The War of the Spirit Realm
The Magic God of Dimensions said nothing as he directed the wings of dimensional light forward. ‘As a dark mage, I’ve regained the ability to wield magic to its fullest, but I still can’t use 12th-circle spells due to insufficient mana. Moreover, the true nature of that authority is simple, yet there are almost no effective countermeasures.’
He had simply invested all of his Creator God divinity to transform annihilation into the concept of death. It was merely a fringe application of the Creator’s authority of existential conversion—neither reality negation nor reality reinforcement.
‘Death is the end for living beings, but for spiritual entities like gods, it’s nothing more than a minor injury that can be fixed by recreating the body. That’s why his divinity has fallen to the level of a Lower God, with only a single pair of light wings remaining instead of the twenty-six pairs a true Creator God should possess. And he’s using his exclusive recovery domain to instantly restore himself upon ascension. It’s an authority so powerful one could legitimately call him an immortal, undying Creator God.’
However, no matter how much one trained their physical body, if their divinity remained in that state, true offensive power would never manifest. In other words, these were extreme defense-specialized Creator Gods who had sacrificed all attacking capability to push their defense and recovery to the absolute limit.
They compensated for their lack of offensive authorities with the transcendent physical strength gained from eons of training. These were beings who had devoted over a billion years solely to assisting the Creator in confronting him, even at the cost of reducing their glorious Creator God divinity to that of a Lower God and taking on mortal flesh.
‘Since I’ve somehow managed to acquire even this fringe Eternal Being authority using the computational power of the Dimensional Creator God, there’s no other choice now. Maintaining Dimensional Genesis alone is already straining me to the limit. Operating two transcendent authorities simultaneously makes it difficult to even move a single finger.’
He realized that the authority of Dimensional Genesis did not fix his body in space; rather, the computational power itself moved and operated, which was causing the deficiency. The two transcendent authorities he had gained in exchange for being unable to move his body properly due to computational overload were recovery-exclusive powers that only activated upon receiving damage equivalent to annihilation.
‘My body hasn’t been transcendentally trained like theirs, so movement or attack is impossible. Immediate ascension is also impossible without the Creator’s support.’
Furthermore, he lacked the full-body armor that reflected and nullified most Creator God attacks—the very armor they wore.
‘The only viable option now is a carpet bombardment of dimensionally amplified divine power cannons using magic that accepts the recoil damage equivalent to annihilation. As long as Granzoa’s infinite restoration keeps my divine power from being consumed, infinite rapid fire is possible.’
The restoration of his body could be supplemented by the vitality obtained from killing them. However, no matter how many times he annihilated them, they simply changed annihilation into death through the Creator’s authority and revived with ease. Then they would come crashing down on him with physical strength that a mere Magic God could not withstand.
‘If they get close, it’s over.’
If his head and heart were shattered to pieces, even he would be finished once he returned to a human body. There was only one conclusion left.
The two divine realm egos responded in perfect unison to the command.
“It is dangerous. Given the current insufficient physical training, the probability of immediate annihilation upon firing again is extremely high. We strongly recommend concentrating authority on bodily maintenance as you are doing now.”
But the Magic God of Dimensions answered immediately.
“...We shall obey the command of the Dimensional Creator God.”
Uuuuuuuuung—!
He could feel the authority support from the two divine realm egos concentrating on his wings of light. All the support that had been forcibly maintaining his elevated Creator God divinity now began pouring into the divine power cannons. In exchange, blood began gushing like fountains from various parts of his weakened human body.
Puhahaha!Crackle-crackle-crackle!
The authority of Origin and the support of infinite restoration desperately clung to the fatal wounds, struggling to keep his body intact. In that precarious balance of endlessly occurring and healing critical injuries, he continued his endless incantations and maintained the magic superposition.
Then the transformation of the wings of light began.
Kuuuuuuuung—!
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing—!
Wiiiiiiing—!
