BOOM—!

The power of chaos erupted violently, sending gray mist sweeping across all directions. Kanzaki Rei’s eyes burned crimson, his eye sockets brimming with scalding vapor. He understood better than anyone else exactly what he had just done.

In his mind, countless roaring voices still echoed madly, shrill and ferocious, relentlessly缠绕 around his sole remaining conscious self.

These consciousnesses enveloped Kanzaki Rei’s tiny fragment of awareness.

The weight of hundreds of millions of years pressed down upon a life as fleeting as a single breath!

「You cannot suppress me!」

「I am you! I am you! I am you!」

「Even if you die, I will break out of your body!」

「Even if you don’t die, I will remain hidden in the depths of your heart until the day you willingly accept me!」

「You will never escape me!」

「Because you were me from the very beginning!」

Kanzaki Rei clenched his fist tightly and slammed it viciously into his own chest—crack! His heart shattered instantly. Agonizing pain spread through every limb and bone, yet it could not dispel the frenzied roars echoing in his mind.

But the unrelenting pain only made Kanzaki Rei clearer-headed.

The consciousness of the Corruption Source Nest surged like a tidal wave through his thoughts, madly eroding his sanity.

Yet at least, he was still himself.

"Kanzaki Rei."

Aegimira’s voice drifted from the depths of the chaos—distant, yet carrying an undeniable oppressive force. The endless chaos stirred like a living entity, slowly closing in on Kanzaki Rei. "What is the meaning of this? Our battle lines should have been aligned!"

"If Yakartikto does not die, then you must die! This world has no place for a vessel of the Corruption Source Nest."

"Wherever Yakartikto exists, there has never been room for you!"

"Only a world of utter chaos and disorder is a fitting home for you!"

Kanzaki Rei’s voice was ice-cold and bone-piercing. "Noisy."

Facing the surging chaos, he raised his hand and waved it. The Emperor’s Sword answered instantly, stabbing straight into the chaos!

BOOM—!

The Emperor’s Sword collided violently with the chaos, instantly blasting apart countless grotesque, unidentifiable substances. These substances clung like maggots to bone; the moment they dissipated, they regrouped and surged toward Kanzaki Rei once more!

「Chaos Divine Kingdom · Origin of Endless Evolution」

Chaos was the primordial form from which all things evolved. No matter what kind of attack was inflicted upon it, it could only be transformed from one substance into another—it could never be completely destroyed.

And once enveloped by this chaos, one’s own existence would be assimilated, fully becoming part of the chaos!

This was Aegimira’s divine kingdom.

Kanzaki Rei stared at the approaching chaos. At his current level, he could clearly perceive the unfolding of a divine kingdom.

He was no longer the weakling who could only watch helplessly as someone like Eltimi activated her divine kingdom.

Kanzaki Rei crossed his hands, faint light condensing at his fingertips. He brought his palms together in the shape of a sphere.

"Divine Kingdom."

Whoosh—!

Centered on Kanzaki Rei, a brilliant domain unfurled in an instant. Radiant light pierced the chaos, isolating the sweeping gray mist outside.

「Divine Kingdom · Perfect World」

Kanzaki Rei had comprehended a divine kingdom!

Crack—!

An entirely different world manifested from thin air. Within this domain defined by Kanzaki Rei himself, the very essence of chaos was rewritten.

The chaos that had rashly invaded dissipated like morning mist, vanishing without a trace.

"Yakartikto... thank you..." Kanzaki Rei murmured softly, a hint of gentleness flickering in his tone that was almost imperceptible.

Then he brought his palms together. All the divine weapons floating around him converged between his hands as if summoned. His palms slowly closed, compressing and fusing every divine weapon bit by bit.

「7th Rank Blacksmith—God-Tier · Fusion」

Capable of fusing any equipment in existence, even divine weapons.

Dozens of divine weapons gathered in his palms, transforming into a dazzling multicolored glow. The light flowed and stretched, ultimately coalescing into a translucent, crystalline war spear etched with brilliant patterns that radiated world-destroying power.

"Akaren... I’m sorry." A flash of guilt crossed Kanzaki Rei’s eyes.

He then slowly turned his head and gazed deeply at Pari, his voice carrying a complex undertone. "Pari, did you see all of this in your prophecy?"

Pari looked at him quietly, her expression calm and without excess emotion. She simply nodded gently.

Kanzaki Rei let out a long breath, suppressing all the guilt and nostalgia in his heart. His gaze instantly sharpened like a blade, and his aura grew even more chilling.

The dead, the mistakes committed—those could be mourned and regretted once everything was settled.

