Triss and a series of powerful figures, including the Lord Paramount, had previously explained the concept of the "Transcendent Golden Law" to Murphy in detail.
The so-called Golden Law was the product of an individual's power reaching its utmost limit.
It was a core power forged from the convergence of refined skill, expressed strength, and individual ideals. It represented the greatest power a mortal living in the material world could attain. Under the material world's current rules, unlocking one's own Transcendent Golden Law meant joining the ranks of the powerful. But this star sea contained more than just the material plane, so for those pursuing even greater ideals, obtaining a Transcendent Golden Law was merely a key to climbing higher.
Transcendent Golden Laws often involved the elementary use of rules. Once the power of rules advanced to a certain degree, it could form a rather unusual domain of power. Demigods, for example, each had their own domains. Fighting within one's own domain undoubtedly provided a huge boost while effectively suppressing one's enemies.
Beyond domains of power lay the realm of "divine concepts." When a domain of rules expanded to its limit, it would eventually form the rudiments of a "divine kingdom."
It was a path of ascension, clear and perfectly reasonable.
From Black Iron all the way to divinity, every stage of advancement followed an inherent law of gradual improvement. It was a path that began with the pursuit of individual power, expanded into collective power, and ultimately became power itself. Evidently, the Creator had put a fair amount of thought into designing this system.
The problem, however, was that the material world could not allow demigod-level beings to remain for long.
The moment those Mennis bastards entered the material world, they caused all kinds of environmental changes. Most of