Unrivaled in another world

[: 3rd POV :]

As the rewards and evolution given by the Mika and the Will of the Universe, it was now Daniel's turn.

[: Congratulations, due to the will of the universe, your rank has increased by one :]

[: Congratulations, you have reached the rank of an Ascended and your level has reset to 1 :]

However, that wasn't end of Daniel's rank increment.

[: Due to the amount of Exp obtained, your level and rank has increased :]

[: Congratulations, you have reached level 5000, and the max threshold level of an Ascended :]

[: Congratulations, you have reached the rank of a Saint :]

[: Congratulations, you have reached level 5000 and the max threshold level of a Saint :]

[: Congratulations, you have broke through and have reached the rank of a Deva :]

[: Congratulations, you have reached Level 5000 and the max threshold level of a Deva :]

[: Congratulations, you have broke through once again to the rank of a Mystic :]

[: Congratulations, you have reached Level 5000 and the max threshold level of a Mystic :]

[: Congratulations, you have broke through once again to the rank of a Deity :]

[: Congratulations, you have reached Level 5000 and the max threshold level of a Deity :]

[: Congratulations, you have broke through once again to the rank of a Divine :]

[: Congratulations, you have reached Level 5000 and the max threshold level of a Divine :]

[: Congratulations, as you have broke through countless ranks, you have unlocked the benefits of becoming Ascended, Saint, Deva, Mystic, Deity and Divine :]

[: You have unlocked Ascension, Principle Body, Pure Mana Core, Territory and Truth, Story and Convergence :]

[: What a wonderful and absolutely phenomenal Daniel Valenhardt! :]

[: The Will of the Universe has observed your feat of crossing threshold and reaching the max level of Divine rank within seconds :]

[: Such an achievement should be deserve a reward worth its accomplishment :]

[: You have obtained the title of 'The Boundless One' :]

[: You have obtained 5 Divine Rank Skill Books :]

[: You have obtained 5 Mana Star :]

[: You have obtained 5 Silver Cluster :]

[: Daniel Valenhardt, you have achieved the impossible of protecting the Planet to evovle, killing millions of invaders above your rank, slaughtering countless Apostles, ending the lives of conquerors as well as killing an Envoy of Radiant Dawn :]

[: Due to the achievements, you have obtained countless titles :]

[: The Sole Protector, Invader Exterminator, Ender of the Endless Horde, Planetary Reaper, Butcher of the Invasion, He Who Turned Numbers Meaningless, The Last Thing Invaders Ever Saw, The World's Shield, Apostle Slayer, Apostle's Nightmare, Blasphemer Supreme, Apostle Executioner, The One Apostles Fear, Conqueror of Conquerors, Crownbreaker, Throne-Crusher, Conquest's Final Chapter, He Whom Rulers Cannot Rule, Victory Incarnate, The Uncontested One, Envoy Headsman, He Who Killed the Untouchable, The One Who Crossed the Line, Existence's Criminal, Harbinger of Retaliation, One Who Defied the Higher Will, Judgment Upon the Messenger :]

[: Congratulations, you have obtained 10 Rewards from the Will of the Universe :]

[: Such achievement is considered as abnormal, something that wouldn't be seen in million years and the Will of the Universe has decided to make a declaration :]

[: Daniel Valenhardt, a sole being that have shattered the very epitome of balance, an exteince that shouldn't have exist has now been declared by the system as an Anomaly :]

All of it happened in an instant.

The moment the Will of the Universe finalized its declaration, the moment the word Anomaly, was carved into existence, the universe reacted.

Across countless dimensions, realms that had not stirred in eons shuddered as if struck by an invisible hammer.

Conceptual barriers rippled.

Timelines trembled.

Systems designed to observe inevitability screamed as their calculations collapsed into contradiction.

For the first time in a very long while…

The universe was no longer pretending that everything was under control.

In an unknown dimension surrounded by endless mirrors, reflections upon reflections stretching into infinity, something ancient stirred.

A single eye opened.

Each mirror reflected a different universe, a different outcome, a different possible future, and in all of them, the same name had begun to appear.

Daniel Valenhardt.

The eye focused.

And the mirrors cracked.

When its mouth opened, sound did not travel, it asserted itself.

"Another one?"

The words were calm as though it was disinterested.

Yet the moment they were spoken, entire reflected realms shattered, collapsing into nothingness as their futures were deemed invalid.

Countless possibilities were erased simply because they no longer aligned with a universe that had produce another anomaly.

The eye slowly narrowed.

"…How tiresome."

At the center of the universe, far beyond stars and galaxies, beyond light and void, something massive shifted.

A being of galactic proportions, its form coiled and layered like a living cosmos, remained bound by chains forged from causality, chronology, and cosmic law itself.

