Chapter 13

Until my recent jaunt to the Nasuverse I had never entertained the idea of creating a true 'trump card' worthy technique using the energy I cultivated as my 'magic' power and aptitude was far greater.

That changed when I reached the peak of my 'mortal realm' and half-step into the 'immortal realm' equivalent in my Cultivation. While my prowess as an 'Archmage' was still many times greater than that of a Cultivator with the best possible method, and that was after the maximum amount of magic I could output had increased massively thanks to my breakthroughs, there were still a lot of things that I could not achieve with just magic or manipulating some 'laws' at my current level.

I was well aware that, even in the Nasuverse, there were still a handful of beings that I could not hope to face at my level even if I had more destructive power and variety in conceptual abilities than they did. Most of my magical abilities were still within the realms of what could be achieved within that universe, or more specifically, by the 'Root' and any alien god capable of threatening any timeline's existence without much trouble.

I would lose if I faced any of those threats head-on. There were two ways I could have gone about this, the first was to create a masterpiece of a weapon that could allow me to punch above my weight class, and the second was to create a technique to do the exact same thing.

The first could be stolen, the second option was just a little more secure, even if it had more output limits than the first.

And so I devised two techniques that, while still incomplete, would allow me to either wrest control over the entire universe for a short time and use its power to supplement me in defeating my enemy… or render any sort of power reliant on the local laws of the universe or support from beyond the universe, null and void.

The latter was created to suppress invading gods, beings of great power formed after the creation of the universe and beings that relied on external authority or support like other 'main characters' like existences with cheat abilities, especially any 'System' sort of power.

As for the former technique, my incomplete [Unified-Realm, Divine Augmentation] Ascendant God Art would combine the breadth and depth of all my comprehended laws to create a temporary tiny universe within myself, then use my 'Divine Sense' as a bridge to connect the universe under my control and the universe I was targeting, thereby connecting my 'Divine Sense' and powers to it.

From that point onwards it was a matter of transposing the absolute control of my own universe unto the targeted universe, which lets me use all my abilities wherever my divine sense can reach in the universe, simply put, everywhere.

Of course, it has its limitations. I am still limited to my current abilities and whatever power the universe can afford to support me with. Unless it's a 'do or die' scenario, taking a significant amount of energy would have far-reaching consequences that will not be worth dealing with.

As I was currently focused on using my [Unified-Realm, Divine Augmentation] as a way to be in a minor sub-realm (in this case, Heaven) and have the results of my actions be imposed upon the universe undetected while minimizing reality distortions, this meant that my 'Divine Sense' and mental focus would be wholly focused on the task ahead.

Just because my Divine Sense could encompass the entirety of the universe doesn't mean it should, nor does it mean my mental focus becomes infinite and enables me to keep track of every single phenomenon in the universe happening at every moment.

That would only have been possible to an extent if I was at a much higher realm or could tap into the universe's consciousness to boost my mental powers.

Why don't I use the second method then? Well, the problem isn't that this DXD universe doesn't have a consciousness… The problem is that it does!

"-OPPAI! BREASTS! TITS! BOOBS! OPPAI! OPPAI! CHEST! BOOBIES! KNOCKERS! OPPAI! MELONS! HEAVENLY PEAKS! OPPAI! Ass-OPPAI!"

AND IT'S FUCKING CONTAMINATED THANKS TO ISSEI HYOUDOU!

I would legitimately get brain damage if I linked my mind with this universe's consciousness!

My father-in-law completely ruined the debut of my deeply profound Ascendant God Art! Damn you Issei, how dare you ruin my efforts unintentionally by spreading your perverseness!?

If I don't repay this frustration three-fold then I'm not Dio Dorana!

I took a deep breath and cycled my energies around my body, expelling my irritation that could have caused me to vomit blood out of anger.

I didn't have much time to waste, this technique was energy-intensive and I could only keep it up for an hour or so, my time limit might end up even shorter since I needed to dedicate some energy to defend my mind from potential mental pollution arising from the universe's perverted consciousness. It would take a good night's rest to recover the sheer amount of energy I was using for this task, a peaceful rest that I could only get if I dealt with this one major source of chaotic distortions.

Granted, I could just jump to another world and stay in a hotel there whenever I want to rest, but I wasn't going to leave a problem so close to home unattended and as a potential source of future distractions at crucial moments. And don't get me started with the possible fallout when the system inevitably collapses from the overwhelming number of bugs and glitches… Waiting to get 'permission' from the angels that clearly cannot run Heaven optimally would take too much time given how notorious they are for their resistance to change.

