I Gain a God-Tier Talent Every Level

Chapter 584

"Yogg, you’ve gotten what you wished for."

"Ahekator has completely vanished from all existing timelines." In a space lined with countless bookshelves, a bird-like being followed behind the six-armed demon.

The six-armed demon’s six different arms were all flipping through books it had long since memorized thoroughly.

The six-armed demon did not turn to look at Huang Minzhi.

It responded indifferently through will. "These outcomes were inevitable. Their own desires would inevitably lead them to their fated endings."

"Ahekator was arrogant and prideful. She had a natural obsession with the completeness of timelines. Her eyes could never tolerate the existence of Nahelkato."

"And Kanzaki Rei once saved Nahelkato, which must have left an indelible mark on her..."

"All living beings in the mortal world have their own hearts."

"They cannot escape worldly attachments and are ultimately bound by them. Everything that has happened now is the result of each of these individuals’ own obsessions."

Huang Minzhi: "So what you’re saying is that only those without desires or demands cannot be used by you?"

Huang Minzhi was clearly Yogg’s disciple, yet his words carried not the slightest trace of respect toward Yogg.

Yogg seemed unconcerned, simply letting out a faint, eerie laugh. "Hehehe, without desires or demands?"

"If such a person truly existed, what would be the meaning of their life in this world? What difference would there be between them and a monster?"

Huang Minzhi: "You should already know the answers to these questions."

"I do, of course I know the answers. The difference... but thinking about it is also a form of enjoyment, isn’t it?"

"Once you obtain all knowledge, you will come to miss the process of exploring it."

Huang Minzhi: "Are you saying you regret it now?"

Yogg continued with a soft chuckle and replied slowly. "No, I still have not obtained all knowledge. I am still in the process of exploring."

"But once I obtain all knowledge, I will definitely forget everything and learn it all over again from the beginning."

...

[Second Timeline]

The once gentle breeze and bright sunshine had completely vanished. This was the timeline where Kanzaki Rei had spent the previous month together with Nahelkato.

But Kanzaki Rei was no longer here.

Kanzaki Rei had returned.

Nahelkato remained.

The Moons and gods that had not originally existed in this timeline had now appeared out of thin air...

Even many memories that had not originally existed now surfaced in Nahelkato’s mind.

Just as she had said.

This timeline had always existed. Nahelkato had not been born from nothing, and this world had not appeared from nothing.

After the connection with Ahekator was severed,

the original appearance of this timeline finally emerged...

It was as if Ahekator’s existence had caused one world to split into two lines from its very origin.

One line possessed [Uniqueness], while the other did not.

From the source of time, the two lines had already diverged, yet spacetime continued onward and everything proceeded as normal.

After Ahekator disappeared,

Nahelkato returned to this spacetime of [Uniqueness].

She also became the only person in the entire world who had once traveled through the spacetime of [Non-Uniqueness].

At the same time...

The connection between Nahelkato and Kanzaki Rei’s original timeline had been severed forever.

"Hah. He didn’t even try to keep you."

Ahekator’s voice appeared in Nahelkato’s mind.

"He is a cryptologist, right?"

"Actually, even if you hadn’t told him, after you taught him so many rules about time, he should have deduced it himself."

"He knew this would be his last meeting with you."

"But he still didn’t stay with you."

Nahelkato spoke involuntarily. "How tragic."

Ahekator’s personality faintly overlapped with Nahelkato’s.

"I am inextinguishable."

"The only way you can kill me is by making me become you. But in reality... what difference is there between me and you?"

Whoosh!

Nahelkato’s gaze swept across the horizon.

The power of the Moons interfered with one another across the world. The laws of the entire world were in turmoil, twisted by the permeation of the Moons’ power.

Yet at this moment, Nahelkato wanted nothing to do with any of it.

She sat alone, hugging her knees. The great Time God looked like a lonely, helpless little girl, sitting by herself on a hill.

"No... you are not me."

"I will always be Nahelkato. He has his own home. This is not his home."

"He should not have stayed here."

"I only feel regret, but not pity."

...

[Present World]

Kanzaki Rei had kept one wish hidden deep in his heart, never telling anyone.

Returning now to familiar ground felt strangely alien.

Kanzaki Rei walked across the sea surface. This was a turbid, pitch-black ocean. Walking on it felt like treading through thick, viscous swamp, as if he could be sucked in at any moment.

In just a single short month, the world had undergone such tremendous change.

This sea...

Kanzaki Rei’s thoughts stirred—

Whoosh!

The [Absolute Sea of Magic Power] instantly unfurled, spreading across distances of several light-years in the blink of an eye. After a mere ten seconds, it had expanded to a scale of millions of light-years.

"This is the Abyss Sea of the Netherworld..."

"Beneath the sea lies the path to the abyss."

Kanzaki Rei’s perception pierced downward like a drill, plunging sharply into the darkness as if probing the nine underworlds. Meanwhile, the other side of his magic sea continued spreading until it reached the burning ocean!

Whoosh!

The moment his magic sea touched that burning sea, it ignited, bringing Kanzaki Rei a wave of scorching heat!

It was [Barnei, the Moon of War and Fire].

Splash—

On the other side, his perception touched a sea of light. The absolute sea of magic power transformed directly into light upon contact, no longer under his control.

