The skies above the Crown Nexus shimmered with fractured color, as if every timeline bled into one final horizon. Storms of energy spiraled across the world's edge, and in the distance stood the Crown Gate—a tower of spiraling light, sealed tight by Rivan's design. It was the convergence point of all realities.
But before they could reach it, Akuzai and Abhishek landed on a plain of crystal grass, and what they found there made them freeze.
A familiar figure stood in the field—battle-worn, bloodied, but alive.
"Aditya?" Abhishek's voice cracked.
Aditya turned slowly. One eye bruised, armor scorched. But the fire in his spirit still burned. "Took you long enough."
Akuzai rushed forward. "We saw you fall. Rivan—he—"
"Didn't finish the job," Aditya said with a grim smile. "He wanted me to live. Wanted me to see what he becomes."
They sat together briefly—brothers of war, reunited by fate. The air around them calmed, as if the multiverse itself acknowledged their reunion.
"Where's Tanishk?" Aditya asked quietly.
Akuzai looked down. "Gone."
Abhishek added, "He died believing in all of us. Including you."
Aditya stood, fists trembling. "Then let's make that belief worth something."
But their reunion wasn't the only one fate had in store.
A portal shimmered open—and from it stepped Ishara, the last remaining Blade Seer. With her came whispers of the fifth blade—Lunacrest, forged from paradox and light. She looked at Akuzai, then at the shard of Eternal Flame glowing at his side.
"You've been gathering more than weapons," she said. "You've been gathering truth."
Ishara knelt and placed the final missing shard into Akuzai's hand. It resonated with the others—the Pulse, the Flame, the Rift, and now Light.
Together, they pulsed in unison.
"They respond to you," she said. "Because you're no longer a warrior. You're becoming a convergence."
Akuzai's body ached from the energy. "Then it's time."
They walked toward the Crown Gate—Aditya, Abhishek, Ishara, and Akuzai—united again.
For the first time in ages, Akuzai didn't feel alone.
He felt ready.
They stood before the sealed gate, where the sky cracked like glass above them.
And within, Rivan waited—reborn as something beyond man.
But this time, Akuzai wasn't stepping into the unknown.
He was stepping in with everyone.
Together.