The wings of light convulsed violently as they began to grow larger. Each one curled into a perfect circle, taking on the form of massive gun barrels. Twenty-six pairs of light artillery batteries, larger than his own body, vibrated through space as if ready to unleash the radiance of the divine power cannons at any moment.
From a face drenched in the blood that flowed from the endlessly appearing and healing wounds, the Magic God of Dimensions spoke in a voice that sounded like gritted teeth, echoing through the cosmic void. Having already pushed his computational power beyond its limits, he was unconsciously continuing the incantations, making it closer to a soliloquy.
The glorious form of the Creator God’s wings of light vanished. All that remained were the silhouettes of divine power cannons meant solely for attack, radiating light so intense it seemed ready to explode.
A voice that sounded as if it could cut off at any moment announced the beginning of the war against the full military power of the 500th Master Universe.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa—!
Countless divine power cannons erupted from the barrels of light and, through dimensional teleportation, rained down upon the camp of the Divine Realm Guardian Gods. Those struck directly were annihilated on the spot, while those caught in the aftershock died under the death sentence. In an instant, dozens of Divine Realm Guardian Gods were killed or suffered fatal injuries. Yet, empowered by the Eternal Being authority granted by the 500th Creator, they changed annihilation into death, revived their bodies as humans, ascended to Lower God divinity, and regained their strength.
Gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gung!
The Divine Realm Guardian Gods roared, losing their reason as they began their charge. Their primary authority—which they had believed made them invincible on defense—had been so thoroughly trampled by a single Candidate Creator God that rage consumed them.
However, the vitality absorption domain of the Defense Divine Realm’s Guerrilla Volcano was not something even the Divine Realm Guardian Gods could ignore. Therefore, they had no choice but to enter through the single narrow passage that had been left wide open.
Tuhahahaha!Papa-pa-pa—!
The moment they approached, they were torn apart and slaughtered by the transcendent wide-area authority of Shuddering March and her clone bodies. It was a vivid demonstration of the terrifying power possessed by the Demon God King specialized in killing gods.
Yet they could never truly finish off the Divine Realm Guardian Gods. Even Shuddering March broke into a cold sweat at the endless assaults from the Divine Realm Guardian Gods, who kept changing annihilation into death and charging forward again and again.
Because of this, the composure of the Magic God of Dimensions vanished. He could only pour everything into working with his clone bodies to kill and annihilate the enemies before his eyes.
Tuhahaha!Puhahaha!
The blood spraying from the bodies of the Divine Realm Guardian Gods and the blood of the Magic God of Dimensions—who repeatedly died and resurrected his human body as the price for firing divine power cannons that far surpassed his limits—began to fill the cosmic space like a red mist.
As if death and annihilation meant nothing, they continued destroying each other’s bodies and endlessly hating their opponent. The Magic God of Dimensions, whose already-won battle had been interrupted and driven to such a desperate corner, and the Divine Realm Guardian Gods, whose authority—trained by abandoning everything for a billion years—had been so easily denied, burned with identical fury.
Gooooooo!Kuhahahahaha—!
There was no honorable battle between warriors anywhere. Only murderous intent to kill the enemy and the wretched agony of bodies being smashed and disintegrated into dust remained. Both victor and loser died repeatedly, mechanically resurrecting over and over.
The Creator Gods of the 499th Master Universe watched the horrific scene in growing silence, eventually losing the ability to speak.
“……”
“……”
They had already received the temporary standby order and the changed policy directive from the Creator God King.
‘Provide the Substitute Gods’ information and effective authorities to the 500th Master Universe and receive territory in return.’
Honestly, such reconciliation and negotiation was shocking, but now they could understand why.
‘The enemy we looked down on was unexpectedly strong, and our allies were unexpectedly weak.’
‘The opponent’s forces, as we just confirmed, are limited to defense, yet nearly equal to our own.’
‘We have no idea how much time it would take to completely finish them off.’
