The Dimensional Mage God's Unwanted Homecoming
The war in the Otherworld had left the Magic God of Dimensions completely surrounded.
The spot where the Dimensional Origin had opened the gate for him was the exact same place he had once smashed through the main gate of the Wind Family Main House during his forced breakthrough into the Otherworld. In other words, he now stood at the very center of the defensive barrier that encircled the entire Wind Family.
Surrounded by countless gods of the Otherworld stationed throughout the void of space, the Magic God of Dimensions could feel the veins on his neck throbbing with rage. It was all because of the same damn conversation that had been repeating for what felt like forever.
“This is neither an illegal intrusion into the Otherworld nor an escape from the Absolute Realm! I am the Magic God of Dimensions, ranked first among the Lord Gods of the 499th Master Universe. I have been dispatched on a proxy mission in the Otherworld by direct order of Jinri.”
A highest-tier god could prove their identity through divine power waves and authority alone. Anyone capable of imitating such presence would already be no different from a mere lower god. Moreover, since he was a mage god possessing a unique Dimensional Authority, forgery was practically impossible.
“My name in the Otherworld is Dimension Creator God Coa! I don’t need any damn通行 permit, so why don’t you just contact your superiors? Forging the identity of the Magic God of Dimensions who has been dispatched as Jinri’sTruth Deputy—even if you had a hundred lives, it wouldn’t be enough. There’s no way such a thing could happen.”
He had thought that since the notification would have already reached them as the Truth Deputy, all they needed to do was verify it. Yet the gods of the Otherworld simply sneered and kept demanding the documents in the most overbearing way possible. And these were not even Lord Gods, just lower gods.
“Present the通行 certificate issued by the Supreme Council! Without it, passage is impossible.”
“Alternatively, submit the appointment letter you received from Jinri.”
“We cannot allow any being who has not received a guarantee from the Wind Family to pass.”
The other side seemed to be growing tired of the endless repetition as well, their irritation slowly creeping into their voices.
“Grit…! Back to square one again? Are you all blind? Or have your senses completely rotted away? Are you so far beneath Lord God rank that you can’t even feel this power? Do you not know what the Wind Family is? And you want me to go there and bring back proof? Go to Jinri and get an appointment letter? Are you insane? You’re telling me to go there just for a few sheets of paper?”
“That is the regulation.”
Their answers were growing shorter and shorter. The gods of the Otherworld seemed to have reached the limit of their patience, but knowing he was a high-ranking god they could not handle, they dared not attack recklessly.
‘Strictly speaking, telling me to bring the proper documents is correct. But given the situation, are these bastards actually trying to get me killed? They could just verify it with their superiors and be done with it. Why are they deliberately dragging this out?’
No matter how correct their words might be, he could not possibly accept a request to go to the Wind Family and obtain proof directly from Jinri. On the other hand, forcing his way through by destroying everything would damage the dignity of his position as Jinri’s Truth Deputy. After all, he had learned from the books that those at the highest levels of rule must set an example.
‘As someone who will stand at the pinnacle of rulership, I cannot simply ignore laws and regulations. Should I just go get the documents they want…? But… grit…!’
Grinding his teeth, he turned to look behind him. Beyond the empty space right at his back, the Wind Star—home to the Wind Family Main House—was visible.
‘Hundreds of thousands of Eternal Beings possessing unimaginable divine rank and power are gathered there. Just looking at it from afar is enough to make my mind reel, not with mere chills but with outright terror.’
If he were a mere lower god, the gap in rank would be so vast he might not even feel it, which would have been a blessing. Unfortunately, as an intermediate Creator God, he could sense every last bit of it clearly.
‘It may look like an ordinary planet rather than the Wind Star, but I can feel countless beings teeming with terrifying divine power and authority. There’s no way I can go there just to get some proof documents. The sense of crisis I feel is on a completely different level from even the Wind Castle of Black Flame.’
Even staring at it from this distance—where the Wind Family was barely visible—was already this terrifying. Going there in person was utterly unthinkable. And having to meet Jinri directly? That was something he could never accept.
‘Facing Jinri, who hands out both reward and punishment in equal measure, is a fear even the 10 Mainstays find difficult to endure. It would be better to just… all of them…’
He turned his gaze forward again, glaring at the Otherworld combat gods blocking his path. No matter how he looked at it, these were the most pathetic excuses for obstacles he had ever seen. The defensive barrier they had poured all their strength into creating looked less like a fortress wall and more like a field of reeds.
