The Holy Radiance of Omniscience and Omnipotence

As the Sage of Omniscience watched Hwi extend his hand amid the Spirit Realm War, she frowned for a brief moment before reaching out to meet it. Though the titled Creator Gods had blocked her Godslayer strike—a blow from one who stood as true chaos, a Demon Emperor or higher and a Holy Demon—she had endured it with no meaningful damage. She had seen clearly how the shockwave that would have dealt a fatal wound to any ordinary god tribe member had been unconsciously diverted by his authority. When she had first laid eyes on him, he had seemed like little more than a large child; now his growth was so steep he stood nearly equal to her. Above all, his speed in acquiring and adapting to combat techniques was astonishing.

The Creator General possessed every authority belonging to the god tribes and talent surpassing them all. She realized to ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠her marrow that if she did not end this here and now, the next encounter might truly be beyond her ability to handle. 'So this is a Creator General. What terrifying potential and growth speed. It is still incomplete, so revealing it is premature… but there is no choice. I must finish him before he advances any further.'

He clenched his fist, condensing the divine power of the Almighty God Tribe within his outstretched right hand and drawing it upward. At the same moment the Sage of Omniscience, as origin of their new tribe, gathered the demonic power of the Almighty Holy Demon Tribe and drove it forward to meet him.

The repulsion between divine power and demonic power crackled and screamed, yet they crushed it down through sheer physical strength. Only two beings within the Almighty Tribe could ignore that backlash and wield their full might. 'Even in a weakened state it remains useful, but against anything above the 2-Circle it would be meaningless.' Its power sat only slightly above transcendent authority. That was why it remained incomplete.

'In its true form, this authority was meant to serve as the banner proclaiming the Almighty God Tribe’s return as the supreme tribe of the 499th Master Universe. Yet with so few members capable of wielding it, it is currently nothing more than a joint technique shared by two. No—now that the Sage of Omniscience has become a demon, this contract is the only way it can ever be used again.'

It had been the road to becoming ruler of their tribe rather than its destroyer. They had annihilated the old ruling class that feared their power and sought to bind them, all for the sake of freedom and survival. The two who had once walked the same path for the sake of their tribe’s revival had become mortal enemies fighting for an unyielding summit. Until the promised time arrived, battles like this were their only opportunity.

With a faint smile that carried a trace of regret, he waited for the chant to unfold. The demonic power, brimming with paradoxical holiness, resonated through space and manifested.

The divine power surged and the holy demonic power spread. The Creator General’s analysis authority poured out a flood of information as he watched. The results were unbelievable. 'Parallel connection of god tribe divine power and serial connection of demon tribe demonic power, both manifesting simultaneously? On top of that, the total divine power and divinity are more than doubling. Did they truly extract only the advantages of both god and demon tribes? Even a 12-Circle Creator God could not achieve such a thing—! No body, no matter how divine, could withstand the repulsion between divine power and demonic power. Unless… it is a body that has mastered his secret arts—! I cannot allow this to continue—!'

The Creator General’s divine form blurred. An ambush he had sworn never to use, lest he be called cowardly. The space between himself and the pair attempting to manifest their unknown joint authority was sliced apart as he charged.

Any defensive authority would be useless against an attack that cleaved space itself. He shot past even the Lord Gods of the Independent Divine Realm who had been guarding the area. 'These two have already surpassed the level of their tribe’s origin, yet the tier of their strength is on an entirely different scale.'

He had wanted to kill them as he passed, but a counterattack forced him to slow down. Exposing an opening to them was unacceptable. 'For now I must focus on killing the Preliminary Creator God and the Demon God who dared mock me.'

He gathered all twenty-six pairs of light wings and concentrated them into both hands, aiming for the pair’s necks wrapped in radiance. 'The ultra-high-speed body movement that even a Creator God’s senses cannot catch—I learned it from you. Call it a cowardly ambush if you wish—I no longer care! I cannot afford to lose again. I must protect the god tribes. I will break through the Defense Divine Realm no matter what. So die—!'

A blinding burst of light and explosive roar erupted from their bodies and his own fists.

Yet the chant did not stop. No—the Creator General’s full-powered 13-Circle strike had been caught and halted by their hands. Their fingers clamped around his fist, nullifying even his authority.

Light wings and dark wings unfurled and multiplied. The Creator General’s eyes widened. The number of wings was no ordinary sight. 'Twenty-six pairs—! No, these are the true twenty-six pairs—! A divinity almost equal to my own as Creator General? Are they manifesting the combined divinity of the one-and-only Creator General of the Master Universe and the Demon Emperor through a joint authority? This is impossible—! Urgh—!'

Crack. Crunch. The bones in the Creator General’s fist shattered and his skin burst open. The pressure from their grip crushed his hand like tofu. Every higher authority ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠that had been bridging the gap in pure physical strength was nullified, leaving the raw difference exposed.

'Ugh—! What monstrous strength!' The pain of his body breaking—something he had never experienced—nearly tore a scream from his throat. He bit his lip until blood flowed, enduring in silence. No further disgrace could be tolerated. The patience he now displayed and an exaltation he had never felt before tore through his entire being, wringing out every last drop of his latent power.

'My hands are sealed, but my light wings and legs remain. My body may be suffering this miserably from contact, but in divine power and authority I am still superior.'

