On the Abyssal battlefield, seventeen True Gods from the World Government appeared simultaneously. They blocked the entrance to the Abyssal World and, within just three minutes, jointly destroyed nine layers of the Abyss and killed seven Abyssal Lords. As for the Abyssal battlefield itself, it was completely reduced to ashes, ceasing to exist.
The Abyssal World did not retaliate, and the World Government did not continue its reprisals. The fall of the Holy Light Dragon God's true form instead prompted a ceasefire between the World Government and the Abyssal World.
In the past, no matter how much the lower ranks fought or how many died, neither side cared. But this time, the Abyssal World had crossed a line by openly ambushing and killing the Holy Light Dragon God, blatantly trampling on the World Government's bottom line. If the Abyssal World dared to retaliate, it would mean an all-out war with no turning back.
Anatole, seething with frustration, began repairing the destroyed layers of the Abyss. This time, he had thought he could turn the tables and catch the thief, but not only did he fail to capture the culprit, he also ended up helping them seize the Holy Light Dragon God. In the end, he became the scapegoat for the World Government's wrath.
If it weren't for the fact that the Holy Light Dragon God still had a divine avatar alive, the World Government's retaliation would have been even more severe. Despite suffering such a huge loss, Anatole hadn't even caught a glimpse of the enemy.
The only clue was that strange, earthworm-like creature covered in dragon scales. However, when he sought guidance from the briefly awakened Abyssal Will about the creature's origins, the Abyssal Will forbade him from investigating further. The only thing that could make the Abyssal Will wary was a Great True God. This left Anatole filled with rage but with no outlet to vent it.
Only by becoming a Great True God at any cost would he have a chance to wash away this humiliation.
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At this moment, Rosen was unaware that the Burrow Demon Dragon form of the Dragon-Binding Rope had inadvertently framed the Earth Demon Dragon for his actions.
Inside the Painting World Kingdom, he was intently watching the Earth Dwarf King paint. Initially, he had considered upgrading through forging, but in the end, he settled on painting.
The Earth Dwarf King had designed the upgrade blueprint for the Dragon God's Wrath to the True God level in advance. Then, he transformed the upgrade materials into God Pigment. Finally, using the shared Painter Sequence from the Soul Avatar, he painted a perfect replica of the Dragon God's Wrath, identical from the inside out.
The painting was done in multi-dimensional art, with even the tiniest chip fully simulated and drawn. The hundreds of trillions of transistors on a single chip were all hand-drawn.
Even with a ten-thousand-fold simplification of the painting process and a thousand-fold time acceleration through time laws, creating a True God-level Dragon God's Wrath from scratch, painting each component on a canvas of void, would take at least several hundred years in real time.
However, the Dragon God's Wrath born from this process would undoubtedly be a top-tier True God transcendent artifact. There was even a high probability that it would become a True God miracle painting upon completion.
Several hundred years was a long time, and while the Painter Sequence could share many things with the Soul Avatar, the Divine Brush was an exception. Without the Divine Brush, painting would be extremely inconvenient. After some consideration, Rosen decided to collaborate on the painting.
The design of the True God Dragon God's Wrath was split into parts, many of which Rosen lacked the knowledge to paint properly.
For example, the various chips—these were things he could only paint on the surface. There was no way he could replicate the intricate transistors inside like the Earth Dwarf King. However, not all parts of the Dragon God's Wrath were so complex; there were simpler components as well.
The more specialized and intricate parts were left to the Earth Dwarf King to paint. As for the simpler parts, Rosen and his self-portrait avatars could manage with some effort.
With his main body, three self-portrait avatars, and one soul avatar working together, what would have taken three hundred years to complete could now be finished in about sixty years. Three hundred years in reality was too long, but sixty years was more acceptable.
Under a thousand-fold time acceleration, centuries, millennia, and even tens of thousands of years passed in succession.
The reason the Dragon God's Wrath was so difficult to paint was that True God-level artifacts were, without exception, capable of mastering laws. Moreover, the Dragon God's Wrath wasn't just a firearm—it could also transform into a Void Battleship and a Dragon Nest. Strictly speaking, it was the fusion of three True God transcendent artifacts into one.
This included the most complex of the three, the Void Battleship. The World Government had spent twenty thousand years and still only possessed one True God-level Void Battleship, which was one of their most deeply hidden trump cards. To this day, everyone who had seen it had died.
