The Primal Laws

I am the peak of darkness... or at least that's what I believe. I can't accurately gauge the power that this individual inside her has, but his aura describes endless wickedness and ancient evil. Millions of years worth of evil deeds... someone like that can't be simple. He could even be aware that I know of his existence, but if he hadn't made a move, that's good for now.

Richter can't force this entity out without injuring Grayfia and their child. It is me who has to do it.

"Let's finish this with a single attack, Lady Yuan... I'll use everything I have, if I don't manage to injure you, then it is my loss".

"Perfect, come at me with everything you've got... your aspiration is to reach the stage beyond godhood, correct?"

"My aspiration is for my shinto faction to be safe... if for the sake of my objective, I must become stronger. Then I shall be in your care!"

*RUMBLE!!!*

<SOLAR FLARE!>

I saw and felt how in front of me, behind her, a gargantuan star began to form, reddish in colour until it turned orange. Increasing in size rapidly and consuming all of her energy. It was a majestic sight.

*BOOOMMM!!*

*BOOMMM!!*

The sun palpitated like shockwaves, resembling a heart as it grew in size. The magnitude of this fire; I can compare to the likes of the Vermillion Bird.

"The first thing you need to learn Amaterasu is that just like the myriad species in existence, laws also have a hierarchy".

"Please, instruct me," The goddess said, amusing me as she was obviously bidding her time until her star grows to full size. She doesn't seem to care this is her home faction and this gigantic sun is going to affect these gods as well. Or perhaps, she already knows I can cope.

'Not bad, she recognises that I'm beyond her scope and is willing to learn'.

"Your authority as a goddess is 'sun'. And you receive your faith from this in this world, all entities that venerate this 'sun'... that is the limit of your divinity. The wider your divinity, the more territory you can obtain faith from. As long as you are in this world, you can't grow stronger... in this universe, only the inhabitants of this planet worship the sun you represent. It is a lower concept without interdimensional capabilities".

"Then-"

"But it would be different if you obtained the authority of 'light' instead... in the hierarchy of laws, the branch of the sun is the lowest, followed by stars... light is the highest concept to attain in this hierarchy. This is also the reason why I'm not the sort of opponent you can face, Amaterasu. From the beginning; this fight was over because I am 'darkness' the vane of light. I can also do something like this".

I lifted my hand and snapped my fingers. Before it happened, Amaterasu's eyes gasped.

*BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!*

Her growing sun exploded with a magnitude of a small supernova but a golden barrier was ready to reject the impact and compress it; stopping everyone in this world from being caught in the combusting flames. I looked towards Richter who was smiling in my direction.

'Fool... I didn't ask you for help'.

'I helped anyways~'

I ignored him but Amaterasu was regarding her combusting creation in shock.

"How? How can you do something like this with darkness?!"

"That is because of your shallow understanding of the laws above the 'sun' authority that you possess. There are infinite possibilities. However, I didn't use darkness".

"Eh?"

"The law that I used to disturb your technique was 'sun'..."

"How..." She was genuinely confused and I don't blame her. It was like asking a Profound Sovereign Expert to understand the laws at the level a True God does.

"In order to be the true darkness, I must understand the light..." I stated.

"In order to be the true light, I must understand the darkness~" Li Suo said as well, smiling from the distance. That woman's authority is light, however... she uses it in a different way. As a pacifist, she has next to no offensive techniques.

"... I see, so you can understand my authority even without having the divinity of the sun?"

"Sun is a lower law within the hierarchy of light, I only had to disrupt your birthing star from the nucleus, you should be aware of how difficult it is to form a sun".

*RUMBLE!!*

I formed a dark dome formed into the golden barrier, swallowing every single wisp of light until nothing was left; only then Richter's golden barrier ceased. I looked at him with a sidelong glance. Despite my broad knowledge of the laws I still wonder... how can his Golden Laws be so devastatingly strong despite that concept being so low in the hierarchy... I understand his power comes from the greed of the myriad beings desiring to possess it, but there must be something else.

I shook my head and decided to leave that for later, walking up to Amaterasu and patting her shoulder.

...

"That's why every small mishap in the formation of the star can be deadly... did you expect me to just stand here and receive your attack? if I can disrupt it before it is completely formed, that is already my victory".

"You're a monster just like Richter-sama. I surrender, Lady Yuan".

"That wasn't kind... don't compare me to that pervert"

"Sorry, and also... thanks for your teachings. How can I become stronger?" She asked me without genuine curiosity, it seems I picked her interest and she received enlightenment from my words. The youngsters and gods around us were also interested in what words I had to convey.

"Adopt the laws of light... leave this planet and thread into this farther universe, Amaterasu... who do you think worships light?"

"Humans and gods?" She answered as if her answer was absolute.

"Nothing farther from the truth, humans are weak and their understanding even more so... they don't know what light is, much less how it works, just like the darkness... they are unable to worship those higher concepts, they can only seek to understand them. 'Fear' and 'Glory' are human feelings... however, the concept of 'worship' has existed even before humans existed. They know how the sun feels, they know how it looks, they to some extent know how it works and they know they need it to live, that's how faith is transmitted~".

"Then, the light?"

"In order to be worshipped as a Goddess of Light, Amaterasu... Go out there, far away from this planet and be worshipped by the only entities that truly know what light is. The stars themselves".

!!!

I could literally 'see' the enlightenment seeping out of Amaterasu's body, she learned something important.

"Become stronger and then, face me again".