The God of the Bible is undoubtedly dead, but not completely.
Because His origin still exists, maintaining the operation of the Pantheon, it simply lacks self-awareness.
Under certain special conditions, the God of the Bible could still wake up.
No wonder people from other Pantheons haven't made a move against the System.
If Rias hadn't resonated with the System, with her level of power, forced interference might have stimulated the System and caused the God of the Bible to awaken.
Leveraging the power of the System, combined with the power accumulated over so many years, this force is enough to allow Him to briefly exert power surpassing the Dragon God Level.
If He wanted to fully revive, He would only need to obtain the Holy Grail and the Spear of Twilight.
The Spear of Twilight contains the will of the God of the Bible.
The Holy Grail possesses the ability to interfere with the common laws of life.
With these two abilities, combined with the origin left in the System, the God of the Bible would be able to revive.
Perhaps He foresaw that the Three Evil Gods would invade this world in the future, or perhaps He had already come into contact with existences from a Other World, which is why He made such a decision.
Otherwise, it's hard to imagine that the mediocre First Generation Devil Kings could actually drag the God of the Bible down with them to mutual destruction; it lacks the grace described in the Bible.
It's very likely... He did it on purpose to welcome a prosperous era.
Rias has no intention of resurrecting the God of the Bible, at least not for now.
What she wants to do is simply complete the kabbalah tree of life.
Rias thought to herself as she sat upon the throne where God once sat.
There are two reasons why Rias resonated with the System left by the God of the Bible.
First, as a successor to the God of the Bible.
Although the God of the Bible is dead, it's not impossible for someone to inherit this position; it's just that the conditions are too harsh, and even the God of the Bible didn't believe anyone could meet them.
To become the successor of the Biblical Pantheon, one needs to possess the complete concept of 'Omnipotence' and belong to the Biblical Pantheon, yet they cannot be a Fallen Angel or a Devil.
Because Devils are defined as evil, and God must never be defined by good or evil, neither Angels nor Devils will do.
The definition of Fallen Angels is also the chaos in the middle; although close, they also won't work.
Those who meet these conditions are only the Dragons within the Biblical Pantheon and Humans.
Since Rias is no longer considered a Devil and possesses the concept of Omnipotence, she was able to resonate with the System.
The second reason—
Also the complete concept of Omnipotence.
No, the minimum requirement should be the ability to accept the legacy of the God of the Bible.
In other words, a degree close to the complete concept.
Only then is it possible to reach a level equal to Him after accepting the legacy of the God of the Bible.
"But this way, the Kabbalah can also be perfected."
Rias whispered softly.
The kabbalah tree of life and the qliphoth are inherently opposites.
By placing the concept of the qliphoth onto the existing kabbalah tree of life, it can then be perfected.
As Rias acted, within the Garden of Eden on the Fourth Heaven, the kabbalah tree of life expanded rapidly.
It soon grew large enough to blot out the sun.
The great tree, which was originally several hundred meters tall, had now reached a thousand meters.
It had almost broken through the cloud layer; if the Garden of Eden itself weren't a special place, it would probably have broken through to a higher level of Heaven.
At the same time, occupying the status of the kabbalah tree of life.
The Four Great Seraphim and the high-ranking Angels found their strength increasing.
Soon, the Four Great Seraphim broke through the Seraphim rank and reached the realm of Transcendents.
However, this wasn't surpassing the limits of their race, but rather their strength reaching the level of a Seraphim.
To be precise, it was the perfection and strengthening of their worldview, thereby raising the upper limit of their race.
In fact, the First Generation Lucifer also fell within this range.
He himself didn't surpass racial boundaries, because he was the absolute King of the Devils; there was no existence that could represent Devils more than him.
However, the strength of the First Generation Lucifer was within the range of Transcendents.
Michael used to only be close, but now he achieved it easily and was gradually becoming even stronger.
Other high-ranking Angels were also continuously growing stronger, soon reaching the level of the former Four Great Seraphim.
The other Angels were the same, constantly active.
In a beam of holy light that shot into the sky, the entire Heaven truly returned to its former glory.
The Birth Pool of Angels had stopped operating after the loss of the God of the Bible.
And now it had begun to operate once again.
Not only in Heaven, but also in the mortal world below, where miracles hadn't been shown for many years, statues of God released pure holy light, spreading the Lord's glory.
Even the System underwent repairs under Rias's empowerment; there were some interesting things, such as the boundary between holy and demonic, which Rias did not repair.
Some defects indeed needed repair, such as diseases brought by Sacred Gears; the Son of Lu-ge died from this.
But something like the Holy Demonic Sword has its own meaning and value in existing.
"As expected, after the qliphoth appeared, the construction of the dualistic worldview was completed."
Rias murmured: "Satan corresponding to God, the Omnipotence of God corresponding to atheism..."
The Kabbalah and qliphoth were perfected, but this was only a preliminary conceptual perfection.
The details and concepts within still await development.
However, these are matters of slow, steady work; she has already inherited the legacy of the God of the Bible, and there is nothing left to make her grow rapidly.
Regarding the direction of the worldview's development, she had roughly two paths.
One is the struggle for theocratic hegemony.
Sweeping away all Pantheons and then taking the entire world into her hands.
With the entire world as a foundation, the Biblical worldview would have the possibility of developing toward a parallel level, and Rias would then be able to rely on the worldview to step into the realm of Omnipotence.
The other is theocratic unification.
Integrating all Pantheons to construct a worldview that reigns supreme over all Pantheons.
And this worldview would be a worldview belonging exclusively to Rias personally.
"The answer is already obvious."
Rias chuckled and then sat on the throne of the God of the Bible.
Holy light swirled around her, and a radiance similar to, yet different from, God's light spread out; the worldwide miracle attracted the attention of all Pantheons.
"It's not the Lord..."
While Rias was spreading the holy light, Gabriel, also located below the Seventh Heaven, looked slightly pale.
Both Rias and God possess the concept of Omnipotence; if only the holy light acting as God's were spread, the two would have a similar essence.
But similar is not identical.
Perhaps ordinary Angels couldn't tell the difference, but the Guardian Angels of the Kabbalah would certainly be able to perceive this difference.
Even so, within Heaven, she indeed received an unimaginable boost.
Especially after the kabbalah tree of life was perfected, Rias felt that the worldview of the Biblical Pantheon seemed to undergo a subtle qualitative change.
This allowed Rias to perceive the feelings of the Angels located at the Kabbalah positions.
Sensing Gabriel's complex emotions, Rias looked down.
Then she saw Gabriel, who was known as the 'Most Beautiful Woman in Heaven'.
She truly is very beautiful, very pale, and very big too~
Rias couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
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