Kapitel 1816: Generosity As High As A Mountain.

Not even the gods waiting in the other room noticed when golden light appeared and destroyed the altar. There wasn't even a second delay between Crystal Hoard dying and her altar getting destroyed. 

One of the gods said, "This is not a weapon. It is light that is golden."

Meanwhile, in the mortal realm. The god king had just warned Legion-1 when the golden spear returned to his hands. Even before 9 Crowns taunted them, they had paused and then run away. 

Legion-1 sneered at them. He thought to himself, "You think because you are allies you are clones too?"

The only reason Legion had been able to catch golden light was because it was delayed. It didn't return immediately to the mortal realm after destroying Legion-1 and their altar because it wanted to kill the other clones too. Unfortunately, it couldn't attack them from within anymore, so they were able to capture it.