Ah, damn... Important pieces of information, reduced to a summary and bits... I'll try my best to explain it...
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Two beings emerged from the pillar of light and swirl of darkness
A woman that looked too beautiful and bright came out of the pillar of light. She was holding a large white-gold scythe on her right hand and a blue-white lantern on her left hand. The scythe is almost double her size and her theme and accents are dove white and raven black feathers
A man that's wearing a heavy violet armor came out of the swirl of darkness. His head is covered by a deep hood but his violet eyes shine and pierce through the shadow. A giant axe is attached behind his back as he's holding a violet ball and chains on his left hand
They are the Lightbringer and Darkbringer respectively. In that moment, the specks in the horizon also came near and revealed themselves to be their respective armies, the Lightbearers and Darkbearers
The Lightbringer started to question Philip's arrival on the Terra Spirit World, as well as why Tenshi, as the Holy Angel, is with Philip, the God of Darkness. It was bizarre as to why the God of Darkness and the Holy Angel were together
The Lightbringer went on ahead and claimed that the God of Darkness has successfully claimed the Holy Angel from the God of Light, Lux Lumen
Philip tried to reason as he's telling her that he's the new God of Darkness and that he's different from Tenebris Dark. He also revealed that Tenshi is his wife, but that only surprised the Lightbringer more as she claimed Philip has brainwashed or manipulated Tenshi
Philip became annoyed and berated the Lightbringer, saying that she's just like the God of Light when he met him. Full of pride, misunderstanding, but fortunately, no greed
He then went ahead and manifested the [Holy Cross] that the God of Light gave him as a symbol that him and Tenshi are under his protection. It is also a proof that the God of Light trusted him before he fell from greed for the [Divine Soul of Darkness]
Philip then realized after considering the fact of what if Lux was succesful in taking the [Divine Soul of Darkness]. Is he going to be the very first God of Fluxewright or something else?
The Lightbringer widened her eyes from the sight of the [Holy Cross]. Bari then shouted from the broken spire towards the Lightbringer
"The God of Darkness is also the Fate Controller!!"
The Lightbringer's eyes widened even more from the revelation. Her demeanor changed and she became fearful
On the other hand, the Darkbringer was silent and was just observing Philip. The moment he was revealed to be the Fate Controller, he began to kneel down in the air and greet Philip
"I greet the new God of Darkness and the Fate Controller"
Philip was pleased with the Darkbringer's attitude and approached him. He ignored the Lightbringer and the Lightbringer didn't care, but she was regretful. She went ahead and approached Tenshi
Philip asked the Darkbringer's name, but he answered that he doesn't have a name
"I do not have a name, my liege..."
"Who are you then?"
The Darkbringer went ahead and revealed his identity to be the Duke of Darkness and the Controller of Natural Darkness, the Bringer of Darkness and the Commander of the Army of Darkbearers
Philip was surprised by his title. He has so much titles, but no name. It was then revealed to him that the Darkbringer is the creation of DarkO, the first generation God of Darkness, and none of the next generations of Gods of Darkness even tried to name him
As the new God of Darkness, Philip felt obligated to name the Darkbringer. Besides, seems like the Darkbringer will become a very important asset to him if he's this loyal to the God of Darkness
"Well, I'm going to give you a new purpose... I will name you"
The Darkbringer's eyes widened and the seeping violet light flickered, as if he was deeply touched by Philip's words
The Darkbringer tried to reason with Philip and deny the naming procedure because it will diminish Philip's energy reserves, but Philip ignored him as he manifested a sword of darkness on his right hand
「 Form of Godliness: Sacred Ceremony. Sword Concept: Sword Arts: Ceremonial Sword of Darkness. Darkness Authority: Infused Darkness 」
"I, the new God of Darkness and the Fate Controller..."
Philip tapped the sword on the Darkbringer's left shoulder
"...with the power of the Darkness Authority..."
"!!!"