Each chain was an agreement, a promise, a restraint imposed by existence to keep it from acting.

Its eyes opened slightly.

The movement alone caused superclusters to distort.

"Sigh," it rumbled, the sound resonating through creation like a weary echo.

"What is the universe up to now?"

It felt it, a ripple that should not have existed.

"…Another variable," it muttered.

"And not a small one."

The chains tightened on their own.

Not because the being struggled, but because the universe was afraid it might.

In a place where light could not survive, where even nothingness was too noisy, a silhouette sat unmoving.

No throne.

No ground.

Just stillness.

This being had not changed posture for trillions of years, its role absolute and thankless: to remain, to observe, to stabilize what could not be allowed to tilt.

When the declaration reached this place, the mist trembled.

The being exhaled.

A sound like the settling of eternity.

"…How many times has it been now?" it murmured.

Its presence pressed gently against reality, as though steadying it.

"Is another trouble coming up?"

For the first time in ages, its attention shifted outward.

Towards Mika.

Towards a world that should not have mattered.

Towards a man who had forced the universe itself to speak his name.

In a distant galaxy, on a blazing star burning with impossible intensity, a figure reclined within stellar fire as if it were warm water.

Its body was draconic and ancient.

Covered in scales that reflected epochs instead of light.

When the declaration echoed across existence, one massive eye opened, glowing with amused curiosity.

"Ho?" it said softly.

Its lips curled into something dangerously close to a smile.

"Another family member?"

The star beneath it flared brighter, reacting instinctively to its mood.

"…Looks like I'll need to inform the whole family."

Somewhere far away, other stars trembled in response as if they, too, were listening.

In a sealed archive beyond time, an assembly of record-keepers froze as their tablets burned blank.

"That designation!"

"Impossible. An anomaly at that scale should not exist yet!"

"Run the validation again!"

"There is no error."

Silence followed and then fear.

In a galactical city built from concepts, a council of beings that had outlived civilizations exchanged grim glances.

"This is the third in this cycle," one said quietly.

"No," another corrected. "The fourth."

A pause.

"…The last time this happened, an era of the universe had ended."

In forgotten corners of reality, beings who had long abandoned hope opened their eyes.

In hidden realms, sealed gods tightened their restraints.

In places where names were weapons, Daniel's name was spoken for the first time, and immediately forbidden.

Because everyone felt it.

This anomaly was different.

And worse, it was protected by the universe itself, even as it was declared a violation.

Throughout the cosmos, reactions spread like a silent contagion.

Because another anomaly had appeared.

And history had proven one thing without exception:

When anomalies emerge… the universe never remains the same.

However, the declaration did not fade.

It propagated.

Like a fracture spreading through a flawless crystal, the concept of Anomaly continued to ripple outward, reaching places the Will of the Universe rarely acknowledged, let alone disturbed.

And there, reactions began to grow… heavier.

At the absolute apex of existence, beyond hierarchy, beyond dimensional layers, beyond even the concept of 'before' and 'after', something stirred.

A presence that did not rule reality—

It was the reality.

The Governing Existence, the one that defined what could exist and what must not, opened an eye that encompassed all planes simultaneously.

There was no throne and no form, there was just awareness.

Daniel Valenhardt's existence was examined, not as a being, but as a contradiction embedded into the structure of everything.

For a long moment, nothing happened.

Then...

"…Accepted."

One word, it was not approval but recognition.

Reality adjusted itself imperceptibly, as though making space for something it had not planned for but could no longer deny.

Far below, entire multiversal frameworks stabilized, spared from collapse by that single acknowledgment.

Beneath the lowest stratum of the universe, where discarded laws, failed concepts, and erased existences sank and screamed forever, something ancient laughed.

The 'Abyssal', a being that lived beneath the universe, gnawing at its underside, shifted within endless darkness.

Chains of void rattled as its massive form moved.

"So the surface finally produced something interesting," it rumbled.

Countless dead gods embedded in the abyss trembled at its amusement.

"…An anomaly that devours laws and eats authority"

A massive eye opened within the dark.

"Come deeper someday, little one," it whispered into the void.

"I wonder which of us will consume the other." It laughed.

In the Heaven of Origin, where light was not illumination but command, a throne of endless radiance stood unmoving.

Upon it sat the Father of Heavens.

The progenitor of Order of Angels and Miracles.

The architect of divine hierarchy.

When the declaration reached him, the heavens rang like struck bells.

His fingers tightened on the armrest.

"…An anomaly," he repeated softly.

Below him, millions of Angels and Beings of Light froze mid-chant.

"An existence that rose without permission. Without alignment and without heavenly sanction."

His gaze pierced downward, crossing realms, dimensions, trying to find Daniel yet it was protected by the will of the Universe.

Against Daniel.

"…How troublesome."

Yet he did not issue judgment at least not yet.

