[After some contemplation, you ultimately decided, "I'll become a Celestial Avatar Master first. I'll only cross paths with Evangeline again if I ever encounter her in danger of assassination."]
[Your plan was simple: unless she was in immediate danger, you'd meet with her only after becoming a Celestial Avatar Master.]
[From what you witnessed in Evangeline's goddess simulation, reaching Celestial Avatar Master status would make you virtually invincible, except for two beings—Kania, the Forest God, and the Outer God.]
[No other Zenith Avatar Master would be a threat to you once you ascended to Celestial.]
[And fortunately, you knew where every single avatar crystal and celestial crystal was located. Despite Evangeline's death in her goddess simulation, she had still managed to gather all the crystals before her demise, and that information was now yours to exploit.]
[Since avatar crystals weren't a priority, you resolved to focus on collecting the celestial crystals first.]
[Currently, you had four celestial crystals—three from the Death Envoy and one from the Truth Keeper.]
[The remaining celestial crystals were scattered across the world. One was unclaimed, hidden in a desolate tribe where it was worshiped as the "crystal of god."]
[Another was absorbed by a police officer from the special international police department, a Zenith Avatar Master who had only absorbed one celestial crystal.]
[The final celestial crystal belonged to an infamous international serial killer known as Blood Fang. This killer, along with the police officer—codenamed Justice Man—had been locked in a deadly game of cat and mouse for years.]
[Justice Man had originally been pursuing Evangeline, as she posed a far greater threat to the global powers than Blood Fang.]
[Blood Fang, while lethal, killed mainly for fun. His death toll wasn't high enough to warrant nuclear intervention, but Evangeline's quest to achieve Celestial status threatened the very interests of the world's most powerful nations.]
[After just a few minutes of swift travel, you arrived at the Black Continent.]
[The Black Continent earned its name because the majority of its population was black, and it was home to numerous tribes. Its countries lagged behind in technological advancements.]
[You knew that this stagnation wasn't by chance; stronger, more developed countries had intentionally hindered progress in the Black Continent for their own gain, exploiting its people and maintaining a system of slavery.]
[You found it shocking that slavery persisted in such a modern world. However, after reading about the history of the Avatar World, you understood why. The ancestors of the tribes in the Black Continent had once worshiped the Outer God.]
[According to historical records, the Forest God Kania himself had condemned these people as sinners and traitors. Strangely, Kania was praised as a benevolent god for allowing them to live and "atone" for their sins, rather than eradicating them outright.]
[From that alone, you didn't have a favorable opinion of Kania. In your eyes, he was nothing more than a coward for allowing Evangeline, the Goddess of Winter, to sacrifice herself just to seriously injure the Outer God.]
[What infuriated you further was the thought that if Kania truly considered Evangeline a colleague, he should have collected the avatar crystals and celestial crystals scattered across the world and safeguarded them, waiting for her reincarnation.]
[Granted, Kania may have been occupied defending the Avatar World from the Outer God's ongoing assaults. But it still seemed odd to you that Evangeline was able to seriously wound the Outer God, yet Kania hadn't seized that moment to either kill or inflict greater damage on him.]
[This raised suspicions in your mind, leading you to believe there might be a hidden conspiracy between Kania and the Outer God, though you had no solid proof to back up that theory.]
[Regardless, you decided that once you attained Celestial status, you would keep a close eye on both the Forest God Kania and the Outer God.]
[After all, Evangeline was the only one who had truly proven herself worthy of your trust.]
[Upon arriving at the Black Continent, you wasted no time. Without hesitation, you headed straight toward the desolate tribe where the celestial crystal was hidden.]