‘If this is the defensive line prepared against the Wind Family, it must be the highest level the Otherworld combat gods can manage. Yet there are so many of them and their level is pathetically low. Even their top representatives are at best high-ranking gods? What backwater divine realm is this? So what should I do? Breaking through these fools seems to be the best option.’
Wooooooong—!
The answer came immediately.
‘Rather than risking the danger of going to the Wind Family to find Jinri, it would be a hundred times better to smash these pathetically weak Otherworld gods and force my way through.’
Once his mind had firmly settled on a forced breakthrough, fighting spirit immediately surged from his entire being. Still, to avoid a head-on collision, he first issued a dignified warning.
“Do you think I’m some refugee or asylum seeker? I have come as Jinri’sTruth Deputy and your ruler. You can make the passage documents later, so get the hell out of my way right now!”
Even though it was only a Master Universe, a mid-tier Creator God from the 499th Master Universe—which treated even 1st Circle as relatively high—possessed absolute power that nothing in the Otherworld could hope to stop. Moreover, with the 99-second Hero God state available, he could sweep the entire Otherworld alone if necessary.
The moment he openly displayed his intent to break through, the reaction from the Otherworld gods was swift.
‘I knew they were preparing something earlier, but it’s pointless.’
Yet what they said next was even more ridiculous.
“As expected—! Stop him!”
“Don’t fight! Just send him back!”
“Do not fear. Since he has no physical body, simply blocking the momentary release of divine power will end it. The opponent is nothing but a void god from the Void Realm whose only strength is divine power.”
Void god. It was the final state of a spiritual being who had lost both body and authority, leaving only their divine spirit behind. A being like a human ghost, possessing nothing but will and unable to intervene in reality because they lacked the vitality needed to rebuild a body. The only paths left for such fallen gods were to somehow obtain vitality by sheer luck and reconstruct their bodies, or choose self-destruction.
And without question, there was no greater insult to a god than this. It was no different from calling a living person a ghost.
“You dare call me a void god? And you have the audacity to call it the Void Realm instead of the Absolute Realm? You… you bastards, who the hell do you think you’re standing in front of—!”
Even without that, the sight of these weaklings banding together and trying to pressure him with a momentum that clearly wasn’t working had already been ridiculous and pathetic. But hearing the insult of being called a void god caused rage to surge through him like wildfire.
Fwaaaaaah—!
Behind him, thirteen pairs of brilliant wings of light and thirteen pairs of wings of darkness unfolded majestically—the proof that this great mage god had reached Creator God rank. Before such majesty, lower gods could not even remain standing.
Gugugugugugugung!
It was not a divine rank that lower gods—who had not even reached Lord God—could endure. The Magic God of Dimensions had been about to overwhelm them with pure pressure, but a bewildered exclamation escaped his lips.
“Hmm? My magic power isn’t activating?”
The dark wings that had spread out with such vigor immediately turned translucent and gray. It was proof that both his magic power and mage path had lost their strength.
“Magic power nullified? Only Dimensional Authority should be able to do that? What the hell is this—!”
Even his Dimensional Authority was not functioning normally. Only the portion granted directly by the Dimensional Origin was activating properly, while every part he had built up on his own was suffering extreme interference.
‘I have brought artifacts from the Otherworld using Dimensional Authority before, but I’ve never come here in person. I thought the severe backlash when objects crossed over was simply the aftereffect of transcending dimensions and manifesting them again.’
But experiencing it directly with his main body, the restrictions were far beyond anything he had imagined.
‘Except for the Dimensional Authority granted by the Dimensional Origin, my divine power has dropped to roughly one ten-thousandth of its normal level. Is this the power of the defensive barrier these bastards created? Is it similar to a planetary barrier? Or is my very existence itself being rejected by the Otherworld? No, that’s not it either. Is the Otherworld simply constructed in a completely different way from both the Absolute Realm and the Master Universes?’
He had identified the cause, but responding to it was not easy. His divine power had plummeted so drastically that without Dimensional Authority he would struggle to even maintain his Creator God body. Meanwhile, the Otherworld gods were falling into even greater panic.
“Huk—! How can a void god from the Void Realm deploy divine power and still maintain a physical body?”
“Could he be a member of the Wind Family? Is his divine power so high that he can ignore the restrictions of re-embodiment?”
“That’s impossible—! If that’s true, we’re all finished. Jinri and the Supreme Council would never allow such a thing.”
“Wait—! That authority… it’s from back then…”
“It’s him—! It’s the authority of the Wind Family Patriarch!”
