Through perfect consciousness projection, Ed stood in the arena.
Gone was his black outer skin and golden-lined bald pharaoh appearance.
As he held the silver handgun with an integrated circuit structure, his entire aura and posture began to change.
Through "Self-Programming," he separated the two traits.
Originally, ever since Ed had obtained the "Prometheus" node, he had gained a privilege granted by Destiny Space—the Pharaoh Clone.
Destiny Space assisted Ed in perfectly replicating a consciousness.
However, the body used to carry that consciousness still had to be created by himself.
Thus, Ed used the Black Gold Pyramid's most advanced technology together with the finest black water to create a pharaoh body, leaving it in Destiny World to manage all affairs of the Divine Capital.
During the war, the "Biological Shells" used by Ed had also been replicas created with pharaoh bodies as their foundation.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ed chose to develop in two directions.
1. In the real world, he continued along the path of "Simulated Programming."
2. His perfect clone remaining at the node combined the characteristics of the Divine Capital and developed along the path of the "pharaoh."
This divided development was not necessarily beneficial, just as Holy City did not advocate dual cultivation for Knight-Errants.
Many Participants who had obtained True Nodes, including those like Commander Malone who had acquired higher-level nodes, chose to develop in a single direction.
When the clone and main body followed exactly the same development path, cultivation could yield twice the result with half the effort.
Commander Malone returned to Hell once every year, and each time his strength improved by leaps and bounds, all due to his Demon King clone's cultivation in Hell.
Yet Ed had chosen to develop along "two paths."
In his eyes, the Divine Capital possessed