The False God Otto's Greatest Wish: To Pass Through Your World, Then Disappear Forever

"No," Huo Yuhao said. "Biologically speaking, he died for an instant. But that instant was his final calculation. Kiana's sword helped him kill the 'False God Otto' and close off the world behind him. The one standing here now isn't Otto Apocalypse, nor is he the Constraint Herrscher anymore. He's just something that carried an obsession all the way to the Tree. No Authority, no body, no future. Only one wish remains."

"How did he pull that off?" Lei Xiang asked gruffly, disbelief filling his eyes.

"By severing his ties of cause and effect at the cost of his life," Huo Yuhao said. "Kiana's strike was the Authority of the Void pushed to its limit. It could peel a being away from the World Lines. Otto knew that all along. That was why he let her strike. He didn't want her to kill him; he wanted her to help him be 'reborn.' He had to die completely in the Old World before he could enter Imaginary Space as an 'unclaimed soul.' Otherwise, the Tree would keep pursuing him. Now he's free. Completely free. But that freedom will carry him only one step. After that, he may not even be able to hold on to himself."

"So did Kiana win or lose?" the Dragon Prince asked.

"She won," Tang San said. "She cut down the False God. But she also sent Otto through the final door with her own hands. That wasn't her fault. Otto had turned even his death into a stepping stone. She simply shone too brightly, while Otto was too dark. So dark that he used even her light to find his way."

On the screen, Otto slowly raised his head before the Tree. Every leaf reflected countless World Lines. He searched among them as though looking for