Confrontation

Long ago, roughly at the beginning of this era.

At that time, reincarnation had only just taken shape in the spirit world. Ryan had displayed the power of Great Divine Power in the material world for the first time, experiencing an might beyond all others.

Yet it was precisely then, after personally experiencing that level, that he suddenly realized that including himself and most of the Primordial Gods, none of them could be considered truly complete.

In any case, before the countless rules and worlds, an individual's personality was always insignificant.

Except for beings like Tartarus, who had been born perfectly whole, or the Mother Tree, which had later been born from a miracle.

Normal living beings could not let their consciousness roam through the Source Sea and merge with the roots of the world.

In the later Eastern world, this state was called "Conforming to the Dao," while in the West, it was called "Conforming to the Great One."

Though the two names differed, the meanings behind them were remarkably similar.

Both described the union of an individual's will with some ultimate existence, achieving a transcendent qualitative change.

However, based on his personal experience in this world, Ryan felt that it was more a form of assimilation, like the assimilation between Khaos and Hermenu.

One covered the other, one merged into the other, and eventually the two became one, leaving behind only a single existence.

Yet throughout this entire process, there would be no absolute annihilator or loser. Just as Egypt had already fallen, but the traces it left behind were destined to become an indelible part of Khaos, the same was true of Great Divine Power.

For any great being, even if they rashly merged their thoughts with source power without making preparations, their existence would not completely