Ethan stood alone in the destroyed bread shop. Glass crunched under his feet. The morning light poured through the broken windows, illuminating the dust still floating in the air.
"Next," he said to himself. "The god realm."
He vanished from the shop as well. The space he left behind was empty and silent, marked only by the lingering trace of his presence.
Outside the tower, beyond the boundaries of the reincarnation world, the two supre primordial gods sat upon their thrones of condensed law. Their forms were massive and indistinct, shifting between shapes like clouds caught in a storm. Their eyes, however, were sharp and focused. They had been watching everything.
"What is wrong with him?" one of them asked. His voice was deep and resonant, filled with the weight of eons. "Why can we not perceive him anymore? A few monts ago, he was transparent to our senses. Now he is a shadow. I can see him, but I cannot read him. I cannot predict him. It is as if he exists outside the flow of causality."
The other god remained silent for a long mont. His eyes narrowed, twin suns of golden light that burned with cold calculation. "I do not know. But I do not like it. Let us kill him. I am getting a bad vibe. Sothing about that boy has changed. His danger level has spiked beyond what our calculations predicted."
The first god shook his massive head. "You know we cannot enter. The tower prohibits our direct intervention. We can send hunters. We can influence events. But we cannot step inside that place ourselves. The restrictions are absolute."
"Then let us put a bounty on him," the second god said. "In the divine realm. As well as the other races. Spread it wide. Make it known that his head carries a price that would tempt even the most cautious of beings. He is radiating too much dangerous aura. We cannot allow him to grow unchecked."
Ethan appeared in the god realm.
Ethan stood on a hill overlooking a vast valley. In the distance, he could see the sprawling estates of the major clans. His first target was Rose. He needed to find her. He needed to see her situation before anything else.
He closed his eyes and expanded his perception. The world around him dissolved into information. Every life form. Every energy signature. Every hidden chamber and secret basent. He filtered through them with chanical precision, searching for the familiar pattern of Rose’s presence.
Back outside the tower, the two supre gods turned their attention to a higher authority. Before them, a massive gate materialized, made of light and shadow intertwined. This was the true entrance of the tower.
"We, the two guardians of the tower, wish to integrate the current reincarnation world to the divine realm," they said in unison. "Please allow us."
A long silence followed. Then a voice, ancient and detached, spoke from beyond the gate. "Permission granted. But you cannot hunt down any contestants. The rules of the tower still apply to those within its jurisdiction."
The two supre gods smiled sinisterly. The restriction was fine. They did not need to hunt the contestants themselves. Others would do it for them.
Instantly, they waved their hands. The god realm of the reincarnation world shuddered. The very fabric of space twisted and folded as the realm was ripped from its original position and grafted onto the edge of the true divine realm. The process was seamless to those inside, but to those watching from above, it was a violent act of cosmic surgery.
The god realm was only primordial grade, so it was placed in the lowest corner of the true divine realm. A minor territory. An afterthought. But still part of the greater whole.
Then they threw the bounty. A wave of divine energy spread across the newly integrated realm, carrying a ssage that would reach every ear. Kill Ethan and his family mbers. Bring their heads to the supre gods. Receive a reward that would elevate any being to the next level of existence.
Ethan saw the whole situation.
He watched from the hill in the god realm as the integration happened. He felt the bounty land like a net cast over his head. He knew that every greedy hand in the divine realm would soon be reaching for him.
But he said nothing. He let it happen.
Because his target was the divine realm as well.
In the Windsor Clan, Rose sat alone in her cultivation chamber. She was a primordial grade being here, respected and feared in equal asure. Her talent had elevated her family’s status. Her strength had silenced her critics. But right now, she felt sothing strange.
The energy around her had shifted. The walls of the chamber seed different. The flow of ambient power had changed direction. It was as if the entire world had moved while she was not looking.
She stood up and walked to the door. The hallway outside was bustling with activity. Servants ran past with anxious expressions. Elders gathered in small groups, whispering in urgent tones. Sothing was happening. Sothing big.
Rose made her way to the central hall. The family patriarch was already there, standing before a large window that looked out over the clan grounds. His back was straight, but his shoulders were tense.
"Ancestor, you called for ?" Rose asked.
The patriarch turned to face her. His eyes were old and tired, but sharp with concern. "Yes. Sothing has changed. I do not fully understand what, but the very foundation of our world has been altered. Go outside. Find out what is going on. I need information."
"As you wish," Rose said. The patriarch vanished, leaving her alone in the hall.
Rose looked out the window. In the distance, she could see new mountains rising where none had existed before. New skies. New stars. The world was different now, and she had a terrible premonition that this difference would bring nothing but chaos.
In the different clans across the god realm, the children of the god race who had been trapped in the reincarnation world suddenly felt sothing familiar. The energy of their true ho. The divine realm.
They all beca excited.
"Hahaha, we are ho," they shouted. Their voices rose in celebration.
Ethan looked at the children of the god clan. They had once been his opponents, but now they felt like insects to him.
"I need to gather Rose and the others before the hunters arrive. The Divine Realm is still very powerful, and if I have to deal with all those bastards, I will have to use one of the Supre Gods to copy his level.
It would have been nice if I could copy the levels of my allies as well when needed," he thought.
At that mont, his actual strength was comparable to that of a proto-deity.
Once he leveled up to 101, his strength would enter the realm of the True Gods.
Ethan took a step and arrived near the Windsor family estate.
Rose was standing there, trying to find out what was going on.
Ethan smiled ,looking at her.
"I complete our marriage ceremony first. Then take the revenge."
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