· The One True God Sora and Shiro

"Are you really giving it to us?"

Sora and Shiro stared blankly at the Star Grail in their hands, their faces filled with disbelief. After all, Lu Qiming had just used the Star Grail right in front of them to stage the resurrection of Riku and Schwi, who had been dead for six thousand years—and it had been a resurrection in the proper sense.

No, he had directly pulled the two of them from six thousand years ago out of the river of time and brought them into the present.

"I already said I'd give it to you. I don't have much use for this thing anyway."

Lu Qiming looked at the Star Grail with open disdain and waved a hand, indicating that he had no interest in it at all and was just giving it to the two of them as a toy.

Opposite him, Sora and Shiro looked at Lu Qiming like this, exchanged a glance, and a faint smile tugged at the corners of their mouths. They knew Lu Qiming was only acting this way so that they could accept the Star Grail without any psychological burden.

Otherwise, surely no one really thought the absolute dominion over an entire world was something that useless, right?

"Oh, right. Riku, do you want to try being an Old Deus for fun?"

At that moment, Lu Qiming turned to look at Schwi and Riku, who were holding each other. The two, who had originally thought they would never see each other again, were now nestled together with only each other in their eyes. Only after hearing Lu Qiming's voice did Riku snap back to his senses.

"An Old Deus? No, I'd rather stay as part of the Human Race."

After hesitating for a few seconds, Riku shook his head and