When the fanatical praises of countless souls finally came to a halt, Eternal Paradise's Ode to Joy came to an end, and a shrill cracking sound echoed through the Gospel Throne.
At that moment, directly above Justice's head, Ascension Heaven, nested with countless halos, suddenly began to swell... Beyond countless fissures, some terrifying force seemed poised to erupt.
Even beneath layers upon layers of pressure—
Inside the Silver Sea's command conference room, time had slowed to its limit, and deathly silence reigned.
Not even the sound of breathing could be heard.
Everyone held their breath, eyes wide, staring fixedly at the cracks continuously emerging across the five intertwined chains.
They unconsciously straightened their backs, as though that would let them see more clearly.
Order's Rope, collapsing! Morality's Rope, collapsing! Desire's Rope, collapsing! Mind's Rope, collapsing! Life's Rope, collapsing!
Every soundless fracture seemed, beneath the witnesses' gazes, to unleash an earth-shaking roar.
Until the final fissure emerged from the center of Eternal Paradise and tore straight through it!
Pairs of ecstatic eyes blinked desperately, afraid this was an illusion caused by an observation error. Yet after three rounds of verification, the gleaming light delivered the final report.
At last, they could no longer hold back and cried out!!!
"Activate it, activate it!"
Yegor shoved aside Russell, who had been chattering endlessly in the private chat beside him. His incorporeal soul actually flushed red with excitement as he issued the command to delegate authority.
And before that, blazing light had erupted within the Gospel Throne once more!
The instant Justice lost the supply of infinite power and was forced back to his original form.
No, even earlier than that...
Before that wildly fluctuating power had even begun to destabilize, realization had already dawned on everyone.
—The time had come!
The brilliant light