Since the Angels are all about forgiveness these days (they let bygones be bygones with the Devils for God's sake!) I may as well go ahead with my plans regardless of their opinions. Besides, it's not like they can do anything to me, and if they tried something?

Then I would show them the immensity between Heaven and Earth!

… Anyways, in conclusion, there was no good reason for me to tough it out or weaken my own 'divine senses' for the time being since it would just leave us vulnerable to potential threats. The safety of the ones I love is more important than my momentary convenience and inner peace.

And so I got to work.

I gave a cursory 'glance' at the first four 'Heavens', then took about half a minute to browse through all the data stored in the research facilities of the Fifth Heaven, committing it all to memory for a review some other time.

I scanned through the near-empty Sixth Heaven, the current 'core' where the Seraphs resided, then frowned as I realized that the only tenant was Gabriel and that this was the normal state of affairs for her.

All the replacement Seraphs were reincarnated angels that still had strong connections to the Church and attachments to human civilization, as such, they mainly operated from Earth and only stayed in Heaven on occasion. While this wasn't necessarily a bad thing since they weren't disconnected with their humanity, it meant that Heaven's current leader was bereft of companionship amongst her kin that shared a similar status to her as of late.

My body reformed within the Sixth Heaven in front of the most beautiful woman I had ever laid my eyes down, who had fallen asleep on a throne-like chair after overworking herself.

… No Dio! Focus on her circumstances, not her appearance!

Kuh, damn, Gabriel's exactly the type of woman I would have slaughtered billions for…

I regained my calm and investigated the situation.

Just like her brother Michael, the current leader of Heaven, Gabriel, had trouble handling God's legacy and Heaven's affairs despite the additional helping hands in the form of reincarnated angels. While the situation on the ground was a lot better thanks to the general peaceful state of affairs, Heaven was still as busy as ever, with most of the crucial responsibilities falling into the delicate hands of the sole remaining original great seraphs as she was the only person capable of making any sense of God's System.

Seriously, where are the rest of the Seraphim? Shouldn't Metatron be done with his ninja training already?

A quick search by specifically targeting certain aura frequencies allowed me to find them. It looks like they have taken up responsibilities within the global supernatural alliance or have other missions elsewhere. As expected, a long race's sense of time differs greatly from my own, a few years of only visiting 'home' in Heaven on occasion is considered short for them.

I sighed and contemplated the oddly familiar sensation swelling in my heart.

That lonely expression… It reminds me so much of myself, especially back during my younger days. Until I met Airi I had spent almost all my time improving myself for the sake of my plans and doing the bare minimum to keep up the facade of a good son in front of my parents.

There were days where I would just collapse on the floor exhausted from working on an artifact, comprehending new laws, or casting several complex spells that could give me headaches back when I was weak.

I had only overcome those problems when my Cultivation reached the point where I could subsist without food, water, and sleep.

It only made me feel lonelier than ever.

"Rest well, sweet angel."

Retrieving one of my 'Comfy Warm Blanket' artifacts that I made for the ladies that followed me on my adventures, I gently wrapped it around her sleeping form and then took my leave.


Manifesting my form within the Seventh Heaven, a large realm of light-filled with space-time cracks at odd places, with several magical metal wonders fused with the realm and a golden throne right in the center of everything.

This was the previous home of God, and right now, the current home to the Sacred Gear System and God's System, both of which desperately needed a huge software patch and hardware upgrades.

I expressed how impressed I was with a whistle after completing a cursory inspection of both systems later. To think that the core of these systems could extend beyond this universe if required… it looks like this iteration of DXD's Biblical God is not simple!

I'm even inclined to think that this version of God may just be a tiny remnant soul of the main 'God' from a much higher realm that decided to adopt/protect the locals out of compassion.

The main reason being that there was a strong concentration of Laws utilized in the creation of the Systems… Laws that were not dominant across this universe, such as 'Creation' and 'Transmigration'.

I will have to add that to my list of investigations to conduct in the future, for now, I need to focus on upgrading this thing. A few paper clones and several simultaneous conjurations of photonic crystals later and I had the information storage overhaul procedure settled.

