Oberon

Oberon Feline is the Divine Stage ruler of Feline Cat City and the father of Rune and Felix. His distant rule helped turn a family grievance into a succession crisis, but his willingness to expose the past, trust his children, and repay Nux allowed him to preserve both his city and what remained of his family.

Biography

A city lord trapped inside his family's succession war

Oberon led a Beastmen city whose security ultimately rested on his Divine Stage strength. His two strongest children were expected to succeed him, but he allowed their rivalry to be decided through public image, political influence, and cultivation rather than naming an heir early. Rune held popular support while Felix built clan alliances, and the apparent normality of that contest concealed a plot directed at Oberon himself. (Chapters 893, 899, and 901)

His relationship with both children was constrained by emotional distance. When Felix convened the city leadership and accused Rune after her supposed death, Oberon heard the charge from his throne rather than intervening on sentiment. Rune's return exposed the accusation, and Oberon ordered Felix imprisoned. His insistence on evidence kept the city from accepting a false case, but the children's fear and mistrust also reflected a father who had not explained the history shaping their household. (Chapters 932–934)

Oberon then disclosed that history. His marriage to Willow had been arranged for bloodline reasons, while he loved a maid named Ivy. According to Oberon, Willow killed Ivy while testing Blackheart poison intended for him; an artifact exposed her lie, and she escaped when he tried to stop her. Willow later told Felix the reverse, claiming Oberon had attacked her and ruined her life force. Oberon's secrecy left Felix vulnerable to that story, and his blunt insistence that ignorance did not excuse betrayal did little to resolve his son's divided loyalties on its own. (Chapters 936–938)

Turning an invasion into a countertrap

Nux, Rune, and Melia uncovered Willow's spies and the alliance with Skythorn Falcon City. Once Felix accepted enough of the evidence to cooperate, Oberon converted the planned poisoning into an ambush. He gathered thirty-two Saints, borrowed fifteen Arcane Missiles, and positioned them around the teleportation circle through which the attackers expected to reach a weakened ruler. The plan protected the city by concentrating overwhelming force at the instant of arrival rather than risking a prolonged open war. (Chapters 943–950)

The missiles killed or crippled the Falconkin Saints and severely weakened their Divine Stage leader, Prima. Oberon then engaged Prima personally, used a black hourglass artifact to remove both of them into a Battle Dimension, and returned with Prima's severed head. Because the fight itself occurs off-page, the precise finishing technique, duration, and conditions inside that space are unknown; the victory followed extensive preparation and should not be read as an unsupported measure of Oberon's unaided strength against an uninjured equal. (Chapters 950 and 953)

Oberon used the victory ruthlessly. He forced Skythorn Falcon City to accept a crippling long-term contract and emptied its treasury, treating the defeated city as compensation and deterrence. He then accepted Rune as successor when Felix stepped aside and prepared to enter closed cultivation, ending the immediate succession war with his city enlarged and his surviving children reconciled. (Chapters 953–954)

Debt to Nux and letting Rune leave

When Nux asked to take Rune with him, Oberon initially treated the claim that Nux could protect her better as a challenge. Nux's concealment and private refuge demonstrated a kind of protection Oberon's raw rank could not guarantee, while Felix explained how much Nux had already done during the Willow crisis. Oberon consequently released Rune from the city's burdens and assigned her work to Felix. In private, he warned Nux that Rune's heart had already been broken and asked him to proceed patiently, revealing care he had struggled to express directly to his daughter. (Chapters 1154–1155)

Oberon later repaid Nux's role in saving the city by joining the defense of Lust State when Dragons targeted Nux's allies. He described the intervention explicitly as repayment and added his Divine Stage presence to the coalition. His contribution was strategic reinforcement rather than a separately depicted duel, and no new technique is established there. (Chapter 1233)

Years later, when Nux prepared to take Rune beyond Yrniel, Oberon recognized that she felt safe enough around him to show emotions she normally suppressed. He gave his blessing on the condition that Nux protect her, despite anxiety about the danger outside their world. In the final reunion, an aged and trembling Oberon embraced Rune and met his granddaughter Sable, confirming that he survived long enough to see the family return. (Chapters 1488 and 2408)

