Rather than anything else, the moment Raize saw Cao Cao, he decided that he would absolutely not allow this spear to leave his side ever again.
"Sei, welcome home."
Raize's expression was gentle. A trace of affection lingered in his pale blue eyes as his movements resembled those of soothing a lover—lightly stroking the sacred spearhead—while connecting the Primordial Sacred Radiance within his body to the True Longinus.
Buzz—
A portion of the will of the God of Bible resided within the spear, existing like a kind of avatar. At this moment, it was completely awakened by Raize.
That familiar… voice… is it… you? …So that's how it is… finally… we meet… again…
At first, the intermittent voice carried some confusion, but once it connected to its dormant main body within Raize, everything became clear at once.
The tone carried a sobbing excitement, the feeling of consciousness within the holy spear completely returning to the main body of Sei.
As Raize listened to the words of Sei's avatar, he silently noted that she really had been hiding something from him.
Stimulated by the outside world, Sei rarely awakened, sending reassurance to Raize, who was worried about her condition, that she was fine.
In a soft, slightly weary voice, she briefly explained her situation to Raize before falling back into slumber.
"Ophis, at this moment I present to you my highest courtesy. Though this is not the crystallization of my manifested heart, becoming a part of me makes no difference."
After sensing the consciousness within the holy spear returning to itself and confirming that Sei was safe, Raize felt exceptionally refreshed. Right in front of Ophis, he dismantled the holy spear in his hand into basic energy particles, forming a sacred orb of light that hovered above his palm.
Ophis blinked curiously. With her pure and transparent mind, she could not understand what Raize intended to do, yet she still felt an eager anticipation that he would surprise her.
Outside the space, both Beelzebub and Gabriel frowned at Raize's actions. Gabriel, in particular, was furious, her beautiful eyes widened as she glared viciously at him.
The True Longinus that had just appeared in Raize's hand was destroyed. That True Longinus, of immense significance to the Heavenly Realm, had been destroyed in the hands of a human.
A divine will resided within the holy spear. The Heavenly Realm held an extremely fanatical faith toward the True Longinus and had long desired to reclaim it.
Yet now, right before Gabriel's eyes, the holy spear had been destroyed. Her heart was practically exploding with rage.
She wished she could charge into the pocket space and purify that detestable heretic on the spot.
But what happened next made both Gabriel and Beelzebub completely unable to hold it together.
His left eye flickered with the sacred silver radiance of Sorrowful Heaven of the Morning Star, countless Kabbalistic formulae weaving something unforgivable.
His right eye shimmered with genuine compassion. Raize forcibly reconciled the conflict of his wishes and mobilized that power.
He slightly parted his lips and began chanting an incantation that human vocal cords could not articulate.
"███—███—███..."
A chaotic language—so maddening that merely hearing it could drive one insane, more unpleasant than fingernails scraping violently against a blackboard—was chanted by Raizen.
His face appeared silent, lips slightly parted and unmoving, yet that maddening sound continuously poured from his mouth.
The sounds that humans could perceive were unbearably shrill and chaotic, while the "sounds" that could not be perceived were utterly beyond anything human vocal cords could produce.
For ordinary people, going mad from hearing it would be the mildest side effect. This was a law capable of twisting the soul and mental will itself.
It shattered souls, burned them, and evaporated rationality—no less dreadful than the voice of an Outer God.
"——————"
His hands slowly moved together in a prayer-like gesture, and the sacred orb of light in his palms burst forth with an even more dazzling golden brilliance.
An unmistakable radiance lit up beneath Raize's feet, forming a gigantic Kabbalistic Life Formation.
The name Kabbalah Tree of Life was legendary within the field of mysticism.
Those unfamiliar with this field might not understand the status of Kabbalah, but its position was equivalent to that of the I Ching in the East.
Kabbalistic thought uses the "Tree of Life" growing in the Kingdom of Heaven to symbolize the entire universe. It is commonly believed that the Tree of Life represents the vast cosmos, the human body as a microcosm, and the spiritual traversal toward the divine realm.
