Su Mo hadn't delved too deeply into the Christian cosmology before.
Although he had created the Seven Deadly Sins ritual and grasped a portion of its universal truth, his understanding was only on par with other god groups.
However, in the battle in the Little Garden, he had not only obtained the Christian Another Cosmology, Eden, but also the status of the Son of God and God himself.
This had instantly boosted his resource reserves in this mythological cosmology, surpassing even the Good-Evil Dualism he used more often.
This time, by personally putting the cosmology into practice, an act that would deepen any ordinary three-digit god's understanding, Su Mo's gains were even greater. Simply guiding this outcome was enough for him to fully absorb the power of the Son of God.
After applying the cosmology to the world, he had achieved complete mastery over the three authorities held by the Son of God: Original Sin, Judgment, and Salvation.
His understanding of Eden had also become much more adept.
If he could fully digest these insights, Su Mo could even replicate the Another Cosmology Eden, elevating the concept of the Fallen and Original Sin to a level beyond that of the Son of God and God.
To gain so much from a single world's trial was a significant harvest.
If he could use a cosmology to rule an ownerless multiverse, he could probably ascend to a single-digit rank directly, without having to participate in a battle royale game like in the Little Garden.
Of course, meeting the requirements of a multiverse was never simple, no matter where you were. Otherwise, the Asuras, gods, and Buddhas of the Little Garden wouldn't all be crammed together.
In the chat group, the members didn't know how much Su Mo had gained in terms of cosmology, but they at least knew he had acquired the sovereignty of a world.
Rin Tohsaka: "Wow, world sovereignty!"
Rin Tohsaka: "I was about to say, did you get it so easily this time? But on second thought, it doesn't seem that easy." The twin-tailed loli sighed.
She said "easily" not because she could do it, but in comparison to the last time.
March 7th: "That's right! In terms of combat difficulty, the last time seemed harder!"
When she joined the chat group, Su Mo was in the process of conquering the world of No Game No Life. The power of the war god Artosh and Su Mo's own invincible display were still fresh in her memory.
Compared to the fierce battles last time, this time, apart from the world-ending event, Su Mo didn't seem to have made any special moves.
If it weren't for taking away the Cursed Children in advance, he wouldn't even have needed to one-shot the seven Zodiacs; he could have just left the entire trial to humanity.
In retrospect, the number of times Su Mo had acted was few and far between. Even when helping Tendō Kisara with her revenge, it was mostly her own doing. Even the changes in the world situation were mostly caused by humanity's self-inflicted predicaments and had nothing to do with him.
Like a sage ruling by inaction, Su Mo had done nothing, yet the situation had developed exactly as he had predicted.
From this perspective, this operation seemed quite relaxed. It was as if conquering a world and obtaining its sovereignty required nothing at all, just a gentle push at the right moment.
Hearing the two of them, Shiroyasha couldn't help but speak up.
Shiroyasha: "This operation indeed didn't require much combat power. It seems even someone with Little March's strength could handle it, as long as they had the brains."
March 7th: "That's right!"
March 7th: "Wait, what do you mean, 'even with my strength'? Am I weak?"
March 7th: "And what do you mean, 'as long as I had the brains'? Are you looking down on someone, Lady Shiroyasha?"
Shiroyasha: "It's your imagination."
Ignoring the pink-haired girl's dissatisfaction, the white-haired loli continued.
Shiroyasha: "But if you only had Little March's strength, you wouldn't be able to obtain the world's sovereignty at all. At most, you would gain a spiritual status of a curse or a prophet."
This was a point that Pest, the Black Percher, who had once obtained a necromantic Black Death tus through a curse in the Little Garden, would be very familiar with.
Obtaining the spiritual status of a curse or prophet didn't require any special abilities. If you cursed the world to be destroyed, and the world was indeed destroyed in the way you expected, even if it was just a coincidence, the sheer scale of the cause and effect of the world's destruction would grant the curser a certain degree of status.
Similarly, if someone could make the same predictions as Su Mo and guide the world to the same end, they would at most receive a reward of this level. As for world sovereignty, that was out of the question.
Rin had actually thought of this as well.
Rin Tohsaka: "That's right! After all, without mastering a cosmology and being able to deploy it with an Another Cosmology, you can't interfere with the entire world."
