Apotheosis

Curled up in the black light was the downgrader, elated to see the third-grade world slowly downgrade into the Wall World.

It had been too depressing having lost to a human from the third-grade world.

Now, he was hell-bent on revenge.

"Ha-ha!

The downgrading will only get faster and faster!

I've already mastered all the Extreme Form energies. Not only will this third-grade world be disintegrated soon, so will the other third-grade worlds, the four-grade world and the fifth-grade world! They will all disintegrate into the Wall World!

You losers will all die! You tiny ants… insects… derivatives…"

As the downgrader muttered foul words, the Evil God stretched out his hand, shooting out a purple vine.

Whoosh!

The purple vine pierced right through the black light, killing the downgrader.

"Go ahead and curse—that's all you can do. You have no power to fight back. You're the real loser," retorted the Evil God.

"Whoosh!"

As the black light slightly trembled, the downgrader was reborn along with it.

He knew he was no match for the Evil God on his own, but with the black light infinitely reviving him, he still stood a chance.

"After the downgrade, you will turn into nothingness! All of you will rot in history. Only I can live forever!

Insignificant humans..."

"……"

The Evil God almost couldn't bear his annoyance.

"You're too noisy for a downgrader! It's shameful! Shut the hell up!"

Phew!

Thin threads of ice appeared from the Evil God's hands, shooting into the black light.

Once they entered, they curled up bit by bit, merging with the black light until they froze.

Frozen along with them was the downgrader.

The ice threads came from the "Phase" energy of the tenth-grade world.

Indeed, the downgrader could rely on his infinite energy to destroy the Phase energy, but it would undoubtedly take a very long time. For the time being, he couldn't curse.

Once the Evil God sealed him off, his gaze fixated on the transparent thin sheet. Turning to Zen, he asked, "Is it true that the downgrade can't be reversed?"

"As far as I know, there is no solution." Zen shook his head.

Believing Zen's words, the Evil God merely nodded. They had both fallen into the critical situation—Zen had nothing to gain by lying.

"What if I inject energy into the sheet?" the Evil God as

g in the void, Zen eventually used Grand Teleportation as well to return to the fairy palace.

Neither the Snake Goddess nor the others in the fairy palace knew exactly how the battle was going. When Geoffrey saw his father, he went ahead and asked. "Father, what's happening now?"

"The downgrader has already been sealed," Zen replied. Everyone's faces lit up with joy upon hearing the answer, but Zen's next words made their expressions freeze. "It's not me who sealed the downgrader. It was the Evil God."

"The Evil God!"

"But why?"

"The entire Source World was smashed to bits! How in the world does the Evil God still have the ability to do that?"

The news left everyone confused.

"His strength far surpasses mine… it even surpasses the strength of the downgrader," Zen said with a bitter smile.

"What?"

Everyone's jaws went slack with shock.

Both Zen's and the downgrader's powers were already something beyond their comprehension. To think that the Evil God could still far surpass them…just how powerful was he?

And the Evil God had always been at odds with Zen—if he was so powerful, then how could he have just let go of Zen?

"Didn't the Evil God attack you?" the Snake Goddess asked, finding it particularly odd.

"No." Zen shook his head.

"Why not?" she asked in return.

Given the nature of the Evil God, it was simply unimaginable that he didn't attack Zen at any opportune moment.

"Because it would be meaningless. The world has already begun to downgrade. We're all going to die," Zen replied, calm as ever.