[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-gods-skill-resonance-awakened":3,"chapter-global-gods-skill-resonance-awakened-global-gods-skill-resonance-awakened-chapter-266":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Global Gods : Skill-Resonance Awakened",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1201343,1549,"Chapter 266: Ch 266 : New Companions","global-gods-skill-resonance-awakened-chapter-266",266,"\u003Cp>Cai Zhen vanished. In one heartbeat, he was a fragile figure drifting meters away. In the next, he was beside Thera, his movements defying the very laws of the multiverse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He caught her collapsing form with one arm, his touch gentle but firm. He checked her pulse, feeling the faint beat of a goddess pushed to the brink of extinction. Instinctively, he began to channel a healing technique, a skill drilled into him over centuries of cultivation. But there was no Qi here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he reached for something else. He tapped into the unfamiliar wellspring that had just ignited in his dantian, Faith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He poured this strange energy into Thera. It circulated through her meridians, as a gentle, revitalizing light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With every cycle, her pale skin regained a hint of color, her shallow breathing deepening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t stop. He turned his gaze toward Angra, the Demon God who was currently pinned by the swarm of divine swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Zhen reached into his spatial ring and drew his sword. It was a simple, elegant blade of blue steel. He closed his eyes, centering himself in the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he opened them, the world seemed to freeze. The swirling swords, the thrashing demon, the silent stars; everything slowed to a crawl. Only he moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his sword. It wasn’t a fast movement. It was slow, yet heavy with the weight of a dead world and a murdered family. He locked onto Angra, the beast kilometers away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Divine Void Slash.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He whispered the words, but they resonated like thunder. His hand fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world parted. An invisible, razor-thin line of force bisected the fabric of space itself. It moved at the speed of thought, a silent executioner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Angra, caught in the grinder of swords, didn’t even see it coming. The slash passed through him effortlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a second, nothing happened. Then, a thin red line appeared down the center of his massive chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body split perfectly in two. A fountain of dark blood erupted into the vacuum, and the force of the impact, delayed by a microsecond, blew the two halves of the demon god away like leaves in a hurricane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Zhen lowered his sword. He sighed, a shuddering exhalation. The strange power, the Faith born from his mother’s memory, vanished as quickly as it had come, returning to nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weakness crashed back over him, his knees buckling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t fall. Thera, revitalized just enough, wrapped her arm around his waist. She leaned into him, her head resting on his shoulder, her eyes closing in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, amidst the debris of a demon god and the silent, watching stars, the two broken deities found comfort in each other’s embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I have protected her, Mother,’ Cai Zhen thought, a tear sliding down his cheek. ’And I will continue to do so, until my last breath. Thank you.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away, in the cosmic space between multiverses, a very different scene was unfolding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beru, the crown Prince of the Zerg, watched a seemingly ordinary coin spin upward into the eternal darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It kept going. And going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How stupid of me,\" Beru muttered, chittering in annoyance. \"There is no gravity here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flicked his violet tail, sending a shockwave of force that struck the coin at its apex. The coin changed direction, spinning wildly as it descended back toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heads or Tails? Black or White? Life or Death?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beru caught it. He opened his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was White.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a sigh of relief he didn’t know he was holding. As the coin had fallen, an irrational dread had gripped his heart; a certainty that if it had shown the black side, he would have simply ceased to exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the bright side, he relaxed his guard, looking around the empty void. \"Well? What now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coin answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of blinding white light erupted from the metal disk, engulfing Beru completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could even react, space folded around him. The sensation of travel was instantaneous and disorienting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where am I?