I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Numerous angels descended from the heavens and floated in mid-air in front of the Pantheon. They unfurled long scrolls and proclaimed divine pronouncements.

This oracle served as an opening statement before baptism, explaining the reasons for the investiture of Alaye, the divine position bestowed, and the subsequent arrangements for the Eastern Territory.

The situation was basically the same as what Roland had heard in heaven, and the conditions were even better.

However, none of the wizards paid attention to these things; they were all looking at the strange phenomenon in the sky.

After the 'rope' snapped, the black sun on the horizon began to undergo strange changes. Like a sunrise, it peeked out to the left of the mountains on the edge of the horizon, and before it was fully risen, it began to set to the right of the mountains.

In a short span of time, the black sun rose and set several times. Each time, it rose from the left side of the mountains and then set from the right side.

The sunrise and sunset were visibly accelerating, and the black sun was also visibly growing larger.

By the time the angels finished their opening remarks, the black sun had already transformed into a colossal object occupying nearly half the sky. It no longer resembled a sun; rather, it looked like a vast, curved curtain covering half the sky.

The celestial phenomena at this moment were extremely strange. One half of the sky resembled a deep, starless night, while the other half was a bright, star-studded day. At the edge of night and day was an extremely dazzling halo. The power of this halo seemed terrifying, and its presence slowed down the rate at which night was swallowing day.

At this moment, the angels in front of the Pantheon noticed the abnormality. They turned around in astonishment and looked at the sky, only to find that the gods were no longer quietly staying in the sky as before. They had transformed into countless stars, desperately radiating light.

These lights constantly gather at the edge of the night, and the extremely dazzling halo at the edge of the night originates from these stars.

Upon seeing this, the angels in mid-air above the Pantheon were horrified.

"What happened?! Everything was fine this afternoon, so why did it suddenly start falling towards the sea?!"

"Sure enough, I guessed it was a future calamity this afternoon!"

The leading angel had a solemn expression and muttered incoherently, "This is our tribulation, but it is also our ascension ceremony. If the Kingdom of Heaven can overcome this tribulation, the gods will be able to truly ascend, just as prophesied."

The surrounding angels suddenly understood, and some of them immediately knelt in mid-air and began to pray. As they prayed, their divine power gathered in the sky and joined the halo that was resisting the black sun.

Roland and the others from the Pantheon were stunned when they saw and heard this scene.

Everyone thought that by now, Heaven would have figured out that the wizards were behind it all, but Heaven actually believed it was some kind of 'future calamity'.

Many wizards couldn't help but use the Forbidden Observer to peek into the angels' thoughts, and then their faces showed extremely strange expressions.

It turns out that there is a very serious difference in understanding between the wizards and the gods regarding cause and effect.

From the perspective of Heaven, after the power of the main gods changes and they face the challenge of breaking through bottlenecks and ascending to higher dimensions, such a great calamity is destined to occur.

Since the outcome is already predetermined, the cause of the event is no longer important.

Because it was bound to happen, no matter the reason, even if the wizards did nothing today, something was bound to happen.

The wizards scoffed at the idea of ​​the gods of heaven, believing that the gods of heaven had lost their minds.

However, after Roland thoroughly studied the gods' prophecy about the future apocalypse, a very strange expression appeared on his face.

This prophecy originates from the gods' observations and reasoning about the lower realms, and it has an extremely meticulous deductive process.

The conclusion drawn from this is that, through countless cycles of reincarnation, all paths have converged to one point: today. Therefore, today is the end of the world!
Therefore, in their view, whether the Great Hollow was caused by the wizards breaking the rope was completely unimportant; what mattered was that something similar was bound to happen today, no matter the reason.

After this day, reincarnation will cease completely. The gods will either transcend reincarnation and ascend to higher dimensions to embrace a new future, or they will come to an end with the end of reincarnation.

Therefore, if we don't get through today, today will be the end of the world.

Having survived today, today will be the day of ascension!

“The gods aren’t entirely wrong,” Roland murmured to himself. “So, does Heaven think that the wizards are actually helping them ascend today?”

“I’m afraid not,” Olivia said in a low voice. “There is indeed a small group of madmen who have observed some kind of prophecy and believe in some kind of future calamity, like these angels. But most of the gods regard these kinds of people as ‘patients who need further control over their madness’.”

Roland immediately understood what Olivia meant.

With the resurgence of the memories of the gods in heaven, they have actually reverted to their madness.

The chief gods are almost able to maintain a balance between evil and order, like the dawn, but the other gods are not.

Roland saw it when he went to heaven. Some gods were clearly going mad, but after being illuminated by the radiance of the supreme god, they suddenly 'lost their memories' and returned to normal.

Therefore, gods in heaven sometimes go mad, but because of the supreme deity, although they go mad, they do not ignite the fire of madness.

These angels, having just left Heaven, were now far removed from the glory of the gods. This wouldn't have been a major problem initially, but now the chief gods are preoccupied with maintaining their own aura and have no energy left to attend to these angels who have descended to the mortal realm.

Therefore, the angels in mid-air in front of the Pantheon have all gone mad.
Therefore, what they just said was all nonsense.

Fortunately, the orderly power of the Dawn of Light was there; otherwise, they would not have just gone mad, but would have become insane gods.

Therefore, although the so-called "future calamity" has been circulating in heaven, it is all just the mad talk of a god who has gone mad!

These angels usually scoffed at this so-called future tribulation, but having just gone mad, they've started believing in this crazy talk about the future tribulation.

“You two, stop talking for now,” Catherine said, looking at the sky with a serious expression. “These guys are monsters.”

Roland looked up at the sky and was surprised to find that as the power of the aperture increased, the 'night' that had been constantly rotating and expanding up and down and left and right had gradually stopped shaking and expanding.

Before long, this 'night' will rotate in the opposite direction, then shrink continuously until it disappears completely.

"They actually intend to drag this world and the realm of gods out of the land by brute force?"

Roland's expression was slightly interesting. He said, "When I said that this afternoon, I thought Heaven had some kind of technology when it suddenly slammed on the brakes. Turns out, it has no technology at all, just numbers!"

“Roland, we are now actually within the Zero Realm’s field of vision,” Catherine reminded her. “The Angel of Peace (the rope) has not been completely destroyed by the power of the gods, but through the light of dawn, we can now access the ocean of the lower world at any time and ignite the Mad Fire.”

So, should we ignite the flames of madness and sever the last rope?

Roland looked at his clenched fist, sensing the power of the ocean in the lower world through the light of dawn. Then he said, "Let's begin." (End of Chapter)