Kanzaki Rei suddenly remembered a novel he had once read, titled Kindhearted Death God.

At the end of that story, the protagonist abruptly awakened the memories and power of his previous life and instantly became invincible.

When Kanzaki Rei had read that scene, he had only one thought:

What the hell? What was the point of all that training? In the end, the protagonist just regains his memories and becomes unbeatable?

It had felt utterly absurd.

But now, if the same opportunity were offered to him...

Kanzaki Rei felt that he could accept it.

If his previous life had been some god, some incomprehensible supreme being, then Kanzaki Rei would gladly inherit that former power.

In that case...

Bzz—

Kanzaki Rei turned his gaze toward his own past life!

BOOM!

But the instant he looked, his sea of consciousness felt as though it exploded.

Empty.

There was nothing there.

"Empty?"

His voice echoed repeatedly through his own mind.

"I have no previous life?"

"This is my first life?"

"No. Even a first life shouldn’t look like this."

Kanzaki Rei shifted his gaze to another person—someone who was also in their first life.

Even when he looked into that person’s "past life," he could still see a tiny spark of spirituality, like a sperm cell, swimming actively among the branches of the Tree of Wisdom.

It was the most ordinary fragment of spirituality.

So even someone without a past life should not produce this result.

"Could it be that I can’t view my own past life?"

"No. If that were the case, I would know it myself."

"Did Unsolvable Mystery activate?"

"No. I never set any defenses against myself."

It was profoundly strange.

He had no idea why this was happening.

But soon, an old speculation resurfaced in his mind.

A theory Ansu had once mentioned.

"You might be an empty shell."

"A hollow being that has no spirituality, yet somehow exists as a person."

It was not only Ansu.

Even Pally had hinted at the same possibility.

Kanzaki Rei had always dismissed those suggestions.

What did it matter what he had once been?

What meaning did that have?

At the very least, his present self was overflowing with spirituality, and his former self had been no different from any ordinary person.

When someone looked human, acted human, and in every conceivable way was human...

What difference did it make what lay beneath?

So even though the possibility had existed, Kanzaki Rei had never taken it to heart.

But now...

He truly sensed something deeply abnormal.

"So I can’t awaken a previous life."

Kanzaki Rei let out a soft sigh.

Light flowed within his eyes as he activated his final Future Simulation.

It would soon be midnight anyway, and the daily uses would refresh.

And after that, he intended to continue raising the level of his Prophet class, so he would not be short on simulations.

Bzz—

Within the simulation, Kanzaki Rei immediately killed himself.

Pfft!

He shut down every defense, removed all protection, and even restricted his own immortality and regeneration.

Only then did he finally die.

After death, Kanzaki Rei reincarnated and saw daylight once more.

This time, he was born in a desolate wilderness.

His mother had actually given birth to him in the open wilds.

Kanzaki Rei fell to the ground as a bloody newborn infant.

He had not even remained in another person’s hands for half a second before all of his class levels returned.

「God-Tier Talent: Reforge Samsara」

From the moment he was born, he was a Level 6 Warrior, Level 6 Death Priest, Level 6 Mage, Level 6 Decipher Scholar, Level 3 Alchemist, Level 2 Blacksmith...

He also retained two Primordial Forbidden Spells.

And the magical power within his body remained as vast as an ocean.

"So it really is preserved in full."

"I remember everything from my previous life as well."

The infant floated in midair with his hands clasped behind his back, murmuring to himself.

Around him, dark-skinned humans who looked like primitive tribesmen saw him floating immediately after birth and fell prostrate before him.

"Is this some kind of ancient tribe?"

Kanzaki Rei swept his perception over them.

None of them were above Level 3.

With a single glance, assisted by Decipher Scholar, he rapidly understood the situation of the entire region.

This appeared to be a far southern area of the present world.

Judging by the position of the sun, it lay much farther south than either the Moon Sea or the Secret Sea.

Otherwise, the sky would not still be bright at this hour.

This region lay close to the edge of perpetual daylight, near the Heavenly Realm.

Among the tribe, a Level 3 Warrior sat atop a throne made of bones, covered in various ornaments.

He clearly held a position of high status.

Level 3 and already highly respected?

Then this must be a remote, undeveloped tribal settlement.

They likely lacked a complete advancement system.

Perhaps they did not even know how to reach Level 4.

Thinking of this, Kanzaki Rei could not help but remember Earth.

A world where people did not even know how to change classes.

Wasn’t Earth the most primitive backwater of all?

He let out a quiet sigh.

I’m overthinking it.

This reincarnation is just an experiment.

With that thought, Kanzaki Rei casually raised his hand and struck his own chest.

Bang!

With a dull impact, he died stiffly in midair, his consciousness fading away.

When he opened his eyes again, he was inside a magnificent palace.

He had reincarnated once more.

A healing priest had just received him into their arms.

But the moment he appeared, his full power returned yet again.

"So it’s true."

This talent could be carried through reincarnation.

No matter how many times he was reborn.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Again and again, Kanzaki Rei killed himself.

Again and again, he entered reincarnation.

Sometimes, after being reborn, he would pause to look around.

To observe unfamiliar lands.

To witness the customs and scenery of entirely new continents.

This world truly was vast.

The Secret Sea had been destroyed.

The Moon Sea was in chaos under Abyssal invasion.

At first glance, it seemed as though catastrophe and crisis engulfed the world.

But in reality, there were still countless hidden paradises.

Places of breathtaking mountains and crystal waters, untouched by conflict.

If he wished, Kanzaki Rei felt he could settle in one of those secluded sanctuaries and ignore whatever disasters ravaged the outside world.

In the end, over the course of twenty-four hours within the simulation, Kanzaki Rei tested reincarnation more than one hundred times.

Even after over a hundred reincarnations,

The talent remained completely unchanged.

In every life, his strength was preserved in its entirety.

Unlike others, who could select only one past life and restore the power of that single incarnation,

Kanzaki Rei, when restoring his own levels, inherited the cumulative levels of all his reincarnations.

In theory, he would not even need to split his focus among multiple classes.

He could devote an entire life to mastering one class to its highest level.

Then reincarnate.

And in the next life, pursue a different class.

Finally, in some future incarnation, he could reclaim every accumulated level all at once.

In an instant, he would become a Level 9 transcendent across multiple classes.

And the ability to reincarnate endlessly and recover infinite levels seemed to present Kanzaki Rei with yet another path.

A path to godhood.

Though ascension to godhood came with an extremely harsh restriction—being confined to one’s Divine Kingdom and unable to move freely—

What if he became a god...

And then immediately entered reincarnation?

Whenever necessary, he could restore his divine status at will.

And when it was unnecessary, he could still walk freely through the mortal world.