Chapter 307: Yes I’m OP

As soon as Akasha’s words faded, he wasted no time and set to work, turning his attention to Dream Land and all that had once made up his Divine Domain.

Rising higher than before in the endless void, he spoke with a steady voice.

"From this moment on, this shall be the Land of Elsewhere, the home of the Pantheon of Infinite Dreams."

[Elsewhere (Divine)]

HUMMMMMM!!!!

The moment his innate power erupted, he began dreaming, and in that moment, he wasn’t planning to create anything; instead, it was time to bring Dream Land inside him, into an existence made solely for him.

In an instant, the gray void above Akasha’s head shifted, dissolving into a night sky devoid of a moon or any constellations, leaving only a vast expanse that was dark, pristine, and utterly empty.

"Alright... the Dreamer’s Sea of Stars first," he muttered, never having forgotten the Sea of Stars that had originally accompanied Dream Land.

Yet, after bringing Dream Land into the waking world, he was uncertain about what to do with it.

Even though he could take copies of the Stars from those he had changed, at this moment, none of the stars held by the members he had helped aligned with his future path.

Akasha was now truly the Lord of Dreams, and even as the meaning of that title evolved to match his vision, he still controlled potential, knowing exactly the path to follow toward his next upgrade.

Without wasting another moment, he drew the Sea of Stars into the Land of Elsewhere.

However, it wasn’t the sea itself—only the stars that had belonged to it—and he placed them into the new void one by one.

Melvin’s star came cold and blue; Liliana’s followed, deep red and black; Amber’s arrived dim and colorless; and Calista’s came last, shining gold.

"Pretty soon," Akasha said with a smile as he admired the set of them, "this void will be filled with Stars."

He knew his Disciples and other members were in dire need of change, a transformation he planned to initiate the moment they stepped into the Land of Elsewhere.

Eventually, he would craft this void into a starry expanse—not of worlds and civilizations, but of power.

After the stars emerged, he kept moving forward, and with a mere thought, a pure white sun settled at the heart of the formation.

The surrounding darkness eased, not turning into day, but glowing just enough for the fractured infinity beneath his eye and the necklace to stand out in sharp clarity.

"Now the worlds," he said with a nod, "I guess, this will be truly the end of the Orin Star System."

While he didn’t plan on destroying the Orin Star System, especially since Kalpa was still the literal consciousness of the place, he did plan to shape the worlds in his own vision.

Because eventually, he would need to separate Kalpa from the system, as he had larger plans for her.

HUMMMMM!!!!!

In an instant, six doors appeared in the darkness, summoned by his thoughts, each painted a different color, and through every door was a realm holding everything he had changed on those worlds.

He spread them wide so that none of the doors crowded another, and the space they left in the middle was huge enough that the white sun and the four stars had room to hang without overlapping.

Akasha looked at that middle and felt the last piece waiting behind his teeth.

"Now," he said, and the smile came back smaller and sharper. "The cherry on top."

HUMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!

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Back on the mountain, everyone was already gathered in a loose ring at the peak’s rear.

Akashi stood with her hands folded before her, her pale, almost-gray hair falling quietly over one shoulder.

Luna’s floor-length white-and-pink hair pooled around her ankles.

Yume stood half a step beside Akashi, her blue-gray hair tucked behind one ear as she watched the others before them.

Jovian’s white blindfold faced the three of them; Melvin had not uncrossed his arms, the black swords in his white eyes fixed on empty air.

Harlan’s short white hair was neat, and his mouth was a thin line.

Liliana’s red eyes were clearer than they had been at the pond, but that was not the same as calm; her fingers were currently tight on the black fabric at her hip.

Calyx’s illusory long black hair was unmoving, pure black eyes shifting through Akashia, Luna, and Yume.

And finally, Salvatore, Nara, and Amatarasu completed the group.

"So," Jovian said, tilting his head, "are we finally going to hear why he dragged us all the way up here, or are we just bracing ourselves for another round of revelations?"

If it weren’t for the fact that everyone here had been passively gaining Divinity, Jovian in particular would have been seriously disappointed.

After all, he’d spent one hundred and fifty years in this place, and for someone who thrived on exploring and discovering new sights, this was hardly the kind of adventure he pictured himself enduring for a whole century.

"I can’t help but agree," Amaterasu said with a frown. "That bastard not only took my Star System.... But he also thought it was okay to kidnap us?"

Akashi laughed first, and Luna followed with a bright, carefree laugh. Yume hid her smile behind her hand, shoulders trembling with a single shake.

HUMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!

Their laughter was still in the air when the first of the six worlds that had always orbited the mountain vanished, then the second, then the third, each one leaving a hole in the old arrangement until there were no worlds left to circle the mountain.

The wave of divinity that swept in right after the disappearance was so palpable that it silenced everyone instantly.

Melvin’s eyes narrowed in confusion, while Harlan’s hand twitched subtly at his side.

Luna shifted her gaze from the vacant spaces to the circle of tense faces.

"Looks like you’ll be getting your answers soon enough," she said.

The moment her words ended, the mountain itself vanished.

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When they reappeared, they found themselves still in the void—but this time, it was the void of the Land of Elsewhere.

Above them stretched a night sky with no familiar constellations, a white sun that failed to bring daylight, and four distant stars.

Before anyone could even think to speak in awe, divinity erupted once again.

HUMMMMMMM!!!!!!

Yume, Luna, and Akashi were already grinning, fully aware of what was unfolding.

In the same instant, a surge of purple divinity erupted around Liliana, Melvin, Calista, and Harlan.

The rest of the circle instinctively stepped back.

Calyx’s illusory form shimmered, Amaterasu’s flames flared sharply along her arms, and Nara’s eyes tore away from the four to flick between Akashi, Luna, and Yume, searching for some clue.

"What is this?" Nara asked in pure confusion. "What happened to them?"

Before the women could respond, the purple swirl began to calm.

Calista was the first among the four to find her voice, her scholar’s coat still smoldering lightly at the edges, the black curve of her horns glinting under the bright white sun.

"Ninety... nine percent completion in the Authority of Dreams?" she said, and the question was shock more than disbelief.

At this moment, each member of Dream Land possessed varying degrees of ability to bring their dreams into the waking world.

Although their power did not come close to the vast limits of Akasha himself, it was still a skill they could rely on to preserve divinity in certain situations.

And... when they turned, Akasha stood behind them.

Sage lay in his arms, gray fur against his chest, and he stroked the mark on her back with his thumb.

His white-and-gray hair, light-brown skin, and the broken infinity beneath his left eye.

The heavy, dreamlike air around him made the space he moved through feel sluggish.

He was already moving toward Akashi, Luna, and Yume, and those three were waiting with the kind of smiles that did not need an explanation.

As he walked, everyone stared.

Perhaps they stared for too long. Jovian kept his gaze locked on him, while Melvin’s sharp eyes followed the necklace.

Liliana swallowed hard, and in that moment, her mind became clearer than ever. Amaterasu even forgot to frown for a whole second.

"Dude..." Jovian shook his head as he spoke, but Akasha already knew what he was going to say.

Akasha reached his woman, gave a single nod at the unfinished word, and shrugged as if the entire Land of Elsewhere was a joke he didn’t bother to embellish.

"Yeah, dude. I’m OP."