At this moment, Earth resembled a land ravaged by natural disaster; everywhere, land turned into fiery magma, like a molten hell.
Time also accelerated rapidly, and under its terrifying flow, various disasters and accidents occurred frequently, truly making it a living purgatory.
However, fortunately, the fiery magma, like a divine judgment, only punished the wicked; ordinary people only suffered a few burns from the flames and were spared, and the flames even actively protected them from harm.
Simultaneously, all extreme weather conditions on Earth were forcefully destroyed.
Wherever the magma passed, whether it was ice and snow, mudslides, or tornadoes, everything vanished into thin air; under the power of Weather Forecast, abnormal weather was eliminated.
A grand consciousness enveloped everyone.
That consciousness was not Higashikata Josuke, but the Golden Spirit, formed from the aggregation of justice in human hearts, symbolizing the goodness within everyone.
Throughout countless past ages, humanity was a chaotic mix of good and evil, and the aggregation of human consciousness was always muddled.
At this moment, the evil side was swiftly purged, and the good side quickly took dominance.
The Golden Spirit gradually formed, standing proudly in the sky like the most dazzling gold, and miraculously, no matter who or where they were, they could look up and see the golden cloud formed by this Golden Spirit.
They could all see the good they represented within this cloud, and they could see the heroes from humanity's past who sacrificed themselves for others, whose spirits would never be extinguished.
Face after face, countless acts of righteousness continuously appeared within the golden cloud.
Because in people's eyes, that cloud was limited in size, but the people it encompassed were infinite.
Firefighters who sacrificed themselves to save others in fires, predecessors who bravely sacrificed themselves in wars for the peace and stability of their homeland, passersby who jumped into water to save lives at the cost of their own, and anti-drug police officers who were tortured to death for clearing drugs but refused to reveal any information.
Brave teachers who pushed students out of the way when a car rushed towards them, saving the students with their own lives.
Workers who covered children with their bodies during an explosion, hoping to save their lives.
Those faces were all smiling, transcending time, as if they had all found peace in the pure goodness that humanity had become at this moment; it was the shared joy of all humanity.
And Higashikata Josuke on the sea was also smiling.
The fiery magma had almost swept across the entire Earth.
Although there were still some stubborn, powerful forces resisting, their purification was only a matter of time.
The golden cloud in the sky slowly descended, extending a golden path directly to his eyes.
He smiled and walked up it.
At the edge of his vision, Kira Yoshikage also just rushed over, his face twisted in a ferocious, angry, and utterly desperate expression.
"No, it can't be, absolutely not!
Damn it, stop him!"
Seeing Higashikata Josuke on the verge of completing his metamorphosis, Kira Yoshikage was truly anxious.
If he didn't kill him now, he feared Josuke would become someone who surpassed Heaven.
Kira Yoshikage immediately unleashed an explosion from an ultra-long distance; at a range of 20 kilometers, he directly detonated Higashikata Josuke's entire being the moment he pressed the button in his mind.
Higashikata Josuke instantly experienced all deaths, transforming into nothingness, slowly scattering like sand.
"Ah, is that it?"
It was so smooth that Kira Yoshikage himself couldn't believe it.
Although his ability, theoretically, was invincible without a god, his opponent dying so easily was still a bit strange... As Kira Yoshikage expected, Higashikata Josuke, whose expression hadn't changed and was still completely calm, disappeared.
But his face grew out of the golden cloud; he was smiling, and footprints appeared on the cloud's staircase, invisible footprints stepping one by one to the top.
And at the very top, the golden cloud slowly dispersed, and a white hand reached out, grasping the ground.
The strong muscles, the terrifying lines, the figure that left a deep impression on Kira Yoshikage's mind... Was that Jotaro?
The hand pulled hard, and a figure composed of yellow and white climbed out of the golden cloud.
Jotaro emerged again, wearing his white student uniform and hat, and behind him stood the golden The Messenger of Justice.
But The Messenger of Justice merely flickered and shattered, revealing Star Platinum, which had completed its metamorphosis within.
Although its form hadn't changed, its terrifying aura and presence immediately made Kira Yoshikage realize that this was a Stand beyond the Heaven level.
(Speaking of which, why did the world change, but Star Platinum didn't? Or did I miss something when I was watching?)
The only difference was its golden color, and it was surrounded by layers of golden flame clouds.
An indescribable power emanated from it.
The world seemed to stand still.
Gulp, Kira Yoshikage swallowed, a bad feeling rising in his heart.
In his opinion, Requiem was a level below Beyond Heaven.
Six arrows might be enough to fight, but he only had five arrows now...
"Damn it.
How could it be so fast?
I only took a few seconds to get here, how could the flames cover the entire Earth?!
What exactly did you do?"
Looking at the invincible Jotaro, Kira Yoshikage shouted angrily at the sky, but he also vaguely understood the reason.
Jotaro, too, glanced at the sky, shook his head, and only said one thing.
"It's time to settle this."
"Heh, fate?
You really dared to do it, to get rid of me.
Creating someone comparable to Beyond Heaven, the Golden Spirit?
Hmm, no, he's an incomplete defect like me?
The limit of the Heaven level, perhaps it can be called Heaven Peak, or an Angel?
That's not something that can be easily dealt with.
Aren't you afraid he'll lose control after I'm defeated?
This doesn't seem to fit your damn script, does it?"
But Fate had no reaction to Kira Yoshikage's complaints, only hiding the priest deeper, into the deeper seabed.
Fate had no intention of dealing with him.
Fate planned to have Jotaro defeat Kira Yoshikage first, then collect all six arrows, stack various powers like Requiem, travel back in time, and at the cost of all the arrows, eliminate that god's clone.
Then, the priest could create a new world and eliminate Jotaro.
So, under the perfect coincidence arranged by Fate, the priest would also perish with Jotaro, thus eliminating all unstable factors in this world.
A new world could then arrive.
All of this was simply perfect.
Well, if Jotaro worked well for Fate and acted as its enforcer, Fate might not be so merciless as to allow Jotaro to resurrect his family, but only temporarily.
After reaching the new world, they would still die if they were meant to.
Seeing that Fate had no reaction, Kira Yoshikage could only spread his hands, "Alright, come on, this damned fated final battle.
However, as I said, I will not lose to anyone."
Jotaro merely adjusted his hat, not intending to say anything to this enemy.
He had already witnessed the scene where all his friends and family were killed by this scoundrel, and he didn't want to say more to such a villain.