Phanes said nothing, her golden eyes surging with sparks of electricity as power boiled within her body, a reflection of her rising excitent as she gazed at the world linked together by the Ouroboros.
The terrifying aura she released caused visible distortions in the surrounding Dinsional Gap.
Behind her, Asmoday remained silent—after all, her personality was cut from the sa cloth as Phanes, just without the intellect.
Istaroth held her arms as she glanced around. "So this is the Dinsional Gap, the womb that envelopes the worlds. So this is what it looks like. Incredible."
Paimon turned to the newly appointed Primary God, Lumine, following behind her. "So Lumine, you've traveled many worlds before. Is this Dinsional Gap similar to the 'Sea of Quanta' you talked about?"
Lumine shook her head. "They're very different. But which is stronger? Probably the Dinsional Gap. I an, I'm just a lowly Primary God, I don't know many of the higher secrets."
Esdeath licked her lips, excitent flashing in her eyes. "I don't care about dinsions or whatever. I just know there are strong foes in that world."
Aether casually pointed to one of the worlds. "I won't hog the credit. There are eleven worlds here. I'll take one."
The Teyvat army steadily erged from the World Gate.
Originally, gods below the Primary God level couldn't survive in the Dinsional Gap. Now, they could only do so thanks to the protection granted by the Teyvat Universe.
The Primary Gods followed behind the Supre Gods, striding proudly toward the alien worlds ahead.
Zhongli held his main divine weapon in hand, golden eyes ablaze with fighting spirit.
"So this is the world beyond our own... I see. What a fortune to glimpse this realm."
Though he had completed a previous mission, he had never seen the world beyond before. Now he did.
Behind him followed the gods of his faction, every one of them filled with the sa burning resolve.
The foreign worlds lay just ahead. War was imminent.
Fifteen Primary Gods had arrived.
Except for Lumine, who had no followers yet, each Primary God brought with them a legion of divine followers.
Each god's entourage would be considered a divine pantheon in any lesser plane.
Zhongli's voice rang out like a war drum. "Gods who follow , march onward. Take in all that you see."
The gods responded, "Yes, Lord Morax!"
Venti summoned a blue bow-lyre, his main divine weapon forged from the wind rules and a shed scale of Dvalin. He plucked a string lightly, releasing a pleasant note.
"Everyone, the battlefield lies just ahead. For the sake of our world, leave your worries to . The winds of hope will guide you."
The gods replied, "Yes, Lord Barbatos."
Raiden Ei and Raiden Makoto each summoned their divine weapons, addressing the gods under their command.
"The Eternal Path stretches on. Do your best, but know your limits. rit matters, but your lives matter more. You have only just ascended to godhood. Ti eternal lies ahead to hone your strength."
War was upon them. Each Primary God gave their final commands to their divine legions.
Their ranks were already few, and these were newly risen gods. If even one were to fall, it would be a blow.
After all, if those under your command die so easily, who else would want to serve you in the future?
Especially Tsaritsa—she didn't have a single actual god under her command. She was in an even worse state than Lumine, who at least had connections: a Supre God brother and the well-known Focalors.
Tsaritsa had no such backing. For this mission, she linked her own divine power and divine spirit to her Harbingers, temporarily granting them Middle God strength. Regardless, she had to raise loyal subordinates before she could worry about anything else.
In just a short mont, the Teyvat army of over ten thousand marched out from the World Gate. This army, whose weakest mbers were holders of Visions and strongest were Supre Gods and Holy God like Phanes, radiated an overwhelming aura that stirred ripples throughout the entire Dinsional Gap.
A golden road stretched beneath their feet, leading directly to the edge of the DXD world. It then split into eleven paths, each connecting to the world mbranes of the eleven individual worlds.
Phanes led the way, followed by five Supre Gods to break open the path, fifteen Primary Gods serving as generals, and the rest of the gods comprising the army.
The Red Dragon God Emperor looked at the divine army pouring out of the World Gate and heading toward the world, letting out a soft sigh.
The one leading was truly powerful—even stronger than her. Although that leader didn't wield a truth-based power, the Red Dragon God Emperor could tell that if they really fought, she'd be defeated in a matter of months.
