Life, the Universe and Everything (Part One)

"You... aren't afraid you'll actually kill him?"

Zeus became worried instead.

"Don't worry. For him, dying once or twice is nothing unusual."

Tong Ji waved it off indifferently, lowered her head, and stared at Huai Shi's face. "Should I say you're lucky or unlucky?

There just happens to be a Crystal of Returning Light here. At most, it just moves part of your advancement ritual ahead of schedule. It even comes with the protagonist-level service of 'reforming your muscles and marrow' that you often see in fantasy novels. You wouldn't object, would you?

This is a rare divine blessing, you know. Big sis believes in you."

Before she had even finished speaking, sword-sharp mistletoe plunged into Huai Shi's chest.

A vast roar erupted. The void sun surrounding Helios suddenly shuddered and began to contract violently, along with its endless radiance, inward.

Before the phenomenon of the Spring of Returning Light could even emerge, it flowed into Huai Shi's shell under the mistletoe's guidance, permeating every part of him and illuminating the eternal darkness of the abyss.

At last, it merged into the deepest part of his soul!

Beneath the light, the crown above Tong Ji's head appeared once more, its majesty emerging again from beneath the phantom image.

Extending her hand to command this miracle forged by the gods, she solemnly declared, "Here, you shall reenact the Death of Baldr, returning this divine authority to the world!"

Through the resonance between the light and the Present Realm, that will was instantly conveyed into the core of the Present Realm.

It was a choice like a whale fall.

At the cost of the god's own destruction, the power that had forged it was returned, everything given back to the entire Present Realm once more—and now, as a vessel for divine power,