But right now—

Kanzaki Rei gripped the Reversal Timepiece at his chest with his right hand.

He knew full well that returning to the past with it at this moment would be meaningless. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Because if he went back, he had not yet awakened 「God-Tier · Perception Segmentation」. Not only would he be unable to suppress the Corruption Source Nest, it would completely dominate his consciousness instead.

Moreover, because he already knew he was the Corruption Source Nest,

no matter which point in the past he returned to,

he would immediately become the Corruption Source Nest itself.

Even worse, if the Corruption Source Nest learned in advance that he would awaken this talent, it would take precautions ahead of time. At that point, everything would be beyond saving.

Therefore, he could not go back. He could only move forward!

Kanzaki Rei fixed his eyes on Aegimira deep within the chaos. His voice rang out powerfully, shaking heaven and earth. "Yakartikto, I’m coming to help you!"

BOOM—!

With a single step, Kanzaki Rei’s figure vanished from his original spot and charged straight into the chaos!

The crystalline war spear carried a sharpness capable of piercing anything. It tore through the endless gray mist and stabbed viciously toward the blurry gray figure deep in the chaos!

Aegimira originally had no physical body, yet under the power of Kanzaki Rei’s divine weapon spear, its formless figure was forcibly given substance!

"You dare!" Aegimira let out a furious roar filled with disbelief and shock.

BOOM—!

Chaos power collided violently with the crystalline spear. Multicolored gales swept in all directions. Aegimira instantly felt its "flesh" being forcibly stripped away—its body was being skinned piece by piece!

This was the skinning effect of the divine weapon.

And it was not merely the skinning effect.

The divine weapon in Kanzaki Rei’s hand was simply too terrifying!

It was the fusion of dozens of divine weapons. Each one possessed power surpassing a complete god, and when gathered together, their combined strength had already reached a level capable of slaying a Moon-level being!

"But with just you!" Aegimira roared madly as the chaos around it writhed wildly. "You still cannot truly contend with a Moon-level existence!"

The chaos around it began shedding layers frantically, breaking down into more primordial matter and breaking free from the spear’s restraint.

Kanzaki Rei’s own body was continuously being devoured by the chaos. The terrifying power of a Moon-level being even broke through his resistance laws. The surging chaos constantly eroded his body!

But at the same time...

Whoosh—!

A staff wrapped in patterns of human skin flew out from the chaotic battlefield and happened to land in the hands of Yakartikto, who was passing by.

Yakartikto looked at the staff that had coincidentally fallen into his grasp. A trace of amusement flashed in his eyes—it was the divine weapon that Kanzaki Rei had not fused: the 「Supreme Luck Scepter +4」.

The moment he gripped the scepter, the corner of Yakartikto’s mouth curved into a light, cunning smile. He gave a gentle wave of the scepter toward the woman in front of him, who was constantly trying to buy his luck with vast amounts of wealth.

Whoosh—!

In the next second, treasures poured out like a tidal wave from the void across every corner of the world—gold coins, gems, divine weapon fragments, rare materials...

Lorna’s long-cherished treasury was completely emptied in this instant!

Every treasure inside her vault was lost for absurd and ridiculous reasons—some because the vault doors fell off by themselves and the treasures rolled out; others because the containers holding them suddenly shattered and the items scattered with the wind or into other spaces; some were even carried away by a migratory space bird that mistakenly entered Lorna’s treasury.

These reasons were outrageously absurd, yet they happened in reality.

A Moon-level being’s treasury was completely looted in the blink of an eye for such ridiculous reasons!

Lorna’s expression changed drastically. Turbulent waves surged in her sea of consciousness!

She clearly sensed that Yakartikto’s luck had swelled to an extreme, merging with the entire world itself—trying to buy his luck was equivalent to trying to buy all the luck in the world.

And that price was not something she, having just lost her treasury, could afford.

Credit!

Lorna instinctively tried to use her divine authority to buy on credit, planning to purchase all of Yakartikto’s luck through installments.

She would buy it first. With the power of her Wealth Moon-level status, there was no debt she couldn’t repay later.

And even if she couldn’t repay it immediately, there were plenty of ways to delay the cost.

But the instant her thought turned—

Her mind in chaos caused a critical error in control—

She had bought the wrong thing!

Such an absurd event should never have happened to a Moon-level being, yet Yakartikto’s heaven-defying luck forcibly created a miracle and made this ridiculous scenario unfold.

Not only had Lorna bought the wrong thing—she had purchased the complete opposite of luck.

「Misfortune」.

She alone had bought all the misfortune in the entire world.