Compared to other worlds, the DanMachi plane, having existed for hundreds of millions of years, can actually only be considered a 'teenager'.
In order to strengthen itself as much as possible, the World Will used laws as a guide to nurture one Divine Domain after another.
Originally, according to the World Will's plan, those Divine Domains spread throughout the starry sky were intended to become interfaces between itself and the void of the outside world. By constantly absorbing and transforming the energy of the latter, the world would achieve rapid growth.
In the beginning, this was indeed the case.
The newly born DanMachi plane ushered in a period of rapid development.
However, success lies with the Divine Domains, and failure also lies with the Divine Domains.
The natural evolution over a long period caused the Divine Domains to give birth to self-awareness similar to the World Will, subsequently transforming into gods. Under the impulsive idea of a certain 'smart aleck', they united together, connecting countless Divine Domains to form Tenkai.
If things had stopped at this step, it would have actually been fine.
The World Will did not mind having a twin sister; at worst, it would just nurture a new batch of Divine Domains.
But as the saying goes: The Great Dao consists of fifty, Heaven derives forty-nine, and one escapes.
That single wisp of variable unique to intelligent life has the potential to turn the situation towards the positive, but also the potential to make everything slide into the abyss.
And in the vast majority of cases, the probability of bad things happening is far higher than the possibility of good things appearing.
The gods of the DanMachi world just happened to do a stupid thing.
Because Tenkai had just been born and lacked vitality, they developed a strong curiosity towards the native DanMachi world. After attempt upon attempt, they completely anchored Tenkai and the DanMachi world together.
From that day on, Tenkai remained Tenkai, while the DanMachi world became the 'Lower World' in the mouths of the gods—a dead zone forcibly embraced and wrapped by Tenkai, unable to contact the void.
To break free from this state, the World Will did not fail to make efforts.
It was just that at that time, for every bit of origin source she used, she had one bit less.
The humans and monsters she successively nurtured to resist the gods instead became amusement for the gods to pass their boredom.
Originally, if things developed normally, on a certain day in the future, when the last wisp of origin source was exhausted, the Lower World would completely die.
Along with it, the bound Tenkai would also disintegrate.
When that time came, whether humans, monsters, or some unlucky gods, all would completely disappear.
But Levi, who unexpectedly transmigrated to this plane, allowed the World Will to see a glimmer of hope to resist fate.
For this, she did not hesitate to consume nearly half of her remaining origin source to create the cheat that Levi called the 'Pay-to-Win System'.
She also utilized the 'Descender' status held by Levi himself to establish a weak connection with the worlds he had traversed in the past.
Only then did the final 'Child of the World, Cronus' come into being.
"...That is roughly how things happened. [Mother] hopes that I will separate Tenkai and the Lower World."
Levi did not hide the World Will's request, because this matter was beneficial not only to himself but also to the world and the gods.
"As for me, whether for public or private reasons, I plan to accept this commission."
Having said that, he looked at his lovers: "What about you? Do you choose to remain neutral in the upcoming events, or stand on my side?"
As soon as his voice fell, Hestia gave her reply: "Didn't we agree? We are going to be together forever."
Hephaestus and Demeter were a beat slower, but their words were also extremely firm:
"Separate Tenkai and the Lower World? This commission actually sounds quite interesting."
"Ara ara~ I have no intention of breaking up with you, you know~"
Although he had anticipated it, hearing the three goddesses' answers for real still made Levi sigh with relief in his heart.
He did not wish to stand in opposition to his lovers due to the issue of their attitude toward the World Will.
Instead, Hestia, Hephaestus, and Demeter began to fully exercise their subjective initiative at this moment.
Wearing only blankets over their bodies, they started to communicate.
"Relying solely on the few of us, there is no way to separate Tenkai and the Lower World."
"I think we can ally with Ouranos. That fellow counts as the god among us who loves the Lower World the most. Back then, he was also the one who took the lead in opposing Prometheus. It was just that the numbers were insufficient in the end, which allowed Tenkai to be born."
"Speaking of Prometheus, that [Tenkai Profanity], I get angry just thinking about him! He is clearly a God of Foresight, but looking back at the things he's done, not a single one had more pros than cons. To make up for problems, he created even more and more troublesome problems. The transformation of Divine Domains into Tenkai back then was like this, and so was the Sacred Fire that was stolen to the Lower World and then polluted..."
"I will resolve the matter of the Sacred Fire next," Levi interrupted Hestia's complaints.
During the linking process with the World Will just now, he had momentarily obtained the power of omniscience and omnipotence, learning many backgrounds and details that had never been revealed in the anime of his previous life.
This included the clone of the Second Generation Behemoth that was currently coming toward the Labyrinth City, the Corrupted Spirit located on the 60th floor of the Dungeon, and the polluted Sacred Fire that would soon develop problems and require Hestia, the Goddess of Fire, to sacrifice herself to purify.
Setting aside the issue of the Second Generation Behemoth, both the Corrupted Spirit and the polluted Sacred Fire were incidents caused by the gods acting willfully.
In the end, the retribution fell upon the living beings of the Lower World.
In a certain aspect, the existence of gods could already be considered a kind of obstacle to the world's development.
It was just that, although Levi achieved it post-natally, he was ultimately considered a god now. Coupled with the fact that his lovers were in a similar situation, he didn't beat everyone to death with one stick. If it were earlier, provided he had enough power, he absolutely wouldn't mind sending all the gods back to Tenkai and locking them up.
Of course, nowadays, this thought hadn't completely disappeared either...
Returning to the main topic.
When the words left his mouth, Levi had actually already made his Spirit Clones commence action.
Two of them flew directly toward the Sanctuary of the Human Realm located at the end of the continent; another two teleported into the Dungeon; and two more set their destination as the location of the Second Generation Behemoth.
Hephaestus actually had a mistaken judgment previously.
That was that after Levi became a god, due to some special restrictions, he could no longer make a move against the Black Dragon or other pitch-black monsters.
Unlike the gods naturally born from Divine Domains, Levi, whether discussing Divine Power alone, Spiritual Light alone, or God-killing Power alone, actually did not reach the standard of a god.
The reason he possessed a status comparable to the gods at this moment was actually because his body simultaneously possessed three types of high-dimensional energy, connected by magic power, which subsequently formed a complete cycle.
As for the pitch-black monsters, or rather the Assassins of the Gods, the reason they could ignore the Divine Power of gods was, in the final analysis, merely because God-killing Power flowed within their bodies.
And this power, Levi himself undoubtedly possessed as well.
To put it even more bluntly: after becoming a god, not only could he continue to fight pitch-black monsters, but even the Dungeon, which previously he could no longer enter, had reopened to him.
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