To turn the impossible into possible, to turn nonexistence into existence.

Ding—

Kanzaki Rei released the frozen state of time.

Returning to normal, he faced Yakatikto directly.

The state of Ascension Beyond Zenith was still stacking. His combat power continued to rise, and so too did his resistance to laws and authorities.

Who knew how long it would take before enough layers accumulated for him to break free?

And the thing that worried him most was...

Would she even allow him to escape?

She had practically guessed every one of his identities already. Figuring out his intentions would probably be effortless for her as well.

"Lady Yakatikto..."

A bitter smile appeared on Rei’s face.

"I had no intention of offending your existence. I was only searching for the Eighth Forbidden Magic and accidentally entered your divine kingdom."

This was still Yakatikto’s divine realm.

More importantly, this was still her home field advantage.

What a disaster...

"Mm~ barging in without giving advance notice and still claiming it wasn’t an offense?" Yakatikto’s tone carried a trace of playful teasing.

Rei sharply caught onto that subtle change.

And inwardly, he relaxed slightly.

At least her attitude didn’t seem all that terrible.

Even if most methods could be countered, his ability to sense emotional fluctuations still worked.

Yakatikto’s eyes curved with a faint smile.

For some reason, Rei still could not see her face clearly. Even though he possessed the deepest layer of truth, capable of piercing through all falsehoods, and Final Perception could ignore all sensory obstruction—

Still...

His sight seemed to blur before it even reached Yakatikto herself.

And his perception simply could not make contact with her at all.

Rei did his best to convey goodwill as he smiled lightly.

"You mentioned earlier that you might have something you wanted to say to me. May I ask what it is?"

Yakatikto tapped her cheek gently with one finger.

"Mmm~"

"To be honest, I haven’t thought it through yet. I just feel like there’s probably something I want to say~"

"If you’re not planning to leave immediately, you can rest here for a while first."

"It’s been a very long time since I last saw anyone else."

As she spoke, the golden chains slowly withdrew.

Pulling themselves out from Rei’s body.

Even though the chains had pierced through him moments ago, they left behind no wounds whatsoever.

At that moment—

His perception stirred slightly.

Rei sensed a white twin-tailed girl appearing unsteadily behind him.

Shin Senka had arrived too. She had also been forcibly dragged in by that golden vortex...

"Rei..."

The first thing Shin Senka noticed was not Yakatikto’s presence, but Rei himself. Holding her head, she muttered groggily,

"Rei, you’re here too... that’s good... I feel so dizzy."

Rei looked toward her sea of consciousness and saw violent turbulence churning within it.

"How are there three people here besides us?"

Still dazed, Shin Senka steadied herself.

Then she looked toward the blurry figure in the distance—the goddess with the faintly smiling expression.

"Looks like you brought a friend too~"

"Then come along together."

Rei and Shin Senka exchanged glances.

Shin Senka quietly asked,

"Who is she?"

Rei’s voice was filled with helplessness.

"One of the Moon Sovereigns."

"Moon Sovereign!?"

After blurting it out in shock, Shin Senka quickly covered her mouth.

"Which one?"

Rei looked toward Yakatikto.

But Yakatikto’s figure remained turned away from both of them, seemingly unconcerned with their conversation.

"The Moon Sovereign of September. Yakatikto."

Shin Senka froze.

"You mean... she’s that..."

"Luck?"

Rei only gave a faint nod without further explanation.

If you ask me, honestly, I don’t even know how to explain this myself...

Originally, I planned to cancel the Future Simulation and return, but now it looks like the Future Simulation has inexplicably failed. I can’t deactivate it.

I don’t even know the principle behind why it stopped working.

Still, the other party’s hostility didn’t seem too strong. There was still room for negotiation.

Better not tear things apart completely.

Because if a fight really started...

Rei genuinely felt this would be an unbelievably difficult battle.

If luck was on his side, maybe there might truly be a chance of victory.

But the very meaning symbolized by her divine throne had already erased the possibility of "better luck."

Compete with the Goddess of Luck in terms of luck?

Rei decided he would rather not.

Yakatikto walked ahead, carrying a lantern in one hand.

Rei carefully observed her with his gaze. He had no idea whether this was Yakatikto’s true body or not.

This was the first time he had ever observed a Moon Sovereign from such close proximity.

He had heard legends about the Moon Sovereigns long ago.

But this was the first time he had ever seen one with his own eyes.

"Are you very curious about me?"