Therefore, it was a rational decision. Moreover, while they had lost interest in the politics and system of the Divine Realm and focused solely on personal training and certification battles, everything had fallen into complete chaos.
When they strictly verified the hierarchy—which was most important in a strength-based policy—everything had been completely overturned. Previously unseen Candidate Creator Gods now occupied the upper ranks.
The faces of some Creator Gods turned completely white.
‘The successors we always maintained in the upper ranks and took pride in have fallen to mid-tier or lower.’
When they harshly interrogated the gods who had supported those successors, the worst expected answer came immediately. The Candidate Creator Gods born to Creator Gods possessed enormous influence within the Main Divine Realm, so they had gathered together instead of training and confessed to conspiring. The vast amounts of vitality and support meant for the Creator Gods’ successors had all been wasted on their mutual networking.
‘Now I finally understand why the successors had strangely stagnated for so long without becoming Creator Gods.’
The number of Creator Gods whose faces flushed red and pale with uncontrollable rage only increased. The number of Creator Gods hastily returning to their own divine realms also grew.
Of course, a warrior god who had declared participation in the war leaving the battlefield was a serious crime. However, even the higher-ranking Creator Gods who heard the circumstances could not stop them. The dignity of the upper Creator Gods had already been completely trampled.
Supervision of the Creation Realm was also the duty of the Supreme Creator Gods, yet they had left it to the administrative gods, and now that this had happened, they had nothing to say.
In the divine realm, the strongest was the Divine Realm Creator God, followed by the successor. Of course, most successors came from the direct bloodline of Creator Gods and underwent thorough ability verification, but it was impossible to completely prevent personal circumstances from interfering.
‘Adjustments are made according to the power held by the direct parent, and because that was adjusted so absurdly, this situation arose.’
Another major cause was that the gods at the Candidate Creator God level—the main force of the next generation—possessed so many hidden authorities and powers that they could not be confirmed unless they fought directly or gave permission.
Had the Creator God King not completely taken control of the divine realm egos and performed a verification after this incident, they probably would never have known.
‘The hierarchy among the Creator Gods must also be thoroughly reexamined. If we only trust the revealed rankings, we might get stabbed in the back.’
They had participated in the war feeling reassured because the Creator Gods around them were weaker than themselves, but seeing the Creator Gods’ hierarchy being readjusted showed that none of them were pushovers. If the major Creator Gods remained deployed for a long time, there was no telling what might happen around them. Thus, more and more Creator Gods were returning.
‘The fault lies largely with the Supreme Creator Gods who failed to properly manage the hierarchy. We cannot forcefully stop them.’
‘Nearly half have already left their positions.’
‘A full-scale Master Universe war is now impossible. Negotiation was the natural decision, and if we don’t straighten out our own house, we’re finished.’
The Supreme Creator Gods were suffering headaches at the thought of the responsibility they would have to bear and the measures that would need to be taken going forward.
‘Reports say our own divine realms are in no small amount of turmoil, so we don’t even have the luxury of focusing solely on this.’
Although they couldn’t show it in front of their subordinates, in some divine realms the completely overturned successor hierarchy had already sparked an actual ‘successor war.’ Of course, since there were Supreme Creator Gods capable of suppressing an entire divine realm alone, they desperately avoided covert struggles or large-scale wars, but one-on-one battles were fiercely contested.
Because they were direct descendants of the highest Creator Gods, they had been near Candidate Creator God level from birth and were powerful warrior gods, so the conflicts escalated quickly. Moreover, because they lacked forces for the certification battles and mercenary Creator Gods were too expensive, they had created as many offspring as possible—enduring the consumption of vitality and divine power—to produce dozens of them.
With dozens of Candidate Creator Gods now fighting each other to reclaim their original positions and ranks, there was no way to stop it.
‘Just dealing with the aftermath of the successor war places an enormous burden on the divine realm, even reducing authority support.’
‘Honestly, we need to return to our divine realms even more urgently than they do.’
‘The only reason we can’t speak is because we are the ones responsible for this war, so we can only burn with frustration inside.’
