It was the lone world that the Three G.o.ds wanted, and the name of salvation to end all wars.

Jaehwan bit his lips. If he had a choice, he would have asked if that was the best decision. But he couldn't ask that question 210 thousand years later.

The light stormed on the screen. World power that gathered became a pillar of light that penetrated the sky of . It was the light of a new world. Jaehwan could see how excited the Three G.o.ds were because of such an achievement.

But they did not know that something was coming down from the destroyed skies above, something that they had brought down was going to ruin their plan.

Jaehwan then saw the one, the thing coming down from the sky. It contained dark, terrifying energy. It was too late when the Three G.o.ds realized something wasn't right. The darkness completely swept Daeus' Machina which was standing in the center of the light.

'That's…'

Jaehwan glared at the darkness that looked very familiar. It was certain. It was the s.p.a.ce that he had spent almost an eternity in.

-W-what's going on…!!

Catastrophe and Gesthalt screamed in panic, and then there was a loud scream. It was an agonized scream worth billions of years.

Then came an explosion. It was not a physical explosion, but the explosion of a being. Jaehwan had seen such explosions countless times within the darkness. It was like a big bang of consciousness, an explosion that gave birth to new laws and the truth of a universe.

Jaehwan did not know what the explosion was since the voice inside did not allow him to go any closer. But if it wasn't for the voice, Jaehwan would have been the same as Daeus.

It was a bit after the explosion died that Catastrophe's voice came back.

-Daeus? What's going on?

Within the destroyed Machina, Daeus walked out from it. There was a sense of a being that was more than a being in the lenses of Daeus' machine.

-I see. So it was all pointless.

A fight broke out. There was no reason for it. Daeus started attacking Catastrophe and Geshtalt all of a sudden and they had to fight back. But they were no match against Daeus who had become a new being. Jaehwan then remembered Rhamad's story as he saw Geshtalt being ripped apart and Catastrophe being kicked out of .

The Three G.o.d War wasn't a fight between the Three Ancient G.o.ds.

Rhamad mentioned that it was wrong as it wasn't an actual war between the Three G.o.ds. In a deeper sense, it was correct however. Jaehwan finally realized what Rhamad had meant.

'That is not Daeus.'

Daeus had become something entirely different after coming out from the darkness. He had become something totally different.

After Daeus finished his work, he flew up to the sky of and disappeared. The video ended there. Jaehwan felt chill crawl up his back. It wasn't because of the story. Daeus' eye was closing back again and Mulack asked,

[How was it?]

"…"

[It's probably your first time witnessing another being that 'Transcended'. How is it compared to when you 'Transcended'?]

Jaehwan wasn't sure what Mulack was talking about.

[Daeus was lucky. He didn't need to come through the 'Fall of time' like you and me due to the Big Bang of world power. But of course, he too would have come across the same amount of pain…]

Many thoughts were rus.h.i.+ng past Jaehwan's head.

[But he's still the luckiest of us all. Haha.]

Daeus was considered a dead G.o.d within , a G.o.d that was known to have perished completely in the Three G.o.d War. However, Jaehwan now realized that it was different.

Daeus died and became Big Brother.

Maybe that wasn't all that surprising as Jaehwan had expected as much. He was surprised about something else.

"Mulack."

[Yes?]

"What is that 'darkness'?"

[...What do you mean?]

"The 'darkness' that appeared in Daeus' memory. That's the same s.p.a.ce that I walked past."

[Oh, you mean the 'Fall of time'. Yes, you are right. That led him to 'Transcendence'.]

"And what is that? Tell me. This… what is this place? What were you doing all this time?"

And then, Mulack's face distorted weirdly. His friendly face turned to something ominous and it soon disappeared.

[…Are you asking because you really don't know?]

Jaehwan felt fear for a short moment as he met Mulack's eyes. It was the strongest fear he had ever felt in his entire life. An expression of a human looking at disgusting insect — that was what Mulack had on his face.

[Haha… you must be joking. That is strange. There's no way you cannot know if you came here… Didn't you get all your answers through 'Transcendence'?]

It was after a slight second that Mulack found his friendliness. He grinned at Jaehwan.

[….I see! So you wanted to play 'a being game'!]

Mulack's face brightened instantly.

[Well well, you are a trickster! Good. I'll play along… what should I do? Oh, how about this? Let's play a version of 'Demon embracing the hero that came up to the top of Tree of Imagery to stop the world from its doom'?]

And the corridor began to change shape. It began to destroy itself and was creating an entirely new background. So this was the déjà vu he felt. This place was similar to the 100th floor of the Tower of Nightmares, only much bigger.

Within a giant circular s.p.a.ce, there were screens all over. It showed the Cultivation sites of the [Remote Regions] of the , , and even .

[Well, you must know if you've seen it all this time.]

Jaehwan now realized what this place was. This was like the eye that saw everything.

[Welcome, new Big Brother. To the Nest of the Tree of Imagery, .]