More than a hundred years passed. During that time, Matthews made considerable progress in fusing the Laws of Lightning Elements with the Electromagnetic Profundity, but he was still a long way from becoming a Midgod.
Asolun had only just found the point where the Water Element and the Mist Profundity converged. He made the discovery after another sparring match with Matthews.
On the snowy summit of the continent's highest mountain, the teleportation array connecting the planes lit up. The Chief Gods were currently competing for faith in the material planes, so there were no Plane Guardians like in the original story.
Plane Guardians were appointed to manage the material planes under an agreement reached at the Sovereign Conference after the War of Faith between the Chief Gods. But with everyone now competing to seize the Power of Faith and increase their strength, how could they possibly reach an agreement to send Plane Guardians to the material planes?
As soon as the array lit up, Matthews sensed the arrival of a god from another plane. Since he didn't know which faction the newcomer belonged to, he immediately said to Asolun, "Come on, we need to get to the Imperial Capital."
Even if the newcomer wasn't from the Four Divine Beasts Sect, he and Asolun could still join Midgod Freeman in holding them off. Sticking together was the wisest choice right now.
While Matthews and Asolun were on their way to the Imperial Capital, the army that had arrived belonged to the Light Chief God. After sensing their surroundings for a moment, they flew straight toward the Bright Empire.
"My lord, it looks like the newcomers belong to the Light Cult."
Freeman had sensed them too. He nodded at Matthews.
"Get ready. Our gods will be arriving soon, too!"
Sure enough, not