Chapter 1123: World Line Reloaded_5

Yet precisely in that instant between birth and annihilation, the Star Realm—more abstract than the Spirit Realm, encompassing all authorities and all symbols—suddenly underwent a violent transformation, as if a once-calm sea surface had been brought to a boil; and these violent changes were simultaneously mirrored into the real world, acting upon the levels of matter, energy, and space-time phenomena—

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For example, brilliant streams of high-energy particles and rays abruptly burst forth in the atmosphere, weaving bolt after bolt of Lightning in different colors, shrouding even the horizon in an ocean of Thunderbolt…

For example, without any warning, a Red Moon reappeared high in the sky, swiftly spilling down scarlet moonlight, while an unfathomable darkness surged along with it, covering half the heavens above the Land of the Forsaken continent and turning it into instant nightfall…

For example, even the region of the sky that had always remained bright changed; no longer was it simply bathed in straightforward, radiant sunlight, but instead countless miniature, blazing little Suns appeared, scattering patches of scorching light spots laden with terrifying heat, together with one Flame blossom after another erupting with searing high temperatures…

For example, the earth at a certain place in the Land of the Forsaken suddenly split open; the already brutal terrain, shaped by battles of the mighty, began to violently shift once more, collapsing downward in that utterly unheralded instant, forcing the gigantic God-Beating Whip to keep plunging without end, as though it would fall all the way down to the Sea of Chaos at the planet’s core…

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Besides these, one after another black tentacle like giant pythons reached forth from the depths of the Star Realm, while unreal, intricate symbols of unknown origin intertwined into an information torrent so vast and complex it was terrifying…

And so on, and so on, far too many to list.

Hm? It feels like something strange slipped in among all that?

But anyway, no matter how one puts it, in short this was when the Seven Gods, as well as those hidden existences that occupied the apex of the Mysterious World, finally reacted one after another—and decisively chose to strike together.

They certainly had little friendship with the “True Creator”; in that brainless, mindless state of the latter, it was hard to imagine any allies at all. Yet whether they were orthodox Gods or Evil Gods, they all had to face one undeniable fact: they were compelled to exert their full strength against the great crisis from beyond the heavens. Any threat not belonging to this planet itself was inevitably their common enemy.

Moreover, the present situation was frankly far too terrifying, making every high-ranking existence feel their hairs stand on end.

Too fast!

Utterly too fast.

So fast that they had barely begun to think when they realized the invading great foe, though it had only just descended, had already, with Lightning speed, directly struck down a God!

This was clearly, up to this point, the strongest Power ever projected into the starry sky by an Ancient Level existence that had slipped past the barrier or exploited a loophole in the rules!!—It had even reached the point where it could easily defeat the “True Creator,” already forming an obvious threat to them all… Under such circumstances, naturally, there was no path but to join forces.

However.

“And what if you all come at once…”

The cross-boundary existence, overlooking them from on high, merely let out a cold laugh.

The thirty-three layers of clear radiance behind it suddenly blazed forth; within, one ancient heaven and earth after another rose and fell, brightening and dimming, setting it off like an Immortal King seated at the pinnacle of law and path, illuminating all ages!

The next moment, this existence’s form underwent a bizarre and violent metamorphosis, like a Dragon breaking free to soar to the heavens, tearing itself out from a puny humanoid shell. Its long, coiled body unfurled, vast beyond measure, nearly filling all the void.

Its body was so long it could blot out sky and sun, with a head seen yet no tail in sight; in the instant it appeared, it veiled the entire firmament, causing all things to lose their color, the sun and moon to fall dark!

As though linking heaven and earth, an overwhelming sense of presence flooded every space. This majestic being, capable of toppling the splendor of the orthodox world, with a bearing that commanded all things, slowly lowered a gigantic body beyond human comprehension; within its vertical pupils, majestic as colossal stars, the entire Star Realm was reflected, while wisps of mist spilled from its mouth and nostrils, its exhalations becoming countless storms and Thunderbolt:

“Come, you are permitted to pay homage——!!”

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Klein’s face was pale as he tremulously put down the Memory Crystal in his hand.

It had seemed long, yet in truth the recording lasted only a few minutes.

But that was all this Memory Crystal had managed to capture. Under normal circumstances, it would never have been so brief, only the information inscribed within was far too out of the ordinary. In merely a short span of time, it had already pushed this Memory Crystal to its limits, causing faint cracks to appear; any further recording risked shattering it.

However, this was already enough. Having almost personally witnessed the situation of that time, and with Mr. Shire’s accompanying explanations, Klein had more or less understood what had actually happened.

—A war of Gods!

—This had been a war of Gods!

And in that brutal war, even that terrifying Evil God, the “True Creator,” seemed to have fallen!

Once upon a time, this dreadful Evil God, whose very name made people blanch, was a fallen shadow that even the Seven Gods deeply dreaded. Yet this horrifying existence had been viciously struck, unable even to flee before falling outright in the Land of the Forsaken; some bizarre cross-boundary existence had raised high a whip that smote Gods, and with boundless might cleaved apart the terrifying darkness that had shrouded the hearts of mortals and Divine Spirit alike for thousands of years!