In the ancient legends of every nation, there was a tale that said if a person went to a certain place, they could walk into the underworld.
There was also a saying that if one reached a sufficiently high place... such as the top of a sufficiently tall tower or mountain, one could catch sight of the gods above the sky.
That was evidence left behind from when the Material Realm and the Dream Realm were once connected.
And now, at this moment, in this place.
A vanished and nonexistent marvel had reappeared. The Material Realm and the Dream Realm had become intertwined once more. A new "Twin Mirrors" had been briefly created—or perhaps summoned here—linking the inside and outside of the gate and opening the sealed lock.
—This was a feat capable of reaching the heavens.
"Roar—"
In the brief interval between clashes with Calamity Red, as the Silver Crowned Dragon passed by the enormous mirror standing upright and cleaving the sea, he suddenly exhaled a breath of white dragonfire.
It was like a spinning white cannonball, carrying a gale compressed to its limit, a freezing wind capable of freezing all things. It flew from the mirror on the left toward the Material Realm on the right!
—Ice Storm!
Although its volume shrank considerably after piercing through the mirror, it still successfully reached the Material Realm!
Through this briefly opened passage, the Dream Realm deity had actually bypassed the Veil of Equilibrium and projected its power directly into the Material Realm!
Although the power was still partially diluted while passing through the "mirror," and although the Silver Crowned Dragon was currently in poor condition, having even lost its position as a Pillar God, and although the Silver Crowned Dragon had been the weakest Pillar God even while in that