Cain emerged from the System Lab, the virtual and spiritual aftershocks of his encounter with the Encrypted Monarch still rippling through his thoughts. The cross-reality storm had passed, but the message was clear: his power was no longer hidden. The Multiverse had noticed the Glitch.
A new notification hovered in his vision, this time bordered in crimson and stitched with shimmering fractal patterns that pulsed like a heartbeat.
> [System Update Installed: Fusion Protocols v1.0]
Access to Reality-Anchored Summon Melding
Legendary+ Rarity Units Eligible for Fusion
Glitch Signature Amplified During Fusion Events
Warning: Fusion May Attract Dimensional Predators
Cain tilted his head. "Dimensional predators, huh? Bring them on."
He opened the Omni-Fabricator interface again. New tabs blinked into existence, each tagged with shimmering titles like "Divine Hybridization," "Temporal Unit Evolution," and "Mythic-Sovereign Recombination."
But one tab drew his attention: Fusion Arena: Glitch-Linked Trial Gate.
> [Fusion Arena Initiated.] Generate your first Fusion Hero?
Cain selected two of his strongest units: Valkyrion, the Mecha-Skyblade Commander, and Ashen Fang, Flame Sovereign of the Infernal Root.
> [Fusion Formula Detected.] Codename: Infernal Aetherblade – Zeryon Class: SSS-Tier Glitched Mythic Hero Traits:
Flight
Mana-Tuned Core Explosion
Ash-Aether Rebirth Protocol
Reality Severing Blade (Passive)
A glyph-encrusted arena unfolded in real-time, built from cosmic strands and glitch code. Cain stepped inside. A blinding light struck the center, coalescing into a form unlike anything he'd summoned before.
Zeryon emerged, a towering knight in molten armor with wings of light and code, his sword a shifting blade made of stardust and void-silver. He kneeled before Cain.
> "Dominion Architect. Give me a target."
Cain grinned. "Test run. Let's bait something big."
He activated the Glitch Beacon, a tower constructed using anomaly fragments from the previous Monarch encounter. Within moments, space split. Six interdimensional horrors emerged—floating masses of wire-flesh and static-screaming minds.
Zeryon launched.
His blade tore through one entity, the slash rupturing reality in a clean arc. Cain could see into other realms through the cut—a world of endless desert, a crimson ocean city, a shattered moon orbiting a dead planet.
The other entities converged. Cain commanded his troops: digitized spirit-beasts, necro-mecha archers, and high-tier cultivation disciples fused with nanite armor.
It wasn't a battle. It was a show of dominion.
Zeryon activated Ash-Aether Rebirth, allowing him to self-destruct in a blaze of supernova flame and reform seconds later from ambient mana. He repeated the cycle, burning reality like dry parchment.
Minutes passed. Then silence.
> [Raid Complete: Tier ??? Rift Invasion Neutralized] Loot Acquired:
[Divine Cradle Fragment (x1)]
[Glitch Core: Godframe Injector]
[Encrypted Memory of a Fallen Sovereign]
Cain exhaled. Zeryon returned to his side, slightly singed but grinning under his helm.
> Zeryon: "Shall I remain deployed, or do you wish for further fusions?"
Cain opened the fusion panel again.
> [Multiple Compatible Fusions Detected.] Warning: Proceeding will expand Glitch Signature to surrounding Realms
He paused.
Outside the System Lab, the Dominion Realm was shifting. The terrain had begun adapting to Cain's energy—trees grew circuits, clouds shimmered with mana residue, and rivers flowed like translucent data.
The very world was glitching upward into something divine.
He laughed quietly. "This is only the beginning."