The Birth of a Creator Star That Shook the 500th Master Universe
The gods of the 500th Master Universe were thrown into complete chaos at the sight of the Spirit Realm’s defensive war and the birth of a new Creator Star. Even to their eyes, the spectacle of tens of trillions of vitality being sucked away without a trace to strengthen both the divine realm and its planets was anything but ordinary.
“Th-th-that—! Just how far is it going to climb?”
“Have those insane Main Divine Realm administrators lost their minds over securing vitality?!”
Normally, even a Creator Star at the standard grade would only multiply power by about ten times. Yet this one greedily devoured every last drop of vitality and ballooned a hundredfold. Measuring its rank had already become meaningless.
‘At the very least, it’s a planet and divine realm on par with a Highest Lord God or higher.’
‘Under normal circumstances, a Divine Realm Lord God would never be permitted to wield that kind of power.’
‘The fact that something like that has been granted to the Dimensional Candidate Creator God is not something to take lightly.’
While collective evaluation was usually more accurate than individual judgment, evaluators were still ruled by emotion. When giving something, they based it on the recipient’s worst aspects; when taking it away, they used the best. That kind of biased interest was the foundation of organizational management. Therefore, the most precise evaluations were always those rooted in vested interests.
That was why the Dimensional Candidate Creator God—who had been assessed by the Main Divine Realm as having combat strength no higher than a mid-tier Creator God—received an unusually generous evaluation the moment he reclaimed vitality and upgraded his divine realm.
‘In this case, it means he’s reached the level of a Highest Creator God.’
‘So even setting aside the fact that he’s a human-born god who relies on magic and only possesses wide-area abilities without a decisive finishing move, his pure capability and potential are already at that level.’
Moreover, after the Main Divine Realm had swallowed every last bit of those tens of trillions of vitality and the upgrade still halted, it was clear he still had reserves left.
“Wait, what kind of evaluation did the Divine Realm Lord God give to allow such a Creator Star to be handed over so recklessly…? Huh?”
Another shocking event unfolded. This was impossible.
The current divine realm possessed by the Magic God of Dimensions consisted of his original realm—which had already reached Highest Creator God rank—and the defensive divine realm of the Spirit Realm, which he had been entrusted to manage for the mercenary battle. No Creator God could possibly handle more than one Creator-rank divine realm at a time. A divine realm existed to support its Lord God by combining the authorities and divinities of every god within it.
On top of that, these realms had been pushed to their absolute limits—raising performance and authority to the maximum while accepting the risk of insubordination—in order to face the Substitute Gods. Their egos were strong; if they judged their master’s ability insufficient, they would never obey.
‘Even our own Creator-rank divine realm egos occasionally refuse orders. Yet he’s simultaneously accepting two of them and adding them to his own authority.’
‘This is something no ordinary Creator God could ever do.’
Of course, there were rumors that among the Highest Creator Gods, one specialized in computational power and authority had simultaneously operated three Creator-rank divine realms and fought a fierce solo battle against a Substitute God clan’s Highest Creator God and his entire bloodline. But the story had never been directly confirmed. Every piece of information from that battle had been classified as top-secret, and the Highest Creator God in question was still in long-term recovery from his injuries.
Because of that, most had simply dismissed it as an anecdote meant to highlight the importance of computational ability.
Yet right before their eyes stood a Magic God who was operating two Creator-rank divine realms at once.
Now they had no choice but to believe it. Hollow voices erupted from every direction.
“Simultaneous joint operation of two Creator-rank divine realms? A god who can pull off such ridiculous nonsense only has the power of a mid-tier Creator God? Then what the hell am I—a Lord God?”
“No matter how outstanding his computational ability is, this is absolutely not something a Candidate Creator God should be capable of.”
“Just how messed up are the Main Divine Realm’s evaluations? Sure, the assessment when giving and when taking are different, but the gap is way too big!”
“I almost made a complete fool of myself by trusting the information from the Main Divine Realm and the Creation God Realm.”
“These idiots—! They stayed quiet for so long and now everything’s a total mess. To pull something like this in a battle meant to secure justification for war?”
While the Creator Gods seethed with rage, the Main Divine Realm had its own excuses. When granting qualifications or rewards to individuals, the procedures were insanely complicated and required multiple layers of verification and adjustment. But when receiving vitality from individuals, there were no such procedures at all.