It is both the blueprint of the entire universe and the path by which humans ascend to true godhood.
A truly omniscient and omnipotent existence.
Unbound by paradox, beyond human cognition, neither existing nor non-existing due to external things.
This was an angelic formula from the era of the Way of Heaven of Sorrowful Heaven of the Morning Star, the era of Nerose Satanael.
Already possessing the Universe of Gold, Raize merely needed to use it as a foundation to derive the formula.
Clang—!
The golden orb in Raize's hands hummed. Already possessing the Golden Demon City, he only needed to reverse-engineer its essence, allowing it to bloom with incomparable golden radiance.
Love and destruction—two contradictory crystallized emotions—were complex yet perfectly reasonable.
The magic formula now in use possessed the power of Kabbalistic sublimation and bore strong similarities to Eternal Destruction.
This kind of magic was itself an inferior imitation of divine law. Unable to wield true divine authority due to insufficient qualification, one could only discard the unacceptable parts and refine oneself using what could be accepted.
Within Kabbalistic magic, God also possesses a trinity: the Son, the Spirit, and the Father.
In the eyes of believers, this formula was the height of blasphemy—imitating divine might to elevate oneself was outright heresy.
But for Neros·Satanail, a man known for efficiency and results, the idea that one who would become a god deserved reverence was laughable.
Ascension to godhood, First Tier—Son Rank, initiated!
With the soul manifesting and extending, using the longing of the existing heart's crystallization as its essence, a rebellious power manifested at this very moment.
Crackle—!
Raize's palms mirrored each other, separated by only eight centimeters. Between them, golden holy radiance erupted into a powerful stream of soul energy.
As Raize pulled his hands apart, the golden orb began to twist and compress.
His soul became fuel, and the desire of the heart manifested as sacred, solemn holy gold. Pure and domineering divine appeared here.
The overwhelming scene compelled the urge to kneel—it was the resonance of a king proclaiming authority.
The law of the Overlord was born here!
"Formation (Yetzirah)—"
This was a contract akin to a death proclamation. With a delighted smile, Raize slowly spread his hands toward Ophis.
"That thing" began forming a ferocious shape of attack in his hands, the swelling golden radiance seeming ready to ravage the world.
"Son of God (Beloved), manifest here—!"
Suddenly, the voices of Raize and Sei intertwined. The vast and majestic voice seemed to reach directly into the soul, the incantation carrying a command directed at mythology itself.
A sacred phantom appeared behind Raize—a curled, infant-like, gentle silhouette that extended its arms toward him.
Slender, snow-white arms passed around Raize's neck, gently crossing as they embraced him, pressing an indistinct little face against his back.
Its voice manifested with layered echoes. In a daze, one could almost hear Sei's gentle, affectionate voice—the words "beloved" were not referring to one's own child…
Before there was time to think further, the final proclamation descended.
The golden holy spear that welcomes destiny—manifest here.
"Covenant:The Holy Spear of Destiny (Longinuslanze Testament)."
As the declaration ended, dazzling golden light gathered silently. Sacred and exalted flames formed a pillar of light that shot straight into the sky.
In an instant, the sky and clouds of the different space were dyed sacred gold by a power both domineering and beautiful. Golden, feather-like energy phantoms cascaded down from the light.
Light condensed into substance. A golden spear appeared in his hand.
The surface of the golden holy spear flowed with a blood-red, eerie crimson, as if alive. The double-helix spear shaft intertwined like two serpents.
Mental fluctuations formed from supreme compassion and furious destructive desire faintly surfaced upon the spear.
That twisted "love" was the domineering love of a ruler toying with possessions. To love is first to destroy—only destruction is the true essence of love!
An indescribable presence pressed upon the soul of all who beheld it—within the supreme, overwhelming divine might lay twisted affection, ferocious rage, and a transcendent rank capable of annihilating and burning souls and minds.
Sacred golden radiance bathed Raize's body, producing wondrous changes.
The newly born power within his body acted like a catalyst, increasing his height by several inches.
