Divine Realm border, Sealed Land.
Within the temple that was the only thing remaining in this corner of the world, the Goddess who governed summoning had been staring at the screen before her, watching everything unfold upon it, her expression growing increasingly grave.
Especially when Shien's Holy Sword began to pulse, the Goddess first revealed a look of surprise and delight. Then, when three-colored radiance appeared around Shien, her expression changed again.
"That power was actually awakened?"
Nien could not help but rise to her feet.
"How could it have been awakened so quickly? It shouldn't be possible!"
Nien's face was filled with grave confusion.
She knew that, when Shien had entered the Demon Transformation Pool last time and risen to Limit-tier, that power had already quietly awakened.
Yet logically speaking, even if that power had awakened, Shien's current strength should still have been insufficient to awaken and use it.
Limit-tier might have been immensely powerful in the mortal world, but compared to the power sleeping within Shien, it was nothing at all.
For Shien to properly comprehend that power, he would need to reach at least the Transcendent Class. If he wanted to consciously begin using it, even reaching the Transcendent Class might not have been enough.
Under such circumstances, that power had actually been awakened now. How could Nien not have been shocked?
But in the blink of an eye, Nien understood.
"Because the Holy Sword showed signs of transformation, it stirred that power and awakened it, didn't it?"
That was right.
Just moments ago, faced with the desperate reversal by two former Heroes of the Transcendent Class, Shien's Hero power had been stirred. This caused the Holy Sword to show signs of transformation.
The pulse originating from the Holy Sword and resonating with Shien was precisely the