‘Who would nitpick procedures from a customer who’s already paid the price? The system was designed so that as long as vitality was provided, action would be taken immediately.’
Even the Main Divine Realm was frantically trying to align their stories as they stared at the Dimensional Creator Star that had suddenly grown a hundred times larger. Knowing the gravity of the situation, all the administrator gods had gathered together—an extremely rare occurrence—and reached unanimous agreement.
‘Given that this interferes with the Creator General’s intentions, there’s no way he’ll let this slide.’
Since a cough from the Creation God Realm could kill the Main Divine Realm outright, they had to come up with countermeasures no matter what.
“Sales are automatically processed according to the Creation God Realm’s directives, right? So our basic stance is that we bear no responsibility.”
“We were instructed to make the purchase process as simple and convenient as possible to secure vitality by any means necessary. So why does this feel so uneasy?”
“Where’s that directive document? Stop standing around like idiots and find it right now—!”
“Didn’t we also submit a report recommending the addition of qualification screening and verification procedures for sales?”
“Bring every single one of those too! This is exactly why we can’t afford to leave documents behind. All field workers, gather every piece of data that could possibly help immediately!”
All administrator gods mobilized.
Desperate document battle in progress to avoid responsibility.
Complete panic detected.
Sangharama ground his teeth as he watched the Main Divine Realm move with unprecedented unity in their rush to make excuses and prepare countermeasures. He had been ready to flip the entire Creation God Realm upside down and still not be satisfied, even considering turning his hand against the Main Divine Realm, but seeing this pathetic display left him speechless.
And because Jinmyeol wouldn’t stop sneering beside him, he couldn’t even throw a proper tantrum.
‘I could have fought tooth and nail for the position of Creator General, but I yielded it to Jinmyeol out of consideration for Garam, whose title is to help the growth of the divine race. So I must produce results and lead properly to save face.’
He could not afford to show the ugly sight of truly losing his temper against mere Lord Gods—beings far beneath him.
“One side is fighting a desperate defensive battle with everything they have, while the other side is waging a paperwork war just to avoid responsibility. With that kind of attitude, you really think you can win a territorial war between Master Universes? Well, even with just me it would take time, but we would still win. But before that, isn’t the decisive battle against the Substitute Gods first? He postponed the first generation for us, but we won’t have time to build up our forces. What will you do? Push ahead anyway?”
In a situation where the combat power figures reported by both the Main Divine Realm and the Creation God Realm could no longer be trusted, going to war would be utterly foolish.
“…The war is postponed. We will negotiate. The moment the defensive divine realm’s battle ends, we will immediately cede the territory of the 500th Master Universe, provide information on the Substitute Gods, and grant effective authorities. In addition, begin a full audit of the Main Divine Realm and the Creation God Realm and take appropriate measures. All Creator Gods are to head to the scene and personally oversee the process.”
The decision handed down by the Creator General of the 499th Master Universe was swift.
‘With things this disorganized, we’re in no position to wage war.’
He had finally acknowledged that his earlier hasty conclusion—born from overconfidence in the 499th Master Universe’s strength and utter contempt for how weak the 500th was—had been a mistake.
The surrounding Creator Gods looked on in shock but hurriedly bowed their heads.
‘When we examined it closely ourselves, it really was a complete mess.’
‘On the surface it looked plausible, but because the Divine Realm Lord Gods are combat gods rather than administrators, emotional measures are rampant throughout divine realm management, causing serious efficiency problems.’
‘Above all, the foundational military strength was far too weak.’
‘The supply issues are enormous.’
It seemed that the price of focusing solely on strengthening Divine Realm Lord Gods to combat the Substitute Gods was that—except for those who had received special privileges, the Divine Realm Lord Gods, Lord God-rank deities, and a handful of High Gods—most of the 500th Master Universe’s forces were judged to be on a similar level.
This was the cost of forgetting that concentrating on one area inevitably created problems in another.
‘At this rate, conquest itself isn’t an issue, but maintaining the occupied territory will be impossible.’
Master Universes were simply too vast to defend with only Creator Gods and Divine Realm Lord Gods. Of course, the Creator Gods currently preparing to join the war and waiting in reserve might complain, but they all knew their own shortcomings.
