NOVEL NEXT Chapter278-Threat of Death
Daniel roamed freely and unchallenged across the Divine Realm,
but the Emperor of Angels made no move to stop him.
After all, it was only the low-level angels who were dying.
Their loss wasn't significant—
The Angels of Gold and Silver race had no shortage of expendables.
But if too many high-level angels were lost,
then the entire Angelic race would suffer an immense and irreversible blow.
By this point,
the Emperor of Angels had come to a sobering realization:
Unless Daniel was eliminated, nothing they did to contain him would matter.
"Oh mighty Gate of Revelation, please open now!"
"Her Majesty Goddess of Gold & Silver Aurelia, please heed the call of your most devout believers! We require your aid!"
At this moment, both the Emperor of Angels and all the surrounding Archangels began offering their solemn prayers.
All of their voices carried the same unified plea—
They were beseeching Aurelia herself to descend and eliminate Daniel once and for all.
Simultaneously, a brand new Revelation appeared in the hands of the Emperor of Angels.
If four thousand years ago, the Revelation had been successfully used during Aurelia's Ascension Ritual,
then the Angels of Gold and Silver would have broken through their current level caps.
Not only that, their tiers would have undergone another round of elevation.
And more importantly, Aurelia wouldn't have become estranged from her race after ascending to godhood.
Instead, she would have remained as the Supreme Ruler of the Angelic Race.
For a race to have a god remain as their emperor—
this would have been an unprecedented advantage in power, prestige, and status!
However, due to Daniel stealing the Revelation four thousand years ago,
this otherwise flawless plan had been completely ruined.
Not only did Aurelia's ascension suffer disruptions,
but the Angels of Gold and Silver also failed to gain further advancement over the next several millennia.
Now, as the Emperor of Angels looked at the new Revelation in his hands,
he knew just how much blood, time, and divine energy had been spent crafting this second copy.
And yet…
Just after its creation, it would already need to be used.
"Daniel," the Emperor muttered darkly,
"meeting you again in this era—I don't know if that's your good fortune or misfortune."
"But regardless, it's time we settled our debts."
As the Emperor of Angels spoke, a soft halo of light began to radiate from the surface of the Revelation.
Then, right before the eyes of all the angels present, the Revelation merged directly into the Gate of Revelation.
Meanwhile…
"Daniel, there's something you might not know. The Origin Grounds are actually…"
Before Milla could finish her sentence, her body suddenly trembled violently.
Her face turned deathly pale in an instant.
"Damn it—Lord Daniel! I can sense a great terror descending upon us!"
"I don't know what it is, but…"
She didn't even have time to finish her words before a beam of pure golden light descended from the sky!
It moved with such speed, it seemed to surpass time itself.
The moment it appeared, a towering pillar of light pierced through the Divine Realm and extended upward into the heavens!
In the next instant, that pillar exploded outward into a brilliant wave of golden radiance.
Yet, oddly enough, these golden lights caused no visible destruction.
They gave off no shockwaves, no heat, no sound—
just silence.
And then—
the world began to change.
All matter began to be assimilated by the golden light, becoming light themselves…
What the hell is happening!?
Daniel's expression grew tense.
He felt as though his entire being—his existence—was starting to unravel.
Especially his sense of time,
which became blurry, vague… almost non-existent.
That pure golden light seemed to want to assimilate Daniel as well.
And the sensation was incredibly strange—
It wasn't like dying.
It felt more like being erased…
like becoming part of nothingness.
At the same time, Daniel's Eye of Insight displayed information about this golden light:
[Purification Radiance]
Effect: Purifies all existence. This is the signature skill of Goddess of Gold & Silver Aurelia.
Oh, sh*t!
Daniel's mind was instantly seized by terror.
Only now did he realize…
The attack of a god had already struck him!
He had been hit—by a god!
[Dance of Death], activate!
But even though the skill successfully activated,
Daniel found himself utterly unable to move.
Under normal circumstances,
Dance of Death should have removed all negative effects and purified his state.
But to his horror, even with the skill active,
his body remained completely paralyzed.
Worse still, his body was slowly beginning to undergo light-transformation.
The power of a god… truly terrifying.
At that moment, Daniel felt as if time itself had frozen.
Everything around him was in a standstill.
But the process of being turned into light—it continued, unaffected.
He even witnessed Milla beside him—
already completely transformed into light.
His clones, scattered across the Continent of Myriad Races,
could also feel it:
the entire world was undergoing light assimilation, bit by bit.
To put it simply—
in Daniel's perception, he was the only living being left.
Thanks only to the effect of Dance of Death,
his life had been temporarily extended.
Without any hesitation,
Daniel triggered his God Rank Skill: Time Stream.
But to his shock,
the usually reliable Time Stream—which had never failed him before—
was also being affected.
Under normal circumstances,
activating Time Stream should have instantly pulled him into the Time River.
But this time, its activation was noticeably delayed.
Worse still, no other skill seemed to function at all.
Only Time Stream remained reliable.
And to be fair, Daniel still considered himself lucky—
because even under direct assault from a god,
Time Stream was still effective.
Just… not as fast.
It wasn't until half of his body had already turned to light,
that Daniel finally stepped once again into the familiar current of the Time River.
And the moment he entered,
everything returned to normal.
When Daniel opened his eyes again,
he had returned—three seconds before the attack occurred.
Milla was still beside him,
about to explain the truth behind the Origin Grounds.
His clone had just finished synthesizing Divine Incubation.
But at that moment,
Daniel's forehead was already soaked in sweat.
What had just happened…
was too terrifying!
That overwhelming sense of helplessness
had brought Daniel closer to death than ever before.
Since awakening his powers,
he had never truly experienced the threat of death.
But the attack from a god
had given him an entirely new perspective.
Light-transformation…
It was horrifying!
It wasn't bloody or brutal.
In fact, it looked gentle—almost serene.
But that was exactly what made it so terrifying.
To watch your own body slowly turn into light,
unable to resist in any way…
That kind of hopelessness,
was enough to nearly break Daniel's spirit.