In terms of martial strength, as long as one was ruthless enough, they wouldn't even need the power of someone like Kanae.
A god wouldn't even need to step onto the stage. Wasn't the ending in the original story one that satisfied the requirements of the Christian cosmology?
In fact, there were only two major hurdles to obtaining world sovereignty. One was a sufficiently complete cosmology, and the other was an ownerless world. The latter was naturally present, but to achieve the former, the minimum requirement was a three-digit rank.
That was why Rin had corrected herself earlier. This seemingly easy task had a hidden difficulty far greater than the world of No Game No Life. At least in that world, a peak Tier 5 had a chance of clearing it.
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While they were chatting, the Last Judgment was mostly complete. Su Mo's transformation of the new world was also nearly finished.
At this point, seeing the new world, Shiroyasha was a little surprised.
Shiroyasha: "Eh? This star chart... Su Mo, did you turn back the entire world's time?"
In a world with an Earth, the star chart was always the most accurate timing tool. Just by looking at the star at the north pole and the error caused by the Earth's precession, Shiroyasha could obtain an incredibly precise time.
And in her judgment, Su Mo had not continued from the modern era but had turned the clock back ten thousand years.
Su Mo: "Mm. The last round of destruction has already verified the problems with the development of human civilization at that time. This time, I plan to readjust it with the same conditions."
Otherwise, despite all the problems, human society wouldn't have rotted to the point of ignoring the end of the world. This readjustment was similar in principle to the Little Garden's interference in human history.
However, the Little Garden's main screening mechanism was proxy wars. Su Mo didn't have such favorable conditions, so it could only be considered a small experiment of his own.
Each rise and fall of civilization could provide more or less experience points for the cosmology he held.
As for creating a completely new world, that was too much trouble, with too many parameters to adjust. It was better to just patch things up on the old platform, saving time and effort.
Rin Tohsaka: "So this is how a god usually thinks..."
The twin-tailed loli felt she had learned a lot.
At this time, the Last Judgment in the live broadcast was nearing its end.
After the judgment, a very small number of righteous people were allowed to live on the outer circle of Eden. There, milk and honey flowed endlessly, and there was no conflict, only harmony.
The Cursed Children, who had been granted special amnesty by God, learned the duties of angels alongside the angels summoned as spirit bodies.
Once they had washed away the sin of their weakness, they could be reincarnated as pure and holy angels, becoming a workforce under Su Mo.
It couldn't be helped; work was work, and these children didn't mind working for him.
As for the remaining souls, except for the extremely wicked and unpurifiable individuals who were completely incinerated during the judgment, all the others were thrown into a pool by the angels and reincarnated into the mortal realm.
For a time, a very orderly process was established between the celestial and mortal realms.
Seeing this, some in the chat group who knew more about mythological rules understood, while others were confused.
For example, a certain twin-tailed loli.
Rin Tohsaka: "I just realized something. There's a heaven, and a mortal realm... what about hell?"
Rin Tohsaka: "Lord Su Mo, doesn't Christian mythology say that sinners will be thrown into hell to suffer eternal torment? Why did you just put them back in the mortal realm?"
Before Su Mo could answer, Tendō Kisara suddenly understood something.
Tendō Kisara: "So, when did you get the illusion that the mortal realm isn't hell?"
Hearing this, Rin froze for a moment and typed a question mark.
Rin Tohsaka: "?"
Seeing this, the long, black-haired girl, who had just been freed from an apocalyptic world, patiently asked in return.
Tendō Kisara: "If hell is a place with scarce resources, where sinners torture each other..."
Tendō Kisara: "Then what place is more like hell, more able to temper the soul, than the eternal recurrence on Earth?"
Rin Tohsaka: "..."
Madoka Kaname: "..."
March 7th: "..."
Rin Tohsaka: "amazing, i learn something."
The twin-tailed loli was deeply shaken. Recalling Su Mo's casual words earlier, a terrifying thought occurred to her.
Rin Tohsaka: "If that's the case, do you think it's possible—I'm just guessing—is it possible that we've all been exiled to hell?"
Rin Tohsaka: "Could it be that this is also a trial from a god?"
Hearing this, the group fell silent for a moment.
Like the brain-in-a-vat theory, it was an unverifiable hypothesis, and therefore meaningless.