The sky, wind, and Cloud Sea formed the present-day Gadariki. They were the entirety of this world, while those floating islands were anomalies. Sindri had not been wrong about the origin of the Sacred Fire—it came from a great existence.
"The Deity had nearly been shattered. Chi's will could not even gather within these fragments of Divine Remains. Otherwise, mortals like us would have no right to face Divine Remains directly."
On the floating island, Mages and Alchemists hammered away at the entire island. They had already confirmed that this floating island was Divine Remains, yet they could not sense any great rank from it.
Even mortals could live upon it. These Divine Remains had long lost all their power and become pure worldly matter. It was simply that the transformation process was very long, and its nature as Divine Remains had not yet completely vanished.
"What kind of battle could reduce a great Deity to this state? Chi's will had scattered, and the Divine Remains could not even contain Divine Essence, causing the Divine Essence to become Sacred Fire."
"Chi is this world's great existence, Gadariki's world will. If Chi had been shattered to this extent, this world should have died and fallen into the Abyss long ago. Yet it had not."
"The land beneath our feet, as we can see, has been sealed by an ice-crystal-like layer around the entire world. Strictly speaking, this world is already dead." "Yet it is still alive. Why?"
"Because another great existence protected Chi."
Based on the various findings from their research over the years into the other world Ryan had opened, the Mages and Alchemists arrived at the most likely answer.
"Only another Deity can kill a Deity, and only another great existence can save one." "What kind of great existence