The vessel of the god of justice took the rank 8 divine flesh and began to assimilate it. The assimilation process went well. There was no rejection or difficulty whatsoever. It felt as if he was putting on an old cloth that he was very familiar with, not risking his life by assimilating alien flesh into his existence.
He was so fine with the process that he was able to assimilate a rank 9 divine flesh of the pathway of knights immediately after he was done with the rank 8 divine flesh.
From there, the giant blade bestowed a divine fragment on him. Since he already had a compatible innate talent, he was able to advance to become a godling easily.
Then the giant blade flew out of where it was kept and landed in his hand. He didn't hesitate at all. He sacrificed all of his existence into the blade instead of trying to fuse with it as an equal.
