Within the Three Worlds, the situation changed drastically in an instant.
Not just one aura soared to the sky; for dozens of consecutive days, even ordinary people in the Three Worlds often saw clouds and mist mysteriously gathering in the sky, followed by lightning strikes of various colors falling.
Accompanied by explosions of terrifying auras, one by one Godheads were perfectly assembled. Figure after figure of gods who originally didn't come from this world were born successively.
In a certain water region, the Sacred Ruins Trial Tower.
Kuro knelt on one knee and reported: "Master, the scattered Godhead fragments have almost all been collected. In total, twenty-seven gods have been born."
Kaiser sitting on the throne nodded: "Good work. With this, I think that figure will truly lose composure. Perhaps they can't hold back any longer and will soon show their true face. Be prepared!"
Kuro nodded, but then he appeared hesitant and asked: "Master, I don't understand. Is that Golden List also controlled by a mysterious expert behind it, who is competing in power with You?"
Kaiser smiled slightly and shook his head: "Mysterious expert? Perhaps it could be said so. Its Existence is something you can't yet comprehend for now. You just need to know that It is an existence at the same level as me. My actions have accelerated the growth of these Three Worlds; when this world grows to a certain level, then between Me and It, only one may remain!"
(Just as I thought.)
Kuro finally obtained the truth directly from Kaiser's mouth. Although currently he was Kaiser's representative, he still couldn't see this master of his clearly. Kaiser seemed always enveloped in mysterious fog that was hard to guess.
The world speculated that the First Place on the Golden List was equal to that mysterious Golden List, but that was all just guesses. After all, that Golden List that always stretched across the horizon and overshadowed the entire Three Worlds was the root cause of this dimensional merger.
That emotionless Golden List wasn't a living being, but rather an entity with invisible authority that made people wary. Conversely, the First Place on the Golden List always appeared and disappeared mysteriously, making people unable to trace their origins.
But now, Kuro knew the truth from the First Place's own mouth. It turned out, that mysterious Golden List floating in the Three Worlds' sky wasn't as many people speculated—not just an emotionless entity—but rather was conducting invisible competition with the First Place behind the scenes.
"What are Your plans for those twenty-seven gods?" Kuro asked.
Kaiser said flatly: "The time isn't ripe yet, but I think it will be soon. That figure above our heads will act soon. Those twenty-seven people are merely bait. I've lost patience and don't want to keep playing with It. Let's just see when the big fish will take the bait."
Kuro's expression changed slightly. Although he was known as clever and full of tactics, he couldn't guess Kaiser's train of thought. This wasn't a matter of intelligence, but a difference in levels. Kaiser had stood at the peak of the Three Worlds, even higher still to an unreachable level. Such a perspective was enough to oversee the entire game board.
Kuro, limited by his viewpoint, of course couldn't guess it.
"Go, monitor the movements in the Three Worlds. For now, I'm not suitable to show myself." Kaiser waved his hand.
Kuro paid respects and withdrew.
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Meanwhile, at Hero Association Headquarters.
Six extraordinarily powerful auras suddenly descended and appeared just like that in the meeting room.
"You've finally come!"
At the long table, there were three new faces. They weren't original Hero Association members, but the aura on their bodies was absolutely no weaker than any of the six people who had just arrived.
Bang's eyelids twitched heavily, even Tatsumaki felt slightly suffocated from the impact of that aura. During this time, they had dismantled all old data and listed people who survived from the Sacred Ruins Trial Tower. After hard searching, they finally found three people.
With the association's help, these three people successfully collected all the Godhead fragments they needed. As compensation, they agreed to join the Hero Association. Meanwhile, the six people who had just arrived were those who succeeded in collecting complete Godheads with their own abilities.
These nine people were the nine gods newly born in the One Punch world.
"Long time no see." One large muscular man with a bare chest laughed loudly and sat arrogantly at the meeting table.
The others also sat one by one as if this place was their own territory, without burden and absolutely not looking down on others present there.
When ordinary people suddenly obtained extraordinarily tremendous power, that power would affect their consciousness and make them lose humility.
"Agu, didn't expect you're still alive. I thought you'd already been killed by other fragment holders." the muscular man said to one of the three new hero members, a middle-aged man with scars named Agu.
Agu snorted coldly: "Deks, the person who can kill me hasn't been born yet. Even if you die, I won't die!"
"Enough nonsense. We came today not to discuss things like that." Deks waved his hand impatiently and turned toward Bang and the others: "You should already understand the current situation. Throughout the Three Worlds, a total of 27 gods were born, and we are nine of them. In the current Three Worlds, we are the strongest existence."
The faces of Bang, Tatsumaki, and the others looked sour, but they still nodded.
"Our request is simple. I need your forces' help to gather information about the other gods to conquer the Three Worlds! Reaching our level almost means reaching the peak. Of course, if you want to climb even higher, there's a way; namely by swallowing the other gods."
Deks threw out shocking information. However, Bang and the others' expressions didn't change much; clearly they already knew this beforehand. After all, within the current Hero Association there were also three gods standing guard.
"What specifically must we do?" Bang asked directly.
Deks answered: "Use your intelligence forces to help us investigate detailed information and abilities of the gods in the other two worlds."
"Alright!" Bang agreed without hesitation.
Currently, facing several gods who suddenly arose, they had almost no ability to resist. Saitama also went who knows where, so they had no means to refuse. Moreover, for them this wasn't too difficult a task, though it was still unknown whether this would bring bigger problems later.
"You're a wise man." Deks and the others smiled.
At the same time, almost similar things also occurred in the Naruto World and One Piece World. These newly born gods seemed to have already agreed; they simultaneously visited the greatest forces controlling the world currently, namely Konoha Village and the World Council, and made almost identical demands.
Each god mastered one World Law that was gathered in the complete Godhead in their bodies. To develop further, their Law path had already reached its limit; the only way was to unite other Laws, namely by swallowing the Godhead in other gods' bodies.