The World's most Overpowered Side-Character

"I suppose there are only so many lies someone can tell before the truth catches up to them," Sol was seated inside of the carriage, staring at a world the size of Dusk; the larges planet in G.Gamma from the Grand Collective.

"What do you mean, master?" Fuhua asked, mostly passively as she had never witnessed anything like the High Heavens before, she knew of the tiny heavens and the small worlds, someplace considered a cespool because of the weak and criminal who lived there.

She was from Middle Heaven, there was a balance of understanding there between the people, preventing them from mixing with the Tiny Heavens while also having minimal contact with the High Heavens.

So she had never witnessed anything like this. "How can a world portray prestige without ever showing what it has to offer?" She wondered.

"I think what my lord is saying is that the lies that could allow him to get by in the Tiny and Middle Heavens will not work here, the sects and clans are all aware of each other, someone of his status being unknown will be impossible." Grecia answered the first question, staring at Sol for a solution. "What will you do?"

"Hmm," Sol hummed, watching a small security detail approach them just like Middle Heaven after they had appeared with the use of an acceleration Gate, startling almost everyone who had witnessed it.

"Well, you are still my elder sister from the Vatui's royal bloodline, Ling is still princess of the Everstorm and my disciple, and Jena is only a child, the only one here with an unexplored story is myself, so I will present myself as a new power." Sol gestured to each of them around him and then looked at the oncoming volley of warriors.

They approached slowly, carefully, mostly beacuse after the wagon had appeared it had been sitting there silently in the void, protected by the "Artifact which allowed it to remain there with no sign of communication from the people they could sense inside of it.

"So, you will not present yourself as the Master of the Hidden Sun Sect again?" Fuhua asked.

"I only need to validate that I am indeed as powerful as a master, while you are the proof I need that I am one." Sol looked at her and gestured to the large world outside and then rested his hand on the door's handle.

"We may be suspicious, I don't think we're suspicious enough to be denied entry, and even if we are, entering anyway is an easy matter, I simply want to avoid the conflict if necessary." He added.

"A wise decision," Grecia acknowledged his simple approach with a nod, watching Sol exit the carriage without the use of an artefact and slowly float towards the incoming investigators.

"Greetings," Sol gave them a respectful salute. "I have come to participate in the Grand Selection Games as a Master."

"Our arrays warned us of a spacial anomaly caused by that thing you arrived in, who are you and what do you want with High Heaven?" A woman asked as soon as they were close enough and heard Sol speak, gesturing to the luxurious wagon behind him. "The crest on your garments, I do not recognise them, where are you from?" She asked.

"I am of the hopes of making these crests known, I am an upstarting sect leader." Sol answered.

"Then you cannot compete as a master," The woman spoke again, she had red eyes with horizontal black slits for pupils, and she was wearing traditional eastern robe with a golden dragon running from her shoulder to her hip, skin as pale as a ghosts, and black hair rolled into a singular bun with a long hairpin stuck through it keeping it together.

Most noticable about her though was the large hammer with the race of a dragon that she wielded, and th ehundreds of other masters that had accompanied her to greet what they originally percieved as a threat.

"The only a registered master can compete as such, if you have no such registry then you do not qualify, and unfortunately with the games in their final stages, it is impossible to register you before the end of the day, the Sect Registry Pavilion is closed." She responded.

"I will have to ask you to make an exemption." Sol smiled, not giving her any leeway. "I have come from beyond your kown stars for this opportunity, I cannot return empty-handed," He slightly lowered his head.

"Are you asking the High Heaven Pavilion to ben their necks for your sake, as an unknown cultivator with no merit?" One of the older men accompanying the woman flashed his spear boastfully and pointed it at Sol.

"Do we seem like a joke to you, get lost beggar-"

"Hold your tongue." The woman raised her hand in a gesture that the man be silent. "Even if he has come unannounced and with no background, even the way he is dressed is that of nobility, one does not simply approach the High Heavens without qualification, show some cordiality."

"Of course, Senior sister," The man huffed, runnung his hand across his long black beard and huffing a second time. "You may leave, stranger, the games are closed."

"Thank you for defending me," Sol smiled with his hands still locked within his sleve before him. "But as I said, I cannot simply leave I must take part in the games today, even if I am unable to register as a sect leader."