I couldn't conjure magical metals so outright replacing the 'hardware' of the systems wasn't feasible, what I could do, however, is perform large scale alteration and reinforcement on the material so that it would be enchanted to a higher state for a couple of centuries.

Now then, time to work on the bugs, glitches, code, and some quality of life improvements.

I moved towards the Throne of God and sat right on it to fully access the system, the protective spells and restrictions were of no consequence since anyone with the right amount of law comprehension and power could access it. As I was right now, my comprehension of all the laws far surpassed the level required to create and operate these systems, the only thing stopping me from creating my own was the lack of time, resources, knowledge, and experience.

All of which I will need to put in effort into resolving.

Let's see, Sacred Gears, I will start with making it a requirement for users to have high 'luck' to reduce the number of fodder characters with Sacred Gears. They don't need to be super special, they just need to reach the rank of 'eye-catching minor character'.

God had already placed a system similar to what I had in mind using the subsidiary laws of Karma and Transmigration. What I did was to expand on the laws that governed 'luck' and 'fate', then started making adjustments to the Sacred Gear assignment criteria, increasing the chances of those with a propensity to use their power for a greater purpose to receive Sacred Gears.

I resolved the problem of Sacred Gear users losing control and the Balance Breaker glitch by modifying the 'desire' (strong emotion) based evolution system with a skill tree-like system.

Relatively weaker Sacred Gear users will have their Sacred Gears starting off at a lower part of the 'skill-tree' regardless of the Sacred Gear's individual power. If they don't have the willpower or strength to use a Sacred Gear's full power then they won't be able to use it unless they desperately need it and will have to work hard to unlock more abilities. This system also lets them create more 'sub-species' by evolving alongside the user's requirements and talents as they make overall improvements to their proficiency.

Once they reach the 'late-stage' of mastery they can then breakthrough to the Balance Breaker stage by accumulating a large amount of desire/willpower or train more to reach 'peak' mastery of a few Sacred Gear usage paths.

With the hard part done, I started to fix the buggy Sacred Gears, add some new ones that I made in my free time and perform an immediate recall of all Sacred Gears that were sealed away for study and weren't in use. Everyone and their mother had an Artificial Sacred Gear already so there was no strong reason to horde the artifacts meant for humanity in my point of view.

Under normal circumstances, those Sacred Gears would be out of reach of the System, but thanks to my upgrades and my divine sense empowering it's search functions, I could easily find those lost Sacred Gears and bring them back to where they belonged.

This took just over 20 minutes to accomplish, leaving me with less than 10 minutes to upgrade God's system before my changes will be detected.

I quickly worked on creating various automations and bots that would help Gabriel categorize similar prayer and miracle requests easily then had all the most frequently used solutions coded in as templates that she could reuse and modify slightly whenever she wanted.

The 'revelation' and 'guidance' requests were also automated after I used the centuries of data collected to create a 'divine conversational assistant', then took some principles of machine learning and a few laws that governed relevant human nature to set up a new system to give Gabriel insights and advice on update the assistant based on changing times and believer concerns.

After that, I did an overall upgrade job on the connectivity and strength of the system, then plugged in some advanced magical UI to make the system easier to use and access by all the angels.

Of course, not everyone has the same access to the system, leaving Gabriel as the Super Admin and the Seraphim as ordinary admins. Normal angels should be able to request assistance from God's system anywhere in the universe, though it will largely be for information requests or martial support if they faced a powerful enemy all of a sudden.

Sensing my near-empty internal energies, I released my grip on the universe and ended the [Unified-Realm, Divine Augmentation] technique. My 'Divine Senses' was now limited once more to several hundred thousand kilometers from my body.

"Looks like all the angels are sensing something amiss, now then, the finishing touches…"

I transformed the magical energy from my supernatural energy reactor to match the frequency of the original Biblical God, then refined it further to my usual magical density, before pushing my nigh-endless reserves into both the systems!

The entirety of the Seventh Heaven shone with endless light as my power coursed through the Throne of God.

All the systems were restored to maximum functionality and then increased in performance by many times over in the span of a minute. The cracks and tears within the realm were all sealed up by my power, the weakened protective spells were strengthened to their peak, then my power began to overflow through the rest of the heavens.

"Ah yes, finally, some peace and quiet." I still have to solve the various afterlife systems but those were less distracting and much more 'quieter' than the legacy system I just upgraded.

Feeling that the strongest angels have gathered to investigate, I let out a cold snort, "Hmph! I dare say this realm has never been stronger. Ah, good, they've arrived."