Thus, painting such a Dragon God's Wrath required more than just turning the Holy Light Dragon God into pigment. It also required the weakened skull and feathers of a Great True God-level Golden Crow, as well as True God divine sparks, deities in jars, and countless other treasures. The Sequence 0 and True God-level transcendent materials collected over the years were also used in abundance. By the time the Dragon God's Wrath was completed, nearly ninety percent of Rosen's resources would be depleted.
If it weren't for the shock of encountering a Great True God, Rosen might not have been willing to invest so much in a single painting.
In the blink of an eye, sixty years passed. Rosen painted the final stroke and looked up at the dark sky.
The sky of the Painting World Fruit wasn't supposed to be black but rather a kaleidoscope of colors. Now, it had turned black because countless dense black dots obscured the sky. Each dot was a painting of a single component of the Dragon God's Wrath. After each part was painted, it was dimensionally sealed into a dot. Now, all the components were complete. All that was left was to remove the dimensional seals and assemble them, bringing to life the painting that had taken sixty thousand years to create.
[True Creator: Miracle Painting]
[Level: True God]
[Miracle Attribute: Can materialize the Dragon God's Wrath, the Golden Crow Starship, and the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest as three miracle creations.]
[Miracle Traits: Creator, One and Only in Heaven and Earth, Eternal and Indestructible.]
"What on earth have I painted?" Rosen muttered, staring in confusion at the ball of light floating before him.
This collaborative painting project, which had lasted sixty thousand years, had followed the Earth Dwarf King's design blueprint to the letter. However, when the final product became a miracle painting, it was clear that the birth of this miracle had brought about some unexpected changes.
Since it was a miracle painting he had created himself, refining it with his divine essence posed no difficulty. Rosen first focused on understanding the miracle traits and quickly grasped the meaning of the Creator trait.
This miracle trait originated from the Nen ability he had inadvertently infused into the painting. Although he hadn't actively incorporated Nen, the God Pigment required Nen to assist in its transformation, and the painting process itself had relied on Nen to enhance the attachment of divine essence. Unknowingly, he had poured an immense amount of his original Nen into the painting.
This original Nen, derived from various authorities and laws, ultimately gave birth to the Creator miracle trait.
Through this miracle trait, Rosen could use painting to truly alter all things.
Rosen summoned the Divine Brush and casually took a small white rabbit from the Ancient God's True Realm. With a stroke of the brush over the rabbit's ears, the ears were visibly erased. It wasn't that the ears were cut off—they simply ceased to exist as if they had never been there. The rabbit showed no reaction to the loss of its ears.
However, after a moment, the rabbit's ears reappeared.
Rosen continued experimenting, gradually understanding the uses of the Creator miracle trait. By expending divine energy, he could temporarily alter anything through painting. Making a rabbit lose its ears, turning a man into a woman, or transforming an ordinary person into a transcendent being were all within his capabilities.
If he was willing to permanently consume divine essence, he could even make these alterations permanent.
He tried permanently erasing the ears of two rabbits and then swapped their genders. After accelerating time, the male-turned-female rabbit not only gave birth to baby rabbits but all the offspring were born without ears. This meant that the permanent alteration had directly modified the rabbits' genetic code.
In theory, if Rosen had an infinite amount of divine essence, the Creator miracle trait could achieve anything. This was the most terrifying miracle trait Rosen had ever encountered, even surpassing the three miracle traits of the Miracle Flame.
Of course, there was a significant gap between theory and reality. For now, the Creator miracle trait couldn't be used to its full potential. After testing, Rosen found that, at its limit, it could only affect beings up to Sequence 1.
The True Creator miracle trait was a late-game ability, but its miracle attribute could be fully utilized right now.
Rosen activated the miracle attribute, and the ball of light before him immediately transformed into the familiar Dragon God's Wrath.
[Dragon God's Wrath: Miracle Creation]
[Level: True God]
[Miracle Attribute: Mastery of Holy Light Laws and Firearm Laws, capable of transforming into all types of firearms.]
[Miracle Trait: Divine Spark Socket.]
The Holy Light Laws originated from the Holy Light Dragon God, who had been integrated into the painting while still alive. The Firearm Laws came from a True God transcendent firearm that possessed such laws. This firearm was one of the Earth Dwarf King's masterpieces and had also been transformed into God Pigment to paint the Dragon God's Wrath.
