I Gain a God-Tier Talent Every Level

Chapter 571

Kanzaki Rei’s reaction was swift enough.

The moment she spoke, he pieced it together instantly.

"You’re... the Ekhator I released back then?"

The girl before him nodded repeatedly. "Mm-hmm. I told you I’d help you, didn’t I?"

Kanzaki Rei finally felt the heavy weight that had been crushing his chest loosen and fall away.

He let out a long, deep breath.

His perception unfolded, spreading outward in every direction across the boundless sea.

Kanzaki Rei shook his head. "Releasing you nearly got me killed."

"So, where is this place?"

"If I’m guessing correctly, this is the spacetime you belong to? A world completely different from the one I came from."

The girl’s eyes sparkled. "Wow, you’re really smart! You figured it out right away!"

She certainly knew how to give plenty of emotional validation.

Kanzaki Rei adjusted his emotions quickly. He had already steadied himself after the near-death ordeal. A strong mindset was essential for any expert; panicking for half a day over every life-or-death crisis meant poor mental fortitude.

"Will she chase us here?" Kanzaki Rei asked the question that concerned him most.

The girl shook her head. "She probably won’t."

"Probably?"

"Mmm... She shouldn’t have the ability to pursue us right now. This spacetime belongs to me, after all."

"The two of us are incompatible."

"If she enters this spacetime, her authority would be weaker than mine. Even if she does chase after us, I can handle her."

Because she had just saved him from certain death, Kanzaki Rei’s trust in the girl had risen considerably. Moreover, from both perception and spiritual intuition, she didn’t seem to be lying.

"Is there still a way for me to return?"

The girl asked, "You want to go back right now?"

"If you’re not afraid of her hunting you down, I can send you back..."

Kanzaki Rei felt a chill run down his spine, hairs standing on end.

No. For the time being, he had zero desire to be chased again.

"You were quite lucky. She had sealed the spacetime so tightly that even I couldn’t find an opening to act."

"But just now, time suddenly fluctuated. A tiny flaw appeared in her divine kingdom."

"Using that flaw and our shared origin connection, I was able to pull you out of her divine kingdom."

Kanzaki Rei repeated, "Her divine kingdom?"

"I actually have quite a few questions."

The girl smiled gently. "Go ahead and ask. If I know the answers, I’ll tell you everything."

After a brief hesitation, Kanzaki Rei asked, "Why can she move freely in the world? I sensed divine aura on her. How is she able to act with such freedom?"

The girl replied, "Ah, that question. She is indeed a god. But at the same time, she is also a Tier 9 Job Changer. She is an existence that has walked two paths simultaneously."

Kanzaki Rei paused.

He suddenly recalled that such a path did exist in legends: one that allowed a being to reach Tier 9 while also ascending to godhood.

Yet no one had ever explained how to walk it. There were no records, no accounts of anyone succeeding. Because the two paths were fundamentally conflicting and contradictory, attempting both at once was essentially a dead end. No one could even conceive of how to complete them, let alone actually do it.

The girl continued calmly, "Even so, that alone doesn’t allow normal action in the mortal world. Becoming a god inevitably comes with binding oaths."

Kanzaki Rei pressed further, "Then what is the real reason she can move freely in the world?"

The girl gave a bitter smile. "You’re trying to find her weakness, aren’t you? Unfortunately, the real reason is quite simple. She completed her oaths. The world no longer holds any constraints over her."

Kanzaki Rei’s mind churned. His gaze momentarily went blank.

Completed her oaths?

In his understanding, all gods remained imprisoned. He had never heard of any god who had fulfilled their oaths and could truly walk the mortal realm. The conditions for those oaths were simply too harsh.

"So if she wanted to, she could destroy the entire world directly?"

The girl nodded lightly. "Even more terrifying than that..."

"Which is why, if you choose to go back now, I probably won’t be able to save you a second time."

Kanzaki Rei shook his head. "No need..."

"By the way, how does she compare to the Lunar Lords?"

The girl answered, "She should not be weaker than most Lunar Lords."

Upon hearing this, Kanzaki Rei breathed a sigh of relief.

Good.

He had lost to an existence on the level of a Lunar Lord. There was no shame in that.

When they first met, Kanzaki Rei had assumed Ekhator was just some obscure, rarely mentioned roadside god who happened to possess the Time authority, making her somewhat special. Yet he held six undead of ancient gods in his grasp, and his own strength could inflict serious damage on Tier 9 monsters—even if the earlier heavy blow had come from a surprise attack.

So at the moment of their first encounter, he hadn’t been particularly afraid.

Although some of his time-related abilities were restricted, he believed that going all-out would still give him a fighting chance. Even if he couldn’t win, he should have been able to escape. Her descent into the world would naturally come with limitations.

After weighing every factor, his conclusion at the time had been clear: no matter how they fought, the advantage lay with him.

He never expected Ekhator to be so ruthless, nearly kicking him straight into death.

Even after escaping, lingering fear still gripped him.

Until just moments ago, he had even wondered whether he had underestimated the strength of ordinary gods.

Although Kanzaki Rei had seen Ekhator’s form, the legends she left behind in the world were surprisingly few, and her true power remained a mystery. Every god, before their ascension, had legends of being undefeated and overwhelmingly powerful. He had grown tired of hearing such stories.

So when he heard the ancient tales claiming how powerful Ekhator had been in the far distant past, he hadn’t taken them to heart. Weren’t all gods described that way?

That was why, right after escaping, his first thought had been: Could any complete god that appeared randomly end his life so easily? Had all his previous battles been low-level affairs? Was the gap between those ancient, incomplete gods and modern, fully realized gods truly this vast?

Now, Kanzaki Rei regained his composure.

His mind grew calm once more.

His attention gradually expanded beyond the girl in front of him, sweeping across the wider world.

This world truly lacked his Absolute Mana Sea.

It was a realm both familiar and alien.

Kanzaki Rei could even sense subtle differences in the laws compared to his original timeline...

That’s right.

This was the second timeline he had brought forth.

In other words—

Kanzaki Rei suddenly looked toward the sky.

His gaze pierced through, reaching into the elemental plane where he saw a riot of colorful elements undergoing transformations entirely different from those in his original world.

The origin of this place followed a different evolution.