Yakatikto’s relaxed voice suddenly drifted over.

Rei’s heart skipped for a moment before he quickly answered carefully,

"Yes. This is my first time personally seeing one of the legendary Moon Sovereigns."

"So I can’t help being curious."

Yakatikto raised a hand as though covering her mouth in a soft laugh. Since she had her back turned toward Rei, he could not see her expression.

"To me, you’re also extremely interesting."

"Mmm~ aside from you, your friend who may possibly be called Shin Senka is equally interesting."

"May possibly be called Shin Senka"...

Was she still guessing?

From Yakatikto’s behavior, it seemed all her information came purely from speculation.

And yet every guess was absurdly accurate.

It made Rei think of the Infinite Monkey Theorem back on Earth.

Given infinite monkeys randomly typing characters forever, eventually one of them would accidentally produce the complete works of Shakespeare.

"If you keep addressing me so formally, won’t it be awkward to change later~?"

Rei paused.

"Later?"

Yakatikto replied casually,

"Mhm~ I act entirely based on feeling."

"Because good fortune will always favor me, I can do whatever I want, however I want~"

Shin Senka suddenly asked almost involuntarily,

"Even after leaving your divine kingdom?"

Rei shot her a glance.

Shin Senka...

Wasn’t that a little too offensive? This was a Moon Sovereign.

Pointing out her weakness like that—if she got irritated and killed you on the spot, what then?

She already said things that way. Would it kill you to just go along with it for now?

It wasn’t that Rei intended to lower himself before Yakatikto.

But when he had no desire to fight, he certainly wasn’t stupid enough to deliberately provoke someone stronger.

Yet Yakatikto showed no displeasure toward Shin Senka at all.

She merely chuckled softly.

"Mmm~ even if I leave my divine kingdom, I’ll still remain completely unharmed."

"But the disasters I ought to suffer may instead be borne by others... or even by this world itself."

"So even though I’m blessed by fortune, I still restrain myself a little."

Her attitude was one of absolute confidence.

Complete certainty that luck would forever favor her.

"But~"

Shua—

The ground beneath Rei and Shin Senka suddenly opened up.

The three of them seemed to stand high above the heavens.

At the same instant, their perception expanded explosively, encompassing countless billions of light-years of stellar continents, heaven and sea alike.

Compared to this perception—

Rei felt the sensory range of his Absolute Mana Sea could only be described as a drop within the ocean.

"Right now, this is the spacetime where he is simulating the future."

"So even if I act a little more recklessly, it probably won’t matter much~"

Yakatikto extended one finger toward the opening below and tapped lightly.

"Miracle: Undefined Variables."

Bzz—

The first feedback came from inconspicuous structures standing atop isolated islands and lonely mountains across the great seas.

Wave after wave of resonance spread outward from those buildings.

As though they were neutralizing something.

But in the very next moment—

Rei saw indescribable natural disasters erupt across the entire world.

Countless elements spontaneously condensed into mana, then through absurd coincidence, accidentally formed Ninth-Tier magic circles in the air.

Rifts tore open in the void.

Massive amounts of residual mana poured out.

Legend said the Void was the remains of the previous Astral Realm. The Void itself contained enough magic to create an entirely new world.

But that mana was impossibly difficult to extract, violent and chaotic beyond use.

And yet now, that Void mana just so happened to leak out.

And just so happened to combine with spontaneously formed elemental structures in the air.

And just so happened to complete Ninth-Tier magic formations.

And just so happened to provide enough mana for those formations.

And the originally violent, unusable mana just so happened to become perfectly compatible with the spells using it.

BOOM!

Climate catastrophes that should never have existed erupted all across the world.

Ice that should have dispersed outward instead condensed inward like spiraling vortexes. Frigid energy from nowhere mixed into it...

Ordinary flames inexplicably transformed into Sacred Purging Fire that Burns Evil.

And just happened to ignite deep within the nests of corruption.

Flowing streams, rivers, and even entire oceans underwent miraculous structural reformation, becoming Springs of Life capable of reviving the dead and regenerating flesh from bone.

According to the Origin Magic derived from Rei’s Ten-Thousandfold Structural Transformation—

Every element truly could be converted into special elemental matter.

By altering the internal composition of an element itself, ordinary fire could become Sacred Melting Flame, and ordinary water could become Piercing Body Water...

But all such transformations required Origin Magic as their foundation.

Under normal circumstances, altering them directly was completely impossible.