Although it no longer had the enhancement of base damage, base damage was essentially meaningless against True Gods, as they could directly nullify it through their mastery of laws.
Next was the miracle trait, Divine Spark Socket. This socket could hold up to nine divine sparks. The vast majority of the transcendent power contained within these nine divine sparks could be unleashed through the Dragon God's Wrath.
Rosen suppressed the Dragon God's Wrath's power to its minimum and entered the Time World Fruit to test it.
A transcendent bullet, condensed from Holy Light Nen, shot out at the speed of light and struck a rock. The rock shattered into pieces but instantly reversed time to restore itself. Then, the rock transformed into flesh, and viruses began to grow on its surface. As long as the original Nen within the bullet wasn't exhausted, it could be converted into the transcendent power of the embedded divine sparks at any time.
Based on the maximum of nine embedded divine sparks, the Dragon God's Wrath could simultaneously harness the full power of nine True God transcendent sequences. While more wasn't always better, the synergy between different sequence abilities could easily result in a combined effect greater than the sum of its parts.
For example, the Holy Light Dragon God's healing abilities, combined with the medical skills of the Light Angel True God's doctor sequence, allowed Rosen to instantly revive a dying deity with a single shot.
Alternatively, combining the divine spark of the Flesh Mother with that of the Light Angel True God could easily cultivate terrifying flesh-based viruses, giving the transcendent bullets devastating lethality against flesh-based lifeforms.
The combination of different divine sparks and sequence skills endowed the Dragon God's Wrath with infinite possibilities.
With a thought, Rosen transformed the Dragon God's Wrath in his hand into the Golden Crow Starship.
[Golden Crow Starship: Miracle Creation]
[Level: True God]
[Miracle Attribute: Mastery of Holy Light Laws and the Golden Crow Sequence.]
[Miracle Trait: Great Sun Across the Sky.]
The three-legged Golden Crow in Rosen's hand, no larger than the size of his palm, looked lifelike but was actually made of metal. It could shrink to the size of a speck of dust or expand to a wingspan of over thirty thousand miles.
Inside the Golden Crow's belly were various functional compartments. In addition to the essential cabins like the cockpit and living quarters, these compartments could be customized based on the divine sparks embedded in the Dragon God's Wrath, allowing for different functionalities depending on the divine sparks used.
Most importantly, the Golden Crow Starship inherited the Golden Crow Sequence, and it was a True God-level Golden Crow Sequence at that. Although it didn't possess the Golden Crow Cave Heaven equivalent to a divine kingdom, its destructive power was no less than that of a True God-level three-legged Golden Crow.
All the powers wielded by the three-legged Golden Crow could be amplified and unleashed by the Golden Crow Starship.
Rosen tested the Golden Crow's Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation. The starship instantly moved at superluminal speed, with almost no acceleration time—going from a standstill to faster-than-light speed in an instant. This terrifying mobility completely eliminated the biggest weakness of starships: lack of flexibility.
Void battleships of the same level undoubtedly surpass transcendent beings in terms of damage and defense. Without these advantages, there would be no point in building void battleships. However, the trade-off for these strengths is a lack of flexibility. Void battleships lack the complex and versatile transcendent skills of living beings, making it difficult for them to adapt to various opponents. The targets of void battleships are never individual transcendent beings but rather large-scale destruction.
For example, a void starship bombarding a divine kingdom would cause several times more damage than a transcendent being of the same level.
The Golden Crow Starship retained the advantages while eliminating the drawbacks, entirely because it inherited the Golden Crow Sequence.
Rosen had underestimated the few drops of primordial bloodline remaining in the heart of the Great True God-level Golden Crow. Although the power within had weakened to the True God level, the bloodline's inheritance was complete and intact. Moreover, as long as it absorbed sunlight, those drops of primordial bloodline would gradually recover.
Whether it was the Light Angel True God's laws of light or the Holy Light Dragon God's laws of holy light, while they differed somewhat from the laws of the sun, the aspects of light complemented and enhanced each other. This was why the Golden Crow Starship, after fusing with those drops of primordial bloodline, could master the complete Golden Crow Sequence.
Finally, Rosen tested the miracle trait Great Sun Across the Sky. The Golden Crow Starship immediately transformed into a golden, hollow sphere. Then, endless solar flames erupted, turning the entire starship into a continuously burning sun.