The Creator General swung every one of his light wings like blades. Matching him, light wings and dark wings collided head-on. The sword of light wings containing all the Creator General’s authority and divine power was completely blocked. Between the clashing blades of light and darkness contending in midair, two voices merged into one.

The light vanished. What remained were a Creator General with twenty-six pairs of light wings and a Demon Emperor with an equal number of dark wings. Hwi shone with golden wings and golden hair, fully manifesting the form of a Creator General. The Sage of Omniscience likewise radiated the complete divinity of a Demon Emperor through her dark wings. The sole difference was that both bore the proof of the Almighty God Tribe—radiant golden hair and golden horns.

The dark wings drinking in the abyss were demonic power. Seeing the pair’s forms, the Creator General forgot even the agony surging from his crushed arm and screamed inwardly. 'Ugh! If they had shown this form from the beginning I would never have let my guard down. Had I known they were the origins of the Almighty God Tribe capable of manifesting a Creator General’s divinity through joint authority, I would never have wasted the highest Creator Gods. I would have ended it with full force from the start!'

Against an opponent of equal stature there existed an appropriate way to fight. Yet he had been driven into a corner by their despicable deception and suffered massive losses. "Grk—! So you were the new origin of the Almighty God Tribe here? You completely deceived me with the divinity of a Lord God. And the other one—abandoning the god tribe to fall into the demon tribe, yet still an origin? Has the Creator General of the 499th Master Universe truly gone mad? To grant demonic power and even the position of god tribe origin to a being who has fallen to the demon tribe—! What heresy is this? How can the god tribes maintain their position as ruling species this way? Only pure god tribe members can be the ruling species of the Master Universe—!"

The ceaseless barrage of unacceptable truths pushed the Creator General’s reason to the brink of collapse. Unrestricted waves of authority and divine power erupted in a relentless barrage. 'If they are truly the origin of the god tribe, there can be neither carelessness nor restraint. Some of their authorities already surpass a Creator General, and since they lead countless tribe members, any origin who challenges us must be eradicated without fail. All unconscious limits are released.'

It was the same instinct that drove the Creator General who led all god tribes and forgave no rebellion. The sudden shift to an attack on an entirely different level caused a flustered voice to burst from Hwi. The assault now pouring down felt like it came from an existence of a completely different tier than moments before; even with a Creator General’s divinity it was almost impossible to endure. It was said that even a well-bred young master would stop at nothing once his eyes rolled back, and the Creator General seemed to care nothing for exhaustion of vitality or divine power.

"Whoa! Who exactly did you think deceived you to get this worked up? You’re jumping to conclusions all on your own. Find your reason like a proper Creator General should—! And your divine power just shot past 2.5 trillion? That’s cheating! Isn’t a Creator General going too far?"

The Sage of Omniscience’s situation was no better. Activating the transcendent joint authority Almighty Holy Light by maximizing the Almighty God Tribe’s power to manifest a Creator General’s divinity and thereby obtaining a Demon Emperor’s divinity had been excellent—until the restriction of being a god tribe origin struck them squarely. 'Right now we are almost god tribe members. The divinity that rose as the price of challenging a true god tribe origin has dropped back to Creator God level, and our offensive power is almost completely nullified by his holy territory.'

In this near-god-tribe state they could never defeat the Creator General. Only now did she understand why Hwi had struggled so pathetically earlier. "Ah—! This is bad. I should have just fought as a Demon Emperor—! You should have told me the Creator General’s holy territory was this vicious against god tribe members—! I activated the joint authority for nothing when the attacks aren’t landing—!"

"It wasn’t this bad earlier—! They keep coming. Block them somehow—!"

"As expected, this technique still isn’t ready for real combat. Why are there so many restrictions—! And to achieve complete manifestation against anything above 2-Circle we need at least three people, not two—! The problem is computational power, which has nothing to do with physical training. What do we do about this?"

"Let’s talk about fixes after we survive—! The real one is coming."

The Creator General’s full-powered divine deployment caused his light-wing blades to take solid form, emitting eerie shrieks as they pressed forward. Every known transcendent authority of the god tribes manifested simultaneously and bore down upon them. Their number was beyond counting, like stars scattered across the night sky, yet a single opening would bring every attack concentrating without mercy. That would be the end.

Cold sweat broke out of its own accord. The two origins of the Almighty God Tribe desperately deflected the attacks, manifesting their own authorities in the exact same manner and even attempting to push back. The desperate, brutal exchange was displayed on a colossal screen floating in the air, accompanied by analytical data.

Three beings watched the scene. A relaxed voice rang out.

"They’re calling you crazy? Look at that. For a Creator General he’s ridiculously weak, yet his mouth and courage are enormous."

"……."

"Well, you were never normal even among the god tribes. I suppose we have to admit it."

"……."

"To grasp the essence from only a fragment of the situation without seeing it in person—truly a Creator General! You haven’t completely lost your mind, but that obsession of yours is a real problem. Take this chance to reflect on the past and fix it."

"……."

Jinmyeol continued to mock without hiding his amused expression as he watched Sangharama’s normally expressionless face gradually stiffen. He did not know when another chance to tease the man would come, so he intended to scratch the wound thoroughly while he could. 'It’s definitely not because I want to ruin his vacation. Giving frank advice to a Creator General is also the duty of a Creator God. That’s right—absolutely right—!' Speaking frankly to a superior without sufficient power could result in death for treason, but that had nothing to do with him.