I tapped my fingers on the hand rest and opened the doors to the Seventh Heaven, allowing Gabriel, a few newly arrived Seraphs and various Ultimate-Class angels to fly in.

"Excellent response. I had just completed my work and was about to invite you all to be enlightened on my changes."

Heaven's most beautiful woman immediately adopted a careful approach and was about to engage in the time-honored tradition of diplomacy-

"How dare you sit on our father's throne!?" "Capture the trespasser!" "You violated God's most sacred place-!"

-which was completely ruined by some hot-head angels behind her that decided to throw out light spears and countless spells was a great idea.

I wagged my pinky and erased all their attacks before they could reach me. There was one angel fuming with righteous anger that flew up to me with a light sword, so I entertained his attempt by allowing the attack to shatter ineffectually against my eyelids.

I placed my hand on that one brave angel's shoulder and gave him a patient smile, "Are you done?"

Utilizing my remaining internal energies to manifest my mastery of laws into my magical aura, I then suppressed everyone gathered in the Seventh Heaven with my power, forcing them to their knees.

A moment later, I released the pressure and allowed them to stand, "Now that we have established the fact that harming me is an impossibility, allow me to debrief you all on the changes to the systems."

Then I did the convenient thing and shot them all with energy beams that directly transmitted a 'knowledge package' containing the highlights of my changes directly into their brains.

Yeah, I was getting too tired to talk, so I may as well pick the expedient route.

"If you would all say 'Menu' or 'Home' then you will be able to instantly access the new Heaven user interface by expending a bit of your energy." I opened up a holographic-like window in front of me then flipped it around so everyone can take a look at it, "Like so. You will be able to access this in all realms where the System reaches, which is, pretty much everywhere if you remember that a devil's weakness to light is carried across every realm including the ones owned by other pantheons. Those weaklings never comprehended the greater laws much and could never sense the system's reach, I suppose that still applies in the present."

I ended up muttering about the 'power idiot' natures of most gods in this universe, and then suddenly realized that every one of these supernatural beings could pick up on what I just said under my breath.

"Father?! Is that truly you?" "I can't believe it, I had eyes but could not recognize our Creator." "Hahaha! Father, you too have mastered Ninjutsu, to hide from us for so long…" "Why did you not return to us till now?" "Can I get a hug?" "I will get the first hug!" "Out of the way!"

The original Seraphim and a couple of other original angels were already jumping to the wrong conclusion, while the reincarnated angels were just offering up their prayers in awe and supplication.

"Wait, stop! This is a misunderstanding! I'm human, really!"

I yelled out as I dodged their attempts to catch me in a good hug.

They paused for a moment after checking their lie detector, before Metatron suddenly exclaimed, "I see! Our Heavenly Father had reincarnated into a human!"

Stop agreeing among yourselves! And stop watching those anime featuring cute girls that were reincarnations of famous ninjas in history, Metatron!

"Look, I don't remember anything about being god, alright?"

"That means you just lost your memories but your instincts led you back here to help us in our time of need!"

I'm seriously getting too tired to deal with this.

"If I had any memories of past lives then I only remember my human ones so give it a rest."

"So you admit that you have reincarnated before?"

"Yeah, I did. Oh no…"

Oh crap, I let that one slip!

Note to self, explain that to Airi tomorrow before more drama ensures.

"Um… I don't have many memories of my previous life-" Which was true since my perfect memory only applied to my second life, "-and it is impossible for me to be the God you knew."

Several alerts flashed red in front of their improved Heaven UI pointing out my words as a lie!

What the hell?! How is that a lie? I said it was impossible and it's… true?

Did I really believe that? No way...

I suddenly realized that I didn't truly believe it was an impossibility because I have read too many Xianxia stories, inspected enough of the multiverse, and had real suspicions of the Biblical God being more than he initially appeared upon inspecting his systems!

The story of a Xianxia MC suddenly turning out to be the reincarnation of a much higher god is actually not that rare. Well, the circumstances of the MC's lineage not being so simple isn't rare, the specific part about being a reincarnated god is very rare.

But it's been done before and I wouldn't put it beyond the being that sent me here to give me a surprising backstory or retroactively applying details to my soul that make it appear as if I was a reincarnated god all along!

"Look, Father is remembering now!"

