When the second God Crystal detonated.
It heralded the Capricorn Empire's "afterglow of doom."
The terrifying energy shockwave directly shattered every protective shield around the Capricorn Empire's capital star.
The resulting Law Tide swept across the entire Capricorn Capital Star.
Before this, the Capricorn Empire had invested immense strength in defending its home planet.
Even the Capricorn Emperor had remained on the home planet to oversee the battle, hoping to better rally the empire's military and civilian forces.
The Capricorn Empire had a fine idea. Since the Iron-Blood Civilization could defect to the Eight Directions Conglomerate, so could they!
They were also willing to expose the Demon Subjugation Alliance's shortcomings! They were also willing to contribute to the Eight Directions Conglomerate and bring shared prosperity to the Star Realm!
But before that, the Capricorn Empire needed to withstand several waves of attacks from the Silver Soul World and Wizard Civilization.
Only then would they have enough confidence and sufficient bargaining chips to continue negotiating terms with the Eight Directions Conglomerate.
The vision was beautiful... reality was cruel!
When the dark-green God Crystal named "Big Ivan" came crashing directly down upon the Capricorn Empire's capital star, every one of the Capricorn Empire's upper echelons was dumbfounded.
At that moment, all they could think was whether they had "lain down" too late, whether they should not have put on such airs.
They might as well have surrendered when the Wizard Civilization and Silver Soul World's allied forces had first invaded the Capricorn Star Territory.
It was an emotion called "reluctance," along with "empiricism," that led the Capricorn Empire to make the wrong decision.
After all, the Capricorn Empire had endured so many years of war without being destroyed, and had even withstood the stronger Evil Tide Civilization's invasions for years.
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