Appearance and personality

The supplied evidence does not give Oberon a detailed physical description. His posture on the City Hall throne conveys authority and dignity, while the final reunion describes his body as old and trembling; his facial features, clothing, and any lasting battle scars remain unstated. (Chapters 932 and 2408)

He was controlled, severe, and strategically patient. He could organize a large ambush, threaten enemies without theatrics, and impose punishing terms after victory. In family matters he was distant rather than indifferent: his inability to communicate grief and affection helped Willow manipulate Felix, but he later admitted that habits formed over millennia prevented a sudden repair and entrusted Nux with the gentleness he could not easily show. (Chapters 936–954 and 1154–1155)

Abilities and cultivation

Divine Stage cultivation

Oberon was a Divine Stage Mana cultivator and the strongest being of Feline Cat City. The source does not establish the origin of his cultivation, a named method, elemental affinity, Law, or Domain. His stage nevertheless gave him power ordinary armies could not answer: even peak Saints were stated to be unable to defeat an incomplete Divine, and his arrival alone forced Skythorn's surviving leadership to submit. (Chapters 893, 950, and 953)

He demonstrated close-range force by striking Prima hard enough that their collision would kill cultivators below the Semi Saint Stage. He ultimately killed the already injured Prima, but did so after fifteen Arcane Missiles had severely damaged the Falconkin and after activating an item-derived Battle Dimension. The off-page portion prevents a reliable account of Oberon's attacks, range, stamina, or counters, and the hourglass's power should not be treated as innate. (Chapters 950 and 953)

Catkin senses and concealment awareness

Catkins specialize in sensing concealed presences, and Nux judged Oberon's senses better than those of Orpheus. That reputation made prolonged infiltration of the manor risky. It was not absolute: Nux still entered unnoticed at the Sage Stage and later spied on Oberon and Rune as a Semi Saint, demonstrating that sufficiently advanced concealment can bypass Oberon's awareness. The source gives no activation requirement, radius, or energy cost for the sense. (Chapters 925 and 1154)

Command and prepared warfare

Oberon's most complete combat showing depended on preparation. He coordinated thirty-two Saints, fifteen borrowed Arcane Missiles, the enemy's teleportation point, and a Battle Dimension artifact into a single trap. This demonstrates strategic command and access to city-level resources rather than a personal spell. The missiles required two Saints each and could injure a Divine; their borrowed and item-derived nature is explicit, and no evidence shows Oberon retaining them afterward. (Chapter 950)

No later cultivation stage is established. His continued life into the final reunion confirms survival, not advancement beyond Divine Stage. (Chapter 2408)

Relationships

• Rune: His daughter and chosen successor. Their emotional distance concealed mutual care; Oberon eventually released her from city duty, trusted Nux to protect her, and embraced her when she returned. (Chapters 932–954, 1154–1155, and 2408)
• Felix: His son and temporary enemy under Willow's influence. Oberon imprisoned him, confronted him with the past, and later entrusted him with Rune's duties after reconciliation. (Chapters 932–950 and 1155)
• Willow: His arranged wife and the architect of the family conspiracy. Her alleged murder of Ivy and attempted poisoning drove their original conflict; her later deception nearly turned Felix against him permanently. (Chapters 936–951)
• Nux: The outsider who uncovered the plot and protected Rune. Oberon repaid his help militarily, challenged his claim to protect Rune, and ultimately trusted him with her well-being. (Chapters 943–955, 1154–1155, and 1233)
• Prima: The rival City Lord who joined Willow's plan. Oberon trapped and killed him after the Falconkin invasion force was weakened. (Chapters 949–953)

Items

Oberon used a black hourglass artifact that transported him and Prima into a Battle Dimension, and he borrowed Arcane Missiles for the city ambush. Their catalog identities and full mechanics are not established in the supplied corpus, so neither is linked as an individual item. (Chapter 950)