And those Demigods who had advanced further had already begun striving for godhood with all their might.
And in a sense.
This was the worst of times, but for those seeking to become gods, it was also the best of times.
Most of the deities had been swept away, leaving their divine seats vacant. As at the very beginning of this world, the difficulty of becoming a god had dropped dramatically.
And finally.
Through their relentless cultivation.
In the second year.
Using the divine spark Lynn had left behind, the Self-Binding Angel surpassed every other Demigod in a single leap and became the first to ascend to that supreme divine seat.
In this turbulent world, the first of the New Gods was born.
Dollhouse was the second Origin to attain godhood. Through her research into the Sea of the Mind, she finally ascended to the seat of the God of the Mind, successfully completing her final ascension.
And right afterward.
Came the third, and the fourth.
The Mother Tree finally abandoned the side of herself that represented destruction. In the third year, she found her once-shattered home in the Main Universe. After a night of anguished weeping, she seemed to change a great deal. Though her heart was still filled with hatred, she had finally recovered the self she had once discarded.
In the end, she abandoned destruction, embraced her former primordial source, and ascended to the divine seat of nature.
Titan Big Brother disappeared.
He left without saying goodbye, and for a long time, there was no news of him at all.
Only occasionally, on certain planets and in worlds still occupied by Polluters, did people seem to glimpse his figure.
He seemed to be fighting constantly, moving between the Edge Worlds still under enemy control and venting the