Iver's complete rebirth also meant the total death of the Abyss Angel.
The notifications that the Hourglass had issued earlier rang out once more across the Material Realm and the Dream Realm:
The Path of Twilight has surpassed its limits. The Material Realm is about to ascend--
The Twilight Power is completely boiling. The Nine Rivers of the Path are growing increasingly turbulent--
Starting today, the lifespan of every living being in the Material Realm will double, while every undead will rise by up to two levels.
The barrier between the Dream Realm and the Material Realm has become extremely thin. Souls sent into the Dream Realm through funerals have also gained the possibility of returning to the Material Realm and becoming undead.
--The Equilibrium Law has been updated. A new equilibrium point has been established.
The increasingly concise notifications also foretold that the rules of the Old World were growing ever more precarious.
Even the fall of an Angel had begun to have a less drastic impact on the Material Realm.
As one Angel after another was dragged down, the Veil of Equilibrium formed by the many stars was also thinned layer by layer. Once night fell, the stars in the sky would become incomparably dim. Aside from the moon, there would be nothing but endless darkness.
Yet that did not mean the stars had vanished.
--The many stars have now descended into the Material Realm.
As one Angel after another fell, the rules of the Material Realm underwent earth-shaking changes--
The difficulty of becoming a transcendent had dropped sharply. Even without mastering transcendent knowledge, one might suddenly gain transcendent power. The probability of low-level transcendents losing control had fallen drastically, while their leveling speed had tripled... Combined with the widespread availability of healing abilities, increased vitality, greater resistance