Translator: AnubisTL
The message that materialized deep within the Lightseeker's consciousness was like a drenching of ice water, instantly freezing its jubilant and calculating thoughts.
Before it could comprehend the source or meaning of this message, before it could fully suppress the absurd and terrifying speculation...
Boom!
A deafening roar erupted from the heavens!
Not just sound, but the wail of the entire world!
The Lightseeker instinctively "looked up," its pure, radiant body trembling violently from the overwhelming terror of the fleeting, oppressive force.
The Holy Radiance World, previously bathed in eternal light, had just undergone a soul-shaking, violent tremor.
Above, the divine shield—woven from countless divine laws and protecting the Holy Radiance Civilization for eons—was now emitting a grating, distorted sound under unbearable strain!
Visible ripples spread frantically across the shield's surface, as if an invisible and irresistible giant hand were brutally squeezing the entire world from the outside!
The world barrier beneath the shield also fluctuated violently, appearing severely damaged.
"Who is this madman?! Which high-tier deity has lost its mind to dare damage the world's origin?!" This was the Lightseeker's instinctive first reaction.
It was utterly incapable of, and absolutely unwilling to, consider the possibility of an external invasion.
How could the Holy Radiance Civilization be anything but invincible?
They ruled countless worlds, with countless powerful high-tier divine beings and the supreme God of Gods—one of the greatest beings standing at the pinnacle of the endless void!
Who would dare to invade? Who could invade?
Yet, after this instinctive reaction, it couldn't help but recall the information that had materialized in its mind just moments ago.
That terrifying hypothesis, which it had desperately tried to deny, now gnawed at its core like a venomous snake.
"No! Absolutely impossible! I must have lost my mind and am just fantasizing... Even the God of Gods couldn't... across the endless void... based on a single, insignificant probe..." It flickered wildly, desperately trying to dispel the thought that threatened to crumble its very foundations with sheer denial.
"No, your deduction is correct."
That same information materialized in its mind once more.
Its tone was flat, indifferent, yet carried an absolute certainty, like a verdict.
This time, as if further reinforcing some hidden connection by recalling the other's mental activity, a connection that had been forged during the previous exchange...
Hum!!!
An indescribable, incomprehensible, and terrifying force—one that defied all its cognitive limits—descended suddenly, as if disregarding all laws of space, time, and dimensional barriers!
The weight of the entire endless void, crude and solid, pressed down upon the Holy Radiance world cluster!
The outermost divine shield instantly intensified its resistance, but it shattered like glass without any resistance!
Beneath the divine shield, the world barrier twisted violently, threatening to collapse at any moment.
"Enemy attack!!!"
A piercing divine sense alarm, filled with endless terror, swept through the core region of the Holy Radiance Civilization!
Majestic figures, who normally dwelled in their respective divine kingdoms, surged forth like disturbed bee swarms, their divine power surging and their emotions a mix of fury and dread.
Their sheer numbers and overwhelming divine might would have reduced any known invader to ashes in an instant.
Yet, as these once-mighty deities arrived at the world's edge and sensed the force crushing the world barrier, their anger rapidly gave way to disbelief and bone-chilling horror!
That force... it was overbearing, vast, and filled with an absolute, incomprehensible sense of "dominance"!
"Insolent!"
A cold snort, filled with fury and indignation, erupted like a creation-shattering thunderbolt, instantly calming some of the world's tremors.
Under the excited and devout gazes of the Lightseekers, the supreme sovereign of the Holy Radiance Civilization—the God of Gods—finally revealed himself!
His figure was enveloped in endless divine radiance, his power so overwhelming that it involuntarily calmed all the restless deities.
At that moment, all living beings bowed in reverence, and the flame of hope was rekindled in their hearts.
As long as the God of Gods remained, the Holy Radiance Civilization would be invincible!
Yet, at that moment, the God of Gods showed no trace of his usual detachment and majesty. His face was etched with unprecedented solemnity.
His gaze pierced through the world barrier, focusing on the source of this power.
Those present instinctively followed his gaze...
In the next instant, all the deities—including the Lightseeker, who was barely able to maintain its form—witnessed a sight they would never forget, a vision so terrifying they wouldn't dare imagine it even in their nightmares—
In the void beyond the world clusters, at some unknown point, a... hand had appeared!
A hand so colossal that it brought thought itself to a standstill!
It appeared somewhat ethereal, as if woven from a contradictory blend of energy, matter, laws, and even concepts themselves—a composite that defied any known framework of understanding.
Yet its form was undeniable: a human hand!
And its size...
The territory ruled by the Holy Radiance Civilization was a vast world cluster composed of countless plane clusters.
