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As the crystal absorbed more and more energy, its shape began to change.
What had once been a perfect sphere slowly sharpened, stretching into a diamond.
Alex poured his divine power and sacred flame into it, forging a connection. The moment that link was established, the laws of the universe unfolded before his eyes.
They were intricately tied to everything he possessed: development abilities, Authorities, skills, magic, sorcery, arcane arts. Every path he had walked, every power he had mastered.
Then the laws surged forward.
They flooded into both his body and the crystal.
Bathed in universal law, the crystal evolved into a true Divine Spark.
His body, refined by those same laws, ascended into a Divine Body.
His soul, cleansed and reshaped, transformed into a Divine Soul.
And then—
Divine Spark, Divine Body, Divine Soul.
The three fused into one.
A pillar of nine-colored light shot into the heavens. The storm clouds that had choked the sky were torn apart in an instant, revealing clear blue above. Ethereal music echoed through the air, as if immortals were singing from beyond sight.
High in the deep azure firmament, a mirage shimmered into existence, reflecting the image of a celestial kingdom.
At that moment, Alex officially ascended.
He had become a god.
All of his magic, sorcery, and mystical arts—along with his development abilities "Magecraft" and "Demon King," and even his innate monster traits—were unified by the Authority known as "The Chanted Grimoire." From that unity was born a divine throne:
The seat of the Demon God.
After his ascension, every ability he possessed was absorbed into his Authorities. Nothing remained separate.
His nine great Authorities, with "Eastern War God" as their core, merged and evolved into something entirely new.
Alex rose into the air, stepping out of the house and standing in the void. A terrifying divine aura radiated from him, pressing down on the world.
Behind him appeared a massive, ancient disk.
Along its outer rim were twelve symbols, arranged in the order of Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai—like the markings of a colossal clock.
At the center hovered his Divine Spark, turning like the hand of time.
These twelve symbols represented the brand-new Authorities born from the fusion of all his powers.
First Authority – "War Against Heaven and Earth"An invincible body. God-tier martial skill. Battle instinct. Limit breaking. Peerless strength. Self-enhancement. Heaven-and-Earth Manifestation. Diamond body. Summon mountain boar.
Second Authority – "Solar Sovereignty"Become the sun itself. Command stars. Wield solar fire and divine flame.
Third Authority – "Lord of the Skies"Flight. Air manipulation. Heavenly steps. Instantaneous spatial movement. Control over wind, rain, thunder, lightning, and all climates.
Fourth Authority – "Fairy Corridor"Travel to the past and parallel timelines.
Fifth Authority – "Omniscient Perception"Clairvoyance. X-ray sight. Night vision. Mana detection. Aura sensing. Heat detection. Divine awareness.
Sixth Authority – "Unlimited Blade Dominion"A personal world. Forge any object. Replicate any weapon.
Seventh Authority – "Myriad Transformations"Absolute shapeshifting. Become anything.
Eighth Authority – "Demon God's Body"Immunity to natural interference. Immunity to abnormal conditions. Immunity to magic. 99% physical damage reduction. Infinite regeneration.
Ninth Authority – "Black Dragon of the Underworld"Soul-dragon transformation. Endless resurrection. True immortality.
Tenth Authority – "The Chanted Grimoire"No-chant casting. Absolute mana control. Record any magic or spell and use it perfectly.
Eleventh Authority – "The Rending Silver Hand"Turn all things into demonic blades. Cut through anything.
Twelfth Authority – "Golden Sword of Victory"A blade made to slay gods. A strike that can sever a Divine Spark.
The celestial phenomena gradually faded. Alex dismissed the massive disk behind him.
For the first time, he truly felt it.
Power—overflowing in every cell.
The total divine power within him was now a hundred times that of an ordinary Godslayer.
If his former self had possessed the strength to shatter continents and scour the surface of a planet…
Now, a casual strike from him could annihilate a world.
Even in the powerhouse-filled Little Garden, he would stand among the top-tier Four-Digit elites.
Ordinary Four-Digits required a full-powered attack to destroy a planet.
If he went all out?
The entire solar system would vanish.
That level of destructive force surpassed even most Four-Digits. Among them, he would sit at the absolute peak.
After becoming a god, Alex hadn't changed much.
He was still silver-haired and red-eyed. But his features had softened, grown even more striking. A noble, sacred aura clung to him naturally.
And his blood…
It had turned completely gold.
"Finally a god," he muttered with a faint smile. "Though if I head back to the DanMachi world, I'll have to seal my divine power. That's going to be a hassle."
Then something occurred to him.
"Right. Since I'm a god now, I can technically take a Familia too. Should I start a Alex Familia?"
He thought about it.
In the end, he shook his head.
One Hestia Familia was enough. No need to complicate things.
The divine faction he planned to build—the Chronos Pantheon—would one day follow him across countless worlds in battle. When the time came, he could select its members from the Hestia Familia.
Anyone who proved exceptional—who reached Level 10 first—could join his divine legion.
Of course, that was for the future.
For now, his priority was helping Hestia strengthen her Familia… and assisting the other chat group members in completing their ultimate missions.
Alex descended from the sky.
Tsukushi, Kurome, and the others hurried over, their eyes filled with awe and reverence. What they had just witnessed had shaken them to the core.
Tsukushi was the first to speak. "Alex… are you a god?"
He nodded. "That's right. Just ascended."
Kurome blinked in shock. "That phenomenon just now… it was because you became a god?"
"Yes," he said lightly. "Surprised?"
Everyone nodded in unison, admiration shining even brighter in their eyes.
Alex chuckled and chatted with them casually for a while before returning to his room.
He opened the chat group.
Alex: @All Members. I've become a god.
Yue: That's wonderful!
Shinobu Kocho: That's amazing!
Esdeath: You actually became a god? My goal is to hunt gods. Should I start with you?
Yotsuya Miko: ???
Mikoto Misaka: Wait, seriously?
Brunhilde: Why now of all times? Did you forget you promised to help me fight in the Human-God Tournament? If you're a god, how are you supposed to represent humanity now?
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