[Okay.]
Arceus answered Su Hao in a gratified voice.
Even if it was merely a lingering echo attached to the Plate Fragments, an obsession that could not even be considered life.
To it, which had inherited part of the original body's memories, this moment still brought an unavoidable sense of relief.
At least, it had successfully left behind a seed of hope.
As the only one across endless parallel worlds and the multiverse to inherit the divinity, divine power, and original humanity of "Creator Arceus," Su Hao would surely bring salvation and dawn to that world plunged into darkness.
This was also the only thing it—Arceus—could do for the world it loved so deeply after a series of mistakes.
Before Su Hao, Arceus's sacred figure began dissolving into motes of light, returning to the five Plate Fragments orbiting and pulsing around him.
At the same time.
A vast, emotionless voice, like the will of the world itself, rang through the depths of Su Hao's soul like an ancient bell that had existed since time immemorial, proclaiming unquestionable laws and a mission—
[Suitable candidate detected.]
[Granting final authority...]
[Soul anchor secured. Divinity loaded. Humanity anchored. A divine body forged through the Authority of Creation at the origin.]
[Greetings, esteemed successor to the Creator God—]
[The Salvation System is at your service.]
As the familiar, emotionless mechanical voice faded, Su Hao, shrouded in boundless light, felt somewhat heavy-hearted.
Because he understood that the "Slate Spirit" who would let him run up a tab whenever he was in danger would cease to exist completely from this day onward.
Arceus's lingering obsession, the core of it, had completely merged into the five Plate Fragments just now. Not a trace of its presence remained.
And its final gift to him was this [Salvation System].
It