The Blade of Creation turned heaven and earth into chaos in an instant.
Even the bottommost layer of the Abyss, said to be eternal and unchanging, could hardly withstand the might of that axe.
Faced with the Heaven-Opening Axe fully manifested by Shin, the entire fallen angel race stood on the brink of annihilation.
The cracks across the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons deepened further, and it was on the verge of shattering.
When that happened, the high-ranking fallen angels within would be completely exposed to this strike.
Even experts on the level of the Seven Demon Kings would perish.
Seeing this, Lucifer made a desperate gamble.
With a cold shout, he brazenly detonated the dark origin within his body.
"Lucifiel, you—!"
Mostima cried out in shock. He knew what this meant.
He had been the first Cherub, once appointed by Jehovah to command the evil spirits of the heavens and guard the angel of original sin.
Later, when Lucifer rebelled and coveted the power of original sin, he set Mostima up to neglect his duty and release it.
Knowing such a dereliction of duty could never be forgiven, he simply joined Lucifer during the rebellion. Afterward, he fell into the Abyss and became one of Hell's Seven Kings.
Darkness—pure darkness—spread through the air.
Lucifer's figure was breaking apart, yet a layer of energy like pitch-black mist spread outward, shrouding the entire Hall of Ten Thousand Demons.
"Ab... Abaddon, I'll leave the rest... to you!"
Lucifer's intermittent voice drifted over, hollow and ethereal.
A pitch-black core emerged, emanating the purest darkness and transcendence. This was the core of Lucifer's darkness.
What Jehovah called original sin.
Of course, that was merely the name used by that bunch of birdmen.
In the immortal path of the Primordial World, it had another name: