Chapter 229: We are Yours

Eleanor, Layla, Iris, Rhea, and Nadia all looked at Lynx, their curiosity instantly piqued. After hearing those stories, they knew whatever he showed them would be bigger than they could imagine.

"Things we need to see?" Eleanor asked softly, her purple eyes locking onto his heterochromatic gaze. "What do you mean, Lynx?"

Lynx didn’t answer with words. He simply smiled, a sharp, godlike confidence radiating from his eyes.

"Close your eyes for a second," Lynx commanded smoothly.

Every single woman in the room obeyed without hesitation. No one questioned him. Not after tonight.

FLASH!

In a fraction of a millisecond, the physical living room of Amira’s estate vanished completely.

Eleanor opened her eyes, and her breath immediately hitched in her throat.

She, along with Layla, Iris, Rhea, Nadia, and the rest of Lynx’s women, were standing on a vast, soft hill covered in lush, emerald green grass.

Above them stretched a brilliant, clear blue sky lit by a warm, golden sun and a shimmering silver moon.

In the far distance, towering snow-capped mountain ranges cut through the horizon, crystal-clear waterfalls cascaded down colossal cliffs, and endless forests of glowing mana trees filled the crisp mountain breeze with the sweet scent of blooming flowers.

The world was entirely complete, pristine, and endless, an absolute paradise waiting for life to inhabit it. The raw density of the mana floating through the air was a thousand times stronger than anywhere in the Aether Empire.

"W-What is this place?!" Layla gasped, looking down at the soft green blades brushing against her bare feet. She dropped to one knee, scooping up a handful of real, moist soil. "Where are we?!" She had never felt soil this alive. It pulsed.

"Is this... a spatial isolation spell?" Rhea asked, her ice-blue eyes wide with absolute shock as her mana perception tried to feel the boundaries of the realm. "No... there are no boundaries here at all! It feels like a whole different world! I can’t feel a wall! There’s no end!"

"Merciful Goddess Shiva..." Iris stammered, her hands covering her mouth as tears of sheer awe welled up in her eyes. "Where did this world come from?"

Nadia stood frozen like a stone statue, her face flushing as she looked at the towering waterfalls and golden sky. "This isn’t an illusion... this is real. How does a place like this even exist?"

Eleanor looked around at the breathtaking scenery, her heart hammering wildly against her ribs.

She looked at Lynx, who stood at the front of the group with a calm, charming smirk, his black coat swaying gently in the fresh breeze.

Isabel, Ophelia, Kira, Ava, Lira, Eira, Emily, Amira, and Nyx all smiled warmly, completely unbothered.

They had visited this paradise before, but seeing Eleanor and her squad’s minds completely blown was deeply satisfying.

"Welcome," Lynx’s deep voice echoed smoothly across the pristine plains, "to my World of Mind. Our world."

Lynx walked over to Eleanor’s stunned squad, looking into their wide, awestruck eyes.

"I finished creating this world a while back, well Nyx did most parts." Lynx explained calmly. "The mark on your thighs, the Demon King mark, is a bond of the soul. It binds your flesh, your body, and your spiritual core directly to mine and this realm. It is far stronger than any fake vows made in any human church or imperial temple."

Eleanor looked up into Lynx’s heterochromatic eyes, her shock slowly melting into a profound, overwhelming feeling of absolute devotion.

She stepped forward, placing her hand gently over her chest, feeling the deep, warm pulse of the mark on her upper thigh. It was beating like a second heart.

"Demon King huh... An entire world inside your soul..." Eleanor whispered softly, her purple eyes shining with deep emotion. "To be bound to a man who holds a complete paradise... I wouldn’t want to belong to anyone else."

"Neither would we!" Layla added quickly, a wide, breathtaking grin breaking across her face. "Damn, Lynx! You really keep the best secrets for last!"

Lynx chuckled softly, gathering the girls around as they began strolling through the soft, fragrant grass of the paradise plains.

"Since you five are officially part of my core now," Lynx said as they walked, "it’s time you understand the true scale of the universe. The empire teaches you that the ’Blessed’ rank is the peak of human existence. That is a lie born out of ignorance."

Eleanor and her enforcers listened in absolute, rapt silence as Lynx laid out the true cosmic hierarchy of power.

"First is the Mortal Rank," Lynx explained calmly. "Normal humans and creatures using basic mana for daily life or physical enhancement.

Next is the Blessed Rank. These are individuals blessed by deities, what the people of this continent except... the high ranking Blessed... think is the supreme peak. But in reality, ninety-nine percent of Blessed in the Aether Empire haven’t even unlocked a fraction of a true Blessed’s potential."

"That’s true," Eleanor chimed in, her analytical mind instantly connecting the dots. "Even among the elite Blessed, most Blessed only have two affinities and think they are gods among men."

"Exactly," Lynx nodded. "Above normal Blessed is the Transcendent Blessed Rank. These beings are vastly superior. They usually possess four or more affinities. If someone with only one or two affinities somehow manages to break through to this rank, their body automatically forced-unlocks new Transcendent-rank affinities."

Lynx glanced toward Nyx, who was walking beside him with her arm wrapped around his.