\" Beru gasped, his eyes adjusting to the sudden brightness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was no longer in the cosmic space. He was in a star-filled region of space, illuminated by a dazzling, crimson light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Floating in the distance were thousands of red swords, forming a deadly, silent sphere. And in the center of that sphere, two figures were embracing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s this?\" Beru hissed, his antennae twitching. He had been teleported... to a battlefield?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the intrusion on their peace, Thera and Cai Zhen snapped their eyes open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their moment of peace shattered instantly. They became vigilant, their bodies tensing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thera’s eyes flashed. The ten thousand Divine Annihilation Swords, still active and thirsty for blood, swiveled in unison. Ten thousand points locked onto Beru.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chill ran down the Zerg Prince’s spine. He looked at the crimson blades, dripping with dark, viscous fluid. He looked at the two figures; one a pale, beautiful female, the other a sharp-eyed male.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Are these... demons?’ the thought flooded his mind. He had never seen a human before. His multiverse contained only the Swarm. To him, bipedal, soft-skinned creatures with such killing intent could only be one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the swords... they reeked of a demonic aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beru moved to flee, but the swords were faster. They swarmed him completely. They entrapped him in a sphere of death, cutting off every escape route.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were divine weapons. They had a long cooldown, but while active, they were nearly unstoppable. They were the manifestation of annihilation itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beru dodged, his body twisting with grace, evading a thrust by millimeters. But the swords learned. They anticipated his next move, cutting off his path before he even took it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"DEMONS!\" Beru screamed, his voice a roar of rage and grief. \"I WILL KILL YOU!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura flared, a violet shockwave shattering the space around him, buying him a second of breathing room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thera paused. She raised a hand, halting the swords. Confusion replaced the killing intent on her face. She looked at Cai Zhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aren’t... you a demon?\" Cai Zhen asked, his voice weak. His senses were dull; he couldn’t distinguish the Zerg’s aura from the demonic residue lingering in the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Demon?!\" Beru spat, his mandibles clicking furiously. \"I hate them! They killed my father and brother! Why would I be a demon?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We hate demons too,\" Cai Zhen replied slowly, a small smile touching his lips. He finally understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can’t deny you are a demon!\" Beru shouted back, still vigilant. \"Your aura... it reeks of them!\" He pointed a claw at the swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, that is the misunderstanding,\" Cai Zhen said, nodding. \"Do you sense that aura from us... or from the blood on the swords?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beru paused. He focused his senses. He looked closely at the crimson blades. It wasn’t red steel. It was blood. Dark and foul demonic blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s... blood,\" Beru realized. \"Is that... the blood of a Demon God?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" Cai Zhen confirmed. \"Just moments ago, we killed one. That is why the air smells of them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tension in the vacuum vanished as if it had never been. The swords, their purpose fulfilled, faded into particles of light and returned to Thera.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did you come from?\" Cai Zhen asked, studying the strange, powerful insectoid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, amidst the wreckage of a battle, two Gods, one a fallen cultivator, the other an orphaned Zerg began to talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They shared their stories. They spoke of the Demon Lords, of Ichor and Maledictus, of worlds lost and families slaughtered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bond, forged in shared tragedy, formed between them. They were refugees of the same war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My destination is the same as yours,\" Beru said, pointing a claw towards the distant, blindingly bright cluster of lights that marked another multiverse. \"The Giant Ball of Light. The biggest multiverse of them all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They decided to travel together. Beru, seeing the weakened state of his new companions, didn’t hesitate. He expanded his size slightly, offering his broad shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold on,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Zhen and Thera climbed onto the Zerg Prince’s back. With a powerful beat of his wings, Beru launched himself into the space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flew with a speed that felt unreal, fueled by a new hope. They were no longer alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with this speed, perhaps they would reach the light before the darkness caught up to them.\u003C\u002Fp>",1395,"2026-06-03T13:55:08.406Z",1,"novelbin.me","18337727b8e3f7458c9bb94638c03f6b07ce812a0fb261fdbc73f27ed7bcc3a9","global-gods-skill-resonance-awakened-chapter-329","global-gods-skill-resonance-awakened-chapter-328",393,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-gods-skill-resonance-awakened-cover.jpg"]