Rimuru was now already Sequence 5.
The limits of his attributes had completely reached their end, attaining the ultimate level of a monster.
Advancement in the main sequence required a ritual, and his next advancement was the stairway to godhood that most people called a coronation...
If Rimuru had not understood before why demigods and gods almost all began focusing solely on their own path after becoming demigods, no longer choosing to cultivate multiple paths...
Then now, he more or less understood.
Because as one's life level evolved, the bloodline that reached that stage first would inevitably affect the other sequences.
Erosion, rejection, fusion, mutation.
The more bloodlines one possessed, the more choices one had on the path of life-level advancement. But once a choice was made, there would also be more unexpected changes.
Rimuru had embraced the void.
And after choosing the void again when advancing to Sequence 5, he realized just how corrosive the void truly was.
The original sequence name, Voidspawn, King of Gluttony, had completely shed its identity as a child of the void after advancing and taken on the form of the void itself.
Sequence 5: Void Demon Lord.
The name sounded much lamer, but it suited the definition of the void perfectly.
Rimuru had checked the names of most void creatures: Void Walker, Void Velber, Void Devourer, Void Ravager, Void Sky-Devouring Beast... Basically, once the void path reached this stage, they all fucking used the same template. People called them... the big void family.
But why was that?
The reason was simple. In the end... the power of the void itself represented a certain level.
Like the abyss, the void was extremely distinctive and corrosive. Its dark violet energy brimmed with greed and possessiveness. Once one embraced the void, while accepting the strength of