The Dimensional Annihilation Cannon
The war in the Otherworld had ended, yet the Dimensional Divine Realm was still ringing with the endless roar of the God Destruction Cannon tearing through space and time.
The explosive shockwave alone was enough to make one imagine its terrifying power. At first, every god simply assumed it was a temporary measure and tried to endure it. But the next sight left their jaws hanging open.
Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa—!Puhahahaha—!
The fired God Destruction Cannons scattered from each magic circle, spreading out like a net across the entire sky of the Divine Realm. Instead of vanishing, they were absorbed by other magic circles, recharged, and fired again in an endless loop.
Even the Sage of Omniscience, who prided herself on knowing every authority belonging to both the divine and demonic races, could not comprehend what was happening right now.
“No way…? They’re recycling the God Destruction Cannon—the one that crushes all authorities with pure divine pressure—by sending it through dimensional teleportation via magic circles?”
The common assessment that divine power cannons were extremely wasteful because they vanished completely after firing had just been completely overturned. If they kept cycling the cannons through the magic circles like this, the barrage could continue indefinitely unless something actively blocked or destroyed the flow.
At first glance the maximum output looked close to five trillion, but once stabilized, each shot carried the power of a High-ranking Creator God at roughly one trillion in divine force.
‘It must be because of the Main God of the Divine Realm’s restrictions. So the Magic God of Dimensions is around High-ranking Creator God level? During the Spirit Realm defense battle he was clearly only at the Creator Candidate stage. Even with the title of Magic God, that’s an absurdly fast growth rate.’
Thanks to the Main God of the Divine Realm’s divinity restrictions, the God Destruction Cannon had been weakened, but its power was still overwhelming. Since the cannon compressed and fired pure divine power, the only way to block it was to counter it with an equal pressure of divine force.
Yet this all-directional dimensional version was no ordinary divine power attack or shield. Any Creator God who approached or stepped into its attack zone would have to endure the entire barrage with their own body. It was a space of total annihilation that erased everything it touched.
“Occupying all time and space while launching omnidirectional attacks? Any ordinary Creator God would vanish the instant they get caught.”
She wondered why he hadn’t used this against the Almighty Hwi, then immediately understood. The Incomprehensible Eight Stanzas was a counterattack technique. If the Almighty Hwi reflected even a single one-trillion shot back, the entire Divine Realm would be obliterated. That was why it couldn’t be used. Against normal Lord Gods or Main Gods, however, it meant certain annihilation.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa—!
The calculation of trajectories and damage zones was perfect. The cannons grazed past the personal shrines on the ground of the Divine Realm, yet the downpour of divine destruction that even Main Gods could not withstand was utterly terrifying.
However, the Sage of Omniscience had already grasped the entire situation and nodded.
“Hmm—! So staying inside your personal shrine keeps you safe? Well, there really isn’t any place in the Divine Realm sturdier than one’s own shrine. Now I see. He’s forcibly cramming everyone into their shrines to suppress the civil war. If they refuse, it’s annihilation? It’s extreme, but extremely effective. The lower gods’ reactions and retreat speed are impressively fast too. The moment the Main God of the Divine Realm warned them not to wage war inside the Divine Realm, they all backed off at once? At the very least, it means they trust his decisive actions quite a bit. Unexpected.”
The goddesses of the Goddess Alliance and the Spirit Main Gods—who had been glaring at each other with bloodshot eyes just moments ago—had turned tail and fled the instant the Main God of the Divine Realm’s warning came. The only one who had doubted that he wouldn’t actually fire the God Destruction Cannon at his own Divine Realm was her.
Now she understood how he had been acting all this time.
‘He shows patience until the very last moment, but once his limit is crossed, he moves with extreme measures. And when he starts, he does things on an outrageous scale. During the previous Spirit Realm battle, he ignored all surrounding gazes and common sense the moment it began. At least this way, even if a civil war breaks out, the Main God of the Divine Realm stepping in will stop it. If they lose control and start rampaging, there’s even a chance of total annihilation.’
If the Main God of the Divine Realm had only mediocre ability and personality, a civil war and chaos would have been inevitable. But with a being who possessed enough power to potentially destroy the entire Divine Realm and possessed a reckless personality sitting at the top, such possibilities became extremely rare.
Anyone who caused a civil war for personal glory would end up destroying not only themselves and their opponent but the entire Divine Realm along with them. In the end, they had no choice but to endure.
Once she reached the conclusion that no civil war would break out in the Divine Realm, she threw herself onto the nearby sofa.