Screams erupted from all across the Otherworld gods’ formation.
Although it carried restrictions, protecting the barrier around the planet where the unimaginably powerful Wind Family resided was the most important duty in the entire Otherworld. The barrier, created by combining the power of re-embodiment restrictions, had faithfully fulfilled its defensive role until now.
But not long ago, a being from the Wind Family had suddenly appeared who could nullify all those restrictions with a strange authority and stably maintain both body and divine rank.
‘It hasn’t been that long since the Wind Family Patriarch absorbed our entire全力 barrier and tried to destroy it.’
Fortunately, other members of the Wind Family had rushed over and dragged him away, but the terrifying feeling of that authority was something they could never forget.
“That Dimensional Authority—! It’s the Wind Family subordinate who destroyed the barrier—!”
“Do not let him approach the barrier—! Repel him with full power—!”
At the same time, the nature of the jointly created barrier began to change.
Kwaaaaaaaaang—!
A roar like an exploding bomb erupted as the barrier rejected the Magic God of Dimensions with all its might. To him—who was barely holding together his scattering divine power and magic while trying to control his body with Dimensional Authority—it was like being struck by lightning.
“Kuuuuurgh—! Again—! Again—! Let my guard down and this is what happens? You damn bastards—!”
The altered nature of the barrier was like a repulsive force directed at his very existence rather than his divine power or magic. As a result, the defensive systems he had created with magic and authority were instantly neutralized. If not for the Dimensional Authority doing its job, the impact would have been enough to turn him into dust.
The powerful shock tore a hole in the distorted space, sucking his body in and flinging him away.
“Thrown out like this again?”
It had only been a short while ago that he had been kicked by Jinmyeol’s foot in the divine realm of the Master Universe and hurled into the Otherworld. But that person had been an overwhelmingly stronger existence, so he had been able to endure it.
‘To suffer this kind of humiliation at the hands of lower gods who aren’t even Lord Gods? I cannot accept this.’
Blown backward through space as if struck by a giant hammer, the Magic God of Dimensions could not contain his fury and roared.
“Just you wait—! You bastards—! I’ll be back soon.”
“…….”
His voice, thick with murderous intent and boiling with rage after suffering similar treatment in the Master Universe and being bounced into the Otherworld, made the Otherworld gods tremble.
“How is this possible? How can his body remain intact after taking that attack?”
“Is he really a void god from the Void Realm? He feels no different from our highest-ranking gods.”
“What do you mean ‘again’? This has almost never happened before? Why does something like this only occur during my tour of duty?”
Leaving behind the confused questions of the Otherworld gods, the Magic God of Dimensions—who had been flung beyond space—hurriedly protected his body with Dimensional Authority. He didn’t know exactly where he had been thrown, but his danger sense had already detected an incoming collision.
The moment he reinforced himself with Dimensional Authority, a powerful impact and pain slammed into him from directly behind.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaang—!
The crash against the ground was so violent that the deafening roar and pain threatened to burst his eardrums, but his fury took precedence. He immediately stood up and checked his authority and magic power.
‘It’s fine! As long as I prioritize using Dimensional Authority, I can resolve this.’
He had been momentarily flustered by the Otherworld’s extremely alien and severe reaction, but Dimensional Authority was perfectly specialized for dealing with such situations.
‘Now that I’ve rebuilt my original power using Dimensional Authority, no matter how many of these weak Otherworld gods there are, they are no match for me.’
Since there were no Karma restrictions in the Otherworld, he had no reason to hold back.
“I won’t let any of you off. Whether it’s the Otherworld or whatever, I’ll smash everything to pieces.”
Tap. Tap.
Just as the Magic God of Dimensions stood up, he felt a very familiar sensation on his right shoulder. From behind him came a polite, low-pitched voice.
“Smash the Otherworld and everything else? Heh heh—! My, aren’t you full of energy. And what a long-awaited intruder. Or should I say escapee? Well, it doesn’t really matter. You’re quite amusing. This is the first time I’ve seen someone say such things here.”
“!!!”
His entire body stiffened as goosebumps erupted across his skin. There was no doubt who the playful, amused voice coming from directly behind him belonged to.
‘I have already met several of the Wind Family’sOrigin beings. The unique fighting spirit and speech patterns of the Wind Family were imprinted in my mind long ago.’
The only one in the Otherworld who could so naturally stand behind the Magic God of Dimensions and tease him like this was the Wind Family Patriarch. The place he had been flung to was the Wind Family Main House.
