Xingtian showed no fear as Ra charged toward him.
The War God swung the Pangu Banner, unleashing waves of annihilating power directly at the Egyptian creator god.
Ra could neutralize much of that destructive force with his own authority, but that did not mean he was comfortable facing it head-on. Even he treated the Pangu Banner with caution. As a result, his advance was halted.
Seeing hope at last, the Allied Pantheons immediately moved to support Ra.
But before they could act, another treasure emerged from the Heavenly Court.
Radiant streams of light poured from it.
Auspicious colors spread across the heavens.
Mystical inscriptions circled its outer surface, while symbols embodying the Heavenly Dao appeared and vanished within its depths.
Five-colored brilliance illuminated the mountains and lands.
Nine-colored divine radiance shook the cosmos.
The Taiji Diagram.
A supreme treasure capable of calming earth, fire, water, and wind, transforming yin and yang, governing the Five Elements, unraveling the mysteries of the Heavenly Dao, and encompassing all creation.
Its powers were boundless.
It could dissolve any attack.
It could ignore any defense.
The moment the Taiji Diagram unfolded, heaven and earth trembled.
The sun and moon seemed to dim before its majesty.
Its status as a supreme treasure was undeniable.
"Damn it... How does the Heavenly Court have so many artifacts like this?"
Even Ra felt pressure descend upon him.
Facing the Pangu Banner alone was already difficult enough.
Now he had to contend with the Taiji Diagram as well.
The two treasures attacked from different directions, leaving even a supreme deity like Ra struggling to keep up.
The Taiji Diagram possessed three legendary abilities.
Taiji Heavenly Dao.
It could transform into a golden bridge connected directly to the authority of the Heavenly Dao, destroying all invaders.
Primordial Yin-Yang.
It could convert countless dimensions and timelines into a primordial world of chaos.
Chaos and Mystical Yellow.
It could suppress and subdue innumerable weapons and treasures.
Michael's expression changed instantly.
The Holy Lance Longinus in his grasp suddenly began trembling violently.
It felt as though it were trying to escape his hand.
Each rotation of the Taiji Diagram intensified the effect.
The sensation became stronger and stronger.
Many gods weren't as fortunate as Michael.
Their divine artifacts were ripped away immediately.
Even the Eye of Ra came under the influence of the Taiji Diagram.
Worse still, some gods couldn't withstand its suppressive power at all.
Their bodies disintegrated into dust.
The moment the Taiji Diagram entered the battlefield, the Allied Pantheons suffered catastrophic losses.
Those lacking sufficient power were erased outright.
In an instant, nearly seventy percent of the coalition vanished.
The Archangels gathered together, praising the Holy Lord with unified voices.
Only through their collective faith were most of them able to survive.
Even then, their situation remained precarious.
At that critical moment, Jehovah finally realized he could no longer remain a spectator.
Michael was one of his strongest and most trusted subordinates.
Allowing him to perish here was unacceptable.
"Praise be to You, Father in Heaven, Most High Lord."
Thunder rolled across the sky.
Blinding light erupted through the darkness.
Countless pillars of radiance descended like celestial swords, tearing apart earth, wind, water, and fire.
The sound of sacred hymns echoed once more.
It was as if innumerable angels were singing in unison.
Then a colossal beam of light pierced through the heavens.
A figure slowly stepped out from within it.
Jehovah had arrived.
He stood amidst an endless sea of light.
Boundless divine radiance poured from him like an infinite ocean.
The moment he appeared, he instantly understood the situation.
The sea of light erupted.
Countless blades of radiance formed and shot toward the Taiji Diagram, Xingtian, and the gods of the Heavenly Court.
The luminous swords descended like a storm.
Every blade was forged from Jehovah's own divine power.
Their destructive force was immeasurable.
Any single strike rivaled Michael's full-power attack with the Holy Lance.
The difference was that Michael could only unleash one such attack at a time.
Jehovah was releasing thousands.
Tens of thousands.
An endless barrage.
The rain of holy swords crashed into the Taiji Diagram.
Then vanished.
Completely.
No matter how many light blades Jehovah produced, they failed to inflict the slightest damage upon the Heavenly Court gods protected by the Taiji Diagram.
Nor could they reach Xingtian, who stood beneath its protection while wielding the Pangu Banner.
Since the day he had risen to prominence as the Lord God worshiped across half the world, Jehovah had never encountered anything like this.
His face remained hidden within the ocean of light.
Yet everyone could tell.
He was furious.
Ra found the sight almost absurd.
Did Jehovah really believe light alone could solve every problem?
The Lord of Heaven had not become one of the world's most worshiped gods through brute force alone.
His methods were ruthless.
He had extinguished the faiths of Celtic and Germanic peoples.
He had brought medieval Europe beneath his influence.
Entire cultures and religions had been erased beneath the banner of his faith.
Countless gods had fallen before him.
His success had been built atop the failures of others.
Among all gods, few could rival him in cunning and decisiveness.
He was a conqueror among divine beings.
And so, when pure divine light proved ineffective, Jehovah immediately changed tactics.
The endless sea of radiance transformed into a colossal tidal wave.
It surged forward.
Then his voice echoed across the entire world.
"I am the omniscient and omnipotent God. My words are eternal truth."
As the supreme deity of the Christian pantheon, his authority extended far beyond light itself.
Light had merely been the beginning.
The first step recorded in Genesis.
It was never the entirety of his power.
For Jehovah, light was only the foundation.
Not the summit.
The true power of the all-powerful God described in scripture was far more terrifying.
The moment he proclaimed his divine title, an indescribable force entered the battlefield.
"I declare that you, heretical creation, cannot withstand my authority."
"You shall be submerged beneath my light."
The endless sea of radiance roared forward.
It crashed into the Taiji Diagram with overwhelming force.
White holy light exploded against golden brilliance, creating waves of energy that shook the world.
The sea of light pushed forward relentlessly.
It sought to engulf the Taiji Diagram completely.
Under the influence of that strange and immeasurable authority, the Taiji Diagram was swallowed by the ocean of light.
Radiance surrounded it from every direction.
Moment after moment.
Instant after instant.
Its power was steadily worn away.
Yet this was the Taiji Diagram.
Even Drex Valen didn't know how the original artifact truly functioned.
He had only recreated it according to the authority and abilities preserved within his memories.
But that alone was enough.
As one of the three supreme treasures born from the Black Hole Dimension, its power surpassed even Ra himself.
And Ra, possessing both solar and creator authority, was already among the rarest and most powerful gods in existence.
The Taiji Diagram tore through the sea of light.
Golden brilliance erupted from within the endless radiance.
It emerged once more.
And the instant it appeared, it moved to reduce Jehovah himself to dust.
"Heretical one."
"You cannot cross the gulf that separates you from Heaven."
"Nor can you stand before My glory."
As the words left Jehovah's mouth, the distance between him and the Taiji Diagram began to stretch infinitely.
Though he stood motionless, the treasure could not reach him.
An invisible abyss had formed between them.
A gulf that denied all approach.
A gulf that prevented the Taiji Diagram from striking its target.
Then, in the next instant—
The Taiji Diagram tore through that incomprehensible authority.
The invisible gulf shattered.
And it arrived directly before Jehovah.