‘This Divine Realm has such sudden and destructive events happening all the time that it makes even the Demonic Realm look tame. How exhausting.’
Thud!
She leaned back against the sofa and turned her gaze out the window. The God Destruction Cannons fired from the Main God Temple showed no sign of stopping, pouring down like a torrential storm. Even though they weren’t direct hits, the aftershocks alone made the defensive barriers and buildings of the personal shrines shake as if caught in an earthquake.
As the Demonic King, she could simply block the spatial tearing shockwaves of the High-ranking Creator God-level God Destruction Cannon, so it didn’t affect her much. However, it wasn’t merely noise—it was a massive wave of divine power. That was why Main Gods found it irritating, Main God-level deities found it painful, and anything below that had to completely cut off external contact and cover their ears.
Main Gods were important, but so was maintaining the lower-ranking troops. Since they were rendered completely combat-incapable, there was simply no way a civil war could happen.
‘Well, it’s noisy, but it’s still better than an actual civil war.’
She had only been here a short while, yet she was already sick of the endless string of cataclysmic events occurring in this Divine Realm. From the Lord God Temple incident straight into a looming civil war—this was truly an absurd Divine Realm.
Still, as long as the God Destruction Cannon barrage continued, it actually made things safer. Her thoughts shifted toward leisurely enjoying the downpour of annihilation.
‘Even in a full-scale racial war between the divine and demonic races, it would be hard to witness a barrage of this scale.’
Then, suddenly, the God Destruction Cannon fire stopped. No—it looked like it was being sucked somewhere.
Woooooooong—!
The one-trillion-powered dimensional God Destruction Cannons were being absorbed as if water were draining through a hole in a bathtub. At the same time, a rapidly rising wave of pure divine power surged forth—unmistakably the power of pure light.
And in the empty air, a mighty god of light radiating the golden hue unique to Dimensional Authority was absorbing every last God Destruction Cannon with his own body.
The sight of him swallowing over one trillion in dimensional annihilation cannons originally fired from the Main God Temple as if they were his own was truly spectacular.
“Oh? That level of authority absorption… could it be the Origin of Dimensions? But I haven’t heard anything about an Origin being born from Dimensional Authority?”
In the 499th Master Universe, the one who possessed the strongest Dimensional Authority was obviously the Magic God of Dimensions. However, because he was a magic god, his control over the authority was lacking.
‘If it were the Magic God of Dimensions, he would take damage from the divine power cannon he himself fired. Then who is it? No matter how much of an Origin they are, they can’t just enter the Divine Realm without permission?’
It clearly wasn’t the Magic God of Dimensions. The only beings capable of perfectly controlling a God Destruction Cannon that wasn’t fired by themselves were the Origins. Complete immunity and control over an authority was impossible for anyone but an Origin.
That was precisely why the divine races could never defeat the Creator General, the integrator of all divine authorities and an Origin himself. Of course, defeating the Creator General of one’s own Master Universe was normally impossible, but if it was the Creator General of another Master Universe, the level and type of authority would differ, making it possible.
That was the reason they had fought the 500th Master Universe’s Creator General to a near draw.
But right now, the Origin of the Dimensional Divine Race that had appeared before her eyes took priority. A hurried check through the Cyber Realm had confirmed that an Origin of Dimensions had indeed been born in the Absolute Realm. In that case, it had to be the Origin of the Dimensional Divine Race.
‘So the Dimensional Origin of the Absolute Realm has finally been born? Well, the previous battle was quite impressive. There’s no way the Wind Family would miss it.’
A magic god possessing Creator Candidate-level Dimensional Authority had single-handedly tied down the elite forces of the 500th Master Universe until the very end. For the Wind Family—who prided themselves as the origin of all authorities and the bloodline of Jinri—such a monumental achievement could not be ignored.
The prerequisite for eternal happiness was endless progress and the enhancement of strength. Therefore, whenever a new and stronger authority appeared or was discovered, the Wind Family would immediately analyze it perfectly, improve it so their entire clan could learn it, and thereby become the Origin of that authority in the Absolute Realm.
They would then bestow the analyzed authority upon the Master Universe and grant the qualification of Master Universe Origin to those who had mastered it, while also strengthening their abilities.
From the Sage of Omniscience’s perspective, she was currently witnessing the exact moment a new Dimensional Divine Race was being born in this Master Universe.
However, most authorities were divided between the divine and demonic races before being bestowed. Rather than specializing for each race or dividing them fairly, they were usually split because a single being in a Master Universe would find it too burdensome to learn everything.
