"These lightnings are good… but not enough," Mark said, his laughter echoing unnaturally as it rolled across the ruined skies. His gaze remained fixed on Max, not with mockery alone, but with a trace of something closer to admiration twisted into madness. "I will admit this much. You are the strongest being I have ever faced. Stronger than the four divine beasts. Stronger than the demons. Because of that, you are worthy enough to witness the true form of a crownbearer."

The moment those words left his mouth, the world of Acaris responded.

The ground beneath Mark fractured completely, not cracking but unraveling as if the planet itself was surrendering its structure to him. Vast streams of radiant essence rose from every direction, pouring into his body like rivers flowing back into the sea.

Mountains dissolved into pure energy. Forests withered into luminous dust. Even the air itself seemed to lose substance, transforming into raw power that surged toward him without resistance.

Mark's body began to change.

The crown atop his head blazed with blinding dark red light as its shape expanded and fused seamlessly with his skull, no longer appearing as an external artifact but as an intrinsic part of his existence.

His flesh peeled away layer by layer, not in gore, but in a transformation that felt ceremonial and absolute. Beneath it emerged a form forged from condensed divine law, each muscle line carved with glowing runes that pulsed in rhythm with the world's heartbeat.

His height increased steadily until he towered like a living monument over the battlefield. A halo of fractured light formed behind his head, rotating slowly, composed of interlocking sigils that represented dominion, authority, and causality.

From his back unfolded massive wings made not of feathers but of crystallized world essence, translucent and endless, stretching across the sky like shattered continents suspended in air.

His eyes lost all trace of humanity. They became twin stars of crimson and gold, burning with the combined will of the planet and the corruption that had consumed him. With every breath he took, reality bent inward, as if existence itself was struggling to remain intact in his presence. The air screamed. Space warped. Time hesitated.

This was not merely power amplification.

This was apotheosis.

Mark no longer stood upon the world. He stood as the world.

"I am the crownbearer," he declared, his voice layered with countless echoes, each one carrying the weight of an era. "I am the will of Acaris given form. Every cause flows through me. Every effect is born from me. As long as this world exists, I cannot fall."

Freya felt her soul recoil as she watched from afar. Lucien clenched his fists, his expression darker than it had ever been. Even they could sense it clearly now. This was no longer a battle against a powerful enemy. This was a battle against a god bound to the very existence of the world itself.

Max stood unmoving beneath the heavens filled with judgment lightning, seven dragons circling above him like silent sentinels. The pressure bearing down on him was enough to erase civilizations, yet his posture did not waver. His eyes reflected Mark's towering form without fear, only calm resolve.

"So this is your true form," Max said quietly, his voice steady despite the godlike presence before him. "A god born from a broken world and sustained by stolen causality."

Mark spread his arms wide as the essence of Acaris continued to pour into him endlessly. "Come, Max. Show me if your judgment can sever a god."

"A god, huh?" Max said softly, a faint smile appearing on his face despite the crushing pressure bearing down on him.

The air around him suddenly ignited as a deep red aura burst forth from his body, violent and oppressive, carrying a heat that felt older than sin itself. In the blink of an eye, his white hair turned a vivid crimson, strands fluttering wildly as if alive.

His skin took on a red glow, etched faintly with demonic patterns that pulsed with infernal authority. His eyes, already red, burned brighter, their light sharp and merciless. A suffocating darkness rolled outward from him, swallowing light and sound alike. Infernal energy flooded the battlefield, thick and ancient, carrying the stench of destruction and domination.

This was the Infernal Demon Transformation.

Max rarely allowed this form to surface. It was violent. It was absolute. It was a power born from corruption and wrath, a power that devoured restraint along with mercy. Yet in front of a god who had fused himself with the world, restraint was no longer an option.

Before the infernal aura could fully stabilize, another power answered.

Golden light erupted from Max's body, pure and radiant, cutting through the darkness like a rising sun. The transformation spread from his right side, reshaping him in stark contrast to the infernal half.

His right arm turned luminous gold, flawless and sacred, etched with divine patterns that radiated calm authority. The right side of his hair shifted to a brilliant gold, flowing like molten sunlight, while his right eye transformed into a pool of pure radiance.

This was the Heavenly Luminous Sacred Bloodline.

Though incomplete, its presence alone was enough to rival divine authority. Sacred energy surged from that half of his body, opposing the infernal power without clashing, existing in a strange and terrifying harmony. One side represented corruption and annihilation. The other embodied purity and judgment.

As both transformations stabilized, the space around Max began to distort.

Golden light condensed beside him, not merging with his body but floating like an obedient star. Black flames followed, twisting and writhing with devouring intent, their presence bending heat and shadow alike.

White Lotus Ice Essence bloomed into existence, crystalline petals forming and dissolving in a slow, elegant cycle that froze space itself. The Concept of Severing Sword manifested as an invisible yet absolute edge, its presence alone causing the surrounding reality to fracture as if sliced by unseen blades.

All of these powers hovered around Max, orbiting him in controlled balance.

Above and beneath everything, the Seven Colored Lightnings of Divine Punishment surged and intertwined, forming the foundation of this terrifying constellation of power. Violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red lightning coiled together, anchoring every other force and binding them into a singular will.

Infernal darkness. Sacred radiance. Devouring flame. Absolute ice. Severing law. Divine punishment.

All of it revolved around Max.

He stood at the center, half demon and half sacred being, bathed in colors that should never coexist, his presence alone warping the battlefield beyond recognition. The world groaned beneath the weight of his existence, struggling to remain whole even with the spatial laws he had imposed to hold it together.

This was not a form meant for prolonged existence. It was not a state meant for balance.

This was Max's strongest form.

Across from him, Mark's godlike figure loomed, wings of world essence spread wide, divine authority pouring endlessly into his body. Yet for the first time since his transformation, his expression shifted. Not fear, but something dangerously close to caution.

Two gods faced each other.

One born from the world's authority and corruption.

The other forged from defiance, judgment, and impossible evolution.

The final clash was inevitable.

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