"The ritual has begun."
"Everyone will be reborn under the influence of the god."
Luo looked at the enormous tentacles in the sky, felt the resonance with the Deity within his body, and smiled once more.
The path of "Power Returning to the Self" had been even more difficult than he had imagined. Research bottlenecks, obstruction and arrests by countless people, being targeted by people from Otherworlds—far too many factors had made it difficult for him to continue down this path.
Fortunately, he had finally succeeded. Now, he only needed to wait for the ritual to end. Everyone would be transformed into the Deity's kin, gaining power they could never have imagined before.
Just as he said this, a thunderous boom suddenly resounded across the sky.
"An alien god dares covet my world!"
An incomparably divine figure appeared in the sky. The moment it emerged, the blood-red clouds covering the heavens faded away, while the enormous tentacles encircling the planet seemed to sense something terrifying. They trembled violently and swiftly withdrew into the black hole.
"Since you've come, stay here!"
An indifferent voice rang out from the sky. In an instant, a terrifying force acted upon the tentacles, sealing the time and space of this planet.
Their consciousnesses could still function, but their bodies, limbs, even their cells, had all fallen into stasis.
"Lord of this world, I did not know this was your world."
A heavy voice came from the other side of the black hole, clearly never having expected such a turn of events.
"Whether you knew is unimportant. Since you dared invade my world, you should have been prepared to die."
The divine figure spoke calmly. Then endless power of time and space descended upon the massive black hole connecting to another world, continuously expanding and extending