No matter the circumstances or who was in charge, the blame and responsibility ultimately fell on the Creation Realm for manipulating the hierarchy and causing this disaster. Above all, it had inflicted critical damage on the authority that was more important than life itself to those in higher positions. There was no greater problem for an organization than unfair treatment and handling based on emotion.
The fury of the Supreme Creator Gods, who secretly ground their teeth and clenched their fists at this outcome, naturally turned toward the Creation Realm. It had long since entered a state of highest emergency.
And an even more troublesome situation was unfolding.
The amount of vitality being generated in that battlefield right now was enormous. Even for Creator Gods, the power and vitality produced by the deaths of the Divine Realm Guardian Gods reached quadrillions of units, only to be consumed by the resurrections of the Magic God of Dimensions. Yet there was still an overwhelming surplus.
‘Even if we only receive a small share for participating, it would be comparable to what we’d gain from the Substitute Gods’ participation.’
On top of that, the Dimensional Creator God could raise someone by one circle and, albeit temporarily, turn a Main God into a Creator God. Aiming for that massive vitality and the temporary Creator God divinity, mercenary gods and Candidate Creator Gods who would never have dared violate the Main Divine Realm and Creation Realm’s ironclad guidelines in the past were now stepping onto the battlefield.
Their reason was singular.
They could not trust the judgment of the Main Divine Realm and Creation Realm, which had labeled this battlefield—where even the hierarchy of gods could not be properly managed—as ‘Creator God level,’ so they would confirm it with their own eyes.
‘I can barely contain my soaring rage, but the number of beings making demands is not small. Over half of them, so we can’t even handle it all.’
The dignity of the great Creator Gods had been completely crushed.
‘I won’t let this slide. Every single one of those administrative gods—!’
‘As expected, the core matters needed to be handled personally. I handed over useless titles and tasks telling them to manage on their own, and this is what happens?’
‘Politics should be done in moderation, shouldn’t it? These guys aren’t warrior gods, so they truly lack any sense of crisis. I will make sure this is resolved.’
‘Powerful Candidate Creator God-level mercenary gods are ignoring the guidelines and joining the battle. The situation is going to change again.’
‘What war can we fight in this state? Restoring the original command structure is going to take quite some time.’
‘If a large number of Candidate Creator God-level mercenary gods are deployed and become Creator Gods through Dimensional Genesis, we might even be pushed out entirely?’
‘That’s right. The Divine Realm Guardian Gods have strangely low offensive power, after all.’
‘Let’s worry about ourselves first. I hear the Highest Creator Gods who were in secluded training somehow caught wind of this and are returning to the scene.’
‘…We’re dead.’
As the Supreme Creator Gods’ worries deepened, dozens of mercenary god contracts appeared around the Magic God of Dimensions. It was a natural participation, aiming for the quadrillions of vitality emitted by the dying Divine Realm Guardian Gods and the chance to ascend to Creator God.
Above all, the sight of the Divine Realm Guardian Gods dying far too easily under the joint attack of a Creator God and a Demon God King had left a massive impression. The mercenary Main Gods believed that if they became Creator Gods, they could naturally do the same.
Moreover, since the Magic God of Dimensions was fighting alone in such a difficult situation, they believed they could demand an enormous price. Even if it wasn’t vitality, simply experiencing the divinity of a Creator God would be more than worth it. They had added excessive participation fees on top of that, and since the Dimensional Main God was struggling so badly, they believed he would respond positively. After all, no matter how great the price, survival came first.
In response to those expectations, the Magic God of Dimensions faithfully answered right away.
Riiiiiiip—!Riiiiip—!
He grabbed the contracts of the Candidate Creator God-level mercenary gods—who would have been of great help—with hands stained in his own blood and tore them all to shreds.
At the completely unexpected action of rejecting even reinforcements, the Divine Realm Guardian Gods—who had been pouring endless attacks—momentarily froze.