"Above Transcendent is the Eternal Blessed Rank," Lynx continued. "These beings are immortal-level entities possessing multiple Eternal-rank affinities. That is where Nyx’s true rank resides. A single Eternal Blessed can effortlessly obliterate over five hundred Transcendent Blessed all at once without breaking a sweat."

Nadia and Iris turned their heads, looking at Nyx with a fresh wave of absolute reverence and fear.

"Five... five hundred Transcendent Blessed?" Layla gulped hard, her face going slightly pale. "She could wipe out our entire academy in three seconds..."

Nyx offered Layla a sweet, sisterly wink. "Don’t worry, darling. I only use my power to protect our husband."

"Above Eternal," Lynx stated, his deep voice turning cold and sharp, carrying an immense weight that made the surrounding grass rustle.

"Is the Divine Blessed Realm. There are fewer than twenty Divine Blessed in the entire world of Aetherion. They are living demigods, completely immortal. They possess countless Divine-ranked affinities and can casually erase over fifteen hundred Eternal Blessed simultaneously."

"And finally..." Lynx paused, stopping on a small grassy hill that overlooked a magnificent, sparkling ocean in the distance.

He looked up at his created sky, his golden eyes burning with boundless, terrifying ambition.

"...there is the Primordial Rank. These are the absolute progenitor gods. Goddess Shiva, whom this empire worships? She is a Primordial entity. All the ancient creator gods residing in the celestial realms are Primordial beings of unfathomable power."

Lynx turned back to face his fourteen women, his coat swaying in the gentle mountain breeze.

"And that is my ultimate goal," Lynx declared boldly, his voice echoing across the endless paradise world. "To reach the Primordial Rank."

Silence fell over the group.

Nadia looked at him as if he had just claimed he was going to swallow the sun. "A-Ascend to Primordial Rank?! Lynx... is that even possible for a human body?!"

"Emily asked me that exact same thing before," Lynx chuckled smoothly, looking at Emily, who blushed and smiled softly. "To cross the gap from Divine to Primordial, you don’t just need mana or millions of affinities. You need believers. You have to reach the peak of Divine Blessed, and then make millions of people worship you as a true God. That belief fuels divine ascension."

Eleanor’s purple eyes sparkled with brilliant intelligence as she took in his words. "So... your plan to conquer the academy and the empire..."

"Is just the beginning," Lynx finished her sentence with a wicked, godlike smirk.

Without warning, Lynx let out a low, deep chuckle that vibrated through the ground beneath their feet.

"And to prove I’m not just making empty promises..." Lynx murmured softly.

SWOOSH!

In a fraction of a second, his body shifted.

His height rapidly expanded, stretching from his normal human frame into a towering, magnificent 8-foot-tall Demon King form.

A brilliant, blinding golden light burst from his hair, which blazed like liquid fire. His heterochromatic eyes flashed into pure, molten gold, and two sleek, pitch-black obsidian horns curved majestically from his forehead. A massive, powerful black tail swayed effortlessly behind him.

A dense, heavy wave of absolute dominance swept across the paradise plains.

Eleanor, Layla, Iris, Rhea, and Nadia gasped in unison, their eyes bulging out of their heads as their bodies froze solid.

Even though Lynx was suppressing 99.9% of his power on purpose, the sheer residual weight of his passive Demon King aura made the air feel thick like lead.

"What... what is that?!" Layla choked out, her knees trembling as she stared up at his colossal, terrifyingly handsome form.

Eleanor swallowed hard, her breath catching in her throat. She stepped forward slowly, her hand trembling slightly as she reached out and gently touched the tip of his pitch-black obsidian horn.

"It’s real..." Eleanor whispered, her purple eyes wide with awe. "You’re... you’re a true Demon King..."

Lira and Kira smiled warmly, completely used to the sight, while Nyx watched with a proud, approving smirk.

Lynx chuckled, his deep voice carrying a smooth, hypnotic resonance. With a thought, the black horns, tail, and golden hair receded.

His frame shrank smoothly back down to his normal 6-foot-2 human height, his charm returning to its refined, magnetic Eternal-ranked perfection.

"First, I take total control of the Aether Blessed Academy," Lynx continued smoothly, picking up right where he left off as if he hadn’t just blown their minds.

"Then, I take over the Aether Empire. After that, we go to the United Continent, conquer every faction there, establish my religion across the world, and ascend to the Primordial Rank. And all of you will grow alongside me. Every single one of you will reach the higher ranks by my side."

Layla grinned, stepping up and placing her hands on her hips. "So... basically, to get us to those higher ranks and boost our affinities..." Layla threw a mischievous glance toward Lynx’s groin, "...we’re going to be having a lot of sex, aren’t we?"

Lynx grinned down at her, his heterochromatic eyes darkening with dark, intoxicating desire.

"Yes," Lynx murmured smoothly. "Lots and lots of sex. With my Primordial body, having sex will continuously expand your mana circuits, purge your physical impurities, and elevate your affinity comprehension to levels this continent has never seen."

Eleanor let out a soft, breathtaking laugh, walking right up to Lynx and sliding her arms around his waist. She looked up into his eyes with absolute, unshakeable devotion.

"Then lead the way, my Demon King," Eleanor whispered softly. "We are yours."