The first change led to all the rest; the subsequent second acknowledged even more.
Under the interference of the Second Magic, Athena successfully changed her identity, becoming the recognized Earth Celestial Spirit across all parallel universes of the Campione! world.
Her existence was completely bound to the Earth itself.
Even if mythology were to be annihilated, even if she were to be slain by an unparalleled force, as long as the opponent couldn't destroy the Earth in all parallel universes at once, Athena would not die.
Shiroyasha: "You actually managed to create a Celestial Spirit! That was way too fast!"
In the chat group, Shiroyasha, who was watching the live broadcast, exclaimed in amazement. She had only just managed to contact the Halloween Queen and was attempting to persuade her. Before she could even begin, Su Mo's side was already done. She had been worried that Su Mo wouldn't succeed in creating a Celestial Spirit before the final Last Embryo arrived, but now it seemed her worries were completely unnecessary.
Erica: "Considering Lord Su Mo's usual performance, this speed isn't an exaggeration."
Rin Tohsaka: "That's right. Once you get used to it, you'll understand why we trust Lord Su Mo so much."
Shiroyasha: "Never mind before; I can feel it right now."
Shiroyasha: "A Three-Digit being who can do this doesn't even exist in Little Garden."
Seeing the newcomer's sigh of admiration, the twintailed little girl lifted her head with vicarious pride, a proud smile on her face.
Just then, the goddess of Venus beside her noticed her ever-changing expression.
"Why are you smiling so disgustingly all of a sudden? Are you secretly fantasizing about my Father-God again?" Ishtar said with disdain.
Hearing this, Rin Tohsaka's expression froze for a moment, and then she bit her lip slightly.
"Who's smiling disgustingly?! And what do you mean, your Father-God? I've known Lord Su Mo for longer than you!"
"Hah! What's an underdeveloped little brat like you talking about!" Ishtar shot her a contemptuous look, not taking this Master of hers seriously at all.
"Hmph! I'll grow up eventually!" the twintailed little girl glared at her.
Perhaps due to the repulsion of like poles, her relationship with this goddess wasn't very good.
After a few verbal jabs, she suddenly remembered something and immediately went to the chat group to complain to Su Mo.
Rin Tohsaka: "Oh right, Lord Su Mo, when is this Ishtar woman going back?! This goddess is too annoying; I can't stand being with her!"
When Su Mo left, he had only taken the solitary Hassan of Serenity with him. Illya and Ishtar had both remained in the Nasuverse. Illya was fine; as an imaginary Heroic Spirit who had leaped from the future, she wouldn't exist for very long, and her relationship with Irisviel and her mother was excellent, so there were no conflicts.
Ishtar, on the other hand, was a bit of a problem. Not just Rin Tohsaka, but even her father, Tohsaka Tokiomi, trembled under the goddess's authority, not daring to disobey in the slightest. Rin was quite satisfied with her father being suppressed, but when the other party suppressed her as well, she couldn't take it anymore.
Hearing Rin's expected complaint, Su Mo shook his head.
Su Mo: "As your Servant, Ishtar can provide you with basic protection. Although the Holy Grail War is over, as a mage, you still need basic self-defense abilities."
Rin's magecraft skills were already quite good, but they were no match for a Servant or a goddess.
Rin Tohsaka: "I know that, but her temper..."
The twintailed little girl pouted slightly, looking a little wronged. If Command Spells had been more effective on Ishtar, she would have long since tried to make the goddess obey her or just leave.
Seeing this reply, Su Mo continued.
Su Mo: "I discussed it with Ishtar before. She will return directly to the Age of Gods Uruk afterward and won't stay in the modern world for too long."
Su Mo: "If, during this time, your care for her is to her satisfaction, Ishtar said she would be willing to give you her power as a Servant."
Su Mo: "With the compatibility between the two of you, if you can receive Ishtar's gift, your strength will be able to reach at least Tier 2."
Kanae: "???"
Madoka: "???"
Kanae: "You can reach Tier 2 just by taking care of someone for a few days? Is there really such a good deal?"
