The Great Sage lifted his left hand to intercept the sword, no doubt intending to block it. But what was attacking him wasn’t just a sword blade; it was a phenomenon splitting apart space itself. There was no way to defend against it, no one who had ever come close. As huge of a deal it was for this particular world, this was all exactly what Kyuuzaburou had expected, and he had no reason to believe it would be any different this time.

So when the spatial tear stopped at the Great Sage’s hand, Kyuuzaburou was incredibly surprised. He had long since lost track of how long he had lived, how many worlds he had destroyed. Destroying worlds was as natural as breathing to him. He never imagined someone would be able to defend against him.

“Very nice. You look like you don’t believe your eyes. I imagine you were hoping to see that look on my face, but I enjoy it quite a bit too. I guess I shouldn’t just leave things like this hanging around, though.”

The tear in space began to mend. Even the woman who had been sliced in two returned to normal. It was like time was rewinding just for everything the sword had touched.

“What the...hell... How did you do that?!”

“It’s pretty simple. This world is a dream that I’m seeing. You and your sword are nothing more than parts of my imagination. So even if it looks like you’re destroying the world on the surface, you can’t actually get to the core of it. It would be weird if you, no more than a character in my dream, could destroy the dream itself, right?”

-Volume 14 Chapter 23