‘If he could trust his subordinate forces, why would he bring only Creator Gods to the battlefield?’
At first they had thought it was confidence in his own strength, but now it was clear—he simply had no subordinates he could trust to bring into an all-out war between Master Universes.
It was fortunate he had at least brought a few successors.
‘If we enter an all-out Master Universe war in this state, there’s even a risk of collapse due to supply problems.’
It was a painful decision born from the necessity of somehow strengthening the ordinary gods—excluding the Divine Realm Lord Gods—and reorganizing the chaotic internal atmosphere.
But Jinmyeol’s mockery did not stop there.
“Calling off the war due to insufficient preparation and signing a peace treaty instead? But our young junior doesn’t look like he’s going to back down at all. That’s a battle he’s watching personally. So even if he dies there, he’s clearly determined to see it through to the end. Honestly, I’d do the same.”
“….”
There was no one who could stop or dissuade him from personally overseeing a battle.
“If anyone interferes with an Absolute-grade Karma Contract, they’re guaranteed to become bugs. That includes both you and me. Since he even holds a title, it would be even harsher, wouldn’t it? So, do you still want to jump into that war?”
“….”
Of course he refused. The Eternal Judgment that they had witnessed many times was terrifying even to a Creator General. That was why the Dimensional Candidate Creator God was acting this way—if he lost and died, at least it would be a clean end.
Uuuuuung!
Papapapapa—!
Beyond the screen illuminating the battlefield, they could see the Dimensional Candidate Creator God accepting two Creator-rank divine realms even at the cost of his body breaking down. Seeing him raise his power so rapidly that even they no longer wanted to deal with him, it was clear he wasn’t thinking about the future at all.
‘A Candidate Creator God who has only just entered the 11th Circle has already forcibly raised two more circles. No matter how great the Origin’s title is, there’s no way he’ll survive this. He’ll self-destruct soon.’
Yet in the eyes of the Dimensional Candidate Creator God as he stared at the countless armies of the divine race that formed the main force of the 500th Master Universe, there wasn’t a single trace of fear or hesitation—only a burning will to win.
It was hard to understand why he would go this far in a mere mercenary battle, but when they considered the price of the Dimensional Magic and the Origin’s title he had received, they couldn’t help but nod.
After all, with that level of power, he would eventually be defeated and killed by someone and have to receive the Eternal Judgment anyway. This was his chance to die cleanly.
‘If I were given the chance to become that strong and survive, I would do the same. And if he were to personally oversee my battle, there would be no greater honor for a God of War.’
However, the Dimensional Candidate Creator God was truly furious.
The vitality he had earned by killing Origins and suppressing divine spirits—deeds that would have earned him recognition from every spiritual being—had all been taken by the Main Divine Realm as the price for upgrading his Creator Star, leaving him completely empty.
Even though he had resolved himself to die, this was too much.
“They really didn’t leave a single drop? Do you know how much that was? Earning it requires risking your life, but spending it is so damn easy. This filthy world—! And after devouring everything, they made sure I can’t even complain—! Uwaaaaaaaaah—!”
Hwarurururuk—!
With an unrestrained roar of extreme fury, twenty-six pairs of wings of light blazed like the sun on the back of the Dimensional Candidate Creator God.
Huuuung!
Uuuuuuuung!
At the ends of both hands he spread wide, spheres of light—proof of the support from the defensive divine realm and the Dimensional Divine Realm—shone with incomparable brilliance. It was evidence that he was exercising complete authority as a Divine Realm Lord God.
Tatatata!
Dududududuk!
He continuously input commands into the divine realms and adjusted them without pause. His computational power, which surpassed even Creator Gods, screamed as his body began to collapse, but having raised his power this far, it was do or die.
What he trusted was the enhancement of life force and potential granted by the Origin’s title.
“Parallel divine realm connection—! The Dimensional Divine Realm shall support dimensional divine power, and the defensive divine realm shall reinforce magic!”
No matter how well the Origin’s title allowed divine power and magic power to coexist and fuse, the process could not be without burden. Although the gods of the Spirit Realm had been almost entirely scraped away above Lord God rank, there were still countless lower gods.
‘At least the Magic Brain is doing its job.’
