Uuuuuaaaaaahhh—

The chaotic mist seethed and churned violently.

Living beings were undergoing transformation—their souls and bodies alike twisting into chaotic, indescribable things.

This world-scale disaster.

Kanzaki Rei had the power to resist it himself, but he lacked the ability to save anyone.

His fist tightened slightly.

Kanzaki Rei turned his gaze toward Yakartikto.

Yakartikto merely shook his head lightly with a look of regret. "We cannot save them."

Yakartikto had been able to descend because his own fortune ensured that every development in the world favored him.

However...

This price would not vanish into thin air.

Something else always had to bear the cost in Yakartikto’s place.

And the one forced to shoulder that burden for him

had become the world itself.

Along with the chaos engulfing the entire world, countless irreversible patches of white gradually emerged within the chaos.

It was like the ashes left behind after a raging inferno.

Even within the chaos, they no longer transformed.

Because nearly all life across the world had been destroyed by the chaos, the White of Death and Destruction must have fulfilled her vow as well.

"Everything is not over yet. Come with me." Yakartikto extended a hand toward Kanzaki Rei.

"Everything we have done was also for your birth."

A golden-green path appeared beneath Yakartikto’s feet.

"For my birth."

"You mean..."

"Yes. I mean the current you."

"And the complete eradication of the Corruption Source Nest."

Countless roars from the Corruption Source Nest still echoed in Kanzaki Rei’s mind. He raised his eyes and nodded to Yakartikto.

In terms of combat strength right now,

Kanzaki Rei no longer needed to fear Moon-level beings...

He only glanced toward Eubades in the distance and the dazed, hollow-eyed Yomei.

Not everything was completely beyond saving yet.

Kanzaki Rei still remembered that Izparut had once sought him out.

He had once broken through Kanzaki Rei’s God-Tier talent 「Eternal Erasure」. If it was him, there might still be a chance...

"Eubades, wait for me."

"I will find a way to bring Akaren back."

Eubades stared at Kanzaki Rei with firm resolve and gave a heavy nod.

He knew that the current Kanzaki Rei was not being controlled by the Corruption Source Nest.

However, Yakartikto had more to say.

Kanzaki Rei followed the path behind Yakartikto.

He walked alongside him.

...

After Kanzaki Rei and Yakartikto departed, the endless chaos continued to surge. Yet within that turbulence, faint bubbles gradually began to appear.

Loti’s phantom

reflected within those illusory bubbles.

"It worked..."

Loti gazed out from the bubbles toward the outside world, while Pari looked down into the foam.

What Loti had been preparing all along was not a method to defeat Kanzaki Rei.

It was... a way to preserve the spark.

Inside the bubbles,

the forms of all living beings across the world were contained within the fantasy. And within this illusory foam world, a girl with emerald-green hair was guiding countless souls toward a vortex deep inside the bubble realm.

This was the Deep Earth.

Yet the fantasy within the Deep Earth was also reality.

It was far too difficult to imprint and preserve everything from the world. Even Loti could not accomplish such a feat.

But if it was not about preserving everything,

but only the souls, the hearts, and the consciousnesses...

Then it became much simpler.

Before Aegimira completely destroyed the world, Loti had preserved everything. As for the work that came next...

Kumironi gently raised her hand toward the souls of the entire world.

...

Kanzaki Rei followed Yakartikto

to a space as calm as the surface of a lake.

This lake-like tranquil space probably did not exist in the present world. The space here was unique and did not belong to any single person’s divine kingdom.

Yakartikto lightly rapped his hand.

A table rose up from the azure lake surface.

Before Kanzaki Rei could speak,

thirteen different chairs appeared at precise positions around the round table, arranged so that the thirteen chairs formed the vertices of a regular tridecagon.

Yakartikto moved with light grace and calmly took a seat on a golden-green chair.

After Yakartikto sat down,

a six-armed demon materialized on a gem-blue chair.

[March: Yug of Knowledge and Wisdom]

Yug clasped his six hands together, a mysterious smile on his face. "Yakartikto, has that day finally arrived?"

Ding!

A beam of light descended.

A majestic golden figure arrived at the seat two positions away from Yug.

Her face was exceptionally holy and beautiful, yet it carried an inviolable coldness.

[June: Jua of Light and Day]

She said nothing, only sweeping her divine sense across the area.

Kanzaki Rei immediately felt all the dark parts within his sea of consciousness being directly dispelled. Even the whispers of the Corruption Source Nest grew subdued.

"Hmph."

Clang! Thud!

The heavy sound of a hammer striking rang out. A dwarf gripping a hammer in his right hand appeared in the seat beside Jua.

[May: Aromachi of Forging and Reinforcement]

Aromachi took his seat.

Upon seeing Kanzaki Rei, he burst into hearty laughter. "Haha! Kid, you’ve forged even more divine weapons than I have! I used to call myself the Lord of Divine Weapons because of how many I’d forged, but now it looks like that title should go to you instead!"

Kanzaki Rei merely lifted the corner of his mouth in a half-smile and offered no verbal response.

Then—

Snap—

A verdant flower bud bloomed. Beside Yug, Sophia sat playfully on the armrest of her seat, swinging her little legs.

"Hey~ Isn’t this the disaster star who destroyed the world?"

"Yakartikto, the commotion you caused earlier really shows you don’t treat lives as anything special~"

"The living beings of the entire world were buried as sacrifices for your battle. Do you have any acceptance speech you’d like to give?" Sophia’s teasing words carried a heavy pressure that bore down on Kanzaki Rei.

The atmosphere grew increasingly solemn.

And at that moment...

A girl whose hair, eyebrows, and entire body were pure white approached from afar across the lake surface.

The instant she appeared,

the entire lake surface became covered in a layer of white frost. It did not resemble freezing frost, but rather the white ashes left behind after incineration.

Whoosh!

In the blink of an eye,

the girl took her seat two positions away from Yakartikto.

No introduction was needed to know which Moon-level being she was.

[December: White of Death and Destruction]

Upon seeing White appear,

Sophia let out a cold snort and closed her mouth, ceasing her mockery and ridicule toward Kanzaki Rei.

White, however, did not spare Sophia a single glance.

Not long after, the rest arrived: Naraku of Darkness and Night, Pega of Peace and Tranquility, Shanna of Storage and Cold—all reached this strange space.

In the end,

only the seats for January, April, October, and one unknown position remained empty.

There were thirteen seats in total here, and Kanzaki Rei had not yet taken one.

This was a gathering of Moon-level beings the likes of which had never been heard of before.

...

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