Everything was ready, and the entire ritual began in earnest. One by one, golden pillars of divine power rose from the orbital nodes, piercing the barrier of the Material Realm. In an instant, the entire planet was enveloped in golden energy, undergoing the most profound transformation.
The ritual would last eight or nine months, and it could not be interrupted. Even the grease monkeys, who had already completed most of their mechanical evolution, had to split into two shifts, rotating every three days to ensure the ritual continued without interruption.
Every day, the Forge Planet grew another ring in size. After more than eight months of transformation, the entire Forge World had expanded several times over. When the golden light finally faded, the once-wasteland-style Forge World had been completely transformed.
The intense radiation of the past had vanished, and the waste and sewage that had accumulated over tens of thousands of years had all been cleared away. The entire planet had changed from rock to alloy, imbued with the sci-fi feel of the Interstellar Era.
It had taken on an entirely new appearance, transformed from the dilapidated wasteland planet it once was into a wholly artificial construct. The divine power had altered the entire planet, core and all, turning it into a vast, brand-new Forge World.
Over the past few months, the entire planet had undergone an ascension. And it wasn't just this planet: more than a hundred Forge Worlds, including it, had been given a completely new look.
The project to transform the Forge Worlds was controlled by the Empire's government departments. This predesigned transformation was far easier to manage than the envisioned, full-scale rollout of divine magic. The Ministry of Industry selected the targets and planned the order of transformation in advance. Hundreds of teams carried out the