The Darkbringer was shocked to learn that Philip has mastered ⟨⟨ Darkness Authority ⟩⟩, unlike the Gods of Darkness after DarkO. Philip waved the sword and tapped it on his right shoulder
"I shall give you the name of Noctifer Darkbringer"
The moment Philip waved the sword and tapped Noctifer's head, his entire body began to glow with black-violet light. Noctifer started to evolve under the influence of being named, due to the effects of the Principle of Naming and Law of Definition
His violet armor became slimmer and more compact while the giant axe behind him on his back grew a hammer on the other side. The axe became his Soul Artifact and it manifested a name
[Nightbringer of the Shade Axe]
His hood was unraveled and revealed a face that could rival Philip and Alucard's looks. He has a semi spiky black-violet hair and vibrant eyes. A slim violet crystal is embedded on his forehead. The chains and ball disappeared from his left hand and manifested on his ears as earrings
Noctifer had a rush of emotions flowing over him. He then dedicated his life and soul to Philip, as well as the Army of Darkbearers, and the system reacted
"I, Noctifer Darkbringer, the Archduke of Darkness and the Manipulator of Natural Darkness, offer my whole existence to my liege, the new God of Darkness and Fate Controller, including the Army of Darkbearers"
『 Noctifer Darkbringer has offered his soul, life, and being to you 』
『 Condition requirements has been considered... 』
『 Noctifer Darkbringer will not receive the Messenger of Fate Candidate title 』
『 Consolidating data... 』
『 Processing... 』
『 ... 』
The system then became quiet and the Lightbringer suddenly appeared next to Philip after everyone that's present was surprised by Noctifer's evolution
The Lightbringer bugged Philip after seeing Noctifer's evolution. She changed her tone in front of him and apologized deeply, but Philip only became annoyed
He called out her change in attitude and her similarities with Lux. He then thought that the previous Gods of Light might also have these traits of greed and manipulation. This was the case for plot point in other novels and manga after all
The Lightbringer felt dejected and Tenshi seemed regretful. Philip read her thoughts and he made a compromise. He directly asked Tenshi if he should name the Lightbringer
"Yes"
Tenshi had a good feeling for the Lightbringer, so Philip told the Lightbringer that if he gives her a name, she will instead devote her entire being and soul only to Tenshi, leaving the God of Light behind
"..."
The Lightbringer was hesitating, but Philip gave the final blow
"Why do you care about the God of Light anyway? They didn't give you a name and forgot about you"
"...!"
In the end, the Lightbringer agreed to the terms and Philip conjured a sword of light on his right hand
「 Soul Corridor: Holy Catalyst: Judgement. Sword Concept: Sword of Light 」
"Holy Energy?"
The Lightbringer was surprised that the God of Light was able to use Holy Energy. She was then convinced that this generation of God of Darkness is different from the rest and that he's certainly the Fate Controller
He did the same ceremony to the Lightbringer as he did to Noctifer. He decided a name after consulting Tenshi in their minds. They came up with a pretty good name, but they felt like it will cause problems afterwards
"...I shall give you the Lucifer Lightbringer"
Lucifer's body glowed and her entire appearance changed. The lantern and scythe disappeared from her hands and manifested on her left ear as an earring and an earpiece on her right ear respectively
A big beach hat also manifested on top of her head that almost covers half of her face. The feathered peice on her hair was placed on top of the hat
The scythe on her right ear became her Soul Artifact and it manifested a name
[Dawnbringer of Brightness Scythe]
"I, Lucifer Lightbringer, the Archduchess of Light and the Manipulator of Bright Light, will devote my entire existence to the Holy Angel, Tenshi Hikaru, including the Army of Lightbearers"
At this point, all armies kneeled down in front of Philip and Tenshi in a circle. Half of the circle is black-violet and the other half is yellow-white
After a while, Philip talked to Lucifer and Noctifer about their entire being. They also refused in calling him by name and instead kept calling him as Fate Controller and "my liege" respectively
Apparently, Lucifer and Noctifer were created for the sole purpose of finding a Spirit World that was created by a World God, that in turn was created by the True God of Worlds
"!!!!!"
Philip was alarmed as everything seemed to come together and the pieces aligned
From Philip's vision of the memory of the first generation God of Darkness, DarkO, on the essence of the Divine Soul of Darkness, he saw that the three True Gods, namely True God of Love, True God of Everything, and True God of Shadow, tasked DarkO and LightE something
Knowing that the True Gods could be in contact with each other, there might have been a motive as to why the True God of Worlds made an avatar of himself just to make Terra on Earth
It's been confirmed that Terra created this Spirit World on top of Earth's original Spirit World, but Philip still doesn't know why. In doing so, Lucifer and Noctifer then found this place and decided to reside in it. After a while, both of them never got to hear anything from their respective gods
'The questions keep piling up! Why did Terra create the Terra Spirit World? Did the True God of Worlds tasked him to do so? But that's impossible since the past has been rewritten with Origin Seeker. Why did DarkO and LightE create Lucifer and Noctifer? What did the three True Gods tell both of them that made them create Lucifer and Noctifer?'
