When the plot-skips players into the game world

It's been two days since the Red Calamity ascended to become a Pillar God.

The government, primarily composed of Path of Authority Transcendents, was the first to be affected, especially Avalon.

Just like the collapse of the throne of Supreme Heaven in the past, the powers of professions such as "Berserker," "Warrior," "Challenger," "Fighter," have also dissipated, like fresh snow melting under the sun.

In just one night, they have fallen from Transcendents to the realm of mortals.

Legal Mages have lost the Law Magic they were accustomed to - the ability to rebuke, arrest, and execute others according to legal codes, bringing future judgment and execution to the "present" in an "instant" manner, has now completely failed.

As for the Griffin Knights... their skills and physical qualities remain, with their physical strength even somewhat enhanced. However, they temporarily lost their Mana Pool and their connection with their gryphons.

Or rather, the "contract" between them and the gryphons has been severed.

Without the telepathic communication with their partners, the gryphons' pupils have turned crimson, and their temperament has become noticeably irritable. However, despite their bond being completely severed, the gryphons still cherish the past camaraderie, with none leaving the knights who raised them.

From another perspective, Avalon's Sky Cavalry and the gryphons have finally formed a new, genuinely pure friendship—

Not bound by any contract, nor motivated by a utilitarian "you level up so I level up" mentality, nor driven by demands of a Pillar God, Path's influence...

But simply... pure friendship untouched by any Path Power.

The career advancement from Inspector to Arbitrator perhaps suffered the least loss amid the Pillar God's succession, or one might say they were the first to undergo "localization."

They first lost the supernatural abilities to control others similar to the Legal Mages. Yet, their physical strength was instead enhanced, including better execution of various combat techniques and swordsmanship compared to the past.

They just lost Mana... or rather, they can no longer access their own Mana Pool.

Fortunately, this situation is not without a solution.

After all, Transcendents' power stems from the resonance of the Path, but it is not "borrowed."

The Path's power genuinely acts upon their own bodies, and the Path Power they have already acquired is still stored within them.

Just like the Giant Prince previously imprisoned by Avalon... despite being held for so long, he still retains the power of Supreme Heaven within him.

This feeling is similar to a "system update" that completely upgrades to a new version, unable to run programs not compatible with the new version, or like porting a console game to a PC.

One needs to re-decode this power into content accurately interpreted by the current Path, properly migrate for compatibility, then it can be used normally.

In this process, functional loss is inevitable—features that could run in the old version may not run in the new version.

For example, gyroscope, auto-aim, and other functions present on a console may not be achievable on a PC.

Similarly, the PC might have functions the console couldn't do... for instance, "once on the PC, you don't get to choose what clothes you wear."

This is an expression of acquiring entirely new professional abilities after transitioning to a New Path.

And from the Path of Authority to the War Path succession, the compatibility conflict is clearly not as powerful compared to the Authority.

Or say... the Red Calamity does not wish to completely sever the part of the Silver-Crowned Dragon from its body.

Just as he let those Knights of the Round Table who were not subservient to him off the hook—absorbing the existence of the Silver-Crowned Dragon means integrating the memories and emotions of the Silver-Crowned Dragon.

Compared to the Disaster Demon Dragon, who stayed in the Dream Realm before defeating Supreme Heaven, and then was frozen in the mountains by the Silver-Crowned Dragon after the defeat—Silver-Crowned Dragon was the one who adventured with humans, made friendships, and left marks in this world.

—His life is far richer than that of the Calamity Demon Dragon!

Now that the Calamity Demon Dragon has devoured the Silver-Crowned Dragon, it's like pouring a cup of strong wine into a bowl of fruit juice. It's hard to say now if it's strong wine or fruit juice, but clearly, it is no longer pure fruit juice.

This is why the Silver-Crowned Dragon did not devour the Calamity Demon Dragon.

If the Silver-Crowned Dragon had devoured the Calamity Demon Dragon, its Path would definitely have deviated!

Compared to the Calamity Demon Dragon's inclination towards the Path of Love, the Silver-Crowned Dragon is evidently smarter—or rather, beings on the Path of Love are generally not very smart.

Back then, Arthur was a warrior of the Seventh Source River and later became an Ascension Sorcerer of the Eighth Source River.

It was to defeat the Supreme Heaven that he had cut off the purest part of the "Seventh Source River" from himself... And if he were to re-consume it, that would undoubtedly mean he regained the essence of Creation from the Seventh Source River.

He would naturally tilt towards the Eighth Source River... because "the avatar replaces its creator," which fits the Beyond the Reason.

And now, the Calamity Demon Dragon has devoured the Silver-Crowned Dragon... essentially, it's the same.

If they merge again, it would mean the Pillar God of the Seventh Source River itself has deviated from its Path—with the tumult of war evidently leaning more towards the easier Source River of transcendence than the order-establishing Authority.