Now that she had joined the Teyvat side, she finally understood just how deep Teyvat's foundations were—and how the hierarchy of worlds was structured. Teyvat's world tier was clearly one level higher than DXD.
Besides Phanes, another Holy God stayed behind in Teyvat—one who was likely connected to the truth of Kabbalah. She doubted she could beat that one either.
Noah watched with a smile as the Teyvat army advanced under Phanes' lead toward the DXD world.
"Let see just how beautiful a record you all can carve."
A world-level war wasn't sothing a single powerhouse could resolve alone. The potential unleashed when a native world is invaded by an external force couldn't be underestimated.
Unless soone could directly suppress the entire world, absolute victory wouldn't co easily.
The Red Dragon God Emperor didn't have that power, nor did the Infinite Dragon God.
Without the Teyvat army, Phanes alone would've needed thousands—if not tens of thousands—of years to conquer the world like in the early days of Teyvat.
RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!
The aura of the Teyvat army pressed upon all the divine worlds. Each world's mbrane began to ripple like disturbed water.
The native gods had already realized an invasion was imminent. Many of them had long been monitoring the Dinsional Gap, thanks to their ability to build rail networks between worlds and monitor the space between.
Ever since the despairing dragon cry of the Great Red had echoed across the realms, they knew she had fallen to a being from another world.
Now, the mont the world mbranes were pierced open, they witnessed with their own eyes—an army of gods stepping through the golden gate and heading straight for their world.
In the Underworld—
Sirzechs Lucifer stared at the invading divine army from another world. The leading god's aura was no weaker than that of the God of the Bible, and behind that being marched nurous gods not inferior to himself, along with an army of beings at least as strong as Satans.
Sweat poured down his face.
"The otherworldly invasion... it's happening so fast!"
"We didn't even have ti to prepare at all!"
At the edge of the world mbrane in the Underworld, tens of thousands of devils unfurled their wings, flying behind the Four Great Satans.
Among them, ninety percent were low- and mid-tier devils. High-tier devils numbered less than two hundred, and top-tier devils were fewer than fifty.
Upon learning that the overwhelming aura enveloping the Underworld ca from an invading army of divine beings from another world, most devils were filled with fear. Only a few were genuinely excited.
Current Satan and successor to the na "Leviathan," Serafall, looked anxiously at the incoming army of foreign gods and shouted, "Ajuka! Sirzechs! What should we do now?!"
This era's Underworld was at its weakest, not even possessing one-tenth the strength it had in ancient tis.
Had it been the Underworld of ages past, with the four original Satans and the seventy-two devil clans of old, perhaps they could have stood against this invading divine force.
But now, even including the Old Satan Faction exiled to the borderlands, the Underworld had fewer than ten Satan-level powerhouses.
And the approaching army alone had more than twenty beings on par with Satans.
Not counting those at Satan level, there were also several beings stronger than Sirzechs—the Underworld's strongest—and the leader of the army was even more terrifying than the God of the Bible.
And this was only one branch of the invaders; the foreign army was waging war on all worlds simultaneously.
The first god to erge from the golden gate radiated a presence even more frightening than Great Red.
And she wasn't even the one who killed Great Red.
That ant there were at least two beings stronger than Great Red—possibly more.
And Great Red had been the undisputed strongest being in their world.
If even the strongest could be slain so easily, who else in this world could possibly resist?
Current Satan and holder of the "Asmodeus" seat, Falbium, clenched his fists. His face twisted with fear as he struggled to process the overwhelming threat.
"That aura... even the weakest gods among them seem to be beyond Satan level. I might be able to hold my own at best in a one-on-one. What do we do? We need to make a decision now."
Even among Satans, the gap in strength was vast. A super Satan could easily obliterate a regular Satan in a few moves. Above them were beings who transcended species boundaries—the Transcendents.
Currently, only Sirzechs and Ajuka had surpassed that boundary.
He and Serafall were rely super Satan level.
At best, they could hold off a few of the weakest gods in the army.
But would war allow for fair one-on-one fights?