His proportions remained a perfect golden ratio. Though concealed beneath clothing, his muscles radiated powerful beauty.
His pitch-black, glossy hair was tainted with majestic, brilliant sacred gold halos, each strand shining like a golden sun.
His hair length reached his waist, unbound and freely flowing without any trace of disarray, exuding an air of supreme dominion—over the world.
Once a youthful figure, Raize had now become a mature man radiating golden passion and masculine vigor.
"…Son Rank achieved."
(Sei: Holy Spirit Rank achieved)
Raize smiled, opening his emperor-like, burning golden pupils. A golden holy cross flashed within those deep eyes—a brilliance surpassing creation itself, where beauty and solemn weight intertwined.
His countenance was now sacred and majestic. He casually brushed his floating pure-gold hair like a lion's mane—an incomparably authoritative golden hue.
It possessed unparalleled beauty, yet it was also the color of a beast.
"…My eyes! Damn it. Wha—the Golden Beast!?!"
At the instant Raize transformed and manifested the new holy spear, an overwhelming, high-density spiritual pressure poured from the divine spear.
The aura of the highest-tier Holy Spirit filled and collided with Lucoa's barrier.
Watching the battlefield with Fafnir, Takiya completely lost it upon seeing his boss's dramatic transformation. The moment he looked at the Spear of Destiny, he felt like vomiting, blood instantly spilling from his eyes.
The intense pain felt like Beethoven's symphonies being played directly on his pain nerves.
So the game his company made was based on reality!?
Even with a strong heart, Takiya's mentality shattered. Kobayashi felt similarly conflicted.
Her glasses exploded into fragments, though Tohru reacted quickly and saved her.
That thing's rank was far too high. For lower-dimensional beings to gaze upon it was like staring unblinking at the sun from point-blank range.
How one wished to gouge their eyes out. How one wished to just faint on the spot.
Takiya, Kobayashi, Haruna, Asia, and the others around Eu experienced the same, though fortunately, there were people who could help them.
Fafnir relieved Takiya of the condition, and Kobayashi had Tohru by her side…
But Beelzebub and Gabriel were completely incapacitated.
Son of God, manifest here!?
Who would dare utter such blasphemous words? They would spare no means to erase that man.
Yet Raize, within the pocket space—his familiar sacred radiance, the gentle, loving voice echoing, and the familiar phantom behind him—
"Lord… has the Lord returned?"
Gabriel gazed at the sacred energy field that stirred her entire being, her body reverting fully to angelic form as she longed to rush into the pocket space to see more clearly.
That was not power angels could possess, especially not through the True Longinus. It was more like the origin of angelic power—no, it was the origin!
"It's the Lord's voice! The Lord's power! The True Longinus could never reach this level!!"
Beelzebub desperately wanted to charge into the pocket space and inspect that human closely.
She would not leave the human world without understanding what was going on.
What exactly was happening? Had the Lord not already left them?
Then what was this human? Why did that sacred radiance—belonging only to the one they revered most—appear on a human?
And if they were not mistaken, they truly heard the Lord's voice.
The emotional reversal of the great devil and the great angel, who moments ago wanted Raize dead, was utterly extreme.
"Ow, my eyes… Eu-chan, just what is your boyfriend's identity? A divine child!?"
Nene complained while covering her reddened eyes. Her eyeballs felt as though it was soaked in chili oil, her soul nearly igniting moments ago.
Asia and Haruna were the same, tears at the corners of their eyes, bloodshot veins dense within. Chris' eyes spun like spiral incense coils, her whole body dizzy.
If not for Eu's intervention, several people might have died on the spot.
"..."
Eu remained silent, offering no reply. She frowned slightly, feeling a twinge of jealousy toward what was happening in the pocket space.
Raize's displayed power did not surprise her. After all, he had spoken openly with her before, so she knew the true nature of the so-called divine child before her eyes.
A divine child? More like the King of Hell.
As a devil, Vali's eyeballs ignited and burst on the spot. He could endure the pain, but the soul-deep tremor and discomfort forced out a scream.