Madoka: "I'm so jealous of Big Sis Rin!"
Seeing Su Mo's words, the weakest duo at the bottom of the group's hierarchy stared with wide eyes, drooling with envy.
Don't think that just because Su Mo had reached Tier 6, the power levels had inflated. In reality, for the vast majority of people, Tier 2, or even Tier 1, was still an unattainable number. Even someone like Rin Tohsaka, who had a magecraft lineage and could grow stronger through points, could at best fight a defensive battle against an average Servant, even after becoming one of the best among mages. And that level was barely even Tier 1, let alone the Tier 2 standard that even ordinary Servants found difficult to reach.
If she could truly obtain the power of the Servant Ishtar, Rin's strength would be in the absolute top tier among mages.
Rin Tohsaka: "?!"
In the Nasuverse, seeing what Su Mo had mentioned, the twintailed little girl was also stunned. She, too, understood the weight of so-called Tier 2 strength. She had thought she was going to have to serve a lord, but she hadn't expected Lord Su Mo to leave her such a huge gift.
Rin Tohsaka: "Suddenly, I feel like Ishtar's temper is actually pretty good. So sincere and unpretentious, a true reflection of a goddess! For a mere human like me to be able to serve Her Ladyship the Goddess is truly a great blessing."
Madoka: "..."
Kanae: "..."
Erica: "That was a quick change of face."
The girls roasted her speechlessly.
Rin Tohsaka: "If it were you, you'd be sucking up even faster, alright! This is called being adaptable!" the twintailed little girl retorted righteously.
Rin Tohsaka: "Anyway, thank you for the opportunity, Lord Su Mo. I'm going to ask my mom to make dessert for Lady Ishtar. Farewell!"
With such a generous reward, she suddenly felt that Ishtar's little temper was no big deal. In fact, if she had no temper at all, she wouldn't feel at ease taking this reward!
Erica: "...She really left that quickly!"
Rin had indeed vanished at the speed of light, nowhere to be found.
Shiroyasha: "After all, it's a gift of divine-level status. Even in our Little Garden, it would be considered precious!"
Shiroyasha could understand Rin's attitude.
Don't be fooled into thinking that the power gap between the lower tiers wasn't as big as the higher ones. For the beings in those tiers, the life forms they represented were completely different, whether in terms of lifespan or perception.
After getting used to the atmosphere of the chat group, during a casual chat, Shiroyasha raised a question.
Shiroyasha: "By the way, what's with the points in the group shop? My starting balance is so high. Can I just use them all directly?"
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Not being very familiar with the chat group's functions, she wanted to seek advice from her fellow members. She thought that with the girls' usual enthusiastic attitude, they would offer guidance.
However, this time, after she posted the screenshot, no one spoke in the chat group for a full minute.
Shiroyasha: "Huh? What's going on? Did it suddenly get cold in here? Did I say something wrong?"
The white-haired loli was a little confused.
After she sent that message, she had to wait for more than ten seconds before someone finally replied.
The girl, still an elementary schooler, counted on her fingers for a long time, but still came up with the same result. Her gaze was a little blank, as if she had never seen such a big scene before.
Kanae: "Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands... millions, billions?"
Even a veteran like Kanae was stunned, her purple eyes filled with disbelief.
Seeing their inexplicable comments, Shiroyasha didn't react at first.
Shiroyasha: "What are you guys talking about?"
Erica: "We're talking about your point balance."
Erica came back to her senses and asked in an incredibly incredulous tone.
Erica: "So, aren't you only Tier 5? Why are your points so ridiculously high? You're completely crushing Jibril and March 7th!"
As a veteran of the chat group, she had never seen such a scene. Before, when Jibril had flaunted her wealth, she had only thrown out a few hundred thousand points. But now, Shiroyasha had over a billion points. The points of everyone else in the group combined weren't even a fraction of hers.
Madoka: "Yeah! That number is too crazy!"
Jibril: "According to the previous pattern, everyone's starting points are proportional to their strength. A Tier 5 should only have tens of millions at most, but you have a hundred times that standard."
