Rebellion spread throughout the entire Human Empire. The tools the Magi depended on for survival, the cornerstone of the whole Civilization—Magic Tools awakened into lifeforms and, under the leadership of the first Magic Tool Lifeform known as the Ancestor, successfully broke away from humanity.
This dealt the entire Empire a heavy blow it had been utterly unprepared for.
Then the Void Demon Empire directly launched a war.
Logically speaking, having reached this point, the Void Demon Empire should have swept through everything like withered branches and rotten wood. In truth, however, the invasion proved exceedingly difficult.
In fact, even without Magic Tools, the Human Empire was not without the ability to resist. After all, aside from Magic Tools themselves, humanity possessed all kinds of enhancements and supernatural abilities.
Moreover, not every Magic Tool chose to leave with the Ancestor. Quite a few Magic Tools chose to remain beside their Magi and formed equal contracts with them.
Once Magic Tools gained life, the limitations of their models, their fixed potential for growth, and everything else vanished.
At the same time, through the spiritual connection with their Magi, both sides erupted with even greater power.
All of this originated from the students of Qi City Magus Academy and from a person named Lilith, who used something known as the Energy of Love.
Though a Magic Tool Race had split off, a new form of symbiosis was created through an alternative means.
This was not Lu Xingshi's doing, but the doing of the Magic Tool Ancestor God.
The reason was simple. He did not want the Human Empire to be destroyed by the Void Demon Empire. In the short term, he needed the Human Empire to hold back the Void Demon Empire and buy sufficient time for the Magic Tool Race.
However, because