Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!

Chapter 1302: Chapter 1301: Let Me Show You the Gap Between God and Mortal

”......”

Faced with Fang Zheng’s words, both Thanos and the Avengers were left speechless, their mouths agape.

”What? You don’t believe me?”

Looking at Thanos in front of him, Fang Zheng raised an eyebrow, then extended his hand and flicked it lightly.

The next moment, everyone saw a spark shoot from Fang Zheng’s fingers like a firework, disappearing into the sky with a ”whoosh”. After a moment, Fang Zheng nodded and looked at Thanos again.

”Alright, just now, your home planet and everyone on it, including your subordinates, have been completely burned away by me... If you don’t believe it, you can verify it yourself.”

Of course, Thanos didn’t believe Fang Zheng’s words. He immediately activated his communicator and quickly connected to his subordinates. After a moment, Thanos’s expression changed several times before he looked up at Fang Zheng again, this time with a hint of fear in his eyes.

”How did you manage to do that...”

”Even if I explained, you wouldn’t understand.”

Fang Zheng crossed his arms, smiling as he watched Thanos.

”What do you think? I don’t like using violence to solve problems, so I think it would be best if things could be resolved peacefully...”

You call that not liking violence?!

Hearing this, the Avengers couldn’t help but internally complain, you just burned an entire star system and now you’re talking about a peaceful resolution?

”Heh heh heh........”

However, Thanos clearly wouldn’t just give up. He clenched his left hand and looked at Fang Zheng once more.

”No, I won’t stand down! You won’t scare me! I possess four Infinite Gems; I won’t lose to you!”

While shouting angrily, Thanos raised his right hand and clenched his fist.

Yet faced with Thanos’s resistance, Fang Zheng shook his head.

”As I said, you simply don’t understand, so let me show you the difference between a god and a mortal.”

Saying this, Fang Zheng extended his hand and pointed lightly at Thanos.

”—————!”

No dazzling fireworks, no spectacular effects, not even a hint of smoke. But at that moment, Thanos seemed to sense a crisis, his tall form suddenly tensing as if confronted by a terrifying beast. His reaction stopped there.

The next moment, Thanos’s eyes turned vacant, the Soulfire in them extinguished. Life’s energy rapidly left his body, and even with four Gems, he stood there as nothing more than a soon-to-decompose mass of carbon compounds.

”I told you, I really hoped to solve this peacefully.”

Fang Zheng lowered his hand, shaking his head at Thanos’s corpse. If there was a privilege of becoming a deity, this was one of them.

Instantly vanquishing mortals.

As numerous novels earnestly describe deities as just powerful mortals, this moment starkly highlighted the disparity in their power. No matter Thanos’s race or number of Infinite Gems, being mortal, his life and death lay at Fang Zheng’s whim.

Of course, as a quasi-god, this skill did have a cooldown time for Fang Zheng.

But using it occasionally posed no issue.

Fang Zheng extended his hand, and in the next instant, Thanos’s glove shattered, with four Infinite Gems swiftly flying toward Fang Zheng.

”Stop him!!”

The other superheroes realized what was happening and hurried over, trying to seize the four Infinite Gems.

But Fang Zheng merely cast a gaze upon them in silence.

Captain America reached out, trying to grab the Gems before him. He didn’t notice when from his shadow on the ground, an Undead Knight with glowing red eyes emerged, raising its Greatsword to stab upwards. The sharp blade effortlessly pierced Captain America’s neck, exiting the top of his head. Captain America’s body shuddered violently before collapsing and turning into a corpse.

”Cap!!”

Seeing this, Black Widow screamed in shock. She angrily drew her pistol from her waist, but before she could aim and pull the trigger, her neck grew cold, and her head flew skyward amidst a spray of blood. Her headless body fell heavily, then impaled by an Undead Soldier who emerged from her shadow.

Dr. Banner tightly gripped the sword impaling his chest, eyes wide and mouth agape. His body began to tremble, and as the green hue spread, it swelled. But an intense Primordial Fire erupted from the sword’s blade, turning the roaring Hulk into fuel for the flame.

”Click.”

When the four Infinite Gems landed in Fang Zheng’s hand, the Avengers had become nameless corpses on the beach.

”Nothing more than this.”

Fang Zheng closed his eyes, then clenched the Infinite Gems in his hand. Instantly, Primordial Fire ignited in his palm, melting the six Infinite Gems. The power of the six Infinite Gems soon flowed into Fang Zheng’s body through the Primordial Fire.

Simultaneously, Fang Zheng sensed a change within his Divine Domain.

It was like a sedimentation.

If Fang Zheng previously felt his Divine Domain was a blurring mist, the integration of the six Infinite Gems began to clear it away. Various orders restored themselves: Power, Time, Space, Soul, Reality, Mind. They resembled game backdrop materials, imported into a material library. Fang Zheng could use them to craft a new game backdrop and textures — the birth of the Divine Domain.

First, let there be light.

As Fang Zheng willed, the mist cleared, and the vague galaxy began to sharpen. He lifted his head, witnessing a Sun shining in the galaxy. Underfoot, the earth unfurled within the void, dividing the once-chaotic space into distinct realms.

Then, time began to flow, and life started to blossom.

Upon the dry land, seeds of life sprinkled down. Over lengthy periods, they sprouted into verdant meadows, lush trees rose to form dense forests. The wind whistled through these, becoming the foundation of reality.

But it was only just beginning.

Fang Zheng opened his eyes and exhaled deeply. By absorbing the six Infinite Gems, the framework of his Divine Domain was finally established. However... it was far from complete.

At this moment, Aika’s voice echoed by Fang Zheng’s ear again.

”Master Father, what should we do with these bodies? Should we burn them?”

”No.”

At Aika’s inquiry, Fang Zheng shook his head.

”Hang their bodies atop the Washington Monument for the Americans to see. Let them witness the final fate of the heroes they worshipped.”