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Apparently SEH isn't acting. He actually wants to stop whatever Ban Ta is up to. He even called Sword Spear to Sumaru because only her, Younghoon, SEO, and the first King can beat sacred master Ban Ta easily. Meaning even Time can't easily crush him? We need a new fate king. This guy just isn't it.

How high will this man's ceiling go? When you think about it, he's almost certainly supreme deity level in his domain. Author said Glass peacock was supreme deity level with a throne 40 billion years ago, and he says if he's not in a weakened state he can drive her off on his own. No wonder he warned the entire radiance heavenly domain "do not insult me".

What is he even doing? I don't think it's just becoming a supreme deity. Considering SEH is going to let Glass Peacock become the second immortal beast king without interference(this is actually a questionable choice, but whatever).

I think he may actually be trying to create an absolute fragment. Like how Bong Myeong made a pseudo-one, but a real absolute fragment. I essentially think he intends to use purple gold's power and the other power he built up to become the first non-ender heavenly king.

This would actually explain SEO's reaction, absolute fragments are treated like radioactive material by creator gods and true emporers, as they can distort the laws of whatever world they go in. Not to mention SEO doesn't like absolutes right now.

I think in the next part of the side story. After the femboy MC finishes his adventure and brings peace to Ban Ta's realm, we'll have Ban Ta vs Sword Spear(who has gotten ridiculously strong due to the fact unlike Hong Fan's heavenly venerables, SEO doesn't hold out on her), with Radiance Hall backing the strongest sacred master out of spite. I think it'll end with Malki Hyun-ah helping speed up his master's plan and unintentionally convincing Malki Hweol(SEH's amnesiac clone) to help. This would be his version of how SEO won over Hong Fan.

FK got two massive powerups during his fight with SEO. It didn't matter because he went down, but if he hadn't, he'd be a menace.

1- Massive Speed upgrade. Up until that point the reason FK was faster than creators despite not being one is due to the sixth technique "future" which he used as a passive skill. It reduces one's essence to nothing to let them reach the same speed beyond casuality as the creators. During the fight, Younghoon realizes this, and creates his own technique "six harmonies" which lets him also reach the speed of a creator god. SEO then figures out his own method based on the sixth sword form "auspacious soul filling the heavens", using his various wills and connections divided through timelines to reach the realm of a creator. Then SEO copies Younghoon. Then FK copies both of them, increasing his speed two levels. Considering how he killed the creator gods before they could react before this... When you think about it, the 3 methods are each different and synergetic, similar to the 3 great ultimates. FK's version involves using one's own essence/existence, Younghoon uses just pure martial arts and self control, and SEO uses various connections. the 3 synergize similar but not the same as the 3 great ultimates.

2- Ultimate move, Salvation. Previously FK's trademark was hope. He created a clone of himself that functioned as a suicide bomber, releasing power equivalent to self-destruction through pure technique. And he can spam it rapid-fire because screw you. A killing technique at the level of a divine art.

It had exactly two weaknesses. It needed time to build up power, and could be blocked at close range. And it could be mitigated through mental attacks, stopping the clones from operating properly. The other six moves basically exist to cover scenarios where this doesn't work, fate is used for adjustment in combat, and splitting heaven as backup firepower.

Salvation is created by stealing the principle of SEO's auspacious soul filling the heavens, and combining it with hope. Auspacious soul uses great mountain pressing down to combine present, future, and past through the turning wheel mantra to create sword energy and give the user not only offensive power, but ressurection and defense(sending attacks to created parallel timeline or resetting oneself).

However Hong Fan uses it to skip the process of hope building power, so instead it just reaches max level of power instantly. And he uses it not as a ranged bomb but as a direct slash supported by his real self, so it has greater power and can't be washed away with hope or positivity. And he uses the same principle of pressing down to give charge the slash with severing heaven mantra(seo doesn't just use splitting emporer as a direct spell usually, he instead impues it into his sword). It supposedly would stop SEO from ressurecting and erase his ego, and when SEO hits him with "true salvation", FK loses fate and can't recover. So basically it's dozens of times stronger than normal hope, is an instant close-range slash, and ignores positive emotions.

This is the ultimate attack in the series, only thing shown able to block it is itself(SEO uses the same move).

My honest opinion is that Shadow garden is way worse than Sakura in volume 7, who gets a lot of really unnecessary hate.

She willingly takes Alpha's side despite them telling her the truth about demon possession. You have to understand the common sense of the world is that the possessed are demons so this is actually really brave of her. She doesn't fully understand the circumstances of Alpha and Lalanoa, and how can she? And she worries about Lalanoa, who frankly has no business trying to be king from a logical standpoint(no backing, no vision for the kingdom, and 12 years old. The girl herself admits it's an act of spite.) She is suspicious of the unknown knight believing he might be decieving Lalanoa(and he is, just not for normal reasons). Nothing she does is actually illogical.

Shadow Garden on the other hand just try to kill Mistri without knowing who he really is, just because he's as strong as them. They arrogantly believe that just because Shadow gave them power no one else in the world should be able to compete with them and if they can they must be an enemy. They basically believe they can't allow anything remotely comparable in strength to them exist for "their lord". Because losing to anyone else in the world is an insult to their lord. Cid never taught them any of that, but the opposite. It's pure cult behavior, no different than the diablos cult. They are completely arrogant and self-righteous that they will always be stronger than anyone and know better.

In particular, the final act they did was pure insanity. You can't say they don't care about Lalanoa, because Alpha herself literally says they are doing it to save Lalanoa. But they lure her into canon fire and bet on Mysteri dying after getting worn down by bullets, but also trust him to defend Lalanoa to the end and barely save her? It was a retarded plan that would have killed the girl if Mysteri wasn't Cid in disguise and therefore nearly invincible.

I hope next volume, before Cid reveals himself, regardless of if he does, he completely crushes Epsilon, Eta, Beta, and Alpha as Mysteri Ousman. Let them know the humiliation of just flat out losing because someone is better than you, no evil scheme or nothing. Lalanoa can defeat the cult's stand in, while Mysteri(either after revealing the illness was bs, or pretending to power up and erase the illness, or even with the illness) just flat out whoops all of them, while holding back to not kill them. Terminal illness bonus points. And then let them realize he was never even an enemy as he fights the cult.