Chapter 849 I Am The Blazing Fire (1/2)

Joshua's body crumbled entirely, breaking apart into wafting dust.

Even so, a sharp spiritual radiance held on steadfastly in the mist of Steel Strength, protecting the now-shining Φ formation unyieldingly.

Death was just the beginning.

The destruction of the flesh was merely the start of the fight. So-called death was merely the conversion between form—even if substance crumbled and Order collapsed, they would shift, becoming energy and Chaos. The Initial Flame would thus burn it, allowing all that had perished to return to the world in new forms.

Understanding that and using it as the crux of one's own power, one would become a superior being: indestructible, immortal and eternal. As he turned his last physical form into spiritual form, Joshua applied the spiritual combat he learned from the Great Khan to keep fighting the Chaos any way he could!

Ten seconds.

The Φ formation shone to its utmost.

Even Joshua's spirit form was almost crumbling into ashes.

Now, the entire formation and Joshua's utterly broken soul fragment had been dragged to the very front of the sealing core. The warrior's minced soul fragments were clearly being absorbed within, becoming a part of that endless Chaos.

That was when the warrior let out his final roar.

”Now!”

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”Now!”

Over the seven rings of Abyssal seals, the six deities that had been watching as things unfolded in the Darkest Abyss cried out in one voice. As their true forms mustered their full power, and the holy crests were aflame in blinding blaze, turning the once dark Abyss into a divine domain of myriad colors.

Meanwhile, at the center of the World of Mycroft, within the Infinite Horizon that had merged with the realm itself, seven streaks of endless godly radiances awakened from their dormancy, freed from their thousand-year seal.

Purple-green, ablaze yet dim… the light of the God of Love and Death.

Pitch-black, stable but dark… the light of the God of Might and Justice.

Sky-blue, asymmetrical yet repetitive… the light of the God of Order and Destruction.

Pale-emerald, orderly but scattered… the light of the God of Law and Freedom.

Faintly-golden, complex yet distinct… the light of the God of Wisdom and Choice.

Steel-gray, stubborn yet volatile… The light of the God of Conservation and Reformation.

Pure-white, flickering in boundless vigor, the light of the God of Life.

Power so great it far exceeded the true forms of the Seven Gods began to well out from the Infinite Horizon.

[Divine Power]

The profound might of the Gods originated from the Root. It appeared linked directly to the Initial Flame, and contained the purest and greatest forces of the world. Even so, using it takes a toll, as it was akin to having a person drawing water from a dam by tunneling a small hole over it: Despite the endless resource, they had to take notice if the size of the hole was under their control—too small and too little Divine Power would make ascending as a god meaningless, but drawing too much that it exceeds their own control, the hole would break, turning into a surging flow that blasts away their very existence.

Divinity was hence a zenith in aspects of spirit and ideals. It could even manifest as a certain form of core, maintaining the existence of a deity's own will. Though divinity would alter their personality and thoughts, they would still assimilate into the boundless Root of the Multiverse if they did not radicalize.

Gods and divine powers are like a tap and the water in the reservoir—before a god perished, they would never be able to unleash abilities beyond their limit. There was also almost no method to store divine power since it would always return to the Root and could only be used on temporary capacity, with only special objects or places able to preserve it over long periods.

Incidentally, the Infinite Horizon was such a place.

It never belonged to any god since the Glorious Era, and no human or deity would care to occupy it for themselves even if they were desperate for property—for there was nothing in the Horizon apart from a sheet of serene, controlled Void.

It was Horizon of Infinity, a setup to store divine power created by the gods, for the gods.

The divine power stored and scattered by the Seven Gods around the Infinite Horizon welled beyond. As peasants of Mycroft looked up to the heavens, a great rainbow bridge formed over the infinite clouds beneath the sun and the twin moons. Beyond light and darkness, the seven-colored divine forced had made a rainbow that transcends world and Void, reaching into the Multiverse Sacrificial Grounds!