Liberation First, Then Leading Others to Liberation-Something's Wrong with This Ground!

Banda took a step forward.

As he stepped out, the enormous Demon's Claw beneath his feet moved with him, and deafening roars echoed through the void.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom~ Boom! Boom! Boom~

The music was deep, oppressive, yet steadfast, like an invincible empire marching onward.

The giant claw-city stretched out. Countless pores across its five fingers burst with radiance, each one shining with a different divine light. The auras of numerous gods—sun, moon, wind, water, fire, and more—surged forth.

That aura...

Indra narrowed his eyes and looked over.

His eyes widened at once. Within the countless pores of the Demon's Claw, he saw innumerable gods.

Sun God, Moon God, Wind God, Water God, Fire God.

Streams of power radiated outward, transforming into Ganges-sand-numbered divine powers that all converged upon the massive city.

The pitch-black hand descended, as if it meant to grasp the entire world within its palm.

At that moment, Banda's face remained calm.

"Indra!"

"You see it, don't you?"

"These are all my slaves. The worlds I have conquered and ruled—even the lofty gods, the protagonists of their worlds, these countless bringers of heat, coolness, swiftness, purification, and burning—have become nothing more than my servants!"

"You refuse to submit. I am not angry!"

"I have even grown used to it!"

"After all, you do not know how they were defeated!"

Banda said.

He raised his head slightly, his gaze sweeping across the boundless void, where no end could be seen.

"I am tired of it!"

"Everything is trapped by karma, trapped by Maya, trapped within one Lila after another!"

"When I completed my ascetic practice, I escaped the cycle of reincarnation and saw countless worlds. Brahman-Atman Union was clearly not far from me, but I did not understand—what would it change even if I attained