The Magic Brain, having removed emotions and unnecessary calculations, possessed performance that nearly surpassed that of higher Creator realms. Thus, eleven circles of magic power drew themselves stably, a faint twelfth circle appeared, and the surrounding territory was eroded even more deeply.
As if unwilling to lose, the ego of the Dimensional Divine Realm followed with its report.
“Support of authorities from the divine realm administrator Lord Gods possessing Transcendent-grade authorities has been completed.”
However, the Dimensional Magic God’s reply was an extremely urgent shout.
“What is Granzoa doing? Is the support for Infinite Restoration still not ready? Is that Creator Star’s divine realm administrator Lord God still spouting regulations about how it can’t be anyone below Candidate Creator God rank? If I die, you will definitely perish as well.”
Blood flowed from the mouth of the Dimensional Candidate Creator God as he issued commands and threats in desperation.
‘The consumption of dimensional divine power required for the 12th Circle far exceeds imagination.’
Until now, even the innate vitality he had stolen by killing his enemies had been completely taken by the Main Divine Realm as the price for upgrading his Creator Star, leaving him penniless. Although he could replenish infinite vitality using the sap of the Cosmic Tree or the Sun and Moon of the Origin, it was nowhere near enough to handle this.
Of course it was somewhat possible, but his body—unable to endure the violent fluctuations of depletion and replenishment—was on the verge of self-destruction.
Huuuung!
Paaaaak!
Huuuung!
His body flashed as if it would explode at any moment.
‘Almost all divine power is being depleted to the bottom and refilled again and again every single moment. This is driving me insane.’
The 12th Circle was indeed far too much for his current divinity. His original divine power had only been about 7.5 billion, and he had forcibly reached Candidate Creator God rank through magic amplification. On top of that, the Origin’s title had raised him even further, but now he lacked the divine power to maintain his body, causing it to collapse.
‘Since the Origin’s title also runs on its own divine power and vitality, if the foundation is insufficient there is no solution. The only countermeasure is Granzoa’s Infinite Restoration authority.’
Infinite Restoration was a unique Transcendent-grade authority specialized in divine power recovery—capable of even turning used divine power into unused power, something even he who could create dimensions found impossible. Yet the divine realm ego that had risen to Creator rank had dared to cite regulations and show refusal, only processing the request after being threatened with replacement by the Magic Brain. He had even added a clause stating that if he died, the divine realm ego would perish alongside him. Only then did it finally move properly.
“Considering the battlefield situation, Goddess Granzoa has been temporarily appointed as divine realm administrator Lord God. Support of the Infinite Restoration authority is now commencing.”
Sarurururuk—!
Pududududuk—!
Radiant green light of life overflowed. An authority of power comparable to the dimension itself flooded his body and stabilized it completely. Both injuries and divine power were restored and returned to their original state.
Uuuuuuuung!
Uuuuuuuuuung!
The recovery speed was on a completely different level from what Granzoa had shown in battle during her Lord God days. It was as if his divine power and body had been fixed in their optimal state within reality itself.
It was truly an authority befitting the goddess recognized without question by the powerful and prideful goddesses as their representative and the next Divine Realm Lord God.
Thanks to that, the Dimensional Candidate Creator God—who had been on the verge of self-explosion from excessive divine power consumption—finally regained stability and let out a deep breath. At that moment, the divine realm ego conveyed a message to him.
“This is a message from Granzoa, who has been temporarily appointed as divine realm administrator Lord God to the Divine Realm Lord God. ‘As a subordinate god, I have repaid the debt of being spared and supported with the full power of my authority. Now we stand on equal footing. I will now challenge you fairly for the position of Divine Realm Lord God.’ Will you reply?”
She had not changed at all. Her obsession with power was at a level the Dimensional Candidate Creator God could not understand. Even now, if not for the rise in karma, she would want to throw away the headache-inducing position of Divine Realm Lord God, yet here she was clinging to it desperately.
However, the fact that she had restored even a Lord God-rank deity’s divinity in such a short time meant this was no mere delusion—which made it even more problematic.
‘As Granraha’s successor and the representative among the goddesses, with overflowing talent and ability, she would probably do several times better than me if she took the position of Divine Realm Lord God. But I cannot yield the seat of Divine Realm Lord God.’
Gogogogogogo—!