Rosen pondered this. As the master of the Golden Crow Starship, he could sense all its information. The Great Sun Across the Sky miracle trait seemed to originate from the lingering obsession of the three-legged Golden Crow before its death.
As a divine beast symbolizing the sun god, the three-legged Golden Crow had its solar flames extinguished by darkness and died under the power of the Dark Sun. Even in death, the Golden Crow's obsession was to become a sun and continue to contend with the Dark Sun.
The miracle trait born from this obsession granted special damage bonuses against the Dark Sun's minions. However, the idea of countering the Dark Sun itself was out of the question. Even a living Great True God-level three-legged Golden Crow couldn't handle the Dark Sun, let alone a mere True God-level Golden Crow Starship. Being able to counter the Dark Sun's offspring was already something to celebrate.
Finally, Rosen activated the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest form. The Golden Crow Starship transformed from a golden, hollow sphere into a bronze-colored, hollow sphere. However, instead of flames, countless dragon-head cannons emerged from the hollow spaces.
[Ten Thousand Dragon Nest: Miracle Creation]
[Level: True God]
[Miracle Attribute: A mechanical divine kingdom built around the core of Dragon God Laws.]
[Miracle Trait: Ten Thousand Dragons' Roar.]
As a divine kingdom at the True God level, the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest surpassed the Golden Crow Starship in both defensive and offensive capabilities. While it couldn't move, the more dragons that lived within the nest, the more devastating the damage unleashed by the Ten Thousand Dragons' Roar miracle trait became.
The power of these three True God transcendent artifacts gave Rosen the confidence to face and slay True Gods head-on. No longer would he need to rely on ambushes, lure True Gods out of their divine kingdoms, worry about them escaping, or consider whether he had the means to counter them. He could now confront any True God at their peak and emerge victorious.
With a thought, Rosen sent the spherical form of the True Creator into his consciousness sea. It could also take the form of a two-dimensional painting, but the multi-dimensional,立体 form of the True Creator allowed for faster materialization of the three miracle creations. Even a difference of a ten-thousandth of a second could mean the difference between life and death in a battle, allowing him to initiate defense or offense a split second sooner.
With such power at his disposal, Rosen's desire to kill naturally grew stronger, especially since most of the divine sparks embedded in the Dragon God's Wrath were at Sequence 0. If he could fill all nine divine spark slots with True God-level sparks, the power of the three miracle creations would become even greater.
Rosen's first target was the elusive Hunting True God.
In the past, the True God of the Hunter Sequence was the Hunter True God, but he was killed and replaced by the Hunting True God, an alien deity. Rosen had inherited the legacy of the previous Hunter True God and also mastered the Hunter Sequence. To become the sole True God of the Hunter Sequence, the Hunting True God, who had disguised himself as the Hunter True God, was naturally his primary target.
However, hunting the Hunting True God wouldn't be as simple as borrowing a knife to kill. Moreover, before becoming the Hunter True God, the Hunting True God was already an alien deity who had mastered one law. This meant the Hunting True God controlled at least two True God sequences and two laws, making him at least as formidable as the intelligent Flesh Mother. Hunting him would be far more difficult than hunting the Holy Light Dragon God.
Thus, the first priority was to find a way to uncover the Hunting True God's true identity.
Rosen had tried using the God-Slaying Demon Eye to spy on him but found no valuable clues. From every angle, the Hunting True God appeared identical to the Hunter True God. Rosen even suspected that some True Gods within the World Government might not know that the Hunter True God had been replaced. The Hunting True God had always disguised himself as the Hunter True God, making it extremely difficult to uncover his true identity.
It seemed Rosen would need to lure the Hunting True God out by making him come to Rosen himself.
All he needed to do was produce some relics of the Hunter True God and ensure the Hunting True God discovered them. The Hunting True God would undoubtedly come to eliminate any remaining threats. Of course, there was also the possibility that the Hunting True God would bring allies, as more than one True God had participated in the ambush that killed the Hunter True God.
Rosen retrieved the statue of the Hunter True God from the Twilight Battlefield. This statue contained fragments of the Hunter True God's divine spark. Then, disguising himself as a Sequence 2 doctor, he traveled to the Archer Continent through data transmission.
(End of Chapter)