The Instant Kill Arrow, elevated to Cosmic Domain Tier, left no room for surprise.

The God of War was killed instantly.

He had no means of resisting that attack.

Boom!

On the shattered earth, his towering body collapsed.

In the next moment, Caelum collected the corpse with [Infinite Arsenal] and immediately began forging.

Far beyond, the gods felt it.

A shock rippled through their existence.

The God of War was dead.

Thunder roared.

The God of Sky was bewildered.

"The strongest among us... killed?"

The Goddess of Fate was equally shaken.

"Impossible. Absolutely impossible."

For some reason, an overwhelming sense of dread gripped her.

Before, it had only been faint.

Now, with the death of the God of War, it surged uncontrollably.

She whispered, 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Something terrible is coming."

The death of the God of War sent shockwaves through the divine ranks.

More terrifying than the death itself was how it happened.

No one knew how he died.

In truth

this was only the beginning.

[Begin Forge]

[Forge Complete]

Before long, the God of War’s remains were successfully converted into equipment.

[Throne of the Void]

Type: Item, Throne

Traits: Unbeaten, Illusory

[Skill: Sovereign of Dominion]

Single use Void Magic

Command the endless power of the void and unleash an attack beyond Void itself

The throne formed from countless condensed stars.

Caelum summoned it. It hovered behind him, just like the [Fatebreaker Wheel].

"Unbeaten..."

He let out a quiet breath.

"Now this is real invincibility."

The effect of [Sovereign of Dominion] was straightforward.

What truly mattered to him was the Unbeaten trait.

Its meaning was simple.

As long as Caelum possessed the Throne of the Void, he could never be defeated.

Unless his opponent wielded power beyond Void.

Otherwise, victory against him was impossible.

Absolute.

Unreasonable.

Caelum flexed his fingers, already eager to move.

After killing the God of War, he did not pause.

He immediately set out to hunt the remaining gods, intending to push through the entire world in one sweep.

The death of the God of War did not make the others cautious.

Instead, with such a powerful rival gone, their desire for dominance surged.

Each sought to take his place.

Only the Goddess of Fate trembled.

She was certain something catastrophic was about to happen.

Next in line were the God of Nature and the God of Life.

No special reason.

They were simply the closest.

In fact, Caelum’s battle with the God of War had taken place practically at their doorstep.

So after killing one outside

he walked right in and dealt with the other two.

Both were completely caught off guard.

None of the gods could have imagined that the one who killed the God of War was a mortal.

Even if they had been prepared, it would not have mattered.

With Caelum’s overwhelming power and absurd arsenal, resistance was meaningless.

At best, the gods could reach Primordial-level combat strength.

Meanwhile, Caelum possessed thousands of Primordial-tier items.

Not to mention Cosmic Domain and Void-tier equipment.

In a single exchange

both gods were killed.

[Begin Forge]

[Forge Complete]

Their remains were converted into two Void-tier items.

[Void Power]

Type: Item, Gem

[Skill: Void Power]

Single use Void Magic

Enhances the next magic attack to Void Tier and grants instant cast

[Void Scepter]

Type: Weapon, Staff

[Skill: Oblivion Strike]

Single use Void Magic

Detonate infinite void and destroy everything

With the deaths of the God of Nature and the God of Life, the other gods finally realized something was wrong.

It was too fast.

The God of War had only just fallen, and now two more followed immediately.

Something about it was deeply unnatural.

Yet no matter how they searched for answers, they found nothing.

And that was the most terrifying part.

An unseen threat.

An unknowable force.

Unease spread among the gods.

Within the Temple of Fate

no one felt the danger more keenly than the Goddess of Fate.

Since Heavenfall and the start of the war, she had avoided the struggle entirely.

Instead of competing for authority, she withdrew.

As far as possible.

She locked herself within the temple, refusing to step outside.

She knew running alone would not stop what was coming.

But doing nothing would be worse.

So she acted.

Using her reputation and connections, she gathered a group of powerful gods within the Temple of Fate.

Preparing for the unknown.

Unfortunately

this worked against her.

Instead of making things safer, it made them easier to find.

Exactly what Caelum preferred.

Rather than hunt them down one by one

he could finish them all at once.

One day

Boom!

A flash of light.

The Temple of Fate shattered instantly.

The gathered gods burst out in disarray.

"Inconceivable!"

One god, staff in hand, stared in shock.

Even now, he could not accept what he was seeing.

"This... is a mortal?!"

Footsteps echoed.

From the ruins, Caelum walked out calmly.

In his hand, he held a god by the neck.

With a simple twist

Crack!

The neck snapped.

Another god fell.

Like a mortal.

Shock.

Disbelief.

Horror.

The Goddess of Fate stared at him, her voice trembling.

"It’s you!"

She recognized him.

The very same hero she had once sent into the nine worlds.

Now the being that terrified even the gods.

Was this fate?

Caelum smiled at her.

Then he glanced across the gathered gods and said,

"Perfect. Saves me the trouble of hunting you down one by one. I’ll finish all of you here."

The gods erupted in fury.

"A mere mortal dares speak like this?!"

Without hesitation, they unleashed their strongest magic.

Every single spell was instant cast.

At this level, anything slower would never be completed.

In an instant

the world shook.

Heaven and earth seemed to collapse.

At the same time, an endless void of stars unfolded behind Caelum.

With the Unbeaten trait of the [Throne of the Void] upon him

he raised a single hand

and suppressed every attack.