Despite being erased from existence, Alex's anger and determination were so strong that he defied the Creator's judgment and came back to the world of the living. However, Xander was still nowhere to be found, and Alex couldn't shake off the feeling of guilt and remorse for not being able to save his friend.
Filled with rage and hatred towards the heroes whom he believed were responsible for his fate and Xander's, Alex vowed to become stronger and take revenge against anyone who dared to stand in his way, especially the Creator. He knew that he could no longer trust anyone and that he had to rely only on himself.
Alex wanted to gain power as quickly as possible, so he decided to fight transcendent beings since stealing their crystals would make him 700 times stronger. However, he knew that he was not close to being as strong as the Creator.
"It's time to look for transcendent beings," Alex said with anger in his face. "Where would they live? They're transcendent, so they'll probably not be in the physical realm. I must go to the spiritual realm."
Immediately, Alex ran so fast that he broke the dimensional barrier and was able to easily enter the spiritual realm. The guardians of the realm, a group of transcendent beings, did not like that he was intruding, and there were ten of them. "Seven transcendent beings equal 7000x power-up," Alex said while smiling devilishly. Immediately, they attacked him.
Alex used the "random" skill and got a 500x power-up. He also unsealed all the power he had sealed away, used all his skills, dodged the transcendent beings one after the other, and froze time. However, they were still able to move because they were not bound by time.
"BRO WTF, if they're immune to space and time, then how can I win? I was so confident I would win, but it seems impossible," Alex laughed.
With a stroke of his hand, he created one million clones, which were as strong as him. He did not create them to fight, but as diversions so he could manipulate the transcendent beings. He trapped them in an illusion, created clones of their friends, and became the master of manipulation, the ultimate manipulator. Alex had the power to extract crystal powers, so he made the clones of the enemies have the power too. As soon as a transcendent being touched it, their crystal would be extracted and absorbed into Alex's very existence.
One by one, they fell for the illusion and manipulation, and soon Alex got all of them. He succeeded in getting the 7000x multiplier, and he was now in the level of transcended beings. The guardians were the strongest transcendent beings, so it was a 10000x multiplier. Alex was now the strongest transcendent being.