‘Now that the Origin of the Dimensional Divine Race has appeared, they’ll need an Origin for the Dimensional Demonic Race as well. The Demonic Kings are going to be busy selecting challengers. Since the impression left by Dimensional Authority was so strong, the competition will be brutal.’
There were countless existing Origins, but the number of active Wind Family Origins was only around ten. Yet there was not a single clan that became the ruling race or highest clan of a Master Universe without a Wind Family Origin stepping forward.
That was why countless gods and demonic gods desperately tried every possible means to prove their qualifications and obtain the position of Master Universe Origin from a Wind Family Origin. Naturally, only the most outstanding among the challengers earned the right to even attempt it.
If the Dimensional Origin revealed the authority to the Master Universe, those who mastered it to the absolute limit, traveled to the Wind Family, and received recognition would be granted the qualification of Master Universe Origin.
Since all authorities were made public, every being had a chance. Existing clans would naturally become allies if one of their own became a new Origin, so they had no choice but to throw themselves into the competition aggressively.
Therefore, the Sage of Omniscience bit her lip hard.
‘If we had even a single Preliminary Demonic King, I would have made them challenge. How truly regrettable.’
The heirs and elites of the other major demonic clans would rush to become the Origin of another ruling clan, but the Almighty Clan still had too few elites to do anything about it. Since both she and the Almighty Hwi were already Origins, they were ineligible. There was simply no one strong enough to send as a challenger.
If they had just a little more time, it might have been possible, but this time they would simply have to let it pass. While she was lost in such regret, the figure who had absorbed every last dimensional annihilation cannon with his body finally revealed himself—a beautiful young man whose growth was not yet fully complete.
Ever since he became the Lord God, he had discarded the robe that once belonged to the previous magic god and revealed his face, so she recognized him immediately. The new Origin of the Dimensional Divine Race was unmistakably the Magic God of Dimensions.
“…….”
The moment it was confirmed that the Origin of the Dimensional Divine Race who had devoured one trillion worth of dimensional God Destruction Cannons with his body was the Magic God of Dimensions, the Sage of Omniscience’s mind went completely blank for a second.
‘The Magic God of Dimensions became the Origin of the Dimensional Divine Race? How did he pass the Wind Family’s qualification test?’
Even she—a Hero God who had mastered the Incomprehensible Eight Stanzas in order to become the Origin of the Almighty Demonic Race—had gone through tremendous hardship. When she thought back on what she had done to defeat the previous Origin of the Almighty Demonic Race and then earn recognition from the Absolute Realm’s Origin, she still broke into a cold sweat.
Of course, she had not been discriminated against for being part of the demonic race. The Almighty Hwi of the divine race had suffered almost the same amount. That said, the Wind Family did not deliberately torment candidates or impose grandiose trials.
‘On the contrary, they do their best to help candidates pass quickly so they can return to their Master Universe and get to work. The problem is that the minimum standard demanded by the Wind Family Origins of the Absolute Realm is absurdly, monstrously high.’
The training the Wind Family imposed on candidates was so ridiculously difficult that even in the Absolute Realm it was considered insane. If she had not mastered the Incomprehensible Eight Stanzas, she truly would not have been able to endure it. In a normal Master Universe, only someone at the Supreme Creator God level could barely withstand it.
Although she was only a Main God, thanks to her talent she had endured an enormous amount of time and training before finally being acknowledged. After that, she never went anywhere near the Wind Family again.
‘Aah. Just thinking about the training I did for the qualification test still gives me cold sweats.’
What she learned much later was that even their extreme suffering had been considered relatively easy passage compared to most candidates throughout history. Still, they had gritted their teeth and endured for what felt like tens of thousands of years.
Even they—who were acknowledged as possessing the greatest talent—had struggled that much. So for the Magic God of Dimensions, who had only just become a Lord God, to suddenly appear as an Origin was utterly baffling.
As far as she knew, the Magic God of Dimensions possessed exceptional tenacity, venom, and ingenuity, but in all other aspects his talent was extremely ordinary. He should never have been able to pass the Wind Family’s Origin qualification test.
‘Looking at him again, his innate divine power is still under 100 billion, and although his dimensional divine power has increased, it hasn’t been trained to that extent. For someone who only just became a Lord God to pass this quickly… has the Wind Family lowered its standards? In that case, should I turn Gaiana into a demonic god and have her challenge for the Dimensional Demonic Race Origin? No, that’s impossible. Even while I was there, the standards only got stricter, never weaker. A Mid-level Main God definitely couldn’t have endured it back then.’
