Ten Lucky Draws: I Became OP - Chapter 314: The Ineffable Pantheon (3)
Chapter 314: The Ineffable Pantheon (3)
After a stretch of light banter, it was finally time to get down to business.
Everyone hovered high above the Abyss, suspended in its dim, endless sky.
Ash studied each of them with quiet intensity. By now, every person he had chosen had ascended — becoming Gods and Constellations, completely severed from any outside influence.
His wives stood as Goddesses and his Valkyries shone as Constellations. With all the males being Gods, his clan had stepped beyond the reach of any rank known.
’Now that this is done… it’s finally time to become the first Pantheon,’ he thought as his long white‑red hair drifted in the cold breeze.
“Alright,” he said, his familiar smile spreading across his face, “it’s time for our clan to take the next step.”
“I was wondering when this would happen,” Seris said from atop her dragon mount.
“Right. By everyone else’s standards, we’re far beyond Arch Eternal Clans,” Vaeloria added. They had long since claimed and destroyed entire universes.
The title Arch Eternal had lost all meaning to them.
“Indeed. There are higher clan ranks,” Ash said with a shrug, “but none of them matter to us. Today, we become the first Pantheon in any existence.”
“Daddy, isn’t that what the factions of gods were called in your stories?” Aurora asked.
Ash nodded. “Yes — but this will function very differently.”
As he spoke, he began writing in his codex.
Pantheons would not simply be groups of cultivators led by gods.
Every individual under a Pantheon would serve as an essential component of what that Pantheon represented. Each member would govern a specific aspect, empowering their Pantheon to accumulate Supreme Divinity.
Supreme Divinity would act as a kind of metaphysical protection — a force that could shield a Pantheon from annihilation.
With enough of it, even the most catastrophic events could be resisted.
“That doesn’t sound bad at all,” Aeloris said, her long green hair flowing behind her. She could already see how such a system would forge stronger, more unified factions.
“Wait… are you saying Pantheons will have the ability to—what, avoid death?” Seraphiel asked, intrigued. As the Goddess of Rebirth, the concept resonated deeply with her.
Ash smirked. “Not just death. Any cataclysmic event. If a Pantheon gathers enough Supreme Divinity, they could even gain access to Infinite Resource Fountains.”
Kaelthyr, who hadn’t even been back for a full day, could only shake his head. He glanced at Kyron and let out a wry smile.
He still remembered telling the kid to keep training until he surpassed Ash. It had been a joke back then… but now, even thinking about it felt absurd.
’A ridiculous guy… creating something even more ridiculous,’ he thought as Ash continued.
“And our Pantheon will be called The Ineffable Pantheon. We won’t need to build Divinity the way others do… but all of you will help me with my masterpiece.”
For once, Ash didn’t speak as a leader who let everyone do as they pleased. He gave orders — direct, precise, and intentional.
Not because he wanted obedience, but because what he envisioned couldn’t simply be willed into existence. It wasn’t something he could snap into reality.
It required structure, coordination, and the unique strengths of every person present.
What he planned would be ineffable in every sense — something beyond description, beyond precedent, beyond the reach of any existing system.
Once everyone received their roles, none of them left. Ash hadn’t given a deadline, and he didn’t care when the tasks were completed — only that they would be.
“And what’s going to happen to those two women… and Universe One?” Seraphiel asked after absorbing everything he’d explained.
Ash tilted his head slightly, thinking.
’Master, Vane is the connection to the other Organisms. Him… and the Mark of Weaver. And there’s no need to even mention Eve and Eliya,’
Elysia’s voice echoed from her resting place within his mind.
After a moment, Ash spoke.
“I plan to finish destroying everything. Universe One was only kept intact so Vane wouldn’t run like a frightened chicken.” He said as he winked at Seraphiel.
“As for Eve and Eliya… I’ll give them a little time to enjoy themselves before I take them for myself, of course.”
Elara scoffed playfully. “Right. Didn’t you tell us you didn’t need any more women?” She hadn’t been present when he said it — but women talked, and gossip traveled fast.
“Ummm… so. Universe One. Let’s go,” Ash said with a wry smile.
In the next instant, they all vanished.
—–
Since meeting with Vane, the man had never left his realm again.
One would think that after panicking so badly the last time, he would have fled the moment he could.
But he didn’t.
Not because he didn’t want to — but because he couldn’t.
When Ash destroyed the Lower Dimension, it wasn’t just celestial bodies that vanished. The laws, the concepts, the very framework that allowed existence to function had been erased.
Even mana now existed only in Universe One and Universe Nineteen.
So, Vane remained in his barren realm, waiting for what felt like judgment day. And if he had known that moment was arriving now… he wouldn’t have looked nearly as calm.
He floated cross‑legged in the air, eyes closed, trying to meditate away the dread.
Then the Originats appeared before him.
They didn’t arrive with fanfare.
They didn’t need to.
Their presence alone warped the air. Vane, still only at the Transcendent rank, didn’t even sense their intrusion.
Ash walked right up to him and — as casually as knocking on a door —
BANG!
BANG!
He wrapped his knuckles against Vane’s head. To Ash, they were light taps. To Vane, they felt like sledgehammers.
“Knock, knock…”
HUMMMM!
Instinct took over. Vane lashed out with a punch wrapped in the essence of time.
BOOO—CRUNCH!!!
“ARGH!!!”
His fist struck Ash’s chest — and the impact was instantly drowned out by the sound of his entire arm shattering into nothing.
Only then did Vane’s eyes focus, and when he finally recognized who stood before him, his throat tightened.
“…Don’t kill me…”