Thanks to the achievement of rising to Creator Star, his karma value was skyrocketing. At this rate, he would soon reach Absolute Good.
‘Once I reach Absolute Good, I will be able to use this level of magic without limit. Even the magic that existed only in my dreams will become possible.’
Such was the greatness of karma’s support.
“Heh heh—! If you want the divine realm, go ahead and take it. Provided, of course, that you have the confidence to defeat the current me—! Watch carefully. This is the true 12th Circle of magic. Annihilation World—!”
"Planets compressed to their limit, on the verge of explosion,"
"are summoned directly through dimensional shift and scattered across the regional universe,"
"then detonated in a chain reaction."
⟨ Annihilation World ⟩
Magic Type: Space-Time and Dimensional Magic, Attack Type, Activation Condition
Effect: Summons giant planets compressed to the limit and on the verge of explosion directly via dimensional movement, scatters them across a regional universe range, and detonates them simultaneously in a chain reaction. The simultaneous regional-universe-level destruction triggered by planetary explosions is pure physical force; once successful, it cannot be blocked by authorities. Even a Creator God who takes a direct hit will suffer near-fatal injuries or be shattered into pieces. The range is roughly 13th Circle, while the power is about 11th Circle. The smaller the explosion range, the greater the power.
Restriction: Cannot be manifested without possessing dimensional authority and magic of the 12th Circle or higher.
First words from the protagonist after initial manifestation: “It looks flashy, but it lacks substance. Why is it so difficult?”
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiing—!
The wings of dimensional light expanded massively and fluttered. Within those brilliant wingbeats, the shapes of enormous planets flickered briefly, and at the same time, lights blinked like stars.
‘This is not the crude destructive power I obtained earlier by clumsily smashing planets together as a makeshift solution due to insufficient authority and divinity. These planets have been compressed again and again to maximize explosive force. If a Creator God is caught unprepared, they will die instantly.’
Papapapapapapapapapa—!
Around the Dimensional Magic God, thousands of such stars sparkled into existence. The Creator Gods of the 500th Master Universe, recognizing the destructive power contained within them, urgently shouted and reinforced their defensive barriers. At the same moment, the twinkling lights vanished all at once.
Papapapapapa!
Kwaaaaaaaaaaang—!
With a roar that seemed to shake the entire regional universe, a single massive burst of light appeared at the exact center of the main force.
Tuhahahaha—!
Puhahahaha—!
Unfortunately, the fleets of the divine race caught in the center of the explosion were torn apart like paper and reduced to dust. The bodies of the Creator Gods survived thanks to desperate defense, but they could not avoid injury. They couldn’t even counterattack; all they could do was endure the aftermath so they wouldn’t be blown away.
When thousands of such explosions erupted simultaneously, the main force turned into complete pandemonium.
Still, having already anticipated it, the Creator Gods of the 500th Master Universe had reinforced their barriers to the maximum and were holding on well.
In every Master Universe, a god weak enough to fall for the same attack twice could never become a Creator God.
Guuuuuuuuuuung—!
As the aftermath of the stellar explosions began to subside, urgent cries burst from the mouths of the waiting Creator Gods.
“Another planetary bombardment is coming—!”
“This is insane! Just how is he using so many planets as bombs?!”
Around the Dimensional Candidate Creator God—who was flapping wings of light in front of the defensive divine realm—stellar light began to ripple once again. It was hard to believe, but there was only one meaning behind it.
‘That Dimensional Magic God can fire wide-area destruction of this scale in rapid succession!’
‘Even Creator Gods can block it once without much difficulty, but continuous attacks are impossible to stop.’
‘At this rate, total annihilation is inevitable except for a few of the Highest Creator Gods.’
The humiliating scene of the vanguard’s defeat was about to repeat itself.
“Retreat—!”
“Fall back—!”
But the hateful Dimensional Magic God’s chant was faster than the Creator Gods’ order to retreat.
“Whether divine race or demonic race, return to nothingness within the explosion of the stars that are your origin.”
Kwarurururururung—!
The shock overlapping with the first explosion threatened to strike the main force of the 500th Master Universe directly. And above it came the Dimensional Candidate Creator God’s shout.
“If once doesn’t work, then twice—! And if that still doesn’t work, I’ll try as many times as it takes. For victory—! Annihilation World—! Continuous Chant—!”