Clearly not.
That ant the Underworld's four Satans would be fighting against an entire army of divine beings.
Even including one of the forr Dragon Kings, the devil dragon Tanin, who had joined the Underworld but stayed out of politics, they only had five beings at Satan level.
Ajuka sighed and said, "Everyone, calm down. Even if the foreign army cos on strong, we still need to understand their purpose. Right, Sirzechs?"
As Sirzechs' close friend, Ajuka didn't need to explain further.
The implication was clear: if they couldn't win, surrender might be an option.
Sirzechs' sharp gaze slowly faded. Forcing himself to stay calm, his dark eyes watched the approaching divine army beyond the world mbrane. The sharpness in his eyes disappeared completely, replaced with a long, heavy sigh.
"Serafall, Falbium, the continuation of the devil race is already at its most perilous point. If war breaks out, the devil race will surely be driven to extinction in this world."
"Do you understand what I'm saying?"
Serafall anxiously shouted, "I understand the reasoning, but with the overwhelming montum of the otherworldly divine army, will they even be willing to listen to our pleas to stop the war?"
"Or should we consider escaping with part of the devil kind?"
Falbium gritted his teeth. "Don't joke around at a ti like this. Escape? All the 'worlds' are facing the sa crisis as us. Where could we even escape to? It's impossible."
Sirzechs let out a deep sigh. "That's why we can only gamble on luck. Submission, though disgraceful, is already the best outco compared to extinction."
Ajuka followed up, "If their goal is to exterminate us completely, then we can only fight to the death and pray for a miracle."
Falbium mocked himself, "Pray? I never thought I would hear that word from a devil's mouth."
"Even if the God of the Bible returned, not even his miracles could reverse this situation."
Sirzechs' black eyes instantly turned red due to the transcendent magical power: "They're here... prepare yourselves!"
Falbium turned to the devil army behind him and commanded, "All devils, do not attack without orders!"
All devils shouted in unison, "Yes!"
At the frontlines of the devil army stood several familiar figures.
Serafall's younger sister, Sona Sitri, the student council president of Kuoh Academy in the human world, glanced at her friend Rias and sighed.
"It's truly hard to believe. We were just about to return to the human world, and this suddenly happens. The invasion of an otherworldly divine army sounds like sothing out of a light novel."
Rias bit her lip, her expression complex. "You sound calm. Have you already made peace with it?"
Sona gave a dry smile. "Do you think we can change anything? We're just High-Class Devils. From the aura in the Dinsional Gap, any one of those attacks could wipe out a swath of us."
Rias fell silent.
The Underworld had never truly known peace. As a High-Class Devil, she had gone through battles with the Old Satan Faction and fought hostile beings like the Fallen Angels. She knew very well the cruelty of war.
Her title of the 'Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess' ca from such experiences.
"Sorry. I only ca back to the Underworld for a vacation, and now I've dragged you all into this."
Rias turned to look at Akeno and Koneko, eyes full of apology.
Akeno shook her head. "Rias, this isn't your fault. This is a true natural disaster."
Koneko remained expressionless. "President, I'm not afraid."
Rias was about to say more when a deafening rumble and the shaking of space made her look up in panic.
The devil army cried out in terror.
"Ahhhhhh!"
"The world barrier!"
"It's shattered!"
BOOM—
In that mont, all devils present saw the sky spin.
A massive swath of space ahead shattered like glass. Crimson light shone into the vast Underworld.
The entire Underworld could see the sky torn open with a gaping hole, swirling in the center like an eye, radiating red light.
This was a scene caused by an enormous external force smashing open a massive crack in the 'world mbrane.'
Within the vortex, crimson cubes ford of spatial laws stretched outward like octopus tentacles.
Just as the Four Great Satans reacted, their faces changed drastically.
The Underworld sky twisted violently, forming a massive vortex of earthy-yellow clouds.
The earthy-yellow light shone as bright as the sun.
In the next mont, the light dimd.
A 50-kiloter-wide "Planet Befall" was spit out from the vortex.
And it ca crashing down upon the entire devil army.
BOOOOOOM—
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