Watching the Atrocity Angel, the huge nuisance that had hunted him all the way here, turn into flying ash with a bewildered expression under the suppression of the "Proxy Creator's" authority.
Only then did Evan have time to examine the changes in himself.
When his gaze accidentally fell on a dark crimson, tongue-shaped flower beneath his feet, a piece of information surfaced in his heart.
'Zinnia. Annual herbaceous plant. Plantae, Angiosperms, Magnoliopsida, Asterales, Asteraceae, Asteroideae. Flowering period: 85 days. Fruiting period: 95 days.'
'It has been 187 days, 12 hours, 5 minutes, and 31 seconds since germination. It will die in a sudden cold wave at 3:32 p.m. eleven days from now, leaving no offspring.'
These eyes could clearly see through the origins of all things on Helag Star and comprehend every change and outcome awaiting them.
"So this was the Proxy Creator's authority?
I can freely draw upon all the knowledge and authority accumulated by the World Consciousness over the three million years it has been connected to the spirit world.
My own Tree of Life system has received an enormous enhancement. Though there is an intermediary layer between me and the other authorities, they still vastly surpass the power of ordinary True Gods."
And more than that...
The Key of Origin possessed by True Gods was, put plainly, still power bestowed by the world. It could only exert its proper effect when a True God was on this planet.
But Evan, as a "planet-level lifeform," was still considered a Truth Embodiment within the extraordinary sequence.
Yet he had attained the Dao through strength alone, his divine abilities self-sufficient. Even if he left Helag Star, he would be affected only minimally.
Of course, the most important change was the transformation of his divine "life essence." Evan's rank had now