Supremacy Games

1947  Celestial Origin.

As Felix received those messages, he could only sit there, a man torn between the love he had and the battles he felt destined to fight.

In the end...

'This is for the best...She doesn't need to know, she doesn't need to see what I have been through.' Felix smiled weakly as his face reflected the rays, 'I can live with myself like this, but I can never be the same if my wife was pulled into this...'

While Felix was broken beyond measure, his love for his wife wasn't touched in the slightest. Even when his Venom Doctor persona took over, the love he had in his heart hadn't changed a bit.

She was the world to him, now, and always.

That's why he didn't even bother to ask the seven celestial hearts about whether he could share the truth with his wife.

After what happened in the first universe, such thought was completely erased from his mind.

Soon, Felix returned home and sent a message to his wife, telling her that he would explain everything to her once he succeeded...She just had to be patient with him.

Asna's reply was as simple as it could get.

'Do what you want.'

When women said this, they never meant it.

Felix knew, but he left it be, understanding that nothing was going to solve this argument besides the truth...He had no intention to lie or tell the truth.

For now, Felix buried himself back into work, tapping into all the knowledge he secured during the tenth universe.

"The seven celestial hearts said we have the only capacity to become the new supreme being. But, the three celestial have used every means imaginable and unimaginable to help me integrate with just one celestial heart...Yet, none worked."

"While it has been the shitties experience in my life, I would have gone through hundreds of universes and still wouldn't have made such a massive shortcut."

Felix tapped into the living room table as he kept glancing at the collected important data, a treasure that only he deserved.

He knew that if he hadn't made a deal with Empress Emily to keep it private, he would have felt like absolute shit to know that everything he had gone through was shared for free.

But now? He had a well-deserved lead.

This situation had raised quite a protest by other candidates as everyone was waiting patiently for his data.

Unfortunately, they received nothing after hours of Felix's announced exit, leaving them to question Empress Emily...Right now, she was dealing with their heated protests about the fairness of her decision.

Too bad, they were dealing with Empress Emily.

"All of you are welcome to follow his path and obtain your own kind of data." She responded to them all calmly, "Fret not, your data won't be shared either with him."

"This..."

"I...Damn it."

"That peasant, screw him, I don't need his shitty data or anyone's for that matter. I also want to privatize my data."

The protests died quite swiftly after they understood that Felix had given up on their data too...Thus, most of them took his approach and decided to become solo too.

Empress Emily approved of their decision.

Meanwhile, Emilia was the most disappointed by Felix's decision.

"Ahh, here I believed I could learn from him." She sighed.

But soon, she quickly forgot about him and started considering whether to follow his approach or not.

"He must have thrown himself at the three celestials while he was a youngster." Emilia rubbed her chin in intrigue, "What kind of life will it be? To be raised by the three celestials?"

The moment the believed entered her mind, a wide grin was painted on her face.

...

Meanwhile, uncaring about anyone's plans, Felix fully focused on his next course of action.

After a thorough analysis of all the experiments and the three celestials' believed processes, he found three key points.

First, no matter how strong he got, he would never be able to integrate with even a single celestial heart. Strength and potential had nothing to do with it. He needed a celestial origin in him to be accepted by the celestial heart. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Second, the three celestials desired freedom more than anything, but it would never come at the cost of losing their authority or autonomy. In other words, his instructions must not directly relate to the creator or the birth of an entity much stronger than them.

It might vaguely point it out, but not as directly as he had done before.

Last but not least, he must never land in the hands of the three celestials before possessing enough strength to take them down. Otherwise, his life would be nothing but a torturous experience.

With those three key points, Felix obtained a clearer vision of how to proceed.

"If it's a must to have a celestial origin before deciding to integrate with one, how can I obtain such an origin while making sure my birth wasn't affected?"

Felix knitted his eyebrows thoughtfully, understanding that solving this problem would finally give him a chance to succeed in the mission.

'Celestial origin...How...Is it even possible?' If Supreme Azzorus hadn't been convinced a replacement could emerge, he would have already believed the trials were a scam.

'Celestial origin, celestial origin, think, think...'

As Felix dove deeper into his thoughts and everything he went through, he started to realize that no experience could help him figure this out.

After all, the only way to have a celestial origin was to be born with a celestial heart. If this was possible, there would be no point in the trials.

"Wait...It might be impossible to modify the universe and be born straightaway with a celestial heart, but what if I integrated with the seven celestial hearts under their permission at the start, and then started the trials?"

Felix's eyes widened suddenly after being hit by such a ludicrous idea!

In his eyes, the trials started after the modifications were concluded. Since there were almost no limitations to the modifications as long as his birth was secured and he wouldn't have information about the mission, then, it was a valid theory!!

Without further ado, Felix swiftly entered the consciousness space and voiced his inquiry to the seven celestial hearts!

After he finished, he waited with held breath in anticipation, not daring to blink his eyes even once.

After a moment that lasted for eternity, the seven celestial hearts responded harmoniously, "It's possible."

"Now, we are talking."

The moment Felix heard their response, a wide cold grin took form.

Without an ounce of hesitation, Felix requested for the seven celestial hearts to fuse with him in the new universe.

The seven celestial hearts pierced through the space akin to spears, heading straight towards Felix's torso!

Before Felix could react, the seven celestial hearts had already nested themselves within his body, seemingly rearranging his entire structure to fulfill the ascension.

Felix felt not an ounce of pain throughout the whole process...He was left gawking at his featureless humanoid figure in utter awe.

He felt like he was in harmony and in contact with everything at once. His overwhelming presence alone seemed to match Supreme Azzorus.

However, after the transformation was completed, Felix realized that his believed process and such were more or less the same.

His intelligence and clarity weren't enhanced and when he tried to tap into the seven celestial powers, he found himself unable to.

It was like he merely resembled Supreme Azzorus in body and soul, but had no control over his powers.

"I knew it was too good to be true." Felix grinned bitterly, "There isn't a chance I can use your powers without permission, right?"

"No."

"Oh well, this is good enough for me."

Felix wasn't too bothered by this as he already expected such a reaction. If it was possible to integrate with the seven celestial hearts and abuse their powers to set up the new universe, the trials would have been concluded in a heartbeat.

Just one glance at the future was enough to determine everything.

"Can I at least shape up the universe?" Felix requested.

"Yes."

Felix grinned a little, seemingly forgetting completely about his previous trauma. But, it was clearly a coping mechanism.

Then, without hesitation, he started waving his hands while using his Will to create the universe!

He had watched the process happen ten times already, making his commands quite precise.

The seven celestial hearts might seem like they were following his commands, but in reality, they were just using the same script to ensure no mistakes emerged.

Felix knew this already, but he still involved himself with the process.

After a short while, the universe was completed and Felix lowered his hands with a satisfied smile.

"That was quite the experience...I can get addicted to this."