Apocalypse's Global Announcement struck the Blue Star world like a boulder hurled into a still lake, sending waves surging across it.
After their initial shock and confusion, countless players found themselves captivated by the promise of immortality laid out in the Path to Godhood. Ambition began to grow unchecked.
High above Magic City, the pressure radiating from the Radiant Divine Kingdom Cluster, which had been poised to act, faltered for a moment at this sudden turn of events.
Then that pressure shifted into something deeper, more watchful.
The God of Light System was not alone. Even the Undead and Abyssal gods lurking in the shadows stayed their hands, seemingly reassessing how this rush toward godhood, set in motion by Apocalypse itself, would reshape the world.
A brief calm often preceded a fiercer storm.
Inside the Command Center, the mood was peculiar.
The shock had not yet faded from Season Star's and Night Cherry Tangle's faces.
They kept rereading the Path to Godhood details newly added to their Personal Panels, along with a new stat: [Divine Essence (Personal)].
Apocalypse had turned a power once reserved for gods into data and opened a path for every player to acquire and accumulate it. That alone changed everything.
Dies Martin's Divine Power Incarnation broke the silence.
"Apocalypse really went all out. It kicked open the gate to godhood for everyone. Is this some kind of survival contest? Send everyone scrambling for Divine Essence, then see who crawls out of the mountain of corpses?"
Alesha frowned slightly. Picking up where Qin Chuan had been interrupted earlier, she answered his question about why the God of Light had failed to become a Main God after ten thousand years.
"There are many reasons the God of Light has not advanced to Main God in ten thousand years."