19. Infinite Possibilities Are What the Universe Should Have

19. Infinite Possibilities Are the Only Truth the Universe Should Have

When Diakum dispersed Eclipse, all that remained beneath the Creator's Grand Design was a metal wreckage stripped of all divinity. Every glimmer had gone out upon Zovaal's bones, which knelt beneath the Grand Design like a dim stone statue.

It faced away from the Creator's Grand Design, like a loser's final act of defiance.

The Vigilant had no intention of collecting the remains either. When all of Zereth Mortis perished in the collapse of the Chord of All Things, the Jailer's remains would naturally vanish alongside their birthplace and become the most primordial Cosmic Phosphor.

Still, the Jailer had been a pretty decent fellow.

He had left his weapons behind when he departed.

Diakum claimed the extravagantly designed, deceptively intricate warhammer of the Primordial Arbiter, as well as Zovastam, Avatar of Annihilation, the incomparably sharp war scythe capable of shattering reality, as spoils of war. Though after obtaining the glass sword forged by Primus, he no longer had much use for either.

Diakum was considering establishing a sacred armory in High Heaven someday, where he could store these true Cosmic Artifacts as a record of the "glorious feats" of a Warrior of Light.

Of course, compared to the two weapons, what Diakum treasured more were the scattered "Chains of Domination" beside the Jailer's remains.

Though they had lost their once-overbearing, brutal radiance with their user's fall, the Jailer had once been the wielder of Domination. His fall meant that this obscure yet powerful Path of Death had lost its master.

Another gateway to the path toward supremacy had opened.

Most importantly, the Jailer's inability to defeat Diakum had not been a problem with Domination. It had merely been an innate weakness in the Eternal Ones' strength, the sort of