Chapter 71: Teach Me
[My internal archaeological archive index tells me that this is an image preserved from history—a pivotal turning point in the changing of eras.]
[The Eternal Empire once exerted its full effort, raising the Heavenly Origin Tower from the very center of the present world, plotting to use Heavenly Origin to control all the Supreme Goodnesses, rule the world forever, and hold everything in its grasp.
But before the Heavenly Origin Pillar was even completed, it collapsed, causing the old order to utterly crumble—Heavenly Origin split in two, indirectly leading to the birth of the Federation and the Empire over ninety years later.
Stars fell from the sky, and blazing fire surged from the earth.
Blood rained from the heavens for three years.
Plagues ran rampant, and calamities spread unchecked for twenty-one years. Even after the Eternal Dynasty came to a complete end, the aftermath had yet to fade. Even today, natural disasters still ravage the land.]
This was the final wail before the Empire's destruction, taking two-thirds of all life on earth with it.
After the Primordial Era and the Chaos Era, the Radiance Era, once thought to be boundless and eternal, finally came to an end. At that time, however, the curtain had yet to rise on the Calamity Era.
The chaotic age, devoid of all order, lasted ninety-three years until the Twelve Supreme Goodnesses returned to their places, the position of Heavenly Origin was established once more, and two Sages—the first Heaven Overseer and Earth Guardian—again laid the foundations of order.
Yet heaven and earth did not regain their peace. Instead, amid the hostility and opposition between the Federation and the Empire, they entered a long, seemingly endless period of friction and stalemate.
The world seemed frozen over. It had not fallen apart, yet