Passing through the passage, Rias arrived in Heaven.
This place was filled with the Power of light, yet it did not cause Rias any discomfort.
Although light restrains devils, Rias could no longer be considered a devil.
Not only had she long since transcended the God of the Bible's definition of a devil, but after mastering the complete concept of Omnipotence, Rias had already attained the same height as the God of the Bible.
This light was merely in the sense of Omnipotence~
Light is a potent poison to devils, but to Rias, it was just another Power she had mastered~
The God of the Bible and Rias both held the concept of 'Omnipotence', but concepts are not entirely identical to each other, because a complete concept contains many things. It's even quite possible that the two of them controlled different 'Omnipotence' concepts.
This was due to differences in the direction of excavation and development.
In Rias's research, she discovered that the essence of life is concept.
The demonic nature of devils, the divine nature of gods—the reason these races are stronger than humans is because gods and devils inherently carried concepts that matched them from the very beginning.
But precisely because of this, gods and devils, bound by their divine and demonic natures, could only advance further by delving into their own divine or demonic nature.
They enhanced their life essence while excavating the concepts within their divine nature.
But here a problem arises—
To elevate oneself, one must be constrained by the worldview of one's Pantheon.
Most gods, as well as the first-generation pure-blood devils, had almost reached their limits with no room for advancement.
Only a minority of gods who held dominant positions within their Pantheons had the possibility to advance further.
For example, Indra, that guy occupies the three statuses of Heavenly Emperor of the Celestial Court, Lord of Buddhism, and Master of Mount Sumeru.
Or like Shiva, he holds the highest status and possesses the greatest combat Power in Indian mythology, and on top of that, he's the one who trains the hardest.
Not counting the Cute Dragon, after the death of the God of the Bible, He was the world's number one expert within the world.
As for greek mythology, everyone knows what kind of bird Zeus is.
The Greek worldview isn't dominated by Zeus alone; in this world, there are the 'Twelve Olympians'.
On the contrary, Hades, occupying the lowest level of the underworld and having experienced countless territorial struggles, actually surpassed Zeus in strength and became a Transcendent.
That's right, even these gods could be called Transcendents, not 'Main Gods' in the ordinary sense.
Among countless mythologies, in the competition, countless mythologies declined, and the gods met their twilight.
And only a few gods could stand out.
Inherently powerful, inherently bound by shackles of the same level.
But humans and all other creatures are different!
Humans are born weak, without even concepts, let alone magical Power in their bodies initially.
It was later, after humans made contracts with devils and studied devilish magic, that the group known as magicians appeared.
Even so, humans still could not compare to those born powerful.
And up until now, many Pantheons have gradually perished, while humanity has ushered in a golden age. This already indicates something.
Humans are born weak, but as long as they have resources and knowledge, they possess an infinite future.
It must be known that in the Biblical Pantheon, the Mother of Devils, Lilith, was also human at the moment of her create.
The reason Rias could contain so many concepts was because her own life form had undergone countless evolutions; its capacity for inclusion had far surpassed that of a human.
Although belonging to the Biblical Pantheon, she was not bound by its worldview.
The death of God causing the Biblical worldview to loosen was one reason.
The remaining reason was that Rias had transformed her own demonic nature into a Devil's True Form.
To put it another way, Rias's race is 'Rias'?
Transcending the limitations of race and worldview, this is what it means to be a 'Transcendent'~
"So this is Heaven..."
"Although it's very beautiful, it's indeed too lofty and solitary."
Feeling the quiet atmosphere of Heaven, Rias couldn't help but shake her head.
It was too quiet, excessively quiet, even unable to withstand the slightest stimulation. Although this world had no sin, it also had no joy.
Of course, some lazy folks would probably like the environment here.
As long as one could let go of human greed and learn to be content, living here would be quite good~
Very suitable for those lazy folks who have lost their drive~
"Let me see, that must be the road to the First Heaven."
Rias murmured, then used Heavenly Transfer to move.
Heaven is divided into seven layers in total. The First Heaven is where the angels work; it could also be called the front-line base.
There are angel guards on watch here, and each layer has a massive gate.
After passing through these gates and several checkpoints, one was permitted to board the 'elevator' to the next layer.
As for Purgatory and Limbo, they are both on the third layer, because the third layer is commonly known as 'Paradise', the destination for the souls of believers.
After cleansing their souls, they would directly enter the third layer.
Moreover, the third layer is also the most expansive one.
Moving at a speed transcending the material world, Rias quickly arrived at the 'gate' leading to the Fourth Heaven.
The Fourth Heaven is the Garden of Eden. Rias went up openly, not taking the elevator, but instead opening a hole in space herself.
After the concept of'Space' became complete, Rias's concept of space also reached the Dragon God Level; her dimension was no longer in the same world as these angels.
Because of this, Rias had also made substantial progress in her concept of time.
In terms of the 'concepts' she cultivated, the next one to likely become complete was probably Time.
Wisdom was also possible, after all, she had already mastered the fruit borne from the tree of wisdom. If it were the tree of wisdom itself, combined with the concept Rias cultivated herself, it might just allow her 'Wisdom' concept to become complete first.
Soon, Rias arrived at the Garden of Eden. The environment here was excellent, even more so than the vast Third Heaven; this place was the true paradise.
The ground was strewn with gold, pearls, and carnelian.
Although they were natural substances, they were more brilliant and beautiful than anything polished by human hands.
Various trees grew from the earth, blooming with all sorts of exotic flowers and plants. Many animals and plants lived here leisurely.
A river flowed murmuring through the garden, nourishing the land.
In the very center of the Garden of Eden stood two trees.
One was the Tree of life, namely the kabbalah tree of life.
The other was the tree of wisdom, the tree capable of distinguishing good from evil and granting enlightenment to all things.
The moment she saw the two trees, Rias resonated with them.
No, not just these two trees, but with the entire Heaven.
The sea of clouds in the sky churned, and the entire world seemed to rejoice.
Heaven seemed to come alive, restored to its former state.
After the death of God, not only did various problems arise within the Pantheon itself.
Heaven, as God's stronghold, had the greatest problems here.
Even the two trees, which had long ceased to bear fruit and had stagnated in growth, began to become active again.
Amidst Rias's strange feelings, she discovered that several of her concepts were rapidly growing.
Omnipotence, Create, Destruction, Life, Wisdom.
Among them, 'Omnipotence' grew the most rapidly.
Soon, the concept of 'Omnipotence' reached the minimum requirement for condensing a fragment of Power.
This was Rias's own 'Omnipotence' combining with the God of the Bible's 'Omnipotence'!
"Could it be that the God of the Bible knew I was human in my previous life, so he left all his legacy to me?"
This thought involuntarily surfaced in Rias's mind.
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