It was like trying to manually remove one oxygen atom and one hydrogen atom from a water molecule using nothing but bare human hands, without instruments of any kind.

Strictly speaking, theoretically—

There was indeed an infinitesimal probability that after billions upon billions of years of activity, a single elemental particle might accidentally transform into one particle of Sacred Melting Flame.

Or one water particle of Piercing Body Water.

But such odds were so tiny that perhaps only a single particle might naturally form over billions of years...

And now—

The vast Moon Sea churned violently.

The entire boundless ocean transformed into pure white Holy Purification Water.

After only several washes, the darkness and corruption polluting the sea were completely cleansed away.

Abyssal contamination vanished after merely a few surges.

Meanwhile, over in the Murk Sea—

An entire sea region spanning tens of millions of light-years surged with emerald liquid.

Plants exploded into rampant growth across the ocean.

Those waiting for death beneath the sea regained vitality.

Severed limbs regenerated.

This was the Spring of Life...

Elemental recombination.

Everything in the world was being reconstructed.

At a glance, Rei could see invading monsters across the world dying in massive swathes beneath the overwhelming catastrophes.

Yet intelligent lifeforms escaped death through countless miracles, surviving against all odds.

It was currently June.

Not even the month ruled by Yakatikto herself.

And beyond that—

Rei could also feel countless perceptions expanding outward... before retreating in fear.

The consciousnesses scattered throughout the forbidden zones of the Boundless Mountain all withdrew.

Even the territories of those forbidden zones visibly shrank.

Only two of the forbidden zones remained completely unmoved, still standing arrogantly in place as though they did not care at all.

And then—

He saw the World-Center Tree.

Was that truly the World-Center Tree?

It looked completely different from both the descriptions in books and the image Rei had imagined.

In his imagination, it should have been a colossal towering tree visible from unimaginable distances away.

Branches large enough to contain entire nations.

Supporting whole continents upon them.

People living upon the giant tree.

Thriving upon the giant tree.

That was how the books described it.

But now, borrowing Yakatikto’s perception, what he saw there was merely a reflection.

An endless pale sea blanketed in mist-like white clouds.

And deep beneath the surface of that sea—

A tree was reflected within it.

Countless barriers formed around the surrounding sea region.

Under Rei’s sharp perception, he even noticed traces of a very distinct mana signature.

The mana of Izparut.

As for the Secret Sea—

It remained deathly silent and barren.

Even the changes caused by Yakatikto failed to produce any reaction there whatsoever.

And the Absolute Mana Sea Rei had previously spread throughout that region had already vanished completely.

Nothing remained within the already-destroyed Secret Sea.

That territory belonged to Destruction.

Meanwhile, west of the Moon Sea, the light grew brighter and brighter.

A brilliant Sea of Light bordered the Moon Sea and continued advancing into it.

Radiant light formed tidal waves, assimilating portions of the Moon Sea with every surge.

Faintly, Rei could see angels gazing solemnly and reverently toward the direction of the Moon Sea.

The Sea of Light was not flat.

It curved upward toward the heavens themselves, gradually extending into the sky.

Rei felt...

Perhaps this was the road leading toward the Heavenly Realm.

And to the south of the Moon Sea stood a wall that severed everything.

An endless city wall stretching beyond sight.

Even with Yakatikto’s perception, Rei could not see where the wall ended.

Nor could he see what lay beyond it.

This was the first time...

The first time Rei had truly seen the world.

And also the first time he had genuinely felt the might of a Moon Sovereign.

The so-called world-ending disasters.

The monsters ravaging the great seas.

All of them collapsed and perished utterly from a single casual gesture of her finger.

Rei looked toward Yakatikto’s calm gaze.

Her divinity-filled face.

And remembered the rumors spread throughout the mortal world.

The gods simply did not care about worldly suffering.

All pain.

All misery.

To the gods, it was laughable.

It seemed...

He had still underestimated the Moon Sovereigns too much. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

To think that with mere Level 6 strength, he had believed himself capable of touching the realm of a Moon Sovereign...

How ridiculous.

Still.

At last...

He had finally seen one.

As Rei watched Yakatikto’s astonishing feat, the outline of a staff gradually formed within his mind.

During the final days of May, Rei had successfully raised both his Blacksmith and Enchanter professions to Level 4.

And the Level 4 Blacksmith Talent was—

「God-Tier · Divine Artifact Construction」

By witnessing divine-level laws, one could construct blueprints for divine artifacts possessing near-authority-level powers...