"I do not have time to go back and forth with a stubborn man," The woman narrowed her eyes. "I am being kind out of respect for your obvious noble background, but if you continue to stubbornly oppose my generosity with your ego then I will have no option other than to humiliate you, do you understand?"

"Make an exemption." Sol comtinued to smile politely while facing the small army of hundreds. "I must participate." He demanded.

"Who do you think you are talking to?"

"A lackey to the true master, I have come with the mind to not raise my hand unless necessary, but if you continue to reject my plea then I will do it without hesitation." Sol still smiled while the people before him began showing hostility.

"Master is crazy..." Fuhua whispered, watching the interaction between Sol and the High Authority of High Heaven through the system window. "He will get himself killed-"

"Relax, have you already forgotten what I said about his power?" Jena sat calmly, eating a snack as she watched with a window shared with Grecia. "He knows how to get under the skin of arrogant beings, it is what he does best, but with his personality ot should be obvious..."

"Master never picks a fight he cannot win unless he is in a corner and desperate." Jena gestured to Sol.

"The High Heaven Pavilion has remained standing amongst other like you for thousands of eternities, do you honestly think that flexing your muscles before an army of masters is a good decision..." The woman leading the march gestured to him withher brow raised curiously.

"My name is Sol Vestic, I am representative of all Vatui, my goal here today is to compete for the opportunity to meet the Heavenly Ancestor, I have an important case I must present him with."

"Sol Vestic, you would not-"

"I lack the patience for back and forth conversations such as this, may I make a proposal?" Sol interrupted her, gesturing to her for her name as well.

"I am Yu, chief of security for the High Heaven Pavilion." She answered without hesitation.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Master Yu," Sol greeted her once more. "I must demand that you let me through so I can participate..." He held out his hand, and themultitude gasped in unison when Jena flew through the window of the wagon, glifing through the void much like Sol had been doing and stopping at his side with a chest in ger grasp.

"There is no treasure that could possibly bribe you a spot amongst the particioating masters, Sol Vestic." Yu furrowed her brows, seemingly offended when she realised that he was offering something with this strangely powerful child at his side.

"It is not meant as a bribe but a challenge, Master Yu," Sol responded. "I don't know much about your customs, as I said, I am from beyond your observable stars, however, one thing I am aware is the same everywhere is the rule of power, the only one here who could be my opponent is you, leverage does not matter, numbers do not matter, you alone are capable of opposing me," Sol stared at her.

"I am challenging you to a duel, if you defeat me, I will leave this treasure and go with shame," He gestured to Jena and she skowly opened the chest, revealing a gem three times the size of the one he had given to Shu in Diamond dust.

"What in the blazes is that?" One cultivator began salivating at the sight and presence of the gem.

"It is my wager, an artifact created by my student, capable of storing magnanimous amounts of mana, infinitely we encountered several dead stars and hundreds of astral clouds on our way here, so we captured their energies inside of this artifact, whomever cultivates with it will gain the powers to traverse the cosmos unfettered by the shackles of the Void, it is a priceless object.

"Is your student inside of the vessel?" Yu asked curiously. She had to admit, she had never seen fine handiwork like this before, she needed to know who made it.

"I am the one who made it, old baldy." Jena huffed and closed the box.

"Old Baldy?" Yu's eye twitched. "How dare this little... what?" She did a double take. "The artifact was made by a child?" Experience exclusive tales on empire

"She is blessed with the abundant knowlwdge of the stars and cosmos, and gifted with mana beyond the horizons of reality, you will never find another like her." Sol boasted proudly.

"How badly do you want to meet the Heavenly Master?" Yu asked, and Sol smirked, seeing her walk directly into his hands.

"I am willing to put my niece on the line, if I lose, you will gain the creator and all the future artifacts she makes, you will become an absolute power within all of Source."

"And what about if you win?" Yu asked curiously, thinking that there was no way one man could be this arrogant without a reasonable amount of power to back his claims.

"If I win then you have to renounce your loyalty to the High Heavens and become-"

"Your woman?" She interrupted him. "I would kill myself."

"No need, I have no interest in having you as m woman," Sol chuckled, causing the woman to blush and grind her teeth in embarrassment.

"No, you will become my slave."