The sky above the Celestial Bastion wasn't just storming—it was seizing.
Lightning forks split the heavens in half, revealing the underbelly of divine warfare as Varkus hovered at the epicenter, his usual smirk replaced by something colder than Li Qing's frost. Below him, the Pantheon's forces clashed with rebels, their blades singing hymns of betrayal.
Then—he moved.
Not toward the enemy.
Toward the Celestial General.
"Sorry, old friend," the Thunder God murmured—before driving his fist through the general's chest and ripping out his divine core.
The battlefield froze.
[Divine Treason Detected: Thunder God Varkus - Alignment Shift]
[Mission: Survive the Pantheon's Retribution]
[Reward: 50% Celestial Army Reinforcements]
[Failure Penalty: Being Struck By The Very Lightning You Once Commanded]
The general's core pulsed in Varkus' grip as he raised it high. "The Pantheon lied! They made us butcher worlds to hide their sins!" His voice boomed across the heavens. "I stand with the Storm Lord!"
For three heartbeats, there was silence.
Then—
CLANG.
A sword hit the ground. Then another. And another.
Half the celestial army defected in unison.
[The Aftermath: A God's Gambit]
The Pantheon's response was immediate:
The War God Karghes laughing as he switched sides mid-swing
The Goddess of Wisdom screeching as her own scribes rebelled
The Celestial Arbiter's mask splitting down the middle—half joining Varkus
The Nine-Tails, watching from a stormcloud, purred: "Oh, this is juicy."
[Check-In Complete (Divine Revolution)]
[Reward: Celestial Army Reinforcements (12,000 Angels of Rebellion)]
[Penalty: Pantheon Now Deploys Corpse-God Suicide Bombers]
As the dust settled, Varkus tossed the general's core to Luo Feng. "Don't make me regret this."
The core whispered:
"They hid the First Horror's prison… in you."
END OF THE CHAPTER48