I.. Am God?

Slowly, the orb from the Human Continent and the orb from the divine sky flew closer and closer together. When the two finally got close enough, like a star, the orb from the divine sky drew the other orb to its orbit, not fully absorbing it, just accepting its existence.

When it occurred, everything in the Human Continent changed drastically. The people's energy slowly started to turn into divine energy, similar to the energy of those in the Heavens.

The continent's nature, animals, and its entire system also started to transform and become heavenly and divine.

While all that was happening, Matthias gazed at the open sky above. As if he was expecting it, he didn't even have any reaction when a silhouette of an ethereal woman descended from the heavens.

Matthias couldn't be even more familiar with the woman, considering that he became her fiancé two hundred years ago. Her robe is of the purest white, fluttering with the wind, like a descending celestial, which is what she is.

When she touched the ground, she walked elegantly towards Matthias with a faint smile on her face. "Emperor Han Shen." She greeted him with a slight bow.

Matthias nodded and smiled back at her, "Empress Shen." He greeted whilst returning the bow.

Empress Shen was one of the reasons why he knew the method of using the orbs, or rather, the Cores of the Empires.

After the spiritual test between Aealos and him, her spiritual thought descended and told him what he needed to do.

With the confirmation from the all-powerful silhouette and the information from Shen Tianyue, Matthias complied.

"Is it time?" Matthias asked. "It is." Shen Tianyue nodded in affirmation.

Nodding in response, they abruptly vanished from their positions and reappeared just below the Cores.

They joined their hands together and shouted with a loud and authoritative voice, "With the affirmation of the laws, we join as the founding God and Goddess of the new Divine Heaven!"

Matthias then called upon the laws that he was taught, "Eternal God Art!" He shouted.

As the chant escaped from his mouth, the entire realm got quiet, as if no one even dared to make a sound before him, or rather, the existence behind him.

"Animus; Silhouette of Authority!" Bong!

From behind Matthias', a blurry silhouette gradually took form, its stature stood with pride and majesty, looking upon the beings of the entire universe with indifference.

"Manifest!" Slowly, Matthias' state turned slightly ethereal as he opened his mouth. "Thread of Fate, conjoin." Although the voice was similar to that of Matthias', the voice that came out definitely wasn't his.

Then, a golden string materialized in between them, and tied itself on their middle finger. The two immediately noticed something strange happen within them, as if they were connected as one.

Shen Tianyue then spoke next, "Ruling Authority of the Ninth Heaven, Manifest!" She called out.

From the skies, light shone with great intensity, as if answering the Empress' calls.

"Free the Heavenly Sacred Empire from the Realm of The Ninth!" She declared loudly.

Blood oozed from her eyes, nose, and mouth as the authority given by the Ninth Heaven slowly separated from her.

From the skies, the sight of a huge divine land descending shook everyone. Inside the divine land, unfathomable beings filled with the divine could be seen gazing down at the mortal realm. The people of the Divine Heaven Empire didn't have the ability to resist as they immediately bowed down before the divine land's presence.

The powerful voice then spoke through Matthias once more, "Creation. New Heaven. Return Divinity." It uttered indifferently.

Bong!

The Cores that were hovering in the sky suddenly changed. The Human Continent's core gradually transformed, shedding its silver light and turning into a bright divine light that is just a tad bit far from the light coming from the Heavenly Sacred Empire's Core.

The two cores were then encapsulated in golden specs of dust and golden chains similar to that of the golden chains that were damaged by the hundredth Continental Guardian.

The skies around the Human Continent had already filled with glorious rays of light, basking the land with eternal sacredness.

Then, the entire Human Continent suddenly quaked. Its lakes and rivers became divine, the land became divine, and the people with it. Although painful, they slowly shed their mortality, turning into a divine at the Third Heaven's level.

In the Imperial Palace, everyone was also experiencing drastic change. Relative to Matthias' authority, everyone inside became a divinity at the level of the Eight Heaven, yet because their form is humane, a divine form, their divinity reached the level of Pseudo-Ninth Heaven.

Shen Tianyue, on the other hand, regained her Divine Authority as the Will that was removing it voluntarily let go of her power. In addition to that, because of her now being the only receiver of her people's faith and Divinity in Heavenly Sacred Empire because of the absence of the Ninth Heaven's Will that has been previously claiming majority of the divinity that the rulers get, her Divine Authority could be said to have tripled or even quadrupled.

Having received all that, Shen Tianyue's body emitted an unspeakably glorious light that reached to the ends of the Immortal Territories.

While enduring the indescribable amount of authority gushing inside of her very being, she hardened her grasp on Matthias' hand, "Divine Authority! Turn Over Divine Sovereignty!"

The power that was then coursing through her veins suddenly changed the point of their direction as soon as she uttered it. The power flowed through their interconnected hands, filling Matthias with authority greater than he ever had.

His entire being changed, breaking through different forms of the Heavens and gradually reaching the capacity to break through the form of Tenth Heaven.

When he felt that he already had the capability to break the dimensional chains that were binding his being, he turned and gazed at Tianyue meaningfully.

Getting it immediately, Shen Tianyue nodded. As soon as she nodded, Matthias' entire existence shifted and vanished, not leaving any marks of his existence in his previous position.