Judging from the power and potential he had displayed in the recent war, the Dimensional Divine Race would undoubtedly become one of the major ruling clans. She had briefly considered turning Gaiana into a demonic god and having her challenge for the position of Origin of the Dimensional Demonic Race, but after recalling her own experience she immediately abandoned the idea.
The drop in divinity that occurred when a god became a demonic god was one problem, but more importantly, a demonic god who was not a Demonic King had almost no chance of even obtaining challenger qualifications.
‘Compared to the divine races who try to negotiate over challenger rights, the demonic side goes straight for killing and being killed. Since the position of Origin is at stake, the Demonic Kings themselves will step forward. A mere demonic god would never be able to endure that.’
Therefore, rather than attempting a challenge with uncertain prospects of success, maintaining her position as the proxy of the Highest Creator Divine Realm’s Main God of the Divine Realm took absolute priority.
Although she had given up immediately, the Sage of Omniscience could not shake off her lingering regret. However, the fact that the Magic God of Dimensions had obtained the seemingly impossible position of Origin of the Dimensional Divine Race in such a short time left her mind swirling with complicated questions.
The Magic God of Dimensions, receiving such a questioning gaze, was grinding his teeth.
“Goddammit! It wasn’t a civil war? It was just a malfunction triggered by a Demonic King’s killing intent and fighting spirit? Well, a Demonic King’s killing intent and fighting spirit is on the same level as the aftermath of a direct battle between Main Gods. After that, the internal Main Gods who got stimulated were on the verge of clashing when the suppression device activated and stopped everything before war could break out. I came back for nothing.”
The Main God Temple’s automatic suppression device had reacted sensitively to the powerful Demonic King’s killing intent and fighting spirit and activated. He had thrown everything aside thinking it was a civil war and rushed back, only to discover it was a malfunction. Since he had built the thing himself, he naturally felt pathetic.
“Tsk—! I could have squeezed a lot more out of Grey. What a shame.”
Since a civil war had seemed imminent, he had urgently handed over the Creator Great God Seongmyeol and returned. The compensation he would receive was enormous, but it still couldn’t compare to the value of lending out a Creator Great God. While feeling regretful, he checked the emergency communication and began handling the backlog of work that had piled up.
Most of it could be handled by the proxy of the Main God of the Divine Realm or the administrative gods, but there were matters that required his personal approval and processing. These were direct orders and official documents sent from the Creator Gods directly above him or even higher beings.
On top of that, there were documents that had arrived from the Creator General. The moment he returned to the 499th Master Universe, they had been delivered with the highest priority. These absolutely had to be handled personally; any problems could be catastrophic.
With no time to even visit the Main God Temple, the Magic God of Dimensions checked the documents floating in the air and frowned.
“The Creator General wants me to appoint and report a proxy before he departs for the Otherworld? Haah… I wish I had someone who could act as my proxy. But look at the mess that happens the moment I step away even a little. Who could I possibly trust?”
Given his current situation, there was absolutely no way he could find a proxy for the Main God of the Divine Realm with good intentions. And if he left this Divine Realm in the hands of some model god recommended by another Lord God or Creator God, a civil war or purge would break out immediately.
In either case, the number of gods would drastically decrease, and the Divine Realm—which had only just begun to stabilize—might collapse. Moreover, although he had obtained the qualification of Origin of the Dimensional Clan, his innate divine power had not yet reached 100 billion, so he could not yet create the Dimensional Clan itself.
If the number of gods suddenly plummeted, the Divine Realm could go bankrupt, and that would become the greatest stain on his permanently recorded divine career. For an outsider like himself, such a stain would be completely unacceptable. He had to avoid it at all costs.
The conclusion was that there was no suitable proxy among the Lord Gods or for the position of Main God of the Divine Realm. He had no choice but to travel back and forth between the Otherworld and here to handle everything himself.
“In the end, I have to do it all myself. My authority is dimensional, and now I’ve even obtained the power of an Origin, so commuting between realms doesn’t really matter. That’s fortunate. I’ll reinforce the automatic suppression device, rest a bit, then head back to the Otherworld. Still, now that I’ve obtained the qualification of Origin of the Dimensional Clan, the dimensional God Destruction Cannon is actually edible.”
After absorbing the dimensional God Destruction Cannons that had been adjusted by the Main God of the Divine Realm’s authority within the Divine Realm and Main God Temple, even his divine power had increased. Although the thought of handling both the Divine Realm’s affairs and the Otherworld’s affairs simultaneously gave him a headache, it was at least some consolation.
The Magic God of Dimensions believed it was far better to handle everything himself than to leave it to an untrustworthy proxy and live in anxiety.