She merely stood there, yet one could feel the torrent of time rushing past, history evolving like a flowing river.

"You released a sinner who should have remained caged."

"And now you want to rash actions the cause and effect of time. You truly are not afraid of death."

Ekhator didn’t even acknowledge Kanzaki Rei’s combat stance. She ignored his hostility entirely. Her tone held only cold judgment.

"Where is Yuna?" Kanzaki Rei suppressed his emotions and asked calmly.

"That girl?"

"She’s fine. I merely let her rest for a while."

"Reenacting time... is a forbidden ritual that I do not transmit. Why she obtained and used it—I will ask about that later."

"But what you have done—I need an answer to that now."

Clang!

Kanzaki Rei felt it—this stretch of time had been completely sealed off.

The future could not be previewed

At the same time...

The Ascend to the Heavens Realm could no longer stop time. From this moment on, this was Ekhator’s time.

This was Ekhator’s divine kingdom.

This woman—

Was she Unaffectedthe world’s laws Influence?

Why could she move freely in the world?

Kanzaki Rei: "What’s the problem?"

Ekhator: "Do you know what consequences your release of that sinner has caused?"

Kanzaki Rei’s tone was slow. He was trying to drag out time, to let the Ascend to the Heavens Realm for a little longer.

The longer it stacked the stronger his adaptation to the laws would become.

Combined with 「God-Tier · Inviolable by All Laws」 , his chances of victory would increase.

"What... consequences? I don’t know."

Ekhator said coldly: "Time is unique. It has always been so. But because of what you have done, the originally singular timeline has gained another..."

"So now, this world has two different timelines."

Kanzaki Rei: "Mm. I know."

"So... is that not allowed?"

Ekhator frowned: "Allowed?"

"You have no idea what kind of monstrous crime you have committed."

"You should know that certain things in this world possess uniqueness."

Kanzaki Rei: "I know. Your divine thrones are one example. If there is a second timeline, the two timelines will influence each other, causing uniqueness to be occupied by the other timeline, making it impossible to become a god."

Ekhator: "Do you think that some people being unable to become gods has nothing to do with you?"

"But what if I told you... that the world itself possesses uniqueness?"

"If unique matter cannot exist in two timelines simultaneously—how do you think the world itself will be divided?"

Kanzaki Rei froze for a moment.

This question—

He had never considered it.

Rather, Kanzaki Rei had simply never really thought about the other timeline at all. After all, it had nothing to do with him. In Kanzaki Rei’s view, this world was already quite complete on its own.

The next second, another question suddenly slammed into Kanzaki Rei’s mind.

The Origin Source!

The Origin Source had no answer. It was Incomplete It had no complete, definitive answer.

Iz Palrut should have been a Tier 9 mage—at least, in the future timeline, he was a Tier 9 mage. But with Iz’s personality, if he discovered that the Origin Source had no answer, if he discovered the true nature of the Origin Source, he could never have become a Tier 9 mage.

Therefore, if the Origin Source itself had no answer, the future where Iz became a Tier 9 mage should not exist.

Reasoning backward, this question became an unsolvable mystery.

Even as a Decryption scholar, Kanzaki Rei could not deduce a corresponding answer.

But now, hearing Ekhator’s words,

He felt as though an explosion had gone off in his mind.

Ekhator raised her finger toward Kanzaki Rei. A faint ripple appeared at her fingertip: "Now, do you understand what you have done? Do you still think it doesn’t matter—you, the culprit who split the very essence of the world in half?"

Kanzaki Rei’s scalp went numb in an instant.

At the same time, the End Sense urgently outbreak an extremely dangerous预警. There was no time for Kanzaki Rei to think about anything else!

Click!

Pfft!

His vision went black. Kanzaki Rei’s sight arrived in a dark space.

His perception swept in all directions, and he immediately knew this was a womb—

Whoosh——

In an instant, Kanzaki Rei, now a blood-covered infant, appeared in a small hut in the Boundless Mountains. This place was covered in Prohibition that he had set.

Using phase magic while inside the womb—Kanzaki Rei truly did not want to do that.

But—

"Oh? Reincarnation, is it?"

"You’re quite something."

A hair-raising voice came from behind him. Kanzaki Rei’s perception had already caught the ivory-white-haired girl walking behind him.

She was inside his secret hut.

Yet the area where she stood was already completely distortion as if it wasn’t within time at all.

She had... actually chased him here.

Kanzaki Rei extended his right hand. The Emperor’s Sword appeared in his grip.

Crack—

But the next second—

He found his right hand had already been severed. And the severed hand did not regenerate.

"Regeneration?"

"Your regeneration speed is indeed fast..."

"But—when time is not flowing, can you still regenerate?"

Ekhator’s tone was calm and unhurried.

Pfft!

Kanzaki Rei’s vision went black again. Once more, he found himself in the warm embrace of a womb.

Damn!

Since Profession changing, this was the first time Kanzaki Rei had been killed like this.

Even though the End Sense had warned him, he still couldn’t come up with any way to evade.

Ekhator’s attacks simply completely stopped time.

It had always been him stopping time to kill others. This was the first time he had been killed by someone else’s time stop.

So this is what it felt like.

No chance to react. By the time you came to, you were already dead.

Time stop... is too unfair.

And 「God-Tier · Inviolable by All Laws」 —did it not take effect either?

Why?

The Ascend to the Heavens Realm allowed him to Reduction law damage as well, yet he was still oneshot. Why?

Kanzaki Rei’s mind raced to find the answer.

"Do you think that just because you’re hiding in a womb, I won’t kill you?"

"My mercy has its limits."

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh——

In an instant, Kanzaki Rei passed through multiple phase passages in rapid succession!

「Sōdō — Path Eight: Boundless Walk」 —he raced at incredible speed. This path should be the pinnacle of spatial law techniques.

Under normal circumstances, no one could possibly catch up to Kanzaki Rei in this state.

Yet...

Murderous intent permeated the air.

Tangible killing intent chased after Kanzaki Rei!

"Kurushūru!"

Whoosh!

As Kanzaki Rei passed through the Turbid Sea, a heaven-piercing ice pillar shot up from the ground! Kurushūru of Ice descended into the world! At the same time, her ice divine kingdom outbreak instantly spreading across the vast Turbid Sea!

In a single instant, the entire Turbid Sea was彻底 frozen!

This was a god!

An unrestricted god, descending in complete form, capable of effortlessly destroying an entire sea!

Kurushūru’s mere existence froze all things!

Yet, as Kanzaki Rei’s perception glanced back—

He saw that Kurushūru, who had only just descended, was touched by a small, pale hand.

Click—

The next second, Kurushūru’s entire body shattered into countless ice powder fragments!

And Kanzaki Rei’s Thorough perception lost all connection with Kurushūru. The Kurushūru of Ice he had obtained had been so easily disposed of.