Before this slowly descending palm, the entire world cluster seemed insignificant, like a few specks of dust in the palm of a giant.
"Bind!"
The God of Gods roared, his voice shaking the cosmos. With both hands, he formed an arcane divine seal, the ultimate symbol of the Holy Radiance Civilization's authority.
In an instant, countless plane clusters, demiplanes, and even some powerful divine kingdoms surrounding the Holy Radiance World were summoned into existence.
Their light merged into a single, interconnected force, which then rapidly twisted and transformed into countless massive chains, each blazing with the light of dying stars.
This was the God of Gods' most powerful Imprisonment Divine Art, capable of binding even beings of equal power and suppressing all rebellion!
Each radiant chain represented a world that had been refined and sacrificed.
The dense web of chains entangled the descending palm, wrapping it completely.
Crack... crackle... boom!
Yet, under the horrified gaze of countless deities, these chains—each imbued with the full power and laws of an entire world—proved as fragile as children's toys before the colossal hand.
The chains couldn't even slow the giant hand by the slightest amount. The moment they made contact, they shattered and disintegrated one after another, erupting in the void like fleeting fireworks of destruction.
With each chain's collapse, an entire world was utterly annihilated.
Ignoring this seemingly heroic yet futile resistance, the giant hand continued its relentless advance, closing in with a terrifyingly calm and deliberate motion towards the Holy Radiance world cluster.
"Impossible!!"
The God of Gods roared in fury and disbelief. Divine power erupted from His form with unprecedented intensity, coalescing into a radiant effigy vaster than the entire Holy Radiance world cluster, its brilliance illuminating several nearby star systems.
This luminous figure embodied the God of Gods' full power and the collective will and faith of the Holy Radiance Civilization. Wielding world-shattering might, it slammed into the giant hand!
The terrifying explosion of power overwhelmed all senses. For the first time, the Lightseeker, born from this radiant light, experienced the sensation of "blinding."
From its very inception, the Lightseeker had been steeped in hymns praising the God of Gods. Subconsciously, it couldn't imagine the God of Gods being defeated.
Whether it was the information that had materialized in his mind or the God of Gods' earlier performance, a primal sense of foreboding stirred within him.
Soon, the God of Gods in the heavens let out a shriek that froze every divine being present in their tracks:
"Why... we're both ninth-tier! Impossible!!!"
He could sense it—the opponent's power level was indeed the same as his, yet the mastery of that power, the fundamental... "quality" gap, was as vast as an abyss!
The next instant, amid a deafening roar that defied description, the God of Gods' colossal form—a manifestation of civilization power—shattered like a crystal statue struck by an iron hammer!
Billions of strands of divine radiance dispersed and scattered, like the grand funeral of a fallen god.
That massive hand effortlessly crushed the Holy Radiance Civilization's strongest defenses. Then, with a casual gesture, its fingers closed, as if picking pebbles from a stream, and it cupped the entire Holy Radiance world cluster in its palm.
In the depths of the void, a place so distant from the Holy Radiance world cluster that it transcended all concepts of space, time, and even the clarity of karma.
A young wizard, dressed in a simple gray robe and appearing no different from an ordinary person, slowly retracted his outstretched right hand.
He lowered his head, gazing at his palm with mild interest.
Within it, a miniature "landscape" rotated slowly, scaled down by a hundred millionfold—the Holy Radiance world cluster itself.
Within this miniature realm, countless radiant deities were trapped like insects in amber, futilely battering against an invisible barrier, their desperate struggles radiating waves of despair and terror.
Among them, a particularly bright cluster of light, constantly trying to conceal itself yet utterly exposed, stood out.
A faint smile curved the young wizard's lips, as if he had merely completed a trivial task.
With a casual flick of his hand, he compressed the "miniature landscape" in his palm. The vast world cluster, capable of making countless civilizations tremble, collapsed into a marble-sized sphere in a silent compression and mournful wail. The sphere still flickered with struggling points of light within.
He casually tossed the "small orb"—a sphere containing countless worlds and divine beings—into his mouth, as if savoring a moderately tasty snack.
"Master...?"
Behind him, a wizard whose aura was as unfathomable as the abyss spoke cautiously.
A trace of unquelled shock still lingered in the depths of his gaze.
Though he had witnessed such power before, each time it still shook his very soul.
"Nothing," the young wizard waved his hand, his tone as casual as brushing away a speck of dust. "Just a meddlesome little insect sniffing around from afar. I dealt with it casually. Continue. These enemies are proving more stubborn than anticipated—they're worth taking slightly more seriously."
Behind him, the boundless, iron-silent Wizard Army immediately suppressed all emotional fluctuations caused by the void-spanning interlude.
The torrent of destruction surged forward once more.
(End of the Chapter)
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