It was like a colossal beast imprisoned in the night roaring.
The Present Realm thundered.
Under the impetus of the Great Arcanum, the intricate walls formed by countless borders blossomed like lotus flowers, revealing the superstructure core hidden within.
Like a prism that reflected the entire Abyss within itself—the Rainbow Bridge!
Only a few short days had passed, yet for many, it had been an agonizing stretch of time as long as eternity.
As the Unified Bureau's machine of order began spinning rapidly once more according to its contingency plans, it brutally interrupted the workings of the Human World—finance, production, transportation, trade, labor, war, funerals, education... Ignoring all opposition and cries of grief, it forcibly gathered every existence into one whole.
With the Five Great Lineages supporting it at all costs, the final preparations for war had been completed.
Now, everything had been reorganized into one.
When the gates of the Silver Sea opened once again in London, dazzling light burst forth and rose into the Sky Dome. There, the core of the Present Realm, hidden beneath countless laws—the Pillar of Source—manifested once more.
The light that gathered the souls of the entire Present Realm rose toward the Abyss. After piercing through the core of the Rainbow Bridge, it leapt through the reflections of layer upon layer of borders, finally becoming a tide that made all darkness tremble.
It dispersed the murky currents, smoothed the depths, and drove back the darkness.
The tormented Present Realm finally opened its eyes and roared at the Abyss!
Brilliant Light surged.
From the earth, from the Sky Dome, from the wind rushing toward them.
It illuminated all destruction and death.
And in that instant, every defense around the core collapsed. The arcanum crumbled, the framework dispersed. Amid beams of Rainbow Light descending from the