It was also the power of a Moon.

It was [Zhua, the Moon of Light and Day].

At the same time, Kanzaki Rei’s perception probed the origin once more. Elements manifested in his hand.

The details of the elements appeared with perfect clarity in Kanzaki Rei’s eyes.

The manifestation of the [Origin] had truly changed from before.

A cluster of flames formed in Kanzaki Rei’s hand. This time, the flames were no longer flickering and unstable but formed a perfect, gem-like spherical flame.

"It hasn’t been completed yet..."

Whoosh!

Kanzaki Rei stepped through phase space and arrived at the World Center Tree.

The tree’s roots hung inverted into the sky, while its massive trunk and canopy were submerged in the sea.

This place lacked the darkness and light, the flame legions clashing with invisible entities.

To the east of this location stretched a sky filled with dazzling, multicolored radiance. Countless visible strands of spirituality drifted through the air above, while above that colorful splendor lay a pitch-black, profound black hole.

Even without looking with his eyes, one could sense the thick aura of death within it.

That was the Underworld. The Tree of Wisdom had connected with the Underworld.

Just as Kumironi had said—she had opened the path to the Underworld and replanted the Tree of Wisdom...

He had not expected that in merely one month of absence,

the world would have fallen into complete chaos, to the point where he could barely recognize it.

With another thought,

Kanzaki Rei triggered his perception once more. Through 「Hidden Origin」, he reached out to all existences connected to those he had previously contacted.

Yuna was still alive.

But her location... was within Yogg’s divine kingdom.

Why was Haruto also in Yogg’s divine kingdom?

Soon, one of Kanzaki Rei’s perceptions touched Huang Minzhi. Although his relationship with the current Huang Minzhi was not particularly deep, he was still someone Kanzaki Rei had contacted.

The moment this contact was made,

another piece of information was fed back, as if passively triggered.

"If you have returned."

"Do not forget the influence of the world’s balance. This is the phase coordinate of the final pillar of balance."

A phase coordinate formed in Kanzaki Rei’s mind.

...

[Divine Kingdom of Knowledge and Wisdom]

Huang Minzhi still accompanied Yogg.

"Yogg, aren’t you afraid that by using these people like this, they might actually kill you?"

"These Moons are all existences on the same level as you, right?"

"But your combat strength should be inferior to theirs, shouldn’t it?"

Yogg strolled through the long corridor while enlightening Huang Minzhi.

It responded, "Yes. If we speak only of raw strength, I might not be able to defeat any of the other Moons."

"But why would they want to be my enemy?"

"True wisdom is achieving the optimal situation in which one profits."

"As long as killing me brings them no benefits, no one will want to kill me... And I happen to know best how to achieve such balance."

Yogg’s six hands tapped against one another.

The faint rhythm seemed to hint at a cadence of [Balance].

At the same time, its gaze turned toward the world.

It saw a mass of pitch blackness. Although Yogg did not know what it was, it had named this mass [Kanzaki Rei].

On a long list were written countless records and hints regarding this pitch-black mass called [Kanzaki Rei].

Yogg had discovered that

some records regarding this pitch blackness could not be documented in reality by any means.

Traces of certain records would be erased by special laws.

However, as the Moon of Knowledge and Wisdom,

it took pleasure in this phenomenon. Again and again it searched for patterns and summarized rules, ultimately discovering the complete laws behind it and finding a [borderline] method to avoid the erasure of records.

This pitch-black, unobservable mass

appeared at the phase coordinate shortly after it was obtained.

And here, gods surrounded it on all sides.

"Correct... this is his optimal solution."

"Minzhi, you say I scheme, but that is not the case."

"I simply told a lost person what his current optimal solution is. This is what he should do after receiving my knowledge."

"Every step is the optimal, the best."

"What I give is a gift, assistance, goodwill... What reason would there be to be my enemy?"

...

[Twin Nest]

Tap—

Kanzaki Rei’s footsteps trod across damp, moss-covered ground. Thick divine power pressed heavily around him, faintly oppressing his body.

The reasoning from his Cryptologist class gave the same answer as Yogg’s hint.

He could not wait for the balance to shift back before breaking it.

At the same time, a fire burned in Kanzaki Rei’s heart.

Ever since encountering Huang Minzhi, it felt as if his journey had been arranged... Encountering Ahekator, resolving Ahekator—throughout it all, Yogg’s shadow had loomed.

Yet no matter how he thought about it, the hints Yogg provided were indeed the optimal choices he should make.

It was as if there was no other path.

It left him feeling... thoroughly displeased and angry.

Ding!

The area beside him instantly turned chaotic!

A divine authority law was attempting to influence him, but before it could fully form... it was materialized by 「Invulnerable to All Laws」.

Kanzaki Rei grabbed the materialized law.

He looked up at a creature whose body resembled a tree trunk split down the middle. The moment the creature met Kanzaki Rei’s gaze, it suddenly felt a soul-piercing terror.

What was this fear?

He was clearly a god, an existence second only to the Moons.

After cooperating with the nest, he had even reshaped his twin flesh body, making his strength comparable to his peak within the nest! So why would this person instill such fear in him?

"Hah... fine."

"I was just thinking of testing it anyway. Besides Ahekator, what level of strength do you ordinary gods actually possess?"