"This guy, as expected, is basically a monster."
Velzard no longer even knew how to complain. "Forget it, it's not the first time I've seen this anyway."
After all, she had already experienced Guy growing stronger with every battle once before.
Now that she was seeing this situation again, all Velzard could say was that she was used to it.
"Race, Void Universe Abyss?"
Rin looked at Guy's racial change and asked in confusion, "Can this even be called a race? Why does it sound more like the name of a place?"
"It is indeed a place name."
"Hm?"
Violet's reply confused Rin, but he soon noticed the changes in the Void Universe. "This feeling, could it be?"
"Just as you thought, Rin, Guy is no longer merely an individual, but has become one with your world."
When Rin carefully examined the Void Universe, he discovered a new area within this world.
This area was called Abyss, and it was a part of the Void Universe, also under Rin's absolute control.
However, unlike the Void Universe, this Abyss possessed life.
She was Guy!
"From now on, as long as the Void Universe exists, Guy will not die."
"Wait a moment."
Rin did not mind Guy becoming a part of the Void Universe.
To Rin, it was like buying a piece of land and building houses on it.
The other Dependents, after becoming Rin's Dependents, were like tenants living in those houses, receiving Rin's protection and jurisdiction.
As for Guy, she had obtained Rin's permission to build her own large community on a vast empty plot of land.
The ownership of that community belonged to Guy.
But the land itself belonged to the state, Rin.
Therefore, Rin had the right to reclaim the land, label Guy's community as an illegal structure, and forcibly demolish it.
The relationship between Abyss and the Void was roughly like this.
The Void was the state, and Abyss had contracted land for development.
"So this is the state that comes after merging with an Ultimate Skill?"
"Yes."
Violet explained, "Ultimate Skills, and even the Cardinal Universe, all originated from the Star King Dragon."
So, in its initial state, the Star King Dragon was essentially all Ultimate Skills combined into one. He was the true body of Ultimate Skills.
It was just that the Ultimate Skills at that time were, at most, at the level of the Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Virtues.
There was a qualitative difference between them and the Ultimate God Skills Guy and Rin possessed today.
"The Ultimate Skill is your power, and also the Star King Dragon's power."
"So after merging with the Ultimate Skill, Guy actually had two choices."
Violet said, "She could choose to have Abyss merge with the Cardinal Universe, becoming a part of the Cardinal Universe."
"But she chose the Void Universe instead, in a permanently bound form, fundamentally increasing the potential of the Void Universe."
Without a doubt, compared to the Star King Dragon, the person Guy truly wanted to follow was only Rin.
When it came to admiration and loyalty toward Rin, Guy believed she would not lose to Diablo and the others.
If Diablo was Rin's little fanboy, then Guy was Rin's fangirl, the kind who was determined to follow him to the very end.
"Does anyone who merges with an Ultimate Skill get such a choice?"
"Yes."
Violet explained the two options in the way Rin would understand best.
Merging with the Ultimate Skill, becoming part of the worldview, and thus becoming immortal.
This was actually very similar to becoming a saint in the Primordial Era system.
And the Cardinal Universe and the Void Universe were like the difference between a Heavenly Dao Saint and a Great Dao Saint.
Although Guy said she wanted to become the face of the Cardinal Universe.
She would not truly bind herself to the Cardinal Universe.
Guy would continue to watch over and protect the Cardinal Universe, but she would not remain there forever.
Compared to staying in the Cardinal World, Guy wanted even more to follow Rin and conquer endless worlds. That was her wish after many years of waiting.
"Then what if I merge with Void God?"
Rin thought that since Guy could merge with Abyss, he naturally should be able to do the same.
"That situation does not exist."
However, Violet gave Rin an unexpected answer. "The Void Universe is a part of your power, inherently bound tightly to you."
"Even if there were a merger, it should be me merging with Void God, with me becoming the Void Universe itself."
This was not Violet trying to seize Rin's authority.
Rather, Rin had fundamentally misunderstood something.
"Also, Rin, you have not distinguished between your own scale and that of the Void Universe."
"What do you mean?"
Rin naturally trusted Violet, believing she would never harm him.
There was no special reason.
Simply because they shared the same origin, Violet would always place Rin's interests first.
If Violet's interests ever conflicted with Rin's, she would choose Rin without hesitation.
"The universe in your perception, boundless and infinite, should be the greatest space."
"But in my plan, Rin, you are not a part of the Void Universe. Rather, the Void Universe will become a part of you."
"So, you should be greater than the Void Universe."
Abyss fused into the Void. Abyss was smaller than the Void, and after the fusion, it would make the Void larger.
And the Void was merely a part of Rin's power.
"I merge with Void God, becoming the Void Universe, and at the same time, as the will of the world of the Cardinal Universe, I remotely control the Cardinal World, thereby manipulating the entire Cardinal Universe."
"And I, in turn, am a part of you, Rin."
Violet had already merged with Rin. She was his companion, his other half.
Therefore, completing this step was equivalent to integrating the Void Universe into Rin's body.
This was the future Violet had planned for Rin.
"So that's how it is..."
Rin admitted that his perspective had been too narrow.
Why did a universe necessarily have to be larger than a person?
How could Rin's future be constrained or limited by a mere universe?
In Rin's original view, merging with Void God and becoming the Void Universe seemed like a very good path.
But in Violet's eyes, this was simply a waste of Rin's potential!
"Whether it is the Void Universe or the Cardinal Universe, they are merely manifestations of your power, Rin."
To Rin, both were more like a lich's phylactery, a life-saving measure prepared for him so that he could climb to even higher peaks.
Take Guy as an example.
She transformed into Abyss, becoming a part of the Void Universe.
Then, as long as the Void Universe still existed, Guy would not truly die.
Even if she were killed in another world, she could be resurrected in Rin's Void Universe without any loss.
But on the other hand, once something went wrong with the Void Universe.
Guy absolutely would not be able to escape unscathed.
(To be continued.)