Within The Church, there were far too many instances of people at the bottom being treated as less than human.
So many that it had formed a kind of spiritual pollution.
Amid that pollution, Di Nai had gradually lost sight of himself as well.
He could only choose to leave The Church and begin his own travels.
Yet the more he traveled through this world, the more he understood one thing: he could not change anything.
Reality dealt him a cold, brutal blow.
By comparison, Naimus had been sacrificed directly before entering the Abyss.
Though he had been awakened in the cruelest possible way, he had never undergone that slow, step-by-step chilling of the heart.
Thus, Naimus, who had fallen straight into the Abyss, had retained a trace of humanity.
Di Nai, on the other hand, had lost it completely.
This difference was much like the one between him and Molo.
Through their later experiences, it would gradually widen into an ever greater deviation.
Until now.
Though the two still shared similarities in many ways, they had ultimately become fundamentally different people.
At this moment, that difference clearly tore open the divide between them.
And that, of all things, allowed Naimus to undergo another "iteration."
"The essence of True Spirit wielders is different. The path of fusion has been proven unworkable once again."
Previously, Naimus had only concluded that fusion was impossible due to various factors, which was why he had decided not to fuse further with Di Nai.
But now, from the depths of his heart and nature, Naimus had completely eradicated that notion.
This understanding of True Spirits, the self, thought, and fate further propelled Naimus's transformation.
That transformation stirred the True Spirit buried deep within Naimus's soul.
At that very moment, Naimus could sense that another liberation