"No, I'm not." I spoke firmly and then sighed, "But I am considering the possibility that I had more past lives than I could have imagined. Even so, you should just proceed as you have always done, if it turns out to be the case then you can count it as a pleasant surprise, until then, I do not wish to get your hopes up for nothing."

There is not much benefit for me being a reincarnation of the Biblical God anyway. It's not like there are many relevant legacies around for me to grab hold of.

Hmm, it seems like they're starting to see some sense, good, good…

It was at this moment that I found myself caught off guard by the sudden appearance of boobs right in front of me.

I sucked in a cold breath of air as Gabriel smiled brilliantly and thanked me, "I truly thank you from the bottom of my heart. My brothers and sisters couldn't tell, but as the administrator of the systems, I could understand the improvements you made instantly. It feels like a great burden has been lifted off my shoulders."

Being completely honest with myself, I totally did not expect to be thanked by the angels after invading their most sacred part of Heaven. I predicted that they would show their appreciation a couple of years later when they calmed down, but I didn't expect that I would get some sincere appreciation so quickly.

I felt overwhelmed by her kindness and understanding, it took my great effort to withhold the urge to yell 'Gabriel Maji Tenshi' when that would be extremely redundant.

Her beautiful expression gave me a burst of energy and I matched her smile with an equally radiant one, "I'm glad that I could help. I came up here just thinking about doing the right thing-" The 'right thing' for me and my family before eventually getting around to making the system work better for the people that needed it most, "-as quickly as possible. I was willing to cause some trouble if it will solve the short and long-term issues. But I think it's worth it knowing that you won't need to overwork yourself to the point where you fall asleep behind your desk again."

Gabriel had the cutest blush on her face and shyly said, "Y-yes! I will endeavor to not repeat my brother's bad habits!"

… Did she just innocently diss Michael's workaholic behaviors? Nevermind, I'll think about that later.

"That's good. You should take better care of yourself. Ah, wait, I have just the thing." I transferred all sorts of artifacts and helpful potions into a small interspatial ring, then handed it over to Gabriel, "This interspatial ring is filled with lots of things to help you work and rest better."

"Ah, thank you very much! I'll treasure it along with the blanket you gave me."

"Ahaha… was it that obvious it was me?"

"I reviewed the recordings when I woke up to find who gave me something so comfy. While I couldn't see you I could still hear your voice."

"So it was like that…"

My intent to hide my presence completely using the technique was bypassed because I spoke to her without really wanting to hide my words?!

I wouldn't have made such a mistake if I had more experience in using my technique.

I blame Issei, it's all his fault for the inane 'Oppai' chant battering against my mental defenses!

"I will wait for things to calm down for a bit, but if you all would forgive me for doing all of this so suddenly, then I wouldn't mind helping to improve Heaven's defensive mechanisms among other things. Oh right, you all can have these artifacts for research too. I also have these Sacred Gear prototypes that need some dragon cores to work, I'll leave them with you all to do as you wish."

"Oh! You forgot to share your name with us!"

"Just call me Dio! I was born a human, you can just check the system for further details."

I dropped a whole pile of my 'decent' weapons, defensive artifacts, Sacred Gears, and 'knick-knacks' that I made on a whim before teleporting right back home to sleep.

If I spend any more time in Heaven they might just convince me to create a new angel for them since I was too tired to argue. I could totally have done it easily but Airi would have gotten mad at me for making a child without considering the full consequences of it.

That said, if I did just that, I would use Gabriel and my own energies as a template so that I could hook her in with the 'adopted daughter' cliche.


I woke up the next morning completely refreshed and ready to tackle the day.

"Hmm? What are all those presences outside my house?"

I looked out the window to see Gabriel and well over a dozen angels camping outside my mansion. Upon noticing my gaze, Gabriel happily waved 'hello' towards me, which I dumbly reciprocated before grabbing for my ringing phone.

"Darling, mother Irina is smugly pointing at her conspiracy theorist-like board that's about you being the reincarnation of the Biblical God. Is there something I should know about?"

"Yeah, I was just about to call you about that, but I ended up using most of my energies last night and really needed some sleep."

"Hmm, hmm, did this have to do with breaking into Heaven? And why there are angels in front of my house staring at me weirdly?"

"Wow, that's a shame, the angels looking at me from outside my mansion are all smiles... Gabriel especially."

"I take my eyes off you for a few hours and you've already gotten a start with Gabriel of all people? Ahaha… I really don't know whether I should laugh or groan now…"