. Amelia, who had been watching him in silence, understood his meaning instantly. She nodded back and gently closed her eyes.

William followed, shutting his eyes as he began to stabilize his cultivation base — now firmly rooted in the Genesis Law Realm, Comprehension Stage, Level One.

Meanwhile, the others who had awakened more than two hours earlier — including the senior members of the Void Fleet — had already completed their own stabilization. Emerging from enlightenment didn't just gift them insights.

The comprehension of Law had multiple benefits: sharper control over their element or path, a refined resonance with the law's essence, and most tangibly, a boost to their cultivation base.

For some, it even strengthened their bodies. The extent of this physical or spiritual transformation varied from person to person. It depended on the nature of the Law they'd touched — and how deeply they'd grasped it.

Now, as the last among them completed stabilization, the entire fleet collectively began to assess their gains.

And the verdict?

Every single person had gained something. No exceptions.

Even those who only touched the surface of a Law walked away with insight — the kind of insight that would normally take decades to achieve. For many, these so-called "minor" gains were the equivalent of hundreds, even thousands of days of cultivation. In truth, they were priceless.

That's what made it so profound.

They remembered the past — all fourteen days they had spent in this training cycle under intense time dilation: one day outside equaling 500 days inside. Nearly nineteen years had passed within their universal plane. For all that effort, some hadn't gained anything. No progress. No comprehension. Just frustration.

And yet, here — in less than a single real day — they had achieved what nearly two decades of desperate effort couldn't give them.

There was no exaggeration when they said: even the smallest enlightenment from this day was worth decades.

And Kallus, the imperial commander, had been right.

When his subordinates reached the World-Building Realm, he told them plainly: "Don't wait. Start comprehending the Laws immediately." The resources he gave them ensured that stabilizing their inner worlds was not a major hurdle. With enough energy and support to easily expand their inner worlds past fifty million miles in diameter, they had no excuse to delay.

Still, the comprehension of Law remained elusive — until now.

Now, they understood the real reason Kallus had pushed them. Because this moment — this flash of opportunity — was coming.

And it had changed everything.

And it truly had changed everything for them.

Of the more than one thousand members of the Void Fleet, over 90% had achieved at least minor comprehension in one Law — all within a single day.

Their understanding of their chosen Laws ranged widely — from a shallow grasp of just 1%, to a deep resonance nearing 25%, the threshold for complete minor comprehension. Most of those within the 90% landed somewhere around 10–15%, with only a rare few reaching the full 25%.

Even that was monumental.

For cultivators of their level, the difference between 10% and 25% comprehension was like the difference between touching the ground and soaring through the sky. Or better yet — like the distance between Earth and the Moon. On paper, only a few percent difference… but in practice, the gap was vast.

Then there was the next tier — the elite few.

Roughly 8% of the remaining cultivators broke through the wall of minor comprehension and reached the level of major comprehension, spanning between 25% and 50%. Most hovered between 30–35%, with a few outliers pressing closer to 50%.

But those who reached the halfway mark of Law mastery? They could be counted on two hands.

Finally, there was the pinnacle — the 2%.

They had entered the realm of grand comprehension, reaching between 50% and a staggering 75% in a single Law. These were the heavyweights — those with monstrous potential and future authority among the stars.

Included among them were:

Imperial Guard Commander Emma and her Vice-Commander

The Seven Grand Admirals of the Void Fleet

High generals like Marshal Marachs

Senior officials such as Minister Evans, Raj Sah, and a few others whose names echoed across star systems

What made these few even more terrifying was this:

Many of them hadn't just touched one Law.

Once they reached the boundary of their major Law — the one they were most aligned with — they turned to second or even third Laws that they were familiar with. And they comprehended those too, some to the level of minor, and some nearly to major.

This wasn't just rare.

It was unheard of.

Even so, the number of those who had achieved multi-Law comprehension was tiny. The majority of the fleet still had only one Law, though they were still not fully in their grasp.

But that one Law, even at minor comprehension levels, had transformed them.

They had crossed the threshold—and their inner worlds had benefited immensely, just like their physical bodies and the foundations of their cultivation realms.

Similar to William, their inner worlds had also birthed a 'star'—a manifestation that encompassed their elemental affinity. Although it was tied to their comprehension, the effect on their inner worlds was profound in ways they couldn't fully understand.

Still, they noticed the feedback they were receiving.

After all, the stronger their inner worlds became, the stronger they themselves would be—and the greater the feedback they would receive in return. Though the effects were minor for now, they were already intoxicated by the feeling.

But there was one truth — one limit — that no one could ignore:

Not a single person among them had comprehended a Grand Law.

All of the Laws that had been touched, from the weakest to the strongest, were still within the realm of fundamental or high Laws.

Most had comprehended the basic elements — Fire, Earth, Water, Wind — the cornerstones of existence. Some had gone a step further, reaching into high-tier Laws like Thunder, Magma, Ice, or Poison — volatile, powerful, and rare.

A precious few had reached into the major Laws — Light, Darkness, Void. These were laws with deeper truths, greater danger, and vast potential. But even then, they were still within reach of high-tier cultivators… barely.

But no one — no one — had touched the Grand Laws.

And above the Grand Laws stood the mighty Supreme Laws—transcendent forces that, like the Grand Laws, no one had ever succeeded in reaching or comprehending. They were the Supreme Laws of the universe.

These were not mere forces of nature. These were the skeleton of reality, the laws that shaped existence throughout the super universe itself — Time, Space, Destiny, Creation, Destruction, Life, Death, Karma. They were the laws that governed other laws. The pillars of the universe.

And to comprehend even a sliver of them?

You'd need more than talent. More than resources. You needed a level of existence beyond the reach of most cultivators in this age.

For the members of the Void Fleet, these Super Laws didn't just remain ungrasped.

They couldn't even be felt.

They were invisible, untouchable, unfathomable at their current level. Like trying to see colors that don't exist, or hear sound in a vacuum — there was simply no connection point between them and those higher truths.

Except…

For Kallus and his family.

The Imperial Family stood worlds apart from the rest of the Void Fleet — not just by rank, not just by bloodline, though theirs was supreme.

While others struggled with Fundamental, High, and Major Laws… the Imperial Family were operating on an entirely different level.

They were dealing with Grand Laws — and even Supreme Laws, the rarest and most sacred forces in existence.

Amelia, the Imperial Mother, had fully comprehended the Law of Life, one of the foundational Grand Laws. Though not the most aggressive or dominant, its significance and depth were beyond question.

But she didn't stop there — she had also reached major accomplishment in the Law of Reincarnation, a Law on the same tier as Life, but infinitely more mysterious.

That alone would have made her a force beyond reckoning.

William, the Imperial Father, had achieved minor comprehension in the Law of Destruction — a Supreme Law, known across the cosmos for its chaotic and absolute power. Even touching that Law was something only legends had done.

But William had done more than touch it.

He had grasped it.

He had also mastered the Law of Storm and Law of Wind, both high-tier Laws of great force and scale. He was now a being tied to the chaos of tempests and the precision of ruin.

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[The new arc would be starting in no more than two chapters that].