In truth, the moment Rhodes saw this scene, the answer in his heart had already been on the verge of emerging.
After all, back when he was still a Highgod, when his Annihilation Divine Thunder had collided with Atezi's Golden Sacred Flame, Rhodes had vaguely glimpsed what seemed to be a trace of gray flashing behind the Spatial Rift torn open by the two attacks.
He simply had not dared to think along those lines at the time.
Sometimes, when a one-in-billions chance suddenly appeared, no one dared to be certain it was real.
That was also why Rhodes had set this thing aside for so many years before taking it out again. His main fear was that the final result would fall far short of his expectations, which could easily make him shut himself away completely.
After all, Rhodes had already vaguely seen the hope of transcendence in this thing. If it ultimately proved to be nothing more than an immensely powerful Heaven and Earth Wonder, the gulf between expectation and reality would be too great. Even Rhodes could not guarantee what sort of madness he might commit.
Fortunately, judging by what he saw now, the power of this milky-white flame had not disappointed him.
Rhodes now truly possessed the hope of breaking out of this universe. As for how he would survive after breaking out? That would have to wait until later.
If he could not even break out of the universe, what was the point of thinking about what came afterward?
Rhodes maintained a steady output of divine power. After leaving a mass of milky-white flame where he stood, he held the crystal, which had lost all its gold and turned entirely milky white.
He kept retreating, but continued pouring divine power into the crystal to keep