For the first time since the heavens were established, the Father hesitated because of histories of the Anomalies.

In a realm composed entirely of pure mana, where thought became spellcraft and existence flowed like an endless current, a feminine figure paused.

The Entity of Mana, ancient, radiant, and endlessly benevolent, lowered her hands as mana storms calmed around her.

She felt him immediately.

The resonance and the familiar echo.

"…So you survived," she murmured, smiling faintly like a mother who was proud of her child.

Her blessing still lingered within Daniel, woven so deeply into him that even devouring concepts could not erase it.

"A child born of contradiction… yet gentle when it matters."

She closed her eyes.

"Grow freely my youngest" she whispered, sending a ripple of mana across the cosmos, imperceptible to most, but enough to subtly shield him from hostile flows.

In a fractured realm stitched from countless species, a monstrous being shifted.

The Entity known as Chimera, an existence composed of countless assimilated races, abilities, and evolutionary paths, stared at the declaration with keen interest.

"Hmm? An Anomaly that devours?," it hissed.

Millions of eyes across its form focused simultaneously.

A grin split its many faces.

"How delightful."

Its claws flexed.

"A rival… or a mirror?"

In a hidden realm where no God or Sovereigns could pierce through, there was countless Supreme, Ancient and True Dragons living in it.

However, the one who rules over them is none other than Tiamat, the one known as Goddess of Dragon, Tiamat.

"An anomaly...? And this time he holds my bloodline...?" She muttered with a slight grin and interest.

"How interesting. It's been a long time since I've made a move" She declared.

In a galaxy forged by the divine metals, the God of Craftsman, Mótsognir laughed loudly.

"HAHA! Another Anomaly!? It would be an honour this time to forge him a weapon!" He said.

"Mótsognir! The last time you forged a weapon for an anomaly, he almost used it to destroy Midgard!" Andvari, his brother, reprimanded him.

"HAHA! Well, how could I not? That kid requested for a weapon suitable to control his lightning. How could I expect that he would play around with that Hammer and almost destroyed Midgard?" Mótsognir laughed.

"Sighed. I don't know what to say and because of that Odin had banned us for forging weapons for a million years and since that banned had been lifted up, you decided to make another one?"

"How could I not?" Mótsognir said.

As the brothers of Craftsman continued to bicker, in a certain realm called the Olympus, on a throne, there was a man clad in forbidden lightning and he frowned his eyes.

"How much more would the Universe produce another anomaly!?" His voice was full of anger and countless planet it had rules was struck with his lightning.

"Zeus shouldn't you calm down?" Another being clad in dark armour spoke.

"Shut your damn mouth Hades!" Zeus spoke.

"Don't even bother with him Hades. He's been irritated ever since he had almost kill his own daughter, Athena, when the sisters of fate had declared that one day, his throne would be overrule"

"Poseidon enough!"

In a far unknown realm, there was a long huge pillar of a weapon that has stretched far across realms and above on top of that weapon, a certain being was lying down and resting.

"Hmm? Another brother? HAHA! At least, I wouldn't be so bored! Fighting against that Jade emperor had been boring for far too long"

The figure who was lying down was known as Sun Wukong or his title as Heaven''s Equal.

On the other hand, there was a being, blue-skinned deity with four arms who had opened his eyes and muttered, "This time...there would be lots of chaos...can the universe handle the trouble its protecting?"

Across dominions ruled by Sovereigns Celestials, Gods, ancient beings who governed concepts like Time, War, Fate, and Death, tension rose.

The Sovereign of Time frowned as countless timelines began branching uncontrollably around Daniel's existence.

"This one does not follow causality," it muttered.

The Sovereign of Death observed quietly.

"…Nor does he fear the end."

The Sovereign of Fate tore a strand from her loom.

"…I cannot see his conclusion."

For Sovereigns, that was unacceptable.

And terrifying.

Among the Celestials, panic spread.

"This anomaly killed an Envoy!"

"He invalidated verdicts forged by gods!"

Some demanded immediate crusade.

Others urged restraint.

For they all remembered, the last anomaly had ended an era.

In distant god-realms, ancient Gods awakened from slumber.

Some scoffed.

Some prepared.

Some sealed their domains tighter.

A few… smiled.

In an throne-world that ruled over countless galaxies, an Emperor leaned forward, eyes gleaming with his hands holding onto a sword.

"So the universe finally blinked first," he said.

"Interesting."

Orders were issued.

Observers dispatched.

Across the universe, one truth settled into every level of existence.

Daniel Valenhardt was no longer just a powerful being.

He was now a variable in the universe's future.

A presence that forced gods to hesitate, entities to watch, and reality itself to adapt.

And deep within the cosmos, something ancient, patient, and unimaginably vast smiled.

Because the game had just changed.