Kanae: "Even Lord Su Mo doesn't have that many, right?!"
Hearing everyone's exclamations, Shiroyasha finally realized something.
Shiroyasha: "So, these points are very precious?"
Erica: "Of course they're precious! Precious enough to buy out everything in the group—no, wait, everything except for the products developed by Lord Su Mo."
Erica: "Of course, apart from the products uploaded by Lord Su Mo, the other powers aren't worth much anyway."
Erica had wanted to say that Shiroyasha's points were enough to sweep through everything, but after glancing at the group shop, she noticed a dense new pile of products that Su Mo had thrown out.
Whether it was the Second, Third, or Fourth Magic, or Type-II stellar particles, or the Imaginary Tree cosmology, or "A Brief Analysis of the Akashic Records," "A Guide to Mythological History," "A Guide to Human History."
The level of these items was almost never below Tier 6. The lowest price was in the hundreds of millions, and the highest was something even Shiroyasha couldn't afford. Even though his power was still evaluated as Tier 6 in the chat group, the products Su Mo came up with were often Tier 7.
So, only in the face of Su Mo's output would Shiroyasha's small balance seem insufficient. If you didn't look at these top-tier pieces of knowledge, Shiroyasha's points were still enough to sweep through everything that had come before.
Shiroyasha: "Oh, oh, oh! So, except for the top-tier products from Su Mo, I can buy everything else?"
The white-haired loli's eyes lit up.
Shiroyasha: "This, this, this... this is too crazy! The theories Su Mo is offering are priceless even in Little Garden! Buy, buy, buy! I'm buying them all!"
Having seen many Gifts in the world of Little Garden, she understood the value of the products Su Mo was selling better than anyone. Although their prices seemed exorbitant, in the eyes of an expert, people would be willing to buy them even if they were ten times as expensive.
If nothing else, with enough points, you could even obtain knowledge from Su Mo that was sufficient to ascend to the Full Authority Domain. That alone was enough to drive the entire Little Garden into a frenzy. To create a Three-Digit spiritual rank from knowledge alone was something no one would even dare to dream of.
The products that pointed directly to a Tier 3 divine-level status were even more coveted by all the middle and lower-tier factions. Apart from the pantheons, the vast majority of factions did not have a way to mass-produce god-level combat power.
Although for Shiroyasha, many of these powers were useless, the wealthy her didn't even look, buying them all up directly.
Erica: "So this is what a rich woman is like? Even though my products were also bought out in the process, seeing her buy things so frantically, for some reason, I don't feel much joy from the harvest."
Kanae: "+1."
Kanae: "I feel like I'm not in the same world as the rich."
Kanae also felt a pang of sympathy. We're all group members, so why does your chat group look like a hacked version?
Even though she was one step closer to being able to purchase the Five Spirits Breathing Method, Kanae couldn't feel much joy. A simple rich woman was far more capable of shaking one's Dao heart than an existence with逆天的悟性 like Su Mo.
At this moment, Shiroyasha, in the middle of her shopping spree, also saw everyone's comments. She immediately explained.
Shiroyasha: "If the points are related to one's own strength, then I know why I have so many points."
Madoka: "Why?"
Shiroyasha: "Because my real strength is more than Tier 5!"
Erica: "As expected. No wonder you have so many points. But even for a Tier 6, that's still not right, is it?"
Kanae: "Yeah!"
They had considered this possibility, but Shiroyasha's point balance was clearly not at a Tier 6 level.
Shiroyasha: "Heh! You can be a little bolder with your guesses."
Jibril: "?"
Erica: "?"
Kanae: "?"
Madoka: "? Could it be..."
Seeing everyone's doubtful looks, the white-haired loli smirked.
Shiroyasha: "That's right, I'm not pretending anymore. I'm laying my cards on the table! Although on the surface my strength is only Tier 5, in reality, my strength has actually reached Tier 7! In my prime, I was a Two-Digit, Full Authority Domain-level existence!"