Basically, it seemed destined or fated that Philip met Lucifer and Noctifer here in the Terra Spirit World as they might be important keys to the mysteries that comes towards Philip
After a while, Philip decided that they would be leaving, but there's one last thing that he has to do before he leaves
But before that, Philip wanted the spirit leaders that attacked him to be punished and asked Noctifer for favor
The armies then picked up the spirit leaders and escorted them. Adystyl only followed because of his giant size
"I recommend you guys to leave now, we'll be back sooner or later and bring both of you to the material world"
"We will be waiting, Fate Controller"
"Yes, my liege"
Both of them then disappeared from thin air, along with the other spirit leaders, except for their armies. The armies quickly left the premises as fast as they could
Tensi then went ahead and dove down to pick up Bari with Marielle and her greatsword. She carried Bari in a princess carry while Marielle sat on Bari's stomach while the greatsword's weighing her down. It doesn't feel heavy on Bari anyways
'Remember when I was imagining things earlier about the destruction of this empire?'
Philip spoke to Tenshi
'Yeah? You don't mean...!'
'Yes'
Philip raised his hand in the sky and conjured a destructive attack
「 Blood Weaponsmiting: Blood Sword. Blood Manipulation: Expand. Blood Writing: Severance of Flowers. Blood Enchantment: Sharpness. Blood Inscriptions: Blood Sanctuary: Blood Sigils: Destroy - Exterminate - Extinguish. Blood Altar: Sacrifice 」
「 Soulblood: Soul Horizon: First Dawn: Soul Seeker - First Dusk: Soul Wrecker 」
「 Null of Magnificence: Sword Concept: Blood Sword Judgement. Form of Godliness: Meteor Summoner. Mana Actualization: Perfect Recoiless Technique Infusion. Darkness Authority: Erasure of Hope 」
A giant blood sword the size of the Heavenly Skylar Flower conjured in the sky and slowly came down from the top of the flower
All the flower people, called the Floralites, and all other spirit races saw this and tried to run for their lives and escape the empire, but their willpower was lost and they couldn't help but kneel down and just pray for their lives
It was then that a being appearwd at the very top of the castle while the tip of the sword is several meters away. The being that has flowers riddled across her body looked up and saw the blood sword
She panned her eyes to the right and saw Philip extending his hand downwards. Her eyebrows furrowed and she lowered her head. She closed her eyes and shook her head full of regret and dejection
Ahe then disappeared from the top of the castle and the blood sword made contact with the castle. Due to the overwhelming power of the blood sword that was infused with ⟨⟨ Perfect Recoiless Technique ⟩⟩, nothing was a le to make direct contact with the blade as the shockwaves just blasted the debris away
The Heavenly Skylar Flower began to move and closed its petal, also crushing the castle in the center, and tried to hold back the sword, but ultimately, the petals were no match for the contained energy and it was torn apart just from a touch
「 Blood Array: Blood Singularity: Devour One Life Form 」
In this moment, Philip let go of the blood sword and turned towards Tenshi. He held her right arm with his left hand under Bari while still holding the sleeping Ariii on his right shoulder. Ariii's head plopped on Bari's legs and leaned on next to Marielle
'Let's go back'
'Okay!'
Philip and Tenshi closed their eyes and they instantly disappeared in the air like a bubble
The blood sword continued to tear down through the stem on the Heavenly Skylar Flower until it touched the ground. The blood sword continued to drill through until half of its body was imbedded. The earth bulged and destroyed all building and killing all Floralites
A beam of red light then emerged from the core of the sword and shot through the sky. The beam stayed and expanded outwards, becoming a pillar of red light. The red light kept expanding until it obliterated all life forms that it touches. The red light reached over 100 kilometers in radius
The roots of the Heavenly Skylar Flower wasn't spared as the final [Blood Singularity] searched and destroyed the network of roots that reach 100 kilometers
When the Heavenly Skylar Flower was eradicated, the expansion of the red light also stopped. A kingdom was about to get obliterated, but the red light just stopped right in front of their gates
The wall of red light then shrunk back towards the blood sword and the gigantic blood sword stayed there. All the lands was tinted red and nothing could be found in a 100 kilometer radius. There are only streams and rivers of red water, which should be blood flowing out of the sword
No one dared to step foot on the red land except for the Lightbringers and Darkbringers
This placed has been known as the Sanctuary of the Blood God as the gigantic blood sword stayed, like a reminder that the Floral Empire was once in this place
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This scene could've been epic also, but parts of it has been shrouded... I still couldn't believe that this happened, but oh well... Stuff happens
It could be repaired in the future anyways, we just need to find the source of the problem
Hm, let's see... Oh! This is the end of this iteration. There's still a little bit more! One step and we're back on track
I wonder what's in this singular pillar of light...
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HUH?!!