Daniel saw countless lines densely connected to his body!

Thick ones, thin ones, bright ones, dim ones, golden ones, black ones, gray ones...

They intertwined with one another like an invisible giant net, linking him to all things in the entire universe.

He also saw that these lines came in all kinds of colors.

Some were slowly extending. Some were quietly shortening. Some trembled faintly, while others remained completely still, like stagnant water.

For the time being, he still did not fully understand the mysteries behind them.

Suddenly, one causal line caught his attention.

It was the thickest and brightest line on his body, like a golden chain stretching out from his chest, piercing through the void and leading toward some unknown direction.

Daniel tried to touch that line.

Buzz—!

His vision changed abruptly.

He saw a Godkin sage!

It was none other than Brand, the God of Light!

Daniel suddenly understood.

This line was the causal line between him and the God of Light.

Moreover, the line was constantly shortening—it seemed to be undergoing some kind of change.

What did that mean?

Before Daniel could think about it carefully, the causal line suddenly trembled.

Whoosh—!

Sensing something, he raised his head.

Brand’s figure was already standing not far ahead of him!

...

The God of Light wore a golden robe, his face shrouded in gentle holy radiance.

His eyes were as deep as a river of stars, and the aura surrounding him was tranquil and transcendent, as though he were eternity itself!

"Faustus."

Brand stared coldly at Daniel.

His voice was deep as a great bell, carrying the unique pressure of a Divine-grade powerhouse.

"To be able to force me to act personally— even if you die here, you have enough reason to be proud."

Boom—!

The aura of a Divine-grade powerhouse erupted from Brand’s body like a volcano that had slept for ten thousand years suddenly bursting awake.

Behind him, countless elemental forces gathered wildly, transforming into a massive, constantly shifting halo of light.

That halo was like a world in the midst of being born. Within it, one could faintly glimpse mountains and rivers, stars, the sun, and the moon.

This was the embryonic form of a sage rank!

Daniel looked at him, then lowered his head and glanced at the causal lines on his own body.

At this moment, the main line between him and Brand was rapidly branching into countless smaller lines.

Every branch pointed toward a possible future.

"I think I’m starting to understand something..."

Daniel pondered inwardly.

He raised his head and looked straight at Brand.

"So you’re the God of Light?"

"Weren’t you clamoring about punishing me? Well, here I am!"

"Hmph!"

Brand let out a cold laugh, then stretched out his hand.

The moment his palm extended, it became as vast as the firmament, covering Daniel’s entire field of vision.

His five fingers were like five colossal pillars supporting the heavens, while the lines on his palm resembled cracks across the earth.

Then, with one palm, he struck down.

He intended to suppress this human powerhouse to death with brute force.

The causal lines before Daniel instantly underwent a drastic change.

One branch line trembled violently and shone with intense brilliance.

That was the future about to happen.

Daniel touched that line.

Whoosh—!

He saw it.

At the end of that causal line, Brand’s giant palm smashed him into a pulp with a single strike, destroying both his body and Divine Soul.

The cause was that he had destroyed the Sword of Divine Wrath, invaded the Godkin great world, and wiped out the Demonbane Knight Order.

The result was that Brand would kill him!

This was causality and fate!

With the strength Daniel currently possessed, he had no way to change the cause. The hatred between him and the God of Light had already been carved into the foundation stone of destiny, impossible to erase.

But he could change the result!

He stretched out his hand, pressed down on the causal line destined to lead to death, and twisted it.

He changed the result from being suppressed to death into coming out unharmed!

According to the original trajectory, Daniel would not have been able to dodge this palm.

Brand was a sage.

Daniel was merely legendary-grade.

Between them still lay the vast gulf of the entire supreme-grade realm.

And Brand had not even used his sage rank yet.

Under normal circumstances, Brand would have killed him instantly.

But Daniel had already learned the Forbidden Art of fate and grasped the law of causality.

He now possessed the ability to change fate!

[Divine Protection]!

Buzz—!

Daniel’s body was instantly plated with a layer of dazzling golden light, like a golden divine statue forged in the ancient past.

Brand’s giant palm crashed down.

Rumble—!

Heaven and earth shook. Space shattered.

When the rolling dust gradually dispersed, Daniel stood there completely unharmed!

"Hm?!"

"How is this possible?!"

Brand froze.

He was not surprised that Daniel could use [Divine Protection].

Although this divine art was a secret technique of the Godkin that was never passed on, and it was indeed shocking for a human to have mastered it, that was no longer important at this moment.

What mattered was...

Daniel had actually survived?

What kind of joke was this?

Brand roared inwardly.

His heart was filled with shock and confusion.

He was a sage!

When he made a move, the result arrived the instant his thought arose!

The moment the idea of attacking appeared in his mind, the attack itself had already struck the opponent.

That speed was faster than light.

For example, if a sage wanted to eat a fruit, the moment the thought appeared, the fruit would already be swallowed into his stomach.

With that kind of speed, how could Daniel possibly have had time to activate a skill?

It was utterly absurd.

Brand felt as though his worldview had been shaken.

But what he did not know was that Daniel had already grasped Causal Power.

Although Daniel still could not directly rewrite the Threads of Fate, he could already bend and redirect them to a limited extent.

Originally, the ending written on that Thread of Fate was Daniel’s death.

Daniel simply reached out and nudged it, changing the ending into—

He activated an invincibility skill.

[Divine Protection] could ensure that no one could harm him for a short period of time.

Therefore, he would not die!

No matter how powerful a sage was, before the fate that had already been fixed, Brand could not break through Daniel’s invincible body.

Unless Brand himself also knew the law of causality.

But clearly, Brand did not.

He was only low-tier Divine-grade, and had barely even touched the threshold of laws.

Compared to that, Daniel’s luck was simply outrageous. Calling him the child of fortune itself would not be an exaggeration.

The forbidden Strength he held in his hands was something not even a sage was worthy of possessing!

Daniel instantly turned off the skill and looked at Brand with a cold smile.

He had already learned the basics of using Causal Power.

His confidence surged.

Brand was still standing there in a daze, while Daniel was already delighted inwardly.

The gains from this brief exchange were enormous.

Not only had he figured out how to use Causal Power, more importantly, he had gained the confidence to challenge a Divine-grade powerhouse.

Now, he did not even want to passively endure attacks anymore.

So what if Brand was Divine-grade?

Fight him!

Epic-grade forbidden spells bloomed all at once! 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Arrow of Judgment!

Veil of Eternal Night!

Puppet of the Wind!

Annihilation Flame!

Skyfall Strike!

Thunder Abyss!

Permafrost Prison!

Daniel forcibly compressed seven forbidden spells of different attributes into seven elemental spheres suspended in front of him.

Each sphere was like a miniature star, with energy churning inside it that could tear space apart.

Steeling his heart, he burned through eighty percent of his MP in one breath, stacking hundreds of thousands of skills together.

At the same time, Immortal Singularity surged out like a flood bursting through a dam, pouring unparalleled power into every attack.

Just then, the causal line between Daniel and Brand moved again.

Daniel still chose the brightest and most violently shaking main line.

Buzz—!

His vision pierced through the curtain of time in an instant.

He saw his seven elemental spheres being casually blocked by Brand, as effortlessly as waves crashing against a reef—utterly futile.

That would not do!

He absolutely could not allow Brand to emerge completely unharmed!