His vision rapidly narrowed as an abyssal sense of despair darkened his eyes.
‘These… these bastards ultimately sent me to the place where I will die.’
The scene before his eyes proved exactly where the barrier’s repulsive force had thrown him. Countless black monolith-like buildings soaring endlessly into the sky—hundreds of them—marked this place as none other than the Wind Family Main House.
The Wind Family Patriarch, who had lightly tapped his right shoulder with what was either the Absolute Divine Weapon or the Sword of Ruin and Soul, spoke in a casual tone.
“Then, suspicious intruder and escapee. Prove with your strength that you deserve to live.”
In short, it meant ‘if you want to live, come at me.’ From the Magic God of Dimensions’ perspective, that was the last thing he wanted to do. Although he could wield power on the level of the 10 Mainstays for 99 seconds, he was no match for the Wind Family Patriarch. Moreover, if the Patriarch learned that he was using the Dimensional Authority granted by the Wind Family’s Dimensional Origin to fight him, he would not let it slide.
‘The 99-second Hero God state won’t work against this opponent. Furthermore, if this person is an ancestor of the Wind Family’s Dimensional Origin, things will get extremely messy. Even if he’s a descendant, it would still be a disaster. But there’s an even greater danger. Jinri is currently here.’
He had heard that Jinri had moved from the 499th Master Universe to the Wind Family Main House to oversee the training of his descendants. That meant he was staying here. And if the Wind Family Patriarch, a descendant, learned that he had been dispatched as Jinri’sTruth Deputy, he would definitely have to greet Jinri in person. After all, reporting to one’s superior was the natural courtesy of a subordinate.
‘The problem is that I have no idea what my fate will be after that.’
In the end, the only things a weakling could rely on were reading the atmosphere and using smooth words. If he could just prove that he was not an intruder, they might let him go.
“I am absolutely not an escapee or a suspicious person. I was simply on my way to carry out an official mission in the Otherworld when I collided with the barrier.”
“There is no need to explain why or how you entered the Wind Star. The only thing that matters is whether or not you have the strength to do so. From what I can see, you did not strike first—it was defense or counterattack? In that case, do you wish for me to attack first?”
The Wind Family Patriarch behind him showed no sign of listening to excuses. In fact, he was practically radiating a desire to fight.
‘As expected of the Wind Family—! It’s all about proving strength first? Words don’t work at all.’
The fighting spirit emanating from him now clearly declared that if he didn’t come at him immediately, he would strike first. Growing even more desperate, the Magic God of Dimensions hurriedly revealed his identity.
“I am the Magic God of Dimensions, ranked first among the Lord Gods of the 499th Master Universe. If you require it, I can show you my identification. Just a moment… here it is.”
Fearing he might attack immediately or refuse to believe him, he fumbled in a panic to pull out the certificate. However, since he had stuffed the identification papers into a corner of his subspace—believing that anyone with the power befitting a Lord God wouldn’t need such documents—it took him some time to find it.
Just as he was struggling to retrieve the Lord God appointment letter, a despair-inducing voice reached his ears.
“Hmph—! Identity or documents are meaningless when proving oneself. Show only your power and authority. Then I shall begin.”
‘I completely agree with that statement, but thanks to it, my current situation is extremely bad. And hearing it from someone else makes it sound incredibly ominous.’
From the Absolute Divine Weapon resting lightly on his shoulder came a massive wave of divine power, ringing out like a signal that battle had begun.
‘Ugh—!’
Kuuuuuuuuuuuung—!
The fighting spirit leaking out ever so slightly from the Absolute Divine Weapon caused an excruciating pain as if his shoulder was being torn apart. Finally, the Magic God of Dimensions gave up and spoke with a defeated expression.
“I must go to the Otherworld as Jinri’sTruth Deputy. That is why I came to report to Jinri.”
“Hm? Ahhh—! So it’s you? You should have said so earlier. This way. Follow me. I thought it was going to be an incident for once, but…”
Since he had come to report his dispatch to Jinri, there was no way a descendant could beat him. With a somewhat disappointed tone, the member of the Wind Family withdrew his fighting spirit and took the lead. The Magic God of Dimensions, head hanging low, followed behind him.
‘Grit grit grit—! In the end, I’m walking to Jinri with my own two feet. This is all because of those damn bastards—! Just you wait. No matter what happens to me, I will definitely pay you back.’
Although he didn’t dare show it outwardly, the Magic God of Dimensions ground his teeth inwardly at the Otherworld gods who had flung him to the Wind Family Main House, swearing revenge.