Qin Chuan withdrew his hand, and the strange sensation of existing outside causality slowly faded.
"President, you might as well call that ability 'cheating.'"
The Water God came over, his face full of envy.
"No one can hit you or kill you. Who wouldn't steer clear of you?"
"It isn't without a counter."
Season Star, silent until now, suddenly spoke. On her data visor, the model of the causal branches from that instant was still replaying at high speed.
"Every time you trigger Causal Paradox, it consumes an enormous amount of Divine Might. It also leaves behind a Phantom Bubble in the river of time."
"The bubbles themselves are harmless, but they represent possibilities that genuinely occurred on the timeline."
"If too many accumulate, they may cause unpredictable space-time disturbances."
Her words doused the Water God and the others' excitement like cold water.
Any power that defied the heavens came with a price.
"Let's set that aside."
Qin Chuan cut off Season Star's analysis. Something else concerned him more.
"You've fused with so many Godheads. Your Divinity Cores need time to stabilize."
"For now, your main task is to get used to your new powers, especially..."
He stopped mid-sentence.
In that instant, a strange resonance from Myriad Self Unification rippled through the depths of his Divinity Core like a stone dropped into a lake.
Then the entire Shadow Domain, the absolute realm built by his will, began to tremble faintly.
It wasn't unstable energy, but rejection and pressure from a deeper dimension.
It was as though something enormous was forcing its way into the sealed world he had created.
"What's happening?" The Water God felt the platform shake beneath his feet.
"Something's coming."
Dawn tightened his grip on his dagger. His instincts were sharper than the others', and he had