User blog comment:Crimson and Darkness/Shin DxD 4 discussion/@comment-44928201-20200219193049/@comment-40183495-20200220142635

Still bullshit. Shouldn't Ophis and Great Red have not only Dragon God-class strength, which I can agree, be surpassed but their true strength isn't just their Dragon God-class strength, but also their cheat-like abilities. Ophis can increase and restore her power without limit and possesses destructive energy equivalent to Power of Destruction, making her much more lethal than equal ranked beings, and Great Red can turn illusions into reality (probably restore his power and body) and it wouldn't be weird if he made a true illusion which played with the Evil God's senses to make him believe he killed Great Red easily, as making perfect illusions shouldn't be above his abilities. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if he could use a technique similar to Danzo, such as Self-Reality Control to control his state of existence.

For me, Great Red has faked his death! Or at the very least, can still revive by himself. In the first place, if Sephiroth Graal can revive people who are death since ancient time, it is possible to revive him as long as even a fragment of his soul is intact. It was stated he was killed physically, but his soul isn't. Self-Resurrection is also an ability from Evil Dragons, and I don't think the Embodiment of Dream doesn't have a similar ability even if it would takes the wishes of others